Double RP weekend?

ogarious · March 2016

Hey folks, my search fu is weak tonight. Dont we have another double RP weekend coming up next weekend? Or is it just my wishful thinking...

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offpudding · March 2016

When you are in-game .. the screen that comes up when you first log-in is called the "landing" screen (I believe) .. you can bring it up anytime by pushing "L" (oddly enough) .. on that screen is the calendar .. change the listing to "upcoming events"

your search-fu just got a soy bean infusion

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icyclass · March 2016

elmoregemstone said:
Doesnt matter though, with wards taken away from us.

Drastic exaggeration. For artifact weapons and gear where RP is not cheap double RP is still a big deal (and there aren't that many upgrade points per piece that you need lots of wards). Even for artifacts where RP is cheap double RP is very nice to get from legendary to mythic.

plasticbat · March 2016

Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?

tassedethe13 · March 2016

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?

There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.

plasticbat · March 2016

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?
There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.

That is not exactly true.
When I started to play this game, the ZAX was forever 500 to 1 until mod 6. It never moved a bit below 500. It took about 8 weeks for me to get my Zen.
Mod 6 was not too long ago. You make it sounds like pre-historic.
At that time, there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar.

From Perfect (r10) to Trans (r12)(2 levels), you need 2 c-ward.
From Greater (r9) to Perfect (r10) (1 levels), you need 7 c-ward (if you make everything from scratch like me).

Is that 2 extra c-ward a really big different comparing with what it took to have Perfect (before VIP and 75 t-bar c-ward)?

urlord283 · March 2016

I am looking forward to DR weekend....

Coal wards or not

wildfirede · March 2016

plasticbat said:

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?
There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.
That is not exactly true.
When I started to play this game, the ZAX was forever 500 to 1 until mod 6. It never moved a bit below 500. It took about 8 weeks for me to get my Zen.
Mod 6 was not too long ago. You make it sounds like pre-historic.
At that time, there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar.

From Perfect (r10) to Trans (r12)(2 levels), you need 2 c-ward.
From Greater (r9) to Perfect (r10) (1 levels), you need 7 c-ward (if you make everything from scratch like me).

Is that 2 extra c-ward a really big different comparing with what it took to have Perfect (before VIP and 75 t-bar c-ward)?

Except that wards were in the t-bar store, so even if you opened your box and got another companion kit you did some progress towards a ward, now not ;(

tassedethe13 · March 2016

plasticbat said:

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?
There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.
That is not exactly true.
When I started to play this game, the ZAX was forever 500 to 1 until mod 6. It never moved a bit below 500. It took about 8 weeks for me to get my Zen.
Mod 6 was not too long ago. You make it sounds like pre-historic.
At that time, there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar.

From Perfect (r10) to Trans (r12)(2 levels), you need 2 c-ward.
From Greater (r9) to Perfect (r10) (1 levels), you need 7 c-ward (if you make everything from scratch like me).

Is that 2 extra c-ward a really big different comparing with what it took to have Perfect (before VIP and 75 t-bar c-ward)?

I played since the beta, so yeah this is prehistoric time for newcomers, and zen wasn't at 500 at mod 1-2.

Moreover, c-wards are not mandatory for getting a rank 10, you can efficiently use preservation wards ( Plus the ones you were getting AFTER EACH 7-days PRAYER )

micky1p00 · March 2016

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tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?
There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.
That is not exactly true.
When I started to play this game, the ZAX was forever 500 to 1 until mod 6. It never moved a bit below 500. It took about 8 weeks for me to get my Zen.
Mod 6 was not too long ago. You make it sounds like pre-historic.
At that time, there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar.

From Perfect (r10) to Trans (r12)(2 levels), you need 2 c-ward.
From Greater (r9) to Perfect (r10) (1 levels), you need 7 c-ward (if you make everything from scratch like me).

Is that 2 extra c-ward a really big different comparing with what it took to have Perfect (before VIP and 75 t-bar c-ward)?

I played since the beta, so yeah this is prehistoric time for newcomers, and zen wasn't at 500 at mod 1-2

ZEN at 200:1 is much more prehistoric, around before mod 1 at about 220 and usually it was 280.
Refinement was 4->1 back then and to remove an enchantment cost a lot of AD.

At the not so prehistoric times those 200 t.bars c-wards where account bound. And to get your gear, the coal wards price was not significant relative to GMOPS you needed for regular enchants (not weapon / armor).
And at p.wards cost 200bars for 5, no one wasted bars on that and everyone bought zen p.wards.

