Conclusion for me: The character needs to improve stats. Improving stats from all epics and R7/R8 and 2.5 IL to something more is, my opinion, extremely tedious. I tend to not enjoy that at all. For example, I made black ice boots for my main character, and every time I consider making more BI, I feel ... meh, oh no, this will take ages. So I am stuck there, the epic dungeon content, costing development time, will not open up. To me.
I am missing something. Black ice boot? Does any level 70 blue boot would be better than that already? Black Ice boot was like 5 mods before. Is it making a come back and I did not notice? The last time I heard about Black Ice equipment was my guildie bought black ice equipment and dump them to SH coffer and another guildie likes their looks (don't ask me why because I hate their look) and wanted to get them to transmute.
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plasticbat wrote: > I am missing something. Black ice boot?
From Black Ice Profession, Drowcraft gear may be upgraded with Black Ice. IIRC it is termed Black Ice Infusion, and provides a tiny stats boost to one piece of equipment just once.
> [...] wanted to get [Black Ice equipment] to transmute
Unfortunately, as I found, Black Ice Infusion on Drowcraft gear will delete the previous transmute back to just Drowcraft looks. I had to refarm the transmuted boots from WoD.
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plasticbatMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 12,463Arc User
plasticbat wrote: > I am missing something. Black ice boot?
From Black Ice Profession, Drowcraft gear may be upgraded with Black Ice. IIRC it is termed Black Ice Infusion, and provides a tiny stats boost to one piece of equipment just once.
> [...] wanted to get [Black Ice equipment] to transmute
Unfortunately, as I found, Black Ice Infusion on Drowcraft gear will delete the previous transmute back to just Drowcraft looks. I had to refarm the transmuted boots from WoD.
Sorry, I did not get you were talking about Black Ice infused boot. When you said Black Ice Boot, I thought you mean "Black Ice boot" because there is a Black Ice boot.
When I talked about transmute, I mean the look of "Black Ice boot" and not Black Ice infused boot.
If I remember correctly, "Black Ice Boot" is a level 60 equipment. It was a BiS equipment back then. If you wanted to get the most out of these old "Black Ice" equipment, you need to keep infusing them to maintain them to be T3. The infusion could be worn out. That is you needed to obtain BI ... forever. That is why I was confused why you are using it.
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tripsofthrymrMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,624Community Moderator
Yea who can imagine feeling odd when you find out the queue put you in as the 5th wheel in a 4 person premade. I have no issue being friendly if it was just social. But its not. Its like being the token nerd invited to the frat party. Its either done to embarrass or to stroke egos.
Not at all. It is like a new soldier being taken under the wing of veterans.
@sockmunkey, if you think everyone with better gear or more skill has an ego problem, that is a reflection on you alone.
Sure there are some players with insane power and an ego to match. In my experience, there are far more players that are kind, sociable, considerate and powerful by virtue of having played for a few years with an attitude that learning is never complete. You can meet thousands of them by joining the NW_Legit_Community channel, and thousands more in the right guild alliance.
See my problem is, I dont feel like waiting for a random pug is considerate. Quite the opposite actually. The pug isnt really given a choice other then deal with it or queue again.
If they really wanted to be considerate. Then they could make use of channels and alliance groups. Give people an opportunity to volunteer rather then to be randomly subjected.
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lantern22Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,111Arc User
What should ppl do in your opinion. Stick to CN and T2 dungeons, so newer players can either wipe or learn on their own in lower level dungeons?
imo, yes. It is good etiquette.
High IL's can do whatever they like in premades or guild runs, but if they pug it with ppl 2-3K il lower than them then they should show some consideration and at least pretend a little bit to let the rest of the party have some input (i.e. let them get a hit or two in, maybe a debuff, perhaps let a tank get some aggro before it is ripped from his newbie hands, hell even let a budding DC heal someone). Its no fun for these guys if they are just tagging along behind doing nothing other than picking stuff up after the uber DPS annihilates everything.
Well that's my opinion anyway.
