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katamaster81899
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I haven't posted on the forums in a *long* time, but I think that this issue warrants me coming back for a post.
I've been playing NW pretty actively over the past month or two, and I've gotten my characters that I play actively geared fairly well (23k CW, and a 20k DC). Sadly, I'm already finding that content is growing.... trivial. Not because of a lack of content, but because all of the content is just too easy. LOMM runs take 25 minutes, CR runs take 35 minutes, and CODG takes 10 minutes with a group that understands the mechanics. How is it possible that my 20.2k DC with less than 100k power is able to heal a lomm run with no wipes and no deaths? It shouldn't be.
Back in mod 2 and 3, CN, VT, and MC were the perfect difficulty - challenging for even well geared players, but not so easy that you could smack the keyboard with your face a couple of times and watch things melt.
I guess what I'm saying is - things are too easy now, and I think it would be great if we could holistically evaluate and discuss what the player experience is like for a casual player, a daily player, and a hardcore player; and then, find a way to meet the needs of all three of these categories. Because right now, I don't think the needs of any of these groups are being met.
I've been playing NW pretty actively over the past month or two, and I've gotten my characters that I play actively geared fairly well (23k CW, and a 20k DC). Sadly, I'm already finding that content is growing.... trivial. Not because of a lack of content, but because all of the content is just too easy. LOMM runs take 25 minutes, CR runs take 35 minutes, and CODG takes 10 minutes with a group that understands the mechanics. How is it possible that my 20.2k DC with less than 100k power is able to heal a lomm run with no wipes and no deaths? It shouldn't be.
Back in mod 2 and 3, CN, VT, and MC were the perfect difficulty - challenging for even well geared players, but not so easy that you could smack the keyboard with your face a couple of times and watch things melt.
I guess what I'm saying is - things are too easy now, and I think it would be great if we could holistically evaluate and discuss what the player experience is like for a casual player, a daily player, and a hardcore player; and then, find a way to meet the needs of all three of these categories. Because right now, I don't think the needs of any of these groups are being met.
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Each Dungeon in the game gives one reward per week (in hardmode). The weekly dungeon gives triple, but can still only be run once for reward in that week. This keeps it challenging & not repetitive.
New Campaigns:
1) an extention to Undermountain "The Deep"
2) Another large city... with wars & faction missions - building an army & developing alliances.
3) A gods & Deities final campaign that can be repeated & escalates in difficulty to insane levels. Completing the campaign allows you to increase a character stat by +1. (can be done six times, once per stat)
4) Add usefull next-level crafting items - not as recipe books... but as recipies in the campaign stores to purchase. Gotta spend campaign money on something besides junk in the end game.
Mod 17 should tune in classes better, and they can adjust the overall difficulty level based on the experiences from mod 16.
They better get mod 17 right.
LOMM: 1 hour
CR: can't be finished
CODG: fall off platform
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter#/discussion/1249734/can-we-please-get-harder-content
Tbh I really like my idea of a X multiplier linking reward multipliers with a dungeon's critters power and HP, avoiding stuff like recharge/movement speed debuff because they're only annoying without providing additional challenge. That would give more reasons to gear up just for the challenge of getting an higher tier done. Should also work better than reduced level mode because is skipping issues due by weird scaling math and actually providing a better reward chance. Hope Devs could do that: I'm aware it's probably it's not a develop for everyone, but sounds so fast to implement on paper.
If you find the content too easy try pugging it. Really.
I appreciate that for people who know the mechanics and have a great guild, most content IS TOO EASY.
But for Pug groups? Not as much
My experience [I tend to avoid RAQ and above]
FBI - took 40 minutes to get to final boss - then multi wipes and after 20 minutes trying I gave up. Mostly a lack of understanding of the mechanics. But also woeful lack of DPS - great tanking and healing though!
And if its the case that besides u there is 1 other semi competent player in the pug group, the FBI run is still done in 20 min or less because u dont even need the other 3 ppl...
It is easier for YOU to become weak, then the rest of us to become YOUR IL. Just saying.
It's funny how so many players do all they can to become powerful, and then COMPLAIN that they are TO POWERFUL... REALLY??????
How is it that you are able to do CR in 35 mins?
Remember there is supposed to be a progression here. You are NOT supposed to do well in all dungeons/queues the moment you hit 80. You are supposed to be able to do harder and harder content as you fix your gear.
And make sure your stat distribution is correct, cap your offensive stats then build power. If you don't get that right you'll be weaker than you should, for your IL.
Most RIQ runs are pretty trivial, if for no other reason there usually is 1-2 well geared players to carry the team. One change from old times is that soloing dungeons is a lot harder/impossible now. You ARE doing this in a 5-man team, you are not trying to solo it? You are not supposed to be able to solo it.
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Furthermore, what is the point of running content at all, if not to better my gear, stats, and increase my IL and damage output. If I'm going to strip down to run every dungeon, well, what's the point of playing at all?
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Bank Heist is not representative for the majority of the RIQ runs though.
1) General balancing is not quite there yet. Some missions way harder than others. Certain creatures take too long to kill, etc..
2) All the end-game players are capped. There are a lot of solutions... none of them elegant. The one I prefer is to add 5% base chance to defense and deflection... & go to a standard 1:3 ratio on monster stats... all monsters have 3 times as much for positive stats as negative. With this set-up, ME enemies would have about 20,000 negative stats, and 60,000 for positive stats (plus 5%). A player would need 65,000 in a stat to hit 50% effectiveness or to negate enemies.
3) Tanking and Healing have become less important than intended. Lots of things can be done including nothing. I would raise all "Non-Boss" monster damage by 10%. Give all tanks 10% incoming damage reduction, +10% threat generation, and a 5% penalty to outgoing damage dealing. This would create a greater need for healers, while also separatiing tank & DPS roles.
A run will have a certain difficulty factor.
Should you be able to log in, PUG up for a run, and enjoy an experience according to what the item level requirements are? Sure, why not?
Now, a fully experienced and geared guild/friend party, talking to each other via something like Discord is going to find it massively easy compared to said PUG group.
Optimized groups should be able to drop and experienced player (*maybe* even two), and take a newbie along for an enjoyable, very generally successful run. That's a pig part of the MMO social experience, and the content needs to be easy enough to allow it.
Did the DEVs get it wrong? No. There is no easy answer.
Right now, player base has possibly contracted to where experienced pre-made groups are the norm, and the temptation is to develop content to target that. In my opinion, that would be a mistake. You need to have a marketable game for casual players that like to PUG. Forcing new players to join one of the large guilds, to get anywhere, isn't good. Having a free to play game that only caters for long-term experienced players that don't need to spend real money is a sure fire way to kill the game.
Probably one of the better suggstions I've heard is the concept of choosing to scale extra difficulty for extra reward. This is what we have now with MEs and the number of runes you choose to place. Great idea, and let's see more of it!
Now, imagine that you could place up to 8 runes in an ME with scaled rewards - with areas respawning when you wipe.
Now *that* is a carrot for guilds and friends to really get their stuff together - bragging rights, 1/2 your daily RAD in a run, really good chances of the big drops.
That kind of scaling (instead of what MOD 16 brought us) would be a real winner!!
I could get flamed for this, but on the other side of the coin, I agree that when you PUG fully geared (i.e. have high power), the scale down isn't nearly large enough. You still get to stomp through the lower run PUG content, way above the group capability, and they don't need to do enough of the things that make the content enjoyable (learn the mechanics, manage damage, formulate strategy after a wipe etc).
I think there's a challenge there to DEVs specifically with scaling and Power. Scaling needs to somehow wind back the power.