So unbound c.wards for 75bars where great especially with VIP, and removing them is annoying, but it's not that significant relatively to the 200bars cwards times as people make it - bad , yes, but definitely not the end of the world.

btw there is no proper gear to sell since mod 4, so unless someone had leadership army, GMOPS and zax at 500:1 made gearing extremely difficult.

plasticbat · March 2016

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:

tassedethe13 said:

plasticbat said:
Yes, it is drastic exaggeration. Losing c-ward was bad but not as bad as that. How did people do when there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar?
There were no combat artefacts, no weapon artefacts , 1 slot ring for char and companion, max lvl enchant was 10. So we didn't need so many coal. Moreover ZAX was 200 AD for 1 Zen and you had loot to sell at AH.
That is not exactly true.
When I started to play this game, the ZAX was forever 500 to 1 until mod 6. It never moved a bit below 500. It took about 8 weeks for me to get my Zen.
Mod 6 was not too long ago. You make it sounds like pre-historic.
At that time, there was no VIP and c-ward was not 75 t-bar.

From Perfect (r10) to Trans (r12)(2 levels), you need 2 c-ward.
From Greater (r9) to Perfect (r10) (1 levels), you need 7 c-ward (if you make everything from scratch like me).

Is that 2 extra c-ward a really big different comparing with what it took to have Perfect (before VIP and 75 t-bar c-ward)?

I played since the beta, so yeah this is prehistoric time for newcomers, and zen wasn't at 500 at mod 1-2.

Moreover, c-wards are not mandatory for getting a rank 10, you can efficiently use preservation wards ( Plus the ones you were getting AFTER EACH 7-days PRAYER )

I was talking about armor/weapon enchantment. There is no difference among chance. It is 1% chance from lesser (r8) to Trans (r12).

I was comparing the situation between "mod 3 to before mod 6" and now.
If you are comparing between "mod 1-2" and now, how did you "survive" the period between mod 3 and mod 6 (which IMO, it was worse than now)?

sm0ld3r · March 2016

There was plenty of stuff to farm and sell till around mod 5. Once they took DK and CN away it was all downhill from there. Most folks I know are in maintenance mode.

kievitz · March 2016

Ill take RP 2x event anytime, any help is appreciated.

But it should be a reward not the standard. You should be able to upgrade and see your gear growth with normal gameplay, now people farm like crazy and wait for RP events, kinda lame. But hey, if cryptic wants it that way, so be it.

People had options, we had BoE gear farmable from every single Edung, GMOPs from bosses (they were fast runs), P.wards and C.wards were in TBS tho were higher priced, but no vip.

U can still get 2.5K-3K IL without lots or no RL money input and casual play, involves some farming (booooring) but then a lot of games do unless ya pay up.
And now with the changes in mod9 alt gearing will become better if ya want more toons help getting AD and dodge some farming.

Ripping the wards of TBS is not the end of the world, the casual gamer wont aim to make their own toon near/BIS fast, i know i wont even aim for BIS, no need for that content wise. And If ya play now and then the AD will eventually cumulate to a point u can buy better gear from AH, or throw in a few, tens of dollars or euros, every now and then, once or twice every few months, to invest in gear or mounts. Not a real money hogger unless u want it to be.

I made my own armor and weapon enchs to greater (before coalgate tho) and prolly gonna make my own rank 9s-10s still after it. I collect AD and sell and salvo gear and have vip for that "1/1000" chance to get a better drop to sell in AH. And current dusk,drow and elven are the gear u can manage with in PVE, no need for DF set unless u want it.

You either stick in the "paywall" (near 2.5 IL, i think) and farm or pay RL money for a chance of/better stuff if ya want to.

I bet because of this ATM, LVL 70 PVP will not have a IL/gear ladder or team/player challenge board. Cos u could play it with a toon with lower gear and a better team balance and never have to think of BISing your toon, which requires A LOT of farming and/or RL money from casual/players.
I think u can only get lionsmane by farming banners in SH siege??

It would be nice to see playing/gaming efforts rewarded better, more balanced and a lot more content, but it cant be achieved with so small staff.
They cannot push content out fast enough or that is long enough to keep old players engaged for more than few weeks. Then players drop to farming again for couple of months and then another mod is up again, no fluid gaming balance.

sorry for the long rant.

Double RP weekend?

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