I love this 'bad geared players' and 'nice low geared players' posts. First of all, etiquette goes both ways.
I read rant post about geared players running premade, excluding low geared players. I read rant posts about geared players 'taking over' 'easy' dungeons. Get it together. We are not your slaves, you can summon as needed and send back in the cellar, if not. Decide what is etiquette, in your opinion.
There are low level and high level geared idiots. Where is the etiquette, if ppl que for dungeons with a group, that HAS to fail, if they dont get an ueber player to carry them. Now, when I run with such a group, I have to take that into account or I die. There are boss mechanics, like VT, that need some cooperation. I run PuG, so I dont try to command the other players, but after 3-5 whipes I can see, that this is a waste and I RECOMMEND changes, for the benefit of the group. There are 3 reactions, you get ignored (60%), you get insulted and/or kicked (30%) or they take your advice and you get it done with this group (10%).
Of these 10% most of the players are thankful for your advice and pm you later asking for tips for their class. One time I played with a newer player, who included his friends, so we ended up in a 4 ppl party and I answered their questions, to the best of my knowledge.
How is that for etiquette, I dont tell you how you have to play and you dont try to tell me, how I have to play? We stay polite and if you dont like your group, you can leave and if I dont like the group, I can leave.
This is a game and it should be fun for everyone, this includes you and me both.
Rants from new players? Seems to me most of the ranting is being done by the experienced players that feel affronted when some of the low IL's say they would like to have the same opportunity that we had and experience dungeons for the first time without having to just watch a high IL blast through everything.
All I am saying is that if a person takes their 3K+ toon to a T1 (which means they are likely in it for a fast RAD cash grab), then show a little consideration for the rest of the party. Personally I don't do that because CN is fast enough with much better rewards.
And so what if they are queuing with a group that will end up failing? I remember failing plenty of times on VT, it was part of the challenge.
Regarding low IL Vs High IL - remember that the High IL's have a choice where they stomp, the low IL's don't. With that choice comes a responsibility for consideration imo. As far as I am concerned, if you've taken the time to engage in communication with the rest of the party, that is consideration. I'm just referring to spawn - rush ahead - kill everything - finish as quick as possible ppl.
I'm not telling you how to play, I was just using a little bit of your post as an example to highlight an issue, it wasn't mean to have a go at you personally. I apologise if it came across that way.
I suspect, their complaint isnt about CN or even T2 dungeons. But at high geared players running the 3 person leveling content for quick AD.
None of the current content is challenging for an average group in my alliance (meaning a group I form by typing "LF4M (insert any dungeon or skirmish)" in alliance chat. I can recall a single run of eCC where I had to change from my buff-oriented DC to my healing-oriented OP to beat the boss. Other than that, we just marched on through with minimal coordination, minimal challenge.
Then I ask my question again: if most of you, who claim to be half as good as you'd like to believe, are not challenged by content, then why do you bother going for the easiest content in the game? Is it because it makes you feel good to go in a dungeon where nothing offers you any challenge? Is it because you try to show off to lesser geared players? Is your claim that you want an actual challenge simply you lying, as I strongly believe is the case for many of you?
Do keep in mind I am using the royal "you" in this case.
I am simply amazed that people make claims on these boards about caring about challenge, but then refuse to clear the "hardest" content in the game because it offers little to no rewards. Wouldn't the rewards be irrelevant if what you actually care about the challenge?
There really is no two way about it: it's either that many of you are lying on the "caring about the challenge" issue, or you're simply people who actually care about showing off to lesser geared players... not because you actually care about helping them, but because it makes you feel "big."
What should ppl do in your opinion. Stick to CN and T2 dungeons, so newer players can either whipe or learn on their own in lower level dungeons? (I truncated the rest)
Yes, they should stick to the highest level content they can run. Unless of course they are lying about caring about the difficulty of the content, which would mean that I am spot on about most well-geared players actually caring about showing off. And make no mistakes: the lower geared players do not need you. You want to believe they need you because it makes you feel better, but I can assure you we will achieve what we want without egoistical players with delusions of grandeur.
