Questions About Lvl 60 Armor And Party Dungeons For PW Admin

nickdavison76 · May 2013

Hi PW,
I have really enjoyed playing in the open beta so far, its a great game with loads of potential. I have just hit level 60 with my control wizard and have a few questions I would like to put to PW admin, mostly about what changes are planned for lvl 60 players to make sure there are plenty of activities to keep them busy, but also about tarmalune bars, the social panel, and dungeon cue journal integration:

1. Glory reward armor for lvl 60 players is purchased with glory points earned via PVP, yet lvl 60 players are excluded from PVP, and there seems to be no way to earn Glory after you hit the PVP level cap of about LVL 30 or so.. Is this something that is going to be addressed and are aware of?

2. There are some really great rewards for tarmalune bars, but they currently seem to only be available via nightmare boxes, for which you have to pay to get a key to unlock them. I know that PW admin have been very clear so far in stating that this game is not pay to win, and the only things in the store are time savers and cosmetics etc, but this appears to be the exception to the rule. As far as I can see, the only way to get tarmalune reward armor/weapons is through buying masses of nightmare box keys to farm tarmalune bars. Is this going to change? Obviously steering clear of anything related to cash for stats is in the best interests of any f2p game.

3. Ardent coin rewards are great, but to have them accumulate at one a day seems a bit slow, are there any plans to provide players with repeatable "quests for the gods" that they can do to actively earn Ardent coins? I think this would be a really nice feature, and could be a great way to provide LVL 60 players with more activities if they were party dungeon quests.

_{Edited - Thanks hkiewa}

4. Are there any plans to integrate the party finder and player journal? It would be a great feature to be able to click a button from the quest journal to join the dungeon cue for any given party dungeon quest. Also to have a specific tab in the quest journal for repeatable quests and dungeons.

5. In relation to the social panel and chat, I get prompts when friends log on but the prompts display the players handle and not their char name, I don't have a clue which chars these handles relate to! Is this going to be addressed?

6. Suggestion for Zen store product:
The first things I bought from the ZEN store were four greater bags of holding, currently almost two of them are full of runes and bounty tokens. How about creating a Zen store rune wallet and a bounty reward wallet that are accessed from a new inventory tab? When runes and bounty rewards are looted they could automatically appear in these wallets leaving my main bags nice and clear

These are two products I would buy in a heartbeat.

Thanks,
Nick.

hkiewa · May 2013

Regarding #3, you are mistaken. Ardent coins do not disappear if you don't log in, Celestial coins do. Celestial coins only stack to 7.

fafhryd · May 2013

These are good observations

kukagenky · May 2013

this is why its best to just take your sweet time leveling while they add in more stuff.

x0y1 · May 2013

nickdavison76 wrote: »

Hi PW,
I have really enjoyed playing in the open beta so far, its a great game with loads of potential. I have just hit level 60 with my control wizard and have a few questions I would like to put to PW admin, mostly about what changes are planned for lvl 60 players to make sure there are plenty of activities to keep them busy, but also about tarmalune bars, the social panel, and dungeon cue journal integration:

1. Glory reward armor for lvl 60 players is purchased with glory points earned via PVP, yet lvl 60 players are excluded from PVP, and there seems to be no way to earn Glory after you hit the PVP level cap of about LVL 30 or so.. Is this something that is going to be addressed and are aware of?

2. There are some really great rewards for tarmalune bars, but they currently seem to only be available via nightmare boxes, for which you have to pay to get a key to unlock them. I know that PW admin have been very clear so far in stating that this game is not pay to win, and the only things in the store are time savers and cosmetics etc, but this appears to be the exception to the rule. As far as I can see, the only way to get tarmalune reward armor/weapons is through buying masses of nightmare box keys to farm tarmalune bars. Is this going to change? Obviously steering clear of anything related to cash for stats is in the best interests of any f2p game.

3. Ardent coin rewards are great, but to have them accumulate at one a day and loose them all if you miss a days play seems a bit slow and harsh, are there any plans to provide players with repeatable "quests for the gods" that they can do to actively earn Ardent coins? I think this would be a really nice feature, and could be a great way to provide LVL 60 players with more activities if they were party dungeon quests.

