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Wanted to say thanks to PHXL for creating a situation in which the aetherspark nerfing is hurting guilds/friendships. I was running with my guildmates and friends this evening to level up weapons. One of the guys has all of his weapons at level 20, but not enough sparks to reforge and continue to level up with the rest of us. So he's now forced to either pony up money to buy sparks, or spend several hours doing mindless aetherspark verthopping. He left our party solely to just go farm sparks on his own, and probably wont come to play with us for a few days. Looks like aethersparks are not only gating progression, but people playing and enjoying that game together.

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almost 4 years ago - /u/CreatureTech-PHX - Direct link

Thanks for the feedback!

The intended purpose of sparks was to get players engaging with every aspect of Hunting Grounds, and it's unfortunate that you're not doing so together with friends. This wasn't the goal.

We're buffing sparks on Thursday and we'll continue to balance them in order to find the sweet spot.

Please continue to post feedback after 1.5.3 launches so we can get a feel for how things are going.

almost 4 years ago - /u/bunheadwhat - Direct link

Hey! We have decided to remove aethersparks from the store entirely. Full post here!