The whole thing I get from you people is that you indeed do not care about difficulty. So, why make threads like these and claim you do? If efficiency is all you overgeared players care about, then keep running lower tier content and stop saying you want difficulty, which is an obvious lie compared to what happens in the game.
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wurmschwanzMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 35Arc User
@isab, what are you talking? You saw the video? This was CN. The dungeon which was the hardest of all time in this game. Supposed to be the content for endcontent-players. We did it. We do it everyday. What do you want us to do? Only running CN, getting bored and quit playing? Not even CN is hard, it's just boring. I don't get it.
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thefabricantMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 5,248Arc User
I suspect, their complaint isnt about CN or even T2 dungeons. But at high geared players running the 3 person leveling content for quick AD.
None of the current content is challenging for an average group in my alliance (meaning a group I form by typing "LF4M (insert any dungeon or skirmish)" in alliance chat. I can recall a single run of eCC where I had to change from my buff-oriented DC to my healing-oriented OP to beat the boss. Other than that, we just marched on through with minimal coordination, minimal challenge.
Then I ask my question again: if most of you, who claim to be half as good as you'd like to believe, are not challenged by content, then why do you bother going for the easiest content in the game? Is it because it makes you feel good to go in a dungeon where nothing offers you any challenge? Is it because you try to show off to lesser geared players? Is your claim that you want an actual challenge simply you lying, as I strongly believe is the case for many of you?
Do keep in mind I am using the royal "you" in this case.
I am simply amazed that people make claims on these boards about caring about challenge, but then refuse to clear the "hardest" content in the game because it offers little to no rewards. Wouldn't the rewards be irrelevant if what you actually care about the challenge?
There really is no two way about it: it's either that many of you are lying on the "caring about the challenge" issue, or you're simply people who actually care about showing off to lesser geared players... not because you actually care about helping them, but because it makes you feel "big."
Then why are you back on the forums, having trouble giving the game away? Really if all you do is have nasty stuff to say about people, why don't go and do something else. Or does it make you feel good to belittle others? From the sounds of you, I'd hate to be your cat.
I do not promote anything, I did quite ages ago. This game is dead, even my cat would be able to finish dungeons in this game, just because they end without interacting! ( EDEMO...)
This game lost its glory when they decided to cut many old dungeons and the very balanced gameplay, designed over 5 years of creation and expansion in one single mod. Back in 2013-14, the game wasnt as easy and not many did complain, why now? Its much easier now and people still fail???? Thats beyond my imagination, those people must be literally ****.
People are more prone to fail due to price hikes this year itself.
What it comes down to, in the end Is 2 tires of players with different opinions on what the game represents and are constantly trying to prove their side of the view.
First one are the players who do not find a challenge in Neverwinter , as a game, any more.
The first one is divided to a few sub-classes.
1. Players who are here for a longer period of time, have adapted as the game changed and can do a CN without effort by pure will, effort and ts. With low level gear-score, as shown in vid. Great vid, by the way . Not everyone can do it. You really do need ts to pull one like that. It is a bit harder with pug groups. Especially if there is a lang. barrier.
2. Players who are maxed out. Have alts. Are basically BIS. And find no challenge within the game. Since they are over 4k there is really nothing to do for them except wait for harder difficulty . And i understand that. No problem.
3. Players who quit the game, but are still hanging around, and do not feel it is not a challenge, waiting for a better time, or a change, in order to come back. ( No problem, i have a few friends who are just waiting for the new dungeon to come back ) And are here to say the first two are not correct in their opinion about difficulty.
And the second tire would be :
1. New players who are still adapting to the game.... in game i can say i know a lot of them, still struggling to learn the ropes. Also , have in mind not all are as skilled or did play an mmorpg before nw. It happens.
2. Players who are still leveling their gear and where not here when you could get an ench for 50k a piece. Or easy AD, or when we had to learn how to do Lair of the Pirate King, Dread Vault... Old castle never, Spellplague Caverns, Caverns of Karrundax,Frozen Heart,Mad dragon, Throne of Idris, Cloak Tower. For us it was an exp. For new guys they do not have that exp. Even if you take they where here, when old Cn was run i was still playing around with T2s and collecting fashion items. I miss that days..
