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To the players telling the devs how to 'fix' M16: No.
arakk00
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You are precisely the same group of people that resulted in the dumpster fire that was Mod 6- the dev's first attempt to do something like this. What mod 6 needed was a no-holds-barred overhaul of a lot of core systems for long-term sustainability and continued scaling, which is what mod16 promises. The PRECISE tone I'm seeing about the incredible core design changes for the game is the reason we got the half-assed debacle that we've suffered the aftermath of forever and a half. You didn't want to give up lifesteal, you didn't want your precious enchants nerfed, you didn't want.. Anything. So we got an objectively worse form of lifesteal, a full health or dead combat style, impossible to balance disparities between classes and specs, and TEN whole mods built on that shaky foundation.
It's time to let change happen, and realize you are NOT game developers. Listening to your contradictory 'feedback'- mostly aimless complaining- has been tried, and proven to be totally awful for the game. Unless you've spent thousands of man-hours poring over balance curves, hundreds of high-end dungeon logs, the mindboggling history of bugs in Neverwinter, and the source Dungeons and Dragons content this game is meant to adhere to, your feedback is largely not valid- no matter how many people agree.
Just as a couple examples: Lifesteal is almost nonexistent in D&D, and for good reason. It's a toxic stat, and backlash against the idea of outright removing it is the only reason we got 'better Lifesteal (tm)' in Mod 6, with the obnoxious damage tilt to 'balance' it. In the source D&D material, specifically the Fifth Edition that all new modules are being released in, DPS classes- ESPECIALLY rogues- are by design vulnerable to sustained damage. They're dependent on positioning, unique defensive mechanics like Uncanny Dodge, and raw damage or control strength to spread their meager health pool further- because once their health drops, it's not likely they're getting it back in a hurry, much less constantly staying maxed out. In D&D, this creates room for high-tension, low-hitpoints situations that deepen immersion and reinforce the prominence of a healer- or lack thereof. Without lifesteal, Neverwinter finally has this design space open; so long as lifesteal exists in any viable form, a game can't really tap into that kind of adrenaline-pumping action for more than a split-second.
And now, recovery. The closest thing to Recovery in D&D is.. Literally nothing. Though cooldowns -are- much different, tabletop D&D provides you with a limited number of spells or class feature uses. Sometimes you get some back on a short rest (which you might get a few of between long rests), most often you get them back on a long rest (equivalent to a night's sleep). Spells (like cantrips) and basic attacks which are not limited to a set number of uses are your bread and butter- but these 'long cooldown' spell slots and features are, as they say, 'worth the wait'. In D&D, a high level spell slot can LITERALLY open a gateway to the Abyss, or Wish yourself into a dragon, or turn a city into a crater. While not viable from a balance perspective for a game like Neverwinter, removing Recovery as a stat allows the developers to more accurately get a handle on DPS cadence- and tune your encounters and dailies to not just be closer to each other in damage potential over various situations, but to give those 'feel like a literal god' moments that its tabletop inspiration can offer.
There is a reason like this for EVERY. SINGLE. MAJOR. CHANGE.
The devs didn't just throw their hands up and say 'Let's do everything and screw up all the players LOL!'. They finally decided to act like a team of professionals and make controversial changes to the foundations of almost every system in the game for long-term health and playability. Mod 16 may come out a dumpster fire like Mod 6. Hell, I'll be surprised if it doesn't have ANY big problems, with this many big changes. But in the end, it's a move in the opposite direction from Elemental Evil. It's crushing complex, hard to balance and use systems down into streamlined, intuitive ones that can be tweaked far more easily. It's reversing the damage/hp bloat of monsters and players (to a degree, at least). It's removing toxic systems that are antithetical to the fun gameplay not just we, but thousands of potential new and returning players want from the game.
For all intents and purposes, I expect Mod 16 to be the best one we'll ever have- if this rolls out properly, we'll have what Neverwinter always should have been. So don't whine about your enchants, or complain about losing lifesteal- or really, say much of anything negative. Let the developers do their job, and forget everything you would expect from a previous mod- this one is shaping up to be really different.
