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CTA events, what players expect or want....
wylonus
Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,376 Arc User
CTA was suppose to be fun events, last one was so terrible, and rewards are lame comapred to risks.
i would like to see and make proposal few ideas.
for +60 levels...
1. enchants and runs no lower than rank 4 from loot drops, any higher rank would be random from a chest.
2. potions/kits/id scrolls bonus drops
3. random rewards from chest...
A. uncommon pet
B. talamur bars (small amount than lockboxes)/rare chance of getting it, about 3-6 bars.
C. Mark of Potency (small chances to get)
D. random profession assest/crew (any green ranks) for small chance to get.
As for under 60th level characters
1. enchants and runes are no lower than 3's and better chances with chest for higher ranks.
2. standard drops on potions and kits base on levels.
3. chest updates
A. random chance on uncommon pet
B. random extra Astral Diamonds 5-10 by low chances to get
C. same chances for wards with white/green and chance of blue.
so, that all i offer and hope to see anyone else who may have better version or more balance rewards than i posted, so let not get too greedy.
also, if someone else claim it is too boring or too easy, hopefully devs may have 2 copies of zones for standard and hardcore zone for different challengings, but make sure both have same rewards but not restricted "elite" loots that only benefits specific players.
answer would be for hardcore/extreme zone would be bigger cash drops, astral drops, or extra bars, but not any purple/golden items, remember, some players dont have access to tier 2 items.
happy huntings!
i would like to see and make proposal few ideas.
for +60 levels...
1. enchants and runs no lower than rank 4 from loot drops, any higher rank would be random from a chest.
2. potions/kits/id scrolls bonus drops
3. random rewards from chest...
A. uncommon pet
B. talamur bars (small amount than lockboxes)/rare chance of getting it, about 3-6 bars.
C. Mark of Potency (small chances to get)
D. random profession assest/crew (any green ranks) for small chance to get.
As for under 60th level characters
1. enchants and runes are no lower than 3's and better chances with chest for higher ranks.
2. standard drops on potions and kits base on levels.
3. chest updates
A. random chance on uncommon pet
B. random extra Astral Diamonds 5-10 by low chances to get
C. same chances for wards with white/green and chance of blue.
so, that all i offer and hope to see anyone else who may have better version or more balance rewards than i posted, so let not get too greedy.
also, if someone else claim it is too boring or too easy, hopefully devs may have 2 copies of zones for standard and hardcore zone for different challengings, but make sure both have same rewards but not restricted "elite" loots that only benefits specific players.
answer would be for hardcore/extreme zone would be bigger cash drops, astral drops, or extra bars, but not any purple/golden items, remember, some players dont have access to tier 2 items.
happy huntings!
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. . . I really loved it when they introduced the Merit system for CTAs, so super cool - especially for casual alt-addicts like myself with 15+ characters. Never-the-less, I would like to see it expanded or improved a bit:
. . . I would like to see all rewards possibly attainable (yes, even enchants and potions) specific to the CTA(s) become available for Merits on the respective Merit Vendor for the associated CTA. Just make all the "rare chest loot" (like companions) be Bind to Account on Picup in the Merit Vendor while leaving them as Bind on Equip when looted from the chest at the end of the CTA. Also, put the Transmute's in the Chest Loot table and make them really rare but Bind on Equip while leaving them in the Merit Vendor as they are.
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Pretty much this , so tired of spamming CTA events and not getting the companion drop , also wish the developers would check on the RNG drop mechanic in this game , I know it sounds like a tinfoil hat theory but I'm certain some accounts are more 'lucky ' than others .
I would like to see only R4's for level 60's - R1-R3 should drop as appropriate to a player's level, otherwise.
A BoP version of the companion or mount should be in the CTA medallion of battle shop.
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The Pet was so rare that instead of averaging 50k on the AH, they were averaging 150k while the CTA was on. Most people I know didn't even get a single pet, including myself. On top of that, as far as I could tell, the enchant drops were also heavily reduced and I could be mistaken, but I don't recall getting rank 3's from the chest in any of the other CTA's.
Moving forward, I would love to see the same system as Respen's return. Having rare BOE pets from the chest and BOA pets that can be bought was very nice. Furthermore, if the reward rate of the pet is not to be set back to previous levels, then I would like to see a Blue quality pet from the chest, with a Green one available for purchase.
