Mod6 was about taking away, pure and simple. Its like they robbed your house while you are on vacation, taking everything you value. Now you must slowly rebuild all you once had and will likely never get things balanced as they once were. Oh and bugs, they left an infestation of bugs when they were robbing you to make this rebuilding all the more horrible.
Half the stuff in the game doesn't work as intended, they took about all the AD gain the in game away, plus added a huge timers to most of the stuff in professions. Ah never mind just tired of reading and explaining just how bad Mod 6 is.
They should just shut this game down and get it done with, worsts and incompetent staff I've ever seen working on a game, with each module they bring out, they break the game more and more, and with Mod 6 they just broke the game.
But you guys are not seeing the positive sides of things, and why they have done certain things. A lot of it was done to fight against botters and try to reward players more, but it's not easy to do both at once. Whatever solution that they come up with will always make some people unhappy.
The nerfed to AD gain from leadership is needed, as there are so many people with an army of leadership alts (myself included) that generates far too much AD than the sink. Then you get people complaining about ZAX being broken coz it has a 5mil+ backlog and takes over a week to get their ZEN, but now you can see that backlog is slowly decreasing.
Then people complain about how hard it is to get blue marks of power/union/stability, and now they're making them drop from dread ring chest. They probably could have done better by it giving either blue or purple marks, but they love to throw in junk when it comes to RNG rewards.
People also ask for more rewards for actually playing the game. Well they're trying to give more RP drop from all sources, it still needs improvement as it's not enough for the new equipments we have, but it's a step forward.
I completely agree with all these things being broken in this module, especially expensive transcendent items etc. I think they've just created another power gap that is even harder to balance than before. I hope they're working on all the bugs.
Have the gear and skills, but lack the friends to play with? Come and apply for Essence of Aggression. We have been here and strong since beta. (Immature, rude, and arrogant people will not be accepted)
Half the stuff in the game doesn't work as intended, they took about all the AD gain the in game away, plus added a huge timers to most of the stuff in professions. Ah never mind just tired of reading and explaining just how bad Mod 6 is.
They should just shut this game down and get it done with, worsts and incompetent staff I've ever seen working on a game, with each module they bring out, they break the game more and more, and with Mod 6 they just broke the game.
Thats just how i feel, I read most posts and start to reply and just sigh and think why bother no one at cryptic ever listens, they have their little ideas on how to make money and they don't care what we think or want. Mod 6 was the last straw, I'm just doing my profs and invokes and waiting hoping someone at cryptic will do something to save this game
Do you not see, this mod was to appease the whales, and upper 1 % of hardcore players, those are the only ones defending the changes, all the while telling us peons, learn to play, find a guild, if you want run with me, you better know what you are doing i carry no one.
Sorry, but this is no longer a fun game, its like playing DnD with that one bad DM.
T1's are fine to run, T2's are difficult, but there is no reason to run them, the reward for the efforts, to put it plainly, suck and are horrible, 2 whole seals?, a cache of 40 once a day, no ty, ill just be invoking for the time being.
Well some people like to have some challenges (and they have finally delivered that after such a long time of people begging for it), and some will always want things to be very easy, well I guess invoking is one way of playing the game.
Have the gear and skills, but lack the friends to play with? Come and apply for Essence of Aggression. We have been here and strong since beta. (Immature, rude, and arrogant people will not be accepted)
Taking away the dungeon chest at the end of DD hour was a blatant nerf to players. Plain and simple. It's another way to cut back on AD gained in the game, by players, not bots. Not only is it a headache now to gear up, since you have to buy dungeon keys or take the time to collect seals or if someone is on an extreme budget, wait each day for a new free key.
For players that have gear already, we don't get the free AD at the end to farm dungeons to salvage the gear. Even during the new DD hour, the net gain is 3k AD + 3k salvage but each key is 5k AD. Doesn't work out to be a worthwhile endeavor. Which means they just take out more players in the game.
Do you not see, this mod was to appease the whales, and upper 1 % of hardcore players, those are the only ones defending the changes, all the while telling us peons, learn to play, find a guild, if you want run with me, you better know what you are doing i carry no one.