It's time to let change happen, and realize you are NOT game developers. Listening to your contradictory 'feedback'- mostly aimless complaining- has been tried, and proven to be totally awful for the game. Unless you've spent thousands of man-hours poring over balance curves, hundreds of high-end dungeon logs, the mindboggling history of bugs in Neverwinter, and the source Dungeons and Dragons content this game is meant to adhere to, your feedback is largely not valid- no matter how many people agree.
Just as a couple examples: Lifesteal is almost nonexistent in D&D, and for good reason. It's a toxic stat, and backlash against the idea of outright removing it is the only reason we got 'better Lifesteal (tm)' in Mod 6, with the obnoxious damage tilt to 'balance' it. In the source D&D material, specifically the Fifth Edition that all new modules are being released in, DPS classes- ESPECIALLY rogues- are by design vulnerable to sustained damage. They're dependent on positioning, unique defensive mechanics like Uncanny Dodge, and raw damage or control strength to spread their meager health pool further- because once their health drops, it's not likely they're getting it back in a hurry, much less constantly staying maxed out. In D&D, this creates room for high-tension, low-hitpoints situations that deepen immersion and reinforce the prominence of a healer- or lack thereof. Without lifesteal, Neverwinter finally has this design space open; so long as lifesteal exists in any viable form, a game can't really tap into that kind of adrenaline-pumping action for more than a split-second.
And now, recovery. The closest thing to Recovery in D&D is.. Literally nothing. Though cooldowns -are- much different, tabletop D&D provides you with a limited number of spells or class feature uses. Sometimes you get some back on a short rest (which you might get a few of between long rests), most often you get them back on a long rest (equivalent to a night's sleep). Spells (like cantrips) and basic attacks which are not limited to a set number of uses are your bread and butter- but these 'long cooldown' spell slots and features are, as they say, 'worth the wait'. In D&D, a high level spell slot can LITERALLY open a gateway to the Abyss, or Wish yourself into a dragon, or turn a city into a crater. While not viable from a balance perspective for a game like Neverwinter, removing Recovery as a stat allows the developers to more accurately get a handle on DPS cadence- and tune your encounters and dailies to not just be closer to each other in damage potential over various situations, but to give those 'feel like a literal god' moments that its tabletop inspiration can offer.
There is a reason like this for EVERY. SINGLE. MAJOR. CHANGE.
The devs didn't just throw their hands up and say 'Let's do everything and screw up all the players LOL!'. They finally decided to act like a team of professionals and make controversial changes to the foundations of almost every system in the game for long-term health and playability. Mod 16 may come out a dumpster fire like Mod 6. Hell, I'll be surprised if it doesn't have ANY big problems, with this many big changes. But in the end, it's a move in the opposite direction from Elemental Evil. It's crushing complex, hard to balance and use systems down into streamlined, intuitive ones that can be tweaked far more easily. It's reversing the damage/hp bloat of monsters and players (to a degree, at least). It's removing toxic systems that are antithetical to the fun gameplay not just we, but thousands of potential new and returning players want from the game.
For all intents and purposes, I expect Mod 16 to be the best one we'll ever have- if this rolls out properly, we'll have what Neverwinter always should have been. So don't whine about your enchants, or complain about losing lifesteal- or really, say much of anything negative. Let the developers do their job, and forget everything you would expect from a previous mod- this one is shaping up to be really different.
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My playgroup is a case in point. We've played MMOs for decades. We only started playing NVW for the last year or so. We really enjoyed it in the beginning but the game is now really starting to irritate some of us. From the crazy jump in values between one campaign and another. The drops that are obsolete. The REWARDs that are obsolete. The constant bugs. And the fact that there is no viable endgame builds unless you play the cookie cutter builds. Hell, there are non viable CLASSES, let alone builds for endgame.
As the OP says, this could all end in tragedy and a dumpster fire. And past experience is not making me (or probably anybody here) optimistic. But the alternative is no future. Kudos to the Devs to have the balls to pull the pin on this grenade.
I'm all for the changes and crossing my fingers that it gets the results they want.