As the OP stated, CTA's are supposed to be a fun limited time event, but if people feel like they are Slaving away for nothing then there is no fun to be had and more and more people will stop running the CTA's.
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The AH price on the pet was less about the drop rate and more to do with market manipulation and the value of AD being extremely weak, at the time of the event.
running the event for 100 times and having no companion or belt to show for it may be enough data for you to assume that the overall drop rates were low for this event, but fact is that there are other people that got these items quickly and possibly even multiple times.
i don't think i should expect to get the good stuff all the time in a limited event. but i won't blindly grind either. just my two cents.
This time I ran 4 maybe 5 times.. enough to get 4 dye packs (can't remember if I got one each time.) That's all I wanted out of it, and I even considered just buying them after the first run.
Wish this particular pet had been more rare than it was. If I had won it, I would have had a couple hours of fun trying to find interesting ways to get it killed. Other than that.. it is pretty annoying and not much else. I had to turn off the FX portion of sound in game because of this pet's puke-sounds which seem to be never-ending.. lol.
As far as rewards, I hope to see in CTA's a decent number of enchants for RP fodder, some nice dyes, some nice transmutes (I hated all of them this time) and a useful companion.
Well, this time I got 4 dye packs that fit one of my chars nicely. But I know some people probably liked this CTA just fine. Different strokes and all that.
Edit- (I've gotten the pet from every CTA... if I wanted it. Sometimes on the first few runs, sometimes after a couple hundred. I've yet to want it and not get it.) I've gotten some that I didn't want, and gave them away.. like that nasty druid one..
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For some reason, Neverwinter's RNG is most likely "fair" since digital dice are hard to cheat on. But the sequence once reversed engineered can be taken advantage of. Most of us feel the RNG is really kicking us in the behind. It's not and it is mostly our own paranoia due to the low chance of most rewards in the game. Still doesn't change that fact, most of the player base is frustrated and annoyed.
What can the developers do? They could be more exact about chances and give a way to see the rolls happen or give players a way to roll the dice. But ultimately, I don't think there is really much they could do to change it. The RNG will still be "unfair" to some and blessed to others. Who knows, maybe the RNG seed is the numerical equivalent of your character's name?
I don't agree. My expactation of any event is to have fun. While fun is very subjective to me it also means that I get something in return. Just running any event repetitively without getting anything is hardly fun. Having to rely on the RNG is not fun (even if this time I was lucky and got the companion on the first try and the ancient curio on the second).
On the other hand it is more likely fun if one has a goal to work for. It gives a fealing of satisfaction and accomplishment when the goal is reached. With random drops you can hardly have that. You were lucky and accomplished nothing.
If most people feel that way it might be better for Cryptic to allow players to work for their goals. Give them alternatives to random drops.
Don't you think a level 40 could make use of a e.g. Mark of Potency?
i for one need tons of mark of potency, i came back recently, and i had older enchantment merging formula, and no way to make updated new runes and enchantment with what i have, i stop playing when i had rank 4s and been away for 6 months, and coming back to find out it all been changed and had to relearn new system.
without mark of potency, i would find myself at roadblock, and cant afford auction prices.
so the idea was to help some returning players a few jumpstart to catch up with old group buddies who are ahead and advanced.
any items from CTA's chests would be bind on pick up or by account to prevent overflooding auction market, also CTA was the best way, supposely better way to gear up and some xp levels.
I can only surmise that you don't understand the concept of enticement. Without rewards people don't do things. Even if it is your own personal goal, or you feel better for having done it. Players don't feel better for running a skirmish 100 times, they only do this to try to get the rewards, which might I add are prominently advertised. If very few people are getting these rewards, than very few people want to continue to participate.
While I don't disagree that AD is weak at the moment, I strongly disagree that this is the reason why the prices are so high. When looking at the AH you typical would see 200-300 CTA pets, but there were usually (as far as I recall) less than 100 shaman at a time.
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Now, honestly, I join for about 40 -50 runs max get a few dye potions and give up.
For the love of all that is holy , developers PLEASE add a bound version of the companion to the CTA store , pretty please with sprinkles and everything!