3. Players who do not feel that the current dungeons are not challenging and feel the difficulty should be reduced
4. And last but not least players who are still here on nw for an average and longer length of time and feel that it is challenging enough and we should think about little ones and their leveling and learning. The whole process we all passed and have some understanding of what they are going through.
Just to say, this is not trolling, and no offense was meant by this post. This is also not a jab at anyone. It is just my observation of the current situation .
Just to say, this is not trolling, and no offense was meant by this post. This is also not a jab at anyone. It is just my observation of the current situation .
And the gap between those 2 types are getting wider by each mod. Oh well. You have a point there. I'm bickering with the wrong people.
My point is that the game is so broken and the content is so broken that there are players who can do it without gear, artifacts, companions etc. and groups who don't know how to play as a group fail. Don't you think that it's a problem that people with a gs from 300-900 can do CN easily? I wanted to prove that the problem is not only bondingrunestones, gear, stats etc. The problem is the general design of dungeons. I don't know why you can't understand what I want to point out.
My friends and I have done this for fun. We made a drinking game out of it. XD This is one reason why I get kinda annoyed when people start asking for item level requirements to do dungeons like 3k+. If you learn what you are doing item level is completely meaningless. I really really can't wait to hear more about Fangbreaker island. I'm interested in a challenge and more over- an actually new dungeon. However there are things in this game that are more rewarding for me than loot. Helping people learn dungeons or get gear is really something I enjoy doing. I often would rather do T1s or T2s with people who are still trying to get geared up or gain experience in hopes to help them than run with people who are only interested in 'How quick can we kill the dungeon' easy street. It's why I'm still a healer DC after all this time.
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@isab, what are you talking? You saw the video? This was CN. The dungeon which was the hardest of all time in this game. Supposed to be the content for endcontent-players. We did it. We do it everyday. What do you want us to do? Only running CN, getting bored and quit playing? Not even CN is hard, it's just boring. I don't get it.
Then why run even easier content? I do not understand why you claim you care about difficulty and then bother running easier things than what you claim is the hardest. Is it for the sake of novelty? I do understand that doing only the same thing would get stale, but then don't turn around, claim you care about difficulty and then join low level runs where you basically render most of the group members useless.
I'll try to segment this to try and explain my point of view:
1. See people whine about game difficulty. 2. Shrug. 3. Go in game, see people with your kind of gear joining 3 men instances or running content 1,500+ ilvl under what they have. And it's not even for the sake of helping people. 4. Stares at the ridiculous ilvl requirement people ask for dungeons (in cases, 1,000+ ilvl than what someone remotely good would need to run an instance). 5. Has issue understanding why people demand harder dungeons when they're bothering with even easier content or making the content a face roll by making utterly overpowered teams with insane ilvl requirements. Ego? Needs the attention? Weren't hugged enough as children?
thx Isab you made my day cant stop laughing when reading your post
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Thanks! Glad I can make someone smile, even if it would be at my expense!
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wurmschwanzMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 35Arc User
Still don't really get it. I run every dungeon because I want to do these dungeons. Because I like running dungeons. I don't do dungeons because I want to make other people feel bad. Why do you think it is not okay for people running 3 man dungeons with 3k ilvl or something like this? They run these dungeons because you can get fast, easy ad. Some people don't have time to do other dungeons, so they do these. And then there are players who farm eLoL because they want to. What is the problem? I do all the content, from 3 man dungeons with my low chars to CN, Tiamat, Edemo. Everything. Because I want to. And I still say: The difficulty of dungeons is not okay. Because there is no difficulty.
5. Has issue understanding why people demand harder dungeons when they're bothering with even easier content or making the content a face roll by making utterly overpowered teams with insane ilvl requirements. Ego? Needs the attention? Weren't hugged enough as children?
Excellent flame-bait, but I'll try to explain.