HOWEVER- my point in this post is that game developers, this team in particular, are PROFESSIONALS with years of experience. Assuming this rolls out as described, the tiny number of people upset by the loss of things like Lifesteal and the old feat system will be far outstripped by the huge number of people able to properly get into the game and enjoy a build type that was previously far less viable. Not just that, but even if they lose HALF of the current population- the resultant core game will be a healthier, more complete product from a development and balancing standpoint; they'd easily recoup those losses in a handful of months pulling in players they lost to previous states of the game, and new players entirely, simply by tweaking the new, more robust systems. And THAT is the important thing to take away here: Realize it or not, there are a lot of barriers in the way of the game being truly awesome. The devs are seemingly tired of those barriers and taking a wrecking ball to 'em so they can deliver a better and better game as time rolls on.
After that he then lost all credibility when he basically said if you don't believe that he and the developers are 100% right in their reasoning than to just shut the HAMSTER up. Anyone who cant listen to criticism should not be in turn giving out any criticism in the first place.
i told devs how to fix m16 and they must obey
They can't stay 100% true to tabletop D&D though, this is an action combat MMO. There's no dungeon master to follow each player/party around and customize the content to the class(es) being played.
As for Life steal and Recovery goes and their removal from Mod 16, I do not shed a single tear about these removals (which affects me too, as being a OP).
Let me start to state that I am an so called "old school player", which means (in my case) that I am a totally pure tank/heal OP (no power based hybrid with 200k HP).
The result I have is being able to literally absorb massive amounts of incoming damage in Prot mode.
The result I have is being able to literally dish out massive amounts towards the group in Dev mode.
To be able to do this I am carrying 2 sets of gear (enchanted and all)… People I group with on a regular base are knowing what I am talking about.
Life steal, is something which has ruined (imho) this game for the simple reason that this thing made the pure healers almost become obsolete, especially considering the high demands of buffing's... Most of them (who I know) where forced to swap to Buffing/DPS.. A Cleric shouldn't have to take the DPS role, there are other classes for that part.
Recovery, same thing as Life steal... It shouldn't be needed in this game.
At this point I am forced to maintain a high recovery gain just for the sole reason to be able to shield the group for incoming damage (a light and a heavy one). Downside of this is that players (knowing that they are buffed to the max and being shielded by tank) have become lazy and just keep standing in boss empowered attack's (red)
Same thing count's for GF's when they have KV activated..
By stripping these two stats from game will force players to play the role their char is designed for and play the game as it should be by adjusting their playstyle to the game, instead of the other way around... Which made the mess as it is at current state.
I think the K-team weekly runs are a small taste on what is coming in mod 16, it forces players to play as it should be, especially at dynamic boss mechanics (ECC and EGWD as example)..
It is about time that a game like this is receiving a massive overhaul and bring back the thrilling challenges dungeons can give.
For players who are not agreed with these upcoming changes in Neverwinter I say, There are many other MMO's available.
Rest me to say, I really looking forward to mod 16... So I wil have the challenge again to die in battle, instead of committing suicide when I am the only one standing, caused by lazy people.
Before I forget, Dev's should also work on disabling that frigging DPS list window during fights, which will result that players are more focused on what is really happening during a fight.
They sale power.. they nerf power.. they sale power.. they nerf power.
Expect to see more..
Whatever, is my reaction .. I just want a exchange for enchants.
Listening to the forums has also been proved to give a very narrow band of opinions, not in tune with the mass of players of the game.
The problem mainly seems to be (from the chat channels I see) that the devs are trying to favour new players and BiS people over people who've been here since beta but like alting or play casually and whose mains are 13-16K. Maybe they're right and those people will spend more real money, but there is a backlash from people who have spent 4-6 years nurturing a character to now be told it's being changed beyond all recognition.
I'm considerably less fine with devs posting blogs with incorrect dates, posting test server code but then not fixing actual bugs that are pointed out weeks in advance of live release, of releasing events with poor mechanics that are improperly coded, of time-gating rewards that subsequently can't be earned because they turn off the reward before it can be completed, of not owning up to their errors or taking action to do what companies I've worked for call "make it right for the client".
