about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

We need to get the devs to notice our reservations, so share this on twitter and tag @BlessUnleashed @round8studio and @neowizglobal

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by StudMuffinNick

Ask and we shall receive! That was fast production from when that guy asked!

I had never gotten a video request before. I was excited :p And it needed to be said quickly besides

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by pineapplekiki

This!!! Great video, I personally don’t want to be fighting against the community/other players in order to get an ancient weapon, and furthermore I love this game I’m hooked, but I work and I cannot stand around for hours trying to get an ancient weapon so the only thing I can do is get ripped off on the marketplace by players or miss out. I like the alternatives presented in the video, such as hard ass time trials, etc. Sounds like fun and something to look forward to, instead of standing round waiting or saving up ridiculous amounts of star seeds for the items needed.

I feel like if we could decide for ourselves when we do activities everyone would be more consistently active across the board

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by Asyelum

Just fyi, i know a bunch of people who have this and havent thrown real money at it... weve just been griding nonstop for it.

I.e i saved up starseeds and have spent 5mil starseeds that i earned in game getting the items to start the quest on day 3.

That aside you got a good portion of what you need to do wrong. Yea the drops from oathkeepers are needed, but they are also available through fishing.

Yes pvp guilds will dominate some of these, but some are in non disputed zones so pvers wont have to contest with it.

Finally for the ornament relics those estate workers come from ancient chests, and you can also get them from fishing and fishing competitions.

This update has done a good job of balancing the pvp open world wars that some enjoy while not preventing the pve and casuals from getting things too. Padana is even undisputed ffs.

I know not everybody is spending real money, but I know of a few that have. This was more a critique on a system that makes people feel this is necessary than it is on those people.

I didn't know the fishing rewards overlap with oathkeeper. That's good news thank you. From what I hear all of the corrupted node spawns have been moved exclusively to disputed zones.

I agree this update has done a lot more good than bad. Ive been singing its praises. That doesn't make it less ridiculous that we are somehow expected to squeeze a few hundred people through a door wide enough for 2 every few hours. It's mostly about people taking out their frustrations on each other

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by Kogashadow55

Outriders here I come after grinding through two adaptations of this game I've officially given up on them ever attempting to make it enjoyable. I will still log on to hang with my dudes and people that generally try to make the game fun. Money I will not throw towards any future development disappointments. I love dungeons and I enjoy running pvp events (regardless how many broken types there are) but they keep driving wedges between players. I've seen people I've played from day 1 that just wanted to help become ostrich sided and turn due to only wanted to be able to run content. Broken mechanics and percentages and skills being nerfed and or not working as advertised is a plague with crit caps and apparent invulnerability not mentioned in patch notes. Game throwing and breaking at every turn. Apparently we are all wrong and the end game is fishing.

Outriders is a goo alternative. I'm also really looking forward to it. Hope things improve so you can find joy here again ;)

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by Valkayree

Yep. It is never a good thing to design a mechanic that forces the player base to hate each other. Starve a community and even good people will fight for a few scraps of food.

Excellent point

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by Asyelum

“Its mostly about people taking their frustrations out on eachother” I think ultimately thats all it is most of the time, people misdirecting their anger at the games mechanics when its really not that bad

We aren’t expected to be all completing this within a week, or even a month. The ancient weapon content is for the maxed out players who need something to do, and even then it will take us atleast a month.

The rest of the community can worry about getting stronger, CC, SC, and lvl 40+, this shouldn’t even be on their list right now.

In a perfect world everyone would realize that and just relax. Part of a game designer's job, especially in multiplayer games is to anticipate how players will respond to your system. The idea isn't to frustrate players, its to make them feel rewarded, even when they aren't really getting anything.

Also with the game having had content drought issues at endgame since release, there are so many endgamers alone that even if you took out lower tier players it would still be like tossing a grain of rice at a sea of hungry people every few hours

about 3 years ago - /u/TheMinion256 - Direct link

Originally posted by Asyelum

Yes that is true, but I also feel as a preferred content creator that you should try and evaluate the content fully and accurately before releasing negative reviews. This game already struggles with toxicity and pessimism, we don’t need more. You are probably the biggest content creator for this game right now and it would just be nice to see some positivity come from you, it just always seems negative.

I really don’t think the community is as top heavy as you think. Atleast the PS4. More then half of people id guess aren’t even exalted in all the factions, or have storm chaser.

A good portion of people feel like they are done or close to being so when they get around 1350/1400 GS and then remake their chars running around with 10 alts, instead of 1 progressed far enough to make this quest viable.

As soon as you qualify for time dungeons you qualify for the ancient weapons quest. I think that's a lot of people on either platform. On top of that, even people who don't qualify or need antique keys anymore are farming them for the resale value. Devs are taking this issue very seriously and are discussing changes.

I think you are underselling the amounts of toxicity we have. Our community has a terrible reputation and it won't get better by not pointing it out. It's possible that it is a bit worse on Xbox because early game glitches caused a serious power imbalance. But people grossly disrespecting each other is being done on social media for all platform members. As long as we are bullying each other, I sincerely hope people continue to speak up about it.

I've been there lately for people who were bullied into a very bad place. And with the anger and spite over ancient weapons being a big deal currently, that kind of directs my focus. But I was genuinely excited about this update and I think my reviews were pretty positive. I talk about what's currently happening, good and bad.