People with high IL don't have a Borg-like collective conciousness. Different people, different playstyles, different attitudes. Just as one shouldn't generalize about the people with a lower Item Level, you shouldn't generalize about people with high Item Level either.
These inconsistenties you mention mean nothing if they don't come from the same person.
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Isab question for you: do you only watch 1 Movie at TV. Everyday everytime only the same Movie. I guess not cause its getting borring after second third fourth or whatever time you watch it. So why you want to force us players to only do 1 dungeon all the time. Seems kinda boring for me.
Anyone remember module 7 (I think)? They raised the difficulty and suddenly people complained that dungeons were too difficult. As a consequence they reverted (most of?) the changes.
Also keep in mind that dungeons are meant to be run again and again and again. Loot is based on low chances. Most people will likely not want to run dungeons again and again if they fail again and again. If dungeons are too difficult and take too long to run they get pointless. It will feel like a waste of time then.
Having to farm tons of Dungeoneering Shards also calls for quick dungeons.
Now that you showed us how easy CN is for you please do this with eGWD and eCC? I'd like to see that.
CN is more difficult than Underdark content and it came after UD.. right?... I think what people were complaining most about then was that they couldn't PUG with just anyone and succeed... because the Underdark content requires that people actually cooperate more than they were used to at the time. With ANY of the UD content... one person can ruin everything... at lest that was the case at first before most everyone got the rediculous new gear and Mount Bonuses etc available now and a monkey could do the content...
Honetsly.. I LOOOOOOVE to hear Puggers squeel.... and qq.. I hate that this game (for most of it's life) has catered to puggers with micro-attention spans. They are the PRIMARY problem with this game and has ROTTED the community and game play since the beginning.
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I chuckle when I read posts like these, sure when you learn how the dungeons work and are coordinated with a group of friends it becomes much easier. At the same time plenty of other people fail to get through dungeons or struggle to find gear because of time zone constraints. Not everyone plays the game at peak hours. Not everyone has the same amount of time to learn all the tricks to farm the best equipment.
If the game is so easy for you, make a new character, experiment with other builds. Why you can even make a foundry that is impossible packed with elite bosses and enemies for your friends to tackle if you wish. I do not think the game lacks difficulty rather the players just lack creativity. Also want a challenge? Enter a dungeon alone. There are plenty of options for you but keep in mind not everyone wants Demon Souls Online Prepare to Die with Your Friends Edition.
The Developers upped the difficulty by making wild random changes in Elemental Evil and nearly killed the game. People hated it. You can check archived forums if you want. Everyone likes a challenge but not everyone likes the same sorts of challenges. Just try to keep that in mind. This is a massive multiplayer game. A casual one as you might call it just because it keeps a wide range of interests, ages and skill levels in mind. I am fine with that.
Anyone remember module 7 (I think)? They raised the difficulty and suddenly people complained that dungeons were too difficult. As a consequence they reverted (most of?) the changes.
It was mod 6 and the majority of players quit including about 80/90% of my guild. I left for half a year. I should of stayed gone, but my GF is still in love with this game even though the writing is on the wall for it's future.
You'd think they'd be smart enough by now to stop listening to 1 or 2% of their players. Lots of people struggle just to finish the T1s. Pug and you'll see it all the time. They don't post on this forum or have insane gear scores. If they develop this game further ignoring that bigger_then_ever gear-gap. It's over. This game can't survive with a player base of 50. Stop thinking players are employees. They have agendas, and will skip to the next game the moment your studio has locks on the doors.
Do yourself a favor. Write down the names of the posters saying yata yata is too easy, use the find person feature in-game and see for yourself why they're so overpowered. They worked hard to do it (or paid). Lowest IL I ever saw for a forum-complainer about difficulty was about 3.4k.
