Assault Becomes A Skirmish

doubleslice

Greetings,

The Assault On Archosaur event is quickly becoming a minor skirmish. Loads of players are no longer wanting to play much after the second wave. The mobs are not too difficult at all. But the potential loss is. A player can no longer be content to get into a rhythm of slash - kill - loot with the mobs. Now they need to run to town every 15 minutes or less to empty their inventory. Otherwise, they risk losing all of their hard work. If a player forgets to go into town, they risk turning a great session into total frustration. If a player has to run into town often due to fear of losing their hard work then the event no longer becomes fun. The mobs are not scary, they are fun. The PKers are not scary, they are an annoyance. It's the Spoils Of War skill. That is not just a game changer, it's a game killer. For the last 3 Assault On Archosaur events I, and many others, have been hit by that skill and lost multiple stacks of DQ items. We just get into a rhythm and suddenly the Spoils Of War comes walking around and ganks all players. Taking a multi million haul in just a few minutes. Others have to work for an hour or more to make 1 million at Assault. If there was ever any skill that seriously kills the player balance, this is it.

The player turnout for Assault has been going down steadily. This last one was the lowest I have ever seen. I have seen at least one player in our guild throw a huge fit and then they left. Left the faction and were gone for good. They were too upset just because they got hit by that one skill - Spoils Of War.

To PWI, this skill is probably the biggest mistake to add to the Assassins arsenal. The skill has been used, and abused, to the point it has completely unleveled the playing field. The sin can take an event like Assault On Arch, especially with 2X drops, and in just a few minutes, can make many millions in DQ drops. It's a cash cow for them in DQ sales and in DQ points. I am certainly considering in not participating in the next Assault. It's no fun to lose so much if I stay to grind and no fun if I have to keep stopping after a few kills just to keep the DQ items I pick up.

The one thing some players say is "Just get some dolls or get some guardian scrolls". That is fine if you have the money to put into the game to buy them. But for many players, they don't have the real money to pay and you can't get scrolls with Dragon Points and you can't get the scrolls with Event gold. So, the Spoils Of War skill is a big "SPANK" for a player who is unable to pay to play. They have no defense other than to keep running into town every 10 to 15 minutes. At that rate, you end up spending half your time running and selling instead of grinding.

Maybe PWI should change this game into a Pay To Play game. You will lose all of the players who can't pay but at least then the players who stay will have the cash to buy the protection scrolls. The paying players will enjoy that. The lag effect everybody complains about in Archosaur will most certainly disappear. That must be good for something - right?


Take care from a player who's been on since beta.

Xainou - Sanctuary

You can get guardian scrolls with tokens.

And it isn't gonna happen. Just for the fact alone that this skill has no effect on any PvE server in that event.

jockerks

hello peoples my name is gabriela and so far i had gotten this account from my cousin which stopped to play long time ago ..... i have to confess i got lucky for get his acc but not so lucky for start to play in the time where the pkrs( mostly sins) are being considerer coward and jerks ....... i have met a lot of sins and most of them were gentle .... only some few made the sin class become something hated.. im not saying that u cant pk .... u can pk... U CAN......but u dont have to steal all the player hard work...... if u were getting stolen .. u wouldnt like, ... so if the sins dont stop to steal DQ drops .... , what probably will not happen , a lot of players will probably leave the game, as me as well ... so pls pwi take care of ur clients .... mainly the low lvls cuz they dont know what to do to avoid the theft of the sins

they are making the pk name be a shame .... not a sport anymore but something about greediness and cowardice.

Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear

Haha wow, that's just evil.