Sorry, but this is no longer a fun game, its like playing DnD with that one bad DM.
T1's are fine to run, T2's are difficult, but there is no reason to run them, the reward for the efforts, to put it plainly, suck and are horrible, 2 whole seals?, a cache of 40 once a day, no ty, ill just be invoking for the time being.
How much money does one need to spend to meet your criteria for a whale? $50? $250? $2,500? More? If someone's dropped around $7,000 does that make them a whale? You can lvl 12 all your enchants, trans both weapon and armor, and you'll still be getting pwn'd by peon mobs. Spending money doesn't get you easier survivability any longer. It just gets you a nice swift mount, and maybe some cool dyes...
If one ponder why the changes please look at every AD source that got nerfed and the "improvements". It won't take a brain surgeon to notice the ones that you got "better" rewards are all bot's favorite choices but the ones that got nerfed were typically done by real players.
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urlord283Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,084Arc User
If one ponder why the changes please look at every AD source that got nerfed and the "improvements". It won't take a brain surgeon to notice the ones that you got "better" rewards are all bot's favorite choices but the ones that got nerfed were typically done by real players.
Ask Cryptic then but don't expect an answer. But even without an official answer players should know not many bots do GG and other daillies but most of them do the weekly Shrandar instance and leadership among other enchantment farming. The new changes all benefit them.
With all the nerf to AD, "gold sellers" will probably get a lot of $. It's like... they wanted to help all those 3rd party sites.
Yet the going rate for spammer ad is going way way down. The game makes ad rarer in mod six which should mean that the spammers can charge more for it. But right now spammer ad is at $6.50 per million ad. Down from $12. per million right before mod 6 dropped.
That tells you that people are leaving this game in massive droves.
Yet the going rate for spammer ad is going way way down. The game makes ad rarer in mod six which should mean that the spammers can charge more for it. But right now spammer ad is at $6.50 per million ad. Down from $12. per million right before mod 6 dropped.
That tells you that people are leaving this game in massive droves.
That's because it backfired. Players are not buying anything with real money if they can't get anything from the game to begin with. Content has been removed. AD can hardly be obtained through playing. What's the point of buying illegal AD?
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urlord283Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,084Arc User
edited May 2015
What is the benefit to Cryptic to help out the bots
Please add Master of the Hunt reward to your list.
The challenge use to be finish it 7 times during skirmish hour. A week of it and you would get a lesser barkshield enchantment that you could sell for 100k or so profit.
100k profit in a week of constantly playing was not that bad.
Now the challenge is to complete the skirmish once or maybe twice during the skirmish hour, with a well geared group, to get what? A chance at a shard of the worst enchantment in Game?
Make content harder? sure.
Make rewards worst? No way.
Choose one, not both.
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darkstarcrashMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,382Arc User
Ask Cryptic then but don't expect an answer. But even without an official answer players should know not many bots do GG and other daillies but most of them do the weekly Shrandar instance and leadership among other enchantment farming. The new changes all benefit them.
Sharandar RP is character-bound, which is definitely not favoring "the bots".
And we have seen over and over that Cryptic will change things to hinder bots, even though it makes gameplay worse for players. Stop trying to imply PW is in league with gold-sellers.
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urlord283Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,084Arc User
Sharandar RP is character-bound, which is definitely not favoring "the bots".
And we have seen over and over that Cryptic will change things to hinder bots, even though it makes gameplay worse for players. Stop trying to imply PW is in league with gold-sellers.
I agree with you
There is no angle at which that view looks good
but
I'm thinken whoever believes that whoever believes they are in league with gold-sellers are just gonna believe that no matter what
Since all the skirmishes are way harder and take more time to complete, it becomes an indirect nerf because spending more time per run means less runs in general.
M6 almost drains your soul given how boring it is. (c) joocycuzzzzzz
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The gems we make meant to bolster armor no longer works
They should just shut this game down and get it done with, worsts and incompetent staff I've ever seen working on a game, with each module they bring out, they break the game more and more, and with Mod 6 they just broke the game.