And THIS ladies and gentlemen is an example of WHY the Dungeons stay moronically easy. IF people are having trouble with a majority of the dungeons in game it's their OWN fault. It's likely because they are not part of a guild that actually knows how to do content. or Build their toons right.. or ANYTHING for that matter. To do MOST of any of these dungeons is SO simplistic.. if you have played this game more than 3 months and can't beat Tier 1 dungeons.. you either need to find a new guild that supports their membership... STOP running in PUGS... or get to know knowledgable helpful players... in other words be SOCIAL in this Massively MULTIPLAYER Online RPG...
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wurmschwanzMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 35Arc User
Why should I join dungeons solo? This is a MMORPG! Focussed on guilds and alliances! There are two mods only about guilds. Foundry with super hard bosses? We tried it. But you only can put a certain amount of mobs in a foundry and they are all level 70 so they are weaker than mobs in campaign zones... We tried it, it was funny for about two days but after that it got boring because you can't create a real challenge in foundries. Other chars? I have three chars I play really often, I can't play my other chars because I don't have time for this. And why should I skill my chars ,,wrong" or in a way I don't like it only to make it harder because they is no real challenge?
And you know what? My guild liked the difficulty of mod 6 because we needed teamplay again. Sure, the DR-Bug was annoying but they also decreased the dmg and the hp of the mobs. This was horrible and led to the situation right know.
I know nothing. Any tips, advice or links to clear out CN like you do? There are people who run CN without fail and I really appreciate if you give some. Thank you.
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lantern22Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,111Arc User
And you know what? My guild liked the difficulty of mod 6 because we needed teamplay again. Sure, the DR-Bug was annoying but they also decreased the dmg and the hp of the mobs. This was horrible and led to the situation right know.
I loved the difficulty of Mod 6! As a tank you really had to keep on your toes, Tanks and DC's were needed again after being outcasts in Mod 5. But I know that half our guild left at that time, so its not for everyone.
I wish they would add "extra Epic" versions of all the dungeons with the Mod 6 touch.
I fully agree that we want/need harder stuff, but leave the old stuff as is, give us new harder stuff.
Really is that hard for the Mods to add a heap of ArP, HP etc. to the existing dungeons and make them a T2.5? Don't know.
Regarding creating more challenging content with the foundry: I did a lot of module-design for neverwinter nights 1 + 2. And even though that was an actual roleplaying game with stories and setting design being more important, it was possible to absolutely customize everything - from modeling the whole terrain to adjusting each and every monster. It was possible to script just about everything - so it was perfectly possible to absolutely adjust the challenge (in many ways). So I was a wee bit sad when I looked at the editor of this game..
Isab question for you: do you only watch 1 Movie at TV. Everyday everytime only the same Movie. I guess not cause its getting borring after second third fourth or whatever time you watch it. So why you want to force us players to only do 1 dungeon all the time. Seems kinda boring for me.
I do not, but here is the difference between your terrible analogy and what the whiners are saying: I do not make the claim that I want 1 type of movie, which I claim that I am only interested into and then proceed to watch every genre out there. That's called pushing your agenda and, quite frankly, being a liar.
What I am denouncing is the dissonance between what many of you claim to want and what you do. You claim to want difficulty and then proceed to do everything in your power to take decisions which effectively makes the content as easy as possible. There is a certain level of hypocrisy in that.
Do you ever demand a certain i.lvl, in a group, that is above what's honestly needed to run it? Are you ever biased toward group composition in terms of classes? Do you run content that is FAR easier than what you could because it is simply more rewarding to do so? Do you avoid running "tougher" content because it offers little incentive in terms of rewards?
If you answered yes to any of those, then please stop with the hypocrisy--you don't really care about difficulty, you just want attention.
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plasticbat wrote:
> I am missing something. Black ice boot?
From Black Ice Profession, Drowcraft gear may be upgraded with Black Ice. IIRC it is termed Black Ice Infusion, and provides a tiny stats boost to one piece of equipment just once.
> [...] wanted to get [Black Ice equipment] to transmute
Unfortunately, as I found, Black Ice Infusion on Drowcraft gear will delete the previous transmute back to just Drowcraft looks. I had to refarm the transmuted boots from WoD.