Contrary to what the OP assumes, some of us are professionals, some of us are even professional coders, some of us even have game design experience... and those people can tell the difference between a professional effort and a rushed, buggy, don't-give-a-damn, just get it out the door effort.
I agree that forum goers, in general, have so many bad, conflicting, short-term or nonfunctional suggestions that nobody should really be looking on the forums for actual advice on how to implement the next stage of the game. On the other hand, opening feedback threads from the preview, and then answering issues for the first 3-5 days, and then just totally going silent for the next 2 weeks while people are posting screenshots and 'how to duplicate this error' posts, and then not fixing the listed bugs anyway... that's pretty unacceptable in my view.
I'll have more confidence in their professional judgement and abilities, when they start acting like professionals. Until then, I'll toss out whatever advice and opinions I feel inclined to. Which is exactly what forums are for, despite some people who believe forums are the place to say "Shut up and go away".
I have put NWO on the back burner for a while. I will log in for fun events to do with friends (winter/summer) but other than that I have not had a lot of joy out of the game. Chult was a godless grind, almost to the level of SKT/SoMI, and with the latest I got fed up with grinding acorns in about a week. The end game mechanics of full health or dead gave me no joy and no desire to play again once completed. (side note, I never finished castel ravenloft because 3 out of 3 attempts had the animated armor fight glitch out and I couldn't bring myself to do the damage sponge insta death sisters fight again) To me the content has lost the skill and charm it once had. The power creep replacing strategic encounters and zone quests with over the top repeating of convoluted kill and fetch quests to artificially slow module completion progress.
I still have over 100 days of vip and I have started to have a hard time finding a reason to log in, even if just to invoke on my mains and grab my key. The recent disclosures about coming changes are exciting, many of these changes were talked about pre mod 6 as solutions to the life steal and in combat regen removing healers from the game. Keeping LS in the game unchecked caused survivability builds like sentinel for GWF to not just take a back seat but completely disappear from the game. In the coming mods since 6 healing was gone, its all about buffs and DPS, removing any strategy besides multi DC, OP and DPS. plainly, its not fun any more. I miss old CN when the team had to work together, when playing a DC made you sweat, when DPS had to disengage to avoid the red...
Any way, let it happen and stop the doom and gloom. If a person like me with good monies to spend on a game they love and has no desire to support or play a game they love, something is wrong. I am inspired by the development teams bold actions to bring longevity to the game. I look forward to playing the new mod. I look forward to playing all my favorite characters and building new specs again. I will forever reserve my judgement until the product is in my hands but I believe the developers are on the right path. Have a little faith and keep the forums positive. Between the devs vision, the preview players reporting and the amazing forum community we will see awesome things unfold in our favorite online mmo.
I will be there when undermountain launches and I hope to see all you adventurers there with me.
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Neither you nor the "complainers" know for certain if these changes will be good or bad in the long run.
So I disagree with telling FTP players and customers (who keep the game alive) to "shut up and stop complaining".
I am cautiously optimistic, with some real misgivings about the implementation of these changes.
I will wait and play on preview before outright condemning or singing the praises of Mod 16.
But if I feel like expressing my misgivings, that is my right. Deal with it or ignore it.
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"Full plate and packing steel" in NW since 2013.
Sermonizing on the death of the game because of rumored changes by the evil devs is the fundamental purpose of this forum...
Seriously OP, you need to get your priorities sorted out.
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But most seriously, we all know this ain't D&D, and ... I hope the devs are taking time to fix things *fully*. And no, there's no problem in going "hey guys did you really think about X".
Darn, guess a few players lost their day/side jobs
Shhhhh, people might figure this out or realize they're cash shop / auction house addicts.
TLDR - Old time players have no trust in developers to pull this off, thats why they complain. If devs pull this off, then cool. if not then the game might as well be deleted, becouse I sure as hell wont grind my HAMSTER off for another 2-3 years becouse my entire character is not valid anymore, and im sure others share the sentiment.
...Wait
...ahhhhhh maaaan
...now I feel so USED.