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Are you happy with the changes made by latest patch? Why?
mryuz
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 71
I just want to know whats the opinion of the majority. This poll will, in a way, show us if Cryptic was telling the truth when they said that the changes were made based on players feedback.
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EDIT: Actually, the exploit didn't ruin the game. The developers refusing to do anything about it is what ruined the game. My bad!
This is pretty much my only beef with the x-pack.
Am I happy with the changes in the X-Pack? Yes, actually.
Am I happy with the current state of the game? Absolutely not.
I liked the changes in the module, but I am NOT happy with how certain issues are dealt with.
for me, what this patch did is give players less reasons to play.
if you're already geared, which a lot of players are, you no longer have any reason to do DD or GG.
I love the new skirmish and Sharandar dailys are the right length for me too. Anyone who says they are burning through 3 dailys and the solo dungeon in 15 minutes is, frankly, full of it. The new items don't particularly excite me, but the permanent boons are a very nice touch. The new content will be a nice addition to playing UGC, which is where most of my interest lies.
Click "Nightmare Thursday" in my signature.
Essentially, for a limited time, nightmare's dropped back to back, people exploited it, honest players did not exploit it expecting a rollback. Developers said the exploiters got "Lucky," blah blah blah, exploiting is good, buy some zen, **** the rest of you.
I summarized a little bit.
They'd have been better off saying "Go play a different game, this one will die in a few weeks." But that is just my opinion.
This is more than likely because many video settings have been reset to defaults with the introduction of new options and textures.
Believe it or not, nerfs are "fixes." Very, very, very unfavorable fixes. Like getting your nuts chopped off "fixed."
Hahahahahaha!
Then I would suggest tinkering with them. As I said, many new dx11 textures and options, as well as new anti-aliasing options were introduced in this patch. As a result many settings have reverted to default and many defaults have changed.
There may or may not be an auto-detect option. I usually set up my stuff manually.
Before the patch the default was dx10. It might have changed to dx11, which in the lowest (default) setting will have a lower particle count, but which by manually tinkering with will look much better.
Or they'll realize that farming dungeons outside of DD bonus just became 100 times more profitable, because unbound gear, that doesn't depend on the box, suddenly became much more valuable.
GOOD unbound gear*
By all means, if you want a 1:20 chance at a 1:5 roll (IF EVERYONE GREEDS), go for it. Even then, it's only worth as much as the buyer says it is.
Or the fact that most of the content is hidden behind daily timers so it takes us a week or two to realize how little they actually added?
Dodgeball: NW-DR9U49EM6 (Approx. 15 min dodgeball tournament against ranged enemies)
Farming Fiesta: NW-DJL23IH7G (Approx. 30-45 min map for farming items and experience)
Go fight a boss without glitching it and then check AH prices before crying please. Many items have doubled in price already. So find a group that will do greed runs and continue making nearly as much as you did before...
Outside of that ... I'm fine with the changes. But I'm probably not the typical/average MMO target player - eg, I don't PvP or group dungeon run (so a lot of stuff doesn't affect me very strongly). I'm weird, I know.
Our entire party had that problem inside of Frozen Heart earlier today. Yes, all five of us in the same area(s).
Lets face it, this is what Cryptic was aiming for, prior to patch it was easier (take not I said "easier" not easy) to get AD, so most players dont even spend real money on the game. they just farm AD and use AD to buy Zen. Well guess what.. cryptic wants your money so *patched*!
Put "Shader Detail" back to Very High or Max. It was dropped to minimum for some reason. Set "Video Card" to Auto. Water still looks weird to me though.
The graphical bug will be fixed. The Nightmare bug ruined the game because of how it was dealt with. Basically, any time you spend in the game now is in support of exploiters. Have fun with that ...
What do you need AD for? You can farm everything from dungeons...unless you suck and can't complete them... They are so **** easy. So much easier if you exploit them.
not when
A. they don't fix the old bugs
B. introduce new bugs
C. Nerf the things that made the clss "almost" viable in the first place