When I talked about transmute, I mean the look of "Black Ice boot" and not Black Ice infused boot.
If I remember correctly, "Black Ice Boot" is a level 60 equipment. It was a BiS equipment back then.
If you wanted to get the most out of these old "Black Ice" equipment, you need to keep infusing them
to maintain them to be T3. The infusion could be worn out. That is you needed to obtain BI ... forever.
That is why I was confused why you are using it.
@sockmunkey, if you think everyone with better gear or more skill has an ego problem, that is a reflection on you alone.
Sure there are some players with insane power and an ego to match. In my experience, there are far more players that are kind, sociable, considerate and powerful by virtue of having played for a few years with an attitude that learning is never complete. You can meet thousands of them by joining the NW_Legit_Community channel, and thousands more in the right guild alliance.
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If they really wanted to be considerate. Then they could make use of channels and alliance groups. Give people an opportunity to volunteer rather then to be randomly subjected.
All I am saying is that if a person takes their 3K+ toon to a T1 (which means they are likely in it for a fast RAD cash grab), then show a little consideration for the rest of the party. Personally I don't do that because CN is fast enough with much better rewards.
And so what if they are queuing with a group that will end up failing? I remember failing plenty of times on VT, it was part of the challenge.
Regarding low IL Vs High IL - remember that the High IL's have a choice where they stomp, the low IL's don't. With that choice comes a responsibility for consideration imo. As far as I am concerned, if you've taken the time to engage in communication with the rest of the party, that is consideration. I'm just referring to spawn - rush ahead - kill everything - finish as quick as possible ppl.
I'm not telling you how to play, I was just using a little bit of your post as an example to highlight an issue, it wasn't mean to have a go at you personally. I apologise if it came across that way.
Do keep in mind I am using the royal "you" in this case.
I am simply amazed that people make claims on these boards about caring about challenge, but then refuse to clear the "hardest" content in the game because it offers little to no rewards. Wouldn't the rewards be irrelevant if what you actually care about the challenge?
There really is no two way about it: it's either that many of you are lying on the "caring about the challenge" issue, or you're simply people who actually care about showing off to lesser geared players... not because you actually care about helping them, but because it makes you feel "big."
The whole thing I get from you people is that you indeed do not care about difficulty. So, why make threads like these and claim you do? If efficiency is all you overgeared players care about, then keep running lower tier content and stop saying you want difficulty, which is an obvious lie compared to what happens in the game.
is what CN looks like and:
is what edemo looks like. Most of the time I am only running CN.
cant stop laughing when reading your post
greetings
First one are the players who do not find a challenge in Neverwinter , as a game, any more.
The first one is divided to a few sub-classes.
1. Players who are here for a longer period of time, have adapted as the game changed and can do a CN without effort by pure will, effort and ts. With low level gear-score, as shown in vid. Great vid, by the way . Not everyone can do it. You really do need ts to pull one like that. It is a bit harder with pug groups. Especially if there is a lang. barrier.
2. Players who are maxed out. Have alts. Are basically BIS. And find no challenge within the game.
Since they are over 4k there is really nothing to do for them except wait for harder difficulty .
And i understand that. No problem.
3. Players who quit the game, but are still hanging around, and do not feel it is not a challenge, waiting for a better time, or a change, in order to come back. ( No problem, i have a few friends who are just waiting for the new dungeon to come back )
And are here to say the first two are not correct in their opinion about difficulty.
And the second tire would be :
1. New players who are still adapting to the game.... in game i can say i know a lot of them, still struggling to learn the ropes.
2. Players who are still leveling their gear and where not here when you could get an ench for 50k a piece. Or easy AD, or when we had to learn how to do Lair of the Pirate King, Dread Vault... Old castle never, Spellplague Caverns, Caverns of Karrundax,Frozen Heart,Mad dragon, Throne of Idris, Cloak Tower.
For us it was an exp. For new guys they do not have that exp. Even if you take they where here, when old Cn was run i was still playing around with T2s and collecting fashion items. I miss that days..
