Nope no quitting, I just changed server to an new guild to see if I can at last do dungeons, I have only finished 2 of them. So better luck I hope. Again something has happened with the game with the drops as they are right now SUKKKKK bad, I killed yesterday with some other players 5 Champions and got NOTHING. NOT A THING!!! Killed myself like 7-10 vets and got nothing except to white trash, what the heck???? They are forcing everyone to do fractals and that SUKKKSSS!!!!!
Jhn 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Its going to be a long time before people get this gear enmasse. Just the amount of lvl 400 crafting mats is insane for just a back piece and its counterproductive to getting your legendary.
I play 40+ hours a week and I am still no where close to getting the mats for just the new backpieces. It will take me years to get the mats for a legendary. Unless of course I steal mommies credit card.
Anet has to seriously evaluate how long it take people to get these items. As it stands now, and trust me on this. The grind isnt in the dungeon, its in the endless amount of high lvl mats you need for everything. This is exactly the grind that I thought they marketed to me wouldnt be in the game. The kind that isnt fun, for anybody. At least half the players at least enjoy dungeon grinding, who loves killing random mobs for hours on end for mats? only the botters my friends.
This is the most casual friendly mmo I have ever played, but even with 40+ hours a week in gameplay, I am gold poor. and that is not for lack of trying. I think its directly related to the ability to get gold outa my visacard.
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Originally Posted by mayito7777
I do fractals quiet a bit. The drops are still garbage there my friend. See my above post.
I agree on the mat grinding. The legendary grinding is ridiculous as well. I've played a lot since release and I'm nowhere near 1/100 of a legendary at this point.
Gold poor is common. I'm gold poor as well, and not for a lack of trying. The only things I've found easy enough to grind for are Karma items. Everything else is a major pain.
Out of everything asked and answered, this one stuck out the most for me.
"This ties back to what i was saying earlier in which Ascended Gear and really any progression related reward mechanism that impacts the world globally should be introduced (Where possible) across the game and inside the different type of player's activities specifically. Allowing players to continue doing the things they love without focusing player migration to a specific part of the world. The introduction of the Ascended reward in one part of the game was a mistake and one that i don't want to make again.
Soon Ascended Gear will adhere to these rules."
So, do you think people will stop complaining? Or are they still going to whine about "gear grinding"?
I guess it would depend. If a player's main concern is the availability of the gear for those that don't run dungeons, then this might reassure them. But if a player's main problem is that there's higher-level stat gear than exotic in the game at all, then this isn't going to help much.
Very important quote right here.Q: Does the decision to add ascend gear, gating and vertical progression to the game came from Anet itself or from Nexon?
A: Anet we have no connection to Nexon in terms of development direction or at all as far as i know.
ONLY if you PRETEND that this was the main issue. It's an issue that it was only available in dungeons. The BY FAR MAIN ISSUE was the introduction of gear grind in general. And to that effect...
: Ascended gears are making a lot of people worry about an ever-increasing gear treadmill. Many players did not want the exotic/legendary system to change, and they don't like ascended gears. Was this expected? Can this be something fixed in a painless way? Can it happen?
A: Yes the response was definitively expected. We did not intent for the information to come out this way. Going back to my previous answer the issue is that we believe in the vertical progression system we had pre launch and that the introduction of an element into the system post launch was going to cause concern but something we believe in. That is why there is no plan for new Rarity Tiers of loot but there are plans to enhance or gain items within the existing rarity design whose properties continue on a shallow power curve. This said we certainly don't want to create a system where itemization blocks progression in the game globally and we also need to be careful of this in areas such as FotM if the primary reward isn't available elsewhere in the game. So in short its an exciting problem but one that has been poorly communicated and handled.
So their point is, we don't have the gear tredmill becaues its a really slow treadmill guys. Ummm, thats not how that works, sorry. But it' slow enough that by the time those things come out, most people will have moved on to other games. Unless ESO is insanely buggy, which is a def possibility.
Not "introduction" it is an "addition" to the current gear grind. If it is done slow and steady with multiple avenues of advancement then I'm all on board. If it means they are adding superior statistical gear every couple months than I probably won't last as long as I thought I would. BUT I believe them and trust AN more than any other MMO company I have experienced so I will "wait and see" as one of our wise moderators is fond of saying.
I dont want you to think I'm ignoring you or anyone else that may quote me on this subject, but I'm done talking about this particular topic. I obviously disagree, but all that could have been said has been said.
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