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Design fail, needs immediate fix like last nights patch

astariadodfastariadodf Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
edited December 2013 in Bug Reports (PC)
Noticed yesterday as I was leveling my toon, that with the new system, we now have MULTIPLE lvl 60 contest farmers in lower level zones.

This is not as intended I am sure, and it certainly interferes with the gameplay, because those at level have ZERO chance at placement due to:

- One shot kills of Contest Mob
- No fear of aggro while in the zone
- etc etc etc

Sinply fix, contest quest doesnt activate unless you are appropriate level for that zone.

No worries if they want to farm at the 55+ zones, Right?

Edit: was in helms hold when I first noticed. Those demons are HARD for at level, so imbalance is worst in this zone i would bet.
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  • caloriencalorien Member Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Not sure why level 60s would be farming low level contests; the payoff is much better in the higher level zones (rank 4 vs. rank 1 or 2 enchants)
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Yeah, while I can see how this is frustrating for at-level players, it seems like a really silly way to farm enchantments. You have to hang out through the entire contest duration, and you get rewarded with what? A handful of Rank 2s? You'd get more refining points looting a couple of nodes in Sharandar.

    Because there are a couple of quests tied to contest participation, I don't think they should be disabled for higher level players. I've gone back and picked off my "do the relic hunt" while massively outlevelled for the Tower zone, though I just grabbed one relic and turned it in.

    Contest rewards are by instance, which means your score resets if you change instances, but it does give you the option of finding yourself one with minimal competition.
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  • commanderkahlaincommanderkahlain Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Could very well be the farmers just want to mess stuff up for lowbies. Have seen this in other MMO's: in one, high level toons camped the starter area for the opposition. They would kill new toons as they initially came into the game. Yeah, it's sociopathic.

    PW/Cryptic: please zap these individuals into chickens, and allow us to target and kill them. On death, they should drop a new food item: fried chicken. Possibly even open a new title: Chicken Slayer :-)
  • astariadodfastariadodf Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    calorien wrote: »
    Not sure why level 60s would be farming low level contests; the payoff is much better in the higher level zones (rank 4 vs. rank 1 or 2 enchants)

    First saw it in Helms Hold, and that is the point where you start to get greens which always scales with the bracket (gold silver bronze). So, taking first, you can get 5 or 6 greens, not bad for 10 minutes work.

    No you dont have to be there the whole time, 50% of the time would do fine with certain ones.

    Of course if it was an issue of 10 High levels all doing this, well they are hurting themselves too - what only 5 real places?

    I saw two in Helms hold that day, so they both got decent first and second.

    Again having been a long time gamer seeing all the forms of greif, Cryptic just jump on this, its such a simple fix.
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