The nerfed to AD gain from leadership is needed, as there are so many people with an army of leadership alts (myself included) that generates far too much AD than the sink. Then you get people complaining about ZAX being broken coz it has a 5mil+ backlog and takes over a week to get their ZEN, but now you can see that backlog is slowly decreasing.
Then people complain about how hard it is to get blue marks of power/union/stability, and now they're making them drop from dread ring chest. They probably could have done better by it giving either blue or purple marks, but they love to throw in junk when it comes to RNG rewards.
People also ask for more rewards for actually playing the game. Well they're trying to give more RP drop from all sources, it still needs improvement as it's not enough for the new equipments we have, but it's a step forward.
I completely agree with all these things being broken in this module, especially expensive transcendent items etc. I think they've just created another power gap that is even harder to balance than before. I hope they're working on all the bugs.
Have the gear and skills, but lack the friends to play with? Come and apply for Essence of Aggression. We have been here and strong since beta. (Immature, rude, and arrogant people will not be accepted)
Thats just how i feel, I read most posts and start to reply and just sigh and think why bother no one at cryptic ever listens, they have their little ideas on how to make money and they don't care what we think or want. Mod 6 was the last straw, I'm just doing my profs and invokes and waiting hoping someone at cryptic will do something to save this game
Well some people like to have some challenges (and they have finally delivered that after such a long time of people begging for it), and some will always want things to be very easy, well I guess invoking is one way of playing the game.
Have the gear and skills, but lack the friends to play with? Come and apply for Essence of Aggression. We have been here and strong since beta. (Immature, rude, and arrogant people will not be accepted)
For players that have gear already, we don't get the free AD at the end to farm dungeons to salvage the gear. Even during the new DD hour, the net gain is 3k AD + 3k salvage but each key is 5k AD. Doesn't work out to be a worthwhile endeavor. Which means they just take out more players in the game.
How much money does one need to spend to meet your criteria for a whale? $50? $250? $2,500? More? If someone's dropped around $7,000 does that make them a whale? You can lvl 12 all your enchants, trans both weapon and armor, and you'll still be getting pwn'd by peon mobs. Spending money doesn't get you easier survivability any longer. It just gets you a nice swift mount, and maybe some cool dyes...
Gotta admit I am not a brain surgeon
But
This makes no sense
Really
None at all
Urlord
Ask Cryptic then but don't expect an answer. But even without an official answer players should know not many bots do GG and other daillies but most of them do the weekly Shrandar instance and leadership among other enchantment farming. The new changes all benefit them.
Yet the going rate for spammer ad is going way way down. The game makes ad rarer in mod six which should mean that the spammers can charge more for it. But right now spammer ad is at $6.50 per million ad. Down from $12. per million right before mod 6 dropped.
That tells you that people are leaving this game in massive droves.
That's because it backfired. Players are not buying anything with real money if they can't get anything from the game to begin with. Content has been removed. AD can hardly be obtained through playing. What's the point of buying illegal AD?
It may have happened
But
A plan to do this?
Urlord
Ask them rather but don't expect an answer. They only have to answer to their BOSS when things go wrong.
Just saying.
(Sin)cerely
Kain
Oh NOW it's a deal!
The challenge use to be finish it 7 times during skirmish hour. A week of it and you would get a lesser barkshield enchantment that you could sell for 100k or so profit.
100k profit in a week of constantly playing was not that bad.
Now the challenge is to complete the skirmish once or maybe twice during the skirmish hour, with a well geared group, to get what? A chance at a shard of the worst enchantment in Game?
Make content harder? sure.
Make rewards worst? No way.
Choose one, not both.
Sharandar RP is character-bound, which is definitely not favoring "the bots".
And we have seen over and over that Cryptic will change things to hinder bots, even though it makes gameplay worse for players. Stop trying to imply PW is in league with gold-sellers.
I agree with you
There is no angle at which that view looks good
but
I'm thinken whoever believes that whoever believes they are in league with gold-sellers are just gonna believe that no matter what
Since all the skirmishes are way harder and take more time to complete, it becomes an indirect nerf because spending more time per run means less runs in general.