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POWERPOINTS and massive overflow XP bar... I am raging
zeusom
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So since mod6 launch I have filled and overflowed the XP bar eight (8) times and have received exactly ZERO (0) powerpoints. The chance to get a powerpoint is around 40% or so per overflow. Just like with occasional burning a ridiculous number or preservation wards on a 40% chance upgrade, bad luck happens.
I have 91 powerpoints, and all the overflow points came prior to module 6 when getting powerpoints was reasonable. This new system is horrible for new players/toon who must sloooooooooooowly if ever get their their Rank4 encounters. At this rate it would take 5 to 10 years to fill out the rest of my encounters.
Now that it takes ridiculously long it takes to fill the bar - and powerpoints are too important especially for newer players/toons to be solely dependent on RNG.
With this agonizingly slow XP bar to fill, we should be getting a Powerpoint 100% of the time.
OR
Sell Powerpoints in the Astral Bazaar or Zen store.
Also on a semiphilosophically gaming level, it is just wrong. My toon has adventured and killed and racked up millions of XP for months, leveled up EIGHT times and learned/acquired/advanced/gained nothing in terms of skill or knowledge or power from all that experience? Not one powerpoint. Just some junk rank5 and rank6, some pet XP books I cannot sell or discard, a drop of 30k rough AD, and a single black opal.
I have 91 powerpoints, and all the overflow points came prior to module 6 when getting powerpoints was reasonable. This new system is horrible for new players/toon who must sloooooooooooowly if ever get their their Rank4 encounters. At this rate it would take 5 to 10 years to fill out the rest of my encounters.
Now that it takes ridiculously long it takes to fill the bar - and powerpoints are too important especially for newer players/toons to be solely dependent on RNG.
With this agonizingly slow XP bar to fill, we should be getting a Powerpoint 100% of the time.
OR
Sell Powerpoints in the Astral Bazaar or Zen store.
Also on a semiphilosophically gaming level, it is just wrong. My toon has adventured and killed and racked up millions of XP for months, leveled up EIGHT times and learned/acquired/advanced/gained nothing in terms of skill or knowledge or power from all that experience? Not one powerpoint. Just some junk rank5 and rank6, some pet XP books I cannot sell or discard, a drop of 30k rough AD, and a single black opal.
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So not you personally, but for the unlucky, boosted XP is just increased chances of being disappointed again.
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Care to elaborate?
A friend of mine just came back into the game about a week ago, made it to level 65 out of grinding and raged so much he uninstalled the game. Maybe a faster way would make him come back.
@sentineltitania Cragsteep is the name of the foundry, the one with red stars. A really well made map with tons of monsters. I suggest someone carries him through it because it's no cake, even for a lvl 70. Anyone below 70 won't be able to deal damage to the monsters, only maybe around a few 100 / hit.
I suggest you reset the run after reaching the spider nest. They barely give any XP and monsters are spaced out after that. Maybe if you really want to complete it, the boss room also gives good XP, but imo it's better to just rushing to the spider room and going back in. If you're patient enough, you can help him level through the dungeon. I usually get around 150-200k XP for a full run, but it also takes me a around 40-45 minutes to solo.
Still better than anything you can do in this game.
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If the number is supposed to be 40%... something is very wrong.
The last 5 overflow (from 5 characters, one overflow each) had 4 PP. The very last one was 5 r5 though.
Aren't you overlooking something, kreatyve? You got 2 overflows and 1 powerpoint, and that was just for one character. Don't you want to play another class/character from time to time? Do you not realize how player unfriendly and alternate hostile this MMO is?
Sekhmet@kvetchus_
Guilds: Greycloaks, Blackcloaks, Whitecloaks, Goldcloaks, Browncloaks, Spiritcloaks, Bluecloaks, Silvercloaks, Black Dawn
Tredecim: The Cloak Alliance
You can do 3 man dungeons to lvl up.
Or you can run around in the new elemental evil zones questing...
OR if you have the gear for it you can solo lvl 73 monsters in icewinadle..
Unfortunately, I don't think waiting for the Strongholds Mod is something many are willing to entertain. Many no longer have faith in the development team, and have poor expectations for the next module.
In my opinion, a more immediate remedy is necessary. At the very minimum, a detailed response from the development team as to how all of these things will be adjusted
I don't think they want to get rid of solo players per se.
I would assume (or hope?) the idea for strongholds (why to go in that direction) is backed by stats on what accounts spend the most money and what the characters on those accounts do (ie, the majority would like it and be encouraged to continue to fork over money in game.) That there was some logical decision made based on what people are doing in game and what people are spending on in game. After all, it's free to play because some people pay. Though the data geek in me would love to sift through all that.
OR... someone in charge makes decisions from the gut and thinks 'they know what's best' for players, no matter what the numbers or the players say.
I'm not too optimisitc, but that's colored by my dislike for this last update. It felt more like the decisions were made from the latter.
Right now, my solo playing consisted only of logging in daily to get the free mount for all my toons. Huh. I wonder if that will be used statistically to show the 'success' of an event? Hmm.
Since Underdark is more restricted by WotC's timetable (I think), it makes sense that they'd want to release something else in the meantime.
Aelar Hawkwind - Archer
Karrin Feywinter - Mistress of Flame
Errin Duskwalker - Executioner
Darquess - Soulbinder
This is going to keep alts unleveled and will probably make people think twice about whether or not they should waste Zen on characters outside of their main. These guilds are not going to waste slots for alts, and even if they do, expect the guilds to require donation for the slot taken up. This entire push for guild based content for leveling is going to kill the drive to bother with alts.
On topic: Yeah, I really wondering why I am bothering with even trying. I feel massively penalized for making a character in mod 6. I am not going to join a guild to level my characters or get power points. They created this experience problem in the first place; I am not going to join a guild just to get around a problem they created.
Guild will take alt because there is a 150 account limit and a 500 character limit. Where will that 350 characters come from?
"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device."
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."