Has this game changed anything in the last 2 years?.

diggot

Considering coming back to check up on my heroes since i miss playing them,
but the sole reason i quit the game was the lack of rewards for time spent trying
to make each hero more powerful in terms of gear - which was naught impossible
with the almost non-existant lootdrop %.

I got a few level 40's but i prefer to focus my time on building up the gear on one hero
at the time by attending Alerts/invasions... sadly no currency every dropped despite
weeks and months of farming.

Then i found out that the Gladiator pieces from the Nemesis dungeon had been
removed as well as the Bladegun that dropped from another dungeon.

Last time i played was when the worldbosses had just been re-implemented into the game
but to win anything you'd have to end up top-dps... which wasn't good for support or healers.

Are there any new dungeons released?.
Is upgrading gear easier to achieve ?.

biffsmackwell

You only need to score 100,000 points in cosmics to earn rewards. That counts for drops and currency. It's not a hard barrier to crack. Healing is counted toward the score too. It typically takes me about 3 weeks of doing cosmic dailies to get the Determination gear (I think that's what it's called), and in the same timeframe you can get the onslaught gear as well. Going this route you don't have to worry about trying to get the drops from rampages, although the token requirement for that has been decreased, but you do need the GCR and SCR from doing dailies and endgame stuff now.

diggot

ok cool, thanks. I just gave up 2 games because i didn't agree with their balance and currency management, so i guess i'll be enjoying my heroes for atleast a month next.

markhawkman

Oh goody, more people to feed to Teleiosaurus! Or I mean...

Just kidding. But you'll probably die repeatedly the first few times.

diggot

From what i remembered, the Rampage-currence required to buy the gear,
was almost impossible to get due to the low % drop. Has that been increased
or do players have to spend 12+ months to find a few pieces ?.

jaazaniah1

Many players are dispirited by LI and SC (probably would help if Devs suggested when they will look at Rampages again) so it can be hard to find a popping queue. Gravi pops often and F&I still mostly happens when someone shows initiative to set up a PQ (but only when cosmics are not happening). OTOH, I have 93 pieces of JG and enough tokens for 4 complete sets in the bank, so the system has worked well for me.

nepht

Zombie KFC event.

markhawkman

To be honest... it's not even that LI and SC are HARD. They're just tedious and long. I mean, if you want a perk for killing thousands of Destroids(and it gives a costume unlock), play Sky Command a lot. SC is a GIANT escort mission and has three separate areas to protect with associated fail conditions. Oh and either you need a vehicle or you need to be able to fly, because the "sky" part is rather literal.

LI isn't failable AFAIK. I've literally never seen it fail. It's just time consuming and tedious especially the part where you have to shoot down the stupid Exocets because they move at VEHICLE speed.

Fire and Ice is legit hard. Frosticus can and WILL one-shot you if you don't block his attacks. Also he can turn a player into a bomb that if not broken will team wipe you. so yeah. It takes a good team and a lot of coordination since you to NOT want to kill the bosses seperately. Guess what happens then? Yeah, they go nuts and start spamming AoEs that basically hit everything on the map.

Gravitar can and often DOES fail, but it's not as hard, and rather short.

soulforger

Well, there have been plenty of changes to the game in the past 2 years, not just cosmics and other things, but, to power sets also. Though, not all power sets have gotten touched yet, like Force, Archery, Earth, and Celestial, for examples.

Is the game better due to these changes...well...that is for you to decide.

diggot

If you haven't played for a year+ , are there any "free" days of returning?.
Like 5 days of subscriptionstatus before you have to pay.

markhawkman

diggot said:

If you haven't played for a year+ , are there any "free" days of returning?.
Like 5 days of subscriptionstatus before you have to pay.

You can always play as a silver. Although if you were a monthly sub you might have to make a new character.

diggot

All my characters were freeform, no other way to create themed heroes.

beezeeze

While there is now gear you can farm for that isn't dependent on random token drops from rampages you will still have to grind for awhile to get the currency you want to buy the high end gear, that means battling a lot of cosmics so be sure you learn those fight mechanics! There are few other options when it comes to acquiring GCR. Luckily there are now many more ways to earn SCR and you will need both if you're going after distinguished or virtuous gear.(and if you want justice gear it still requires a few rampage tokens as well)

In any case the path to endgame gear is still a currency grind, so keep that in mind because if that is what drove you away to begin with you might not find that things are all that different.

Also there are no free days for old subscribers, the only way to access your old freeforms is to sub(unless you picked up some ff slots while as a silver account, those should be accessible even if you are no longer subbed.)

flagpole

"Oh and either you need a vehicle or you need to be able to fly, because the "sky" part is rather literal."

I'd just like to add that you don't actually need a vehicle or a flying TP. Yes, you do need to be able to fly, but they do offer you a 15 minute hover disk device at the spawn point, which is nice. Same with LI, if I remember correctly.

ealford1985

^ yep.

Although them disk be slow.

markhawkman

flagpole#4268 said:

"Oh and either you need a vehicle or you need to be able to fly, because the "sky" part is rather literal."

I'd just like to add that you don't actually need a vehicle or a flying TP. Yes, you do need to be able to fly, but they do offer you a 15 minute hover disk device at the spawn point, which is nice. Same with LI, if I remember correctly.

Oh right. I forgot those, but yeah, they suck.

jonsills

diggot said:

All my characters were freeform, no other way to create themed heroes.

Not really. One of my first toons, Meteor, was made long before we had an Earth AT. He was a Behemoth, who had what passed for a rocklike skin back then - I colored it to look like dark stone underlaid by lava. I even sprung for Fire Flight because just plain Flight didn't look right - sure, the basic idea was that he was called "Meteor" because he was made of rock and flew, but it made even more sense for his flight to be accompanied by the air around him combusting, much like a falling meteor (only much, much slower, of course).

You can't create just any theme on a Silver character, but a free AT can be themed...