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You are the guy who said the ingredients are easy to farm during the TC feedback stage so they did not need to change the amounts.
Ah now they are fighting over who gave what resource.
The only person making stuff is coming back now to break the main wall.
They are in and fighting mobs now.
Looks like they have about 20 players there. Each will get 5 resources.
There will be a ton of extra resources after this event is a week old. If players share.
Consider these events as vending machines. It's easier to design compartmentalized feedback loops that have no deep integration with any existing system. As it stands the points of integration are: You can sell rewards for money. You can train the new pet, which means you need to get power scrolls, which means someone will be farming those power scrolls. Your gear will incur durability loss as you play the event, which will need to be replaced eventually. You can gain skills and outfit new characters very quickly. The most important point of integration is with the UO store and its luck potions.
That's me being descriptive rather than critical. There's a need for such events to keep the game alive, but you see the vestiges of more integrated considerations in systems like treasure hunting, where you can at least get gems for imbuing, or pirate hunting, where you can get materials for crafting. The trouble is the rewards of one system diminish the relevance of another. What's the point of crafting anything these days if you can get super powerful gear from quarterly events? And the point of looting anything?
I haven't played the event and won't until it's on my shard, but it's at least more varied than the others. The inclusion of crafting is interesting, and I hope that with the recipe scrolls we'll see the ingredients pop up in other systems.
Kyronix has said that generally the 50-50 response of "X is too powerful" versus "No it's not" or "It's not powerful enough" means they hit the mark. That perspective makes sense. You can't please everyone, after all. However, I wonder if you wouldn't get that response at scale from any audience concerning gear power.
The crafted bracers are fine.
Cuffs of the archmage are still fine, and still better.
That is it, end of story.
I hope!
I cannot see any changes are required.
Except to make the wand enhanceable?
The crafting stage is seriously good, it is a gateway - a server is as strong as it's crafters, that is seriously awesome when you think about it. Maybe some of those warriors who like to go in and blitz everything, will contribute to helping the server get in. Or not.
The 2nd stage is the best, champions, and the final boss, with great rewards. That final boss - Riftvoid Construct - is the best boss I've seen ingame.
Flowing into the dungeon for 4 hours - a ton of players like this style - but it is now restricted.
You have the usual NIMBYS - Not in my Back Yard, protesting about warriors they don't want on their server, but seriously, on Origin, this part of the event is already dead - let the warriors have their chance to shine.
There is something for everyone - and honestly, the rogues may even have it best - amazing.
No need to go hating, and trying to take content away, like I have seen people doing on the forums, some people complain about everything.
The people who complained about bots having 24/7 access, are now complaining they only have 4 hour access... Be careful what you wish for, or constantly complain about. You cannot push the whole thing to stage 2 like someone seems to want - because that would make no sense. The flow is brilliant, and quite frankly the location is inspired.
Directly from the Devs:
"Being unable to enhance the Veilkeeper's Branch is by design. Feedback from players over the last several events has included concerns that crafters are being overshadowed by event items, and in this event we are attempting to make crafters more relevant. Enhancing the Branch would make it a best-in-slot offhand luck item, which also includes a lot of desirable stats. This would take away from a crafters ability to reforge and enhance 190 luck shields, or to search for a randomly generated artifact with 150 luck that you can further enhance. We appreciate everyone's feedback on the item."
First thing is that the wand should 100% be enhanceable and the mare is WAY overpriced (should be 250 drops max). I think a few items like the reward chest piece (ie plate balron chest) should have a tweak to something whether it's adding some EP or 10% DI or something to encourage swapping it out (right now the Balron Bone is better bc of the +3LMC).
I don't think the entire event should be stopped (at the beginning) waiting for crafters on smaller shards, but to each their own there. It does feel lopsided though that crafters need to do something to start things off, but all they get is rubble for being the main cog in starting the event... I think they should get other satchel items for helping. Otherwise, it kind of turns into what the MoE event was where the T-Hunters were doing all the work and "free-loaders" (ie multiboxers) were coming in for the "good" rewards after that. I think crafters should be included in the event but I don't think it should prevent the event from taking place AND they should be able to keep "sieging" after the walls are down if crafters want to keep going.
The 2nd/3rd stage is best part of this event, period. This is where I am talking about ATL specifically; there needs to be MORE of this... like have it again after phase 4th stage because if it goes like it does on Origin right now; that stage is going to last about 15min with all the multiboxers.
My concerns about stage 4 are:
- Will there be enough spawn (on ATL) to feed to multiboxers AND regular players
- Should everything else be put on hold while this stage is going? I'd like for the ToT portion to be longer than 4 hours (I don't like the restriction), but not if it's holding up the rest of the event.
I can't speak to the last stage because I haven't had a chance to participate in this... but this probably proves my biggest point of all... Up to this point the game largely has been very "play at your own pace" where you know you have X time so you can do ABC. By creating a 6-8+ hour event with certain stages (and rewards) people might not be able to play the game at their leisure which I think is a huge turn-off as a paying customer. If I really love playing a crafter, the first stage is great but that might take 2 hours (and I get nothing from it) OR it takes 5min (and my crafter is now idle for 6+ hours). OR if I really want to collect the satchels for void cubes, I have to time it perfectly (guessing) to be on when the champ spawns and then wait another 6+ hours if I have no interest in the ToT (just an example as I enjoy the ToT).I think the tweaks would include allowing players that do NOT want to do the ToT stuff to still participate and get worthwhile rewards more than just once a day at random times (while also giving the ToT people what they want).
I saw no players complaining on Baja even tho they wait 30 min to an hour for the crafter to break into the city.
They understand, why complain if I'm not going to help with this stage.
I just hope the drop rate is decent.
You are just repeating what I said.
They understand, why complain if I'm not going to help with this stage.
Were they calling out in chat for help?
There is not one post on this forum from a player standing by a wall and asking for help.
So they do not come here.
Nice try tho.
It is fixable by each, and every person. Everyone knows this.
Popps has even said how easy it is to build a crafter, and do this stuff.
It isn't easy, it is time consuming of course, but everyone wants a reward for nothing, they want to crucify the Bots - but now they have been called out.
They are not prepared to put the effort in, they have no right to complain.
That was to Kevin, and Grimbeard, and anyone else with that point of view.
You can't do anything?
I'm on a 3 day Mage, and I've channelled 100 skillpoints into Mining, to try and get some required resources for them, to speed the process up, we can ALL do something, and should be, it's a team game, blah blah blah.
Felucca can do attitude vs Trammel cannot and must complain on the forums if people don't do what they want them to. Team up, make it happen.
Can you see why I get so wound up by you guys sometimes?
No bots botting, because the server locals, the crafters, have not let them in yet.
I guess Origin players will open it up when they want to, and are available to play.
Bots, and non server players, having to play around their schedule, that is so cool.
You posted this this (on your illegal client) right before server down... the walls reset after server up so there is no point to opening the gates at that point.
But, I had been watching it for the last 4 hours, 9:00am, to 1:00pm my time.
I guess that maybe late/early for them.
But the main point still is - bots are not able to bot 24/7, they are at the whim of the server population.