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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2010 in The Academy
I know this was brought up during testing on Tribble, but now that the update is live it seems that older consoles have been Grandfathered to the higher skill level. ex I have a MK iv common that is only 3 skill points less than a Green Mk X.

Is this something that will be changed soon or will they stay with their current values?

Because many players knew of this change coming there was a rush on the exchange to buy console before the change hit. However, this seems to me to give older players an unfair advantage.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Baucoin wrote:
    I know this was brought up during testing on Tribble, but now that the update is live it seems that older consoles have been Grandfathered to the higher skill level. ex I have a MK iv common that is only 3 skill points less than a Green Mk X.

    Is this something that will be changed soon or will they stay with their current values?

    Because many players knew of this change coming there was a rush on the exchange to buy console before the change hit. However, this seems to me to give older players an unfair advantage.

    EPS ones were changed across the board. I am sure these will be updated as well.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Baucoin wrote:
    However, this seems to me to give older players an unfair advantage.

    I take it you never played Eve? Or any game where the players (raiders, etc.) who had been around for a while had better gear, skills/spells, etc. and therefor an advantage in any pve/pvp situation?

    The incessant QQ on these forums for anything not perfectly in balance between people that are lvl1 vs. lvl45 and good players vs. wow rejects is amazing.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I have no problem with people getting better gear, skills, etc from raiding/ questing. But with these changes if they stay as they are, there would be no way EVER for someone new to the game to get an equal level item.

    For instance a Mk X older common console with a skill bonus of +28 compared to a Mk X post-patch green with a skill bonus of +15.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    it has to be a bug - everyones console was supposed to update to the new numbers (as far as I know) - I'm sure its on the Tribble forum somehwere. If it didn't I'm sure there's a bug fix patch coming out to catch all the quirks of todays release :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Since I have an archive of Mk VI consoles.... actualty a lot of them, because I was studying their effects and working on a list.

    I wonder if my drove has now turned into something useful.
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