3. Players who do not feel that the current dungeons are not challenging and feel the difficulty should be reduced
4. And last but not least players who are still here on nw for an average and longer length of time and feel that it is challenging enough and we should think about little ones and their leveling and learning. The whole process we all passed and have some understanding of what they are going through.
Just to say, this is not trolling, and no offense was meant by this post. This is also not a jab at anyone. It is just my observation of the current situation .
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I'll try to segment this to try and explain my point of view:
1. See people whine about game difficulty.
2. Shrug.
3. Go in game, see people with your kind of gear joining 3 men instances or running content 1,500+ ilvl under what they have. And it's not even for the sake of helping people.
4. Stares at the ridiculous ilvl requirement people ask for dungeons (in cases, 1,000+ ilvl than what someone remotely good would need to run an instance).
5. Has issue understanding why people demand harder dungeons when they're bothering with even easier content or making the content a face roll by making utterly overpowered teams with insane ilvl requirements. Ego? Needs the attention? Weren't hugged enough as children?
People with high IL don't have a Borg-like collective conciousness. Different people, different playstyles, different attitudes. Just as one shouldn't generalize about the people with a lower Item Level, you shouldn't generalize about people with high Item Level either.
These inconsistenties you mention mean nothing if they don't come from the same person.
So why you want to force us players to only do 1 dungeon all the time. Seems kinda boring for me.
Honetsly.. I LOOOOOOVE to hear Puggers squeel.... and qq.. I hate that this game (for most of it's life) has catered to puggers with micro-attention spans. They are the PRIMARY problem with this game and has ROTTED the community and game play since the beginning.
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If the game is so easy for you, make a new character, experiment with other builds. Why you can even make a foundry that is impossible packed with elite bosses and enemies for your friends to tackle if you wish. I do not think the game lacks difficulty rather the players just lack creativity. Also want a challenge? Enter a dungeon alone. There are plenty of options for you but keep in mind not everyone wants Demon Souls Online Prepare to Die with Your Friends Edition.
The Developers upped the difficulty by making wild random changes in Elemental Evil and nearly killed the game. People hated it. You can check archived forums if you want. Everyone likes a challenge but not everyone likes the same sorts of challenges. Just try to keep that in mind. This is a massive multiplayer game. A casual one as you might call it just because it keeps a wide range of interests, ages and skill levels in mind. I am fine with that.
And THIS ladies and gentlemen is an example of WHY the Dungeons stay moronically easy. IF people are having trouble with a majority of the dungeons in game it's their OWN fault. It's likely because they are not part of a guild that actually knows how to do content. or Build their toons right.. or ANYTHING for that matter. To do MOST of any of these dungeons is SO simplistic.. if you have played this game more than 3 months and can't beat Tier 1 dungeons.. you either need to find a new guild that supports their membership... STOP running in PUGS... or get to know knowledgable helpful players... in other words be SOCIAL in this Massively MULTIPLAYER Online RPG...
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And you know what? My guild liked the difficulty of mod 6 because we needed teamplay again. Sure, the DR-Bug was annoying but they also decreased the dmg and the hp of the mobs. This was horrible and led to the situation right know.
I wish they would add "extra Epic" versions of all the dungeons with the Mod 6 touch.
I fully agree that we want/need harder stuff, but leave the old stuff as is, give us new harder stuff.
Really is that hard for the Mods to add a heap of ArP, HP etc. to the existing dungeons and make them a T2.5? Don't know.
What I am denouncing is the dissonance between what many of you claim to want and what you do. You claim to want difficulty and then proceed to do everything in your power to take decisions which effectively makes the content as easy as possible. There is a certain level of hypocrisy in that.
Do you ever demand a certain i.lvl, in a group, that is above what's honestly needed to run it?
Are you ever biased toward group composition in terms of classes?
Do you run content that is FAR easier than what you could because it is simply more rewarding to do so?
Do you avoid running "tougher" content because it offers little incentive in terms of rewards?
If you answered yes to any of those, then please stop with the hypocrisy--you don't really care about difficulty, you just want attention.