4. Are there any plans to integrate the party finder and player journal? It would be a great feature to be able to click a button from the quest journal to join the dungeon cue for any given party dungeon quest. Also to have a specific tab in the quest journal for repeatable quests and dungeons.

5. In relation to the social panel and chat, I get prompts when friends log on but the prompts display the players handle and not their char name, I don't have a clue which chars these handles relate to! Is this going to be addressed?

Thanks,
Nick.

1. I am not quite sure why you say lvl 60 players can't pvp. You can join anytime a pvp match at lvl 60, the even have a Vendor that sells lvl 60 epic armor for Glory. Additional we will get gauntlgrym (soon) a 20v20 zone with a extra dungeon.

2. You can buy a key with astral diamonds from another player in the tradehouse or buy items from the tarmalune store there if a player auction them there. Most items should be bind on equip.

5. You should not need it, just send a tell to the @handle. The system works with all cryptic games, even if the play Star Trek online or switch chars. So even it says your friend is online it can mean the are playing Champions Online.......

nickdavison76 · May 2013

x0y1 wrote: »

1. I am not quite sure why you say lvl 60 players can't pvp. You can join anytime a pvp match at lvl 60, the even have a Vendor that sells lvl 60 epic armor for Glory. Additional we will get gauntlgrym (soon) a 20v20 zone with a extra dungeon.

When I visit the PVP building on Deakin street I am told my level is too high for PVP domination. Is there another building for higher lvl PVP? Where do I go and who do I need to speak to in order to play?

x0y1 wrote: »

2. You can buy a key with astral diamonds from another player in the tradehouse or buy items from the tarmalune store there if a player auction them there. Most items should be bind on equip.

Fair point, but I still think that they should have an additional non-store in-game drop origin, even if its only top bosses in repeatable dungeons dropping five bars.

Here is the crux of the problem, Tarmalune bars are currently just another version of zen points, whilst they can be traded in game for astral diamonds, the top level source for these commodities is real life cash. The admin are saying this game is not pay to win, and they don't sell stats, yet this is not true. Tarmalune is presently just tier two Zen, they need to be made like astral diamonds. acquirable through in game actions or quests in Addition to through the store.

x0y1 wrote: »

5. You should not need it, just send a tell to the @handle. The system works with all cryptic games, even if the play Star Trek online or switch chars. So even it says your friend is online it can mean the are playing Champions Online.......

I know I can /tell to the handle, what I meant is that I have no idea WHO each handle relates to, this was a suggestion for improvement in social function usability.

x0y1 · May 2013

nickdavison76 wrote: »

When I visit the PVP building on Deakin street I am told my level is too high for PVP domination. Is there another building for higher lvl PVP? Where do I go and who do I need to speak to in order to play?

Just hit L and then the "queue" tab->pvp .

Fair point, but I still think that they should have an additional non-store in-game drop origin, even if its only top bosses in repeatable dungeons dropping five bars.

Here is the crux of the problem, Tarmalune bars are currently just another version of zen points, whilst they can be traded in game for astral diamonds, the top level source for these commodities is real life cash. The admin are saying this game is not pay to win, and they don't sell stats, yet this is not true. Tarmalune is presently just tier two Zen, they need to be made like astral diamonds. acquirable through in game actions or quests in Addition to through the store.

Yes and no. If you want to know the origin. In Star Trek Online the have the same extra currency, called Lobi Crystals. The introduce them with the 2nd lockbox, bad tongues would say to avoid the "gambling" issues. Every box wins and you get additional prizes. If this goes the same way as in STO you can "easly" get every BoE item in the auction house, this way I got my ship (very rare, ~0.5% drop rate) without spending $. However I buy sometimes keys to get some BoP items and IMO it's ok, so long as you can get keys in other way.

2nd point in STO you can get a very very minor amount of free lobi crystals with reruns of featured series. In Champions Online the even did run over serveral weeks a event so that you could get one free lockbox (open/did not need a key) including the drifter salvage (trade bars) via a daily quest. So it's quite possible that the do something here too in long run...........

I know I can /tell to the handle, what I meant is that I have no idea WHO each handle relates to, this was a suggestion for improvement in social function usability.

Yeah the could do this. I just remember the @handle sign aka the Cryptic "real name" system.

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