[2022] Feedback on Gearing in The R-4 Anomaly Operation

Hey Operations players!

Now that you’ve had time to challenge The R-4 Anomaly, we wanted to gather feedback on how rewards and gear were distributed. If you need a refresher on the gearing system, check here! As a highlight from this post, the main goals of the R-4 gearing system are Progression as a Group and Progression on every Kill.

Let’s start with Progression as a Group. Bosses in The R-4 Anomaly drop 2 boss-specific tokens per defeat that can be exchanged for Virulent gear, the highest item rating available from the operation. These tokens are tradeable for a 2 hour window to any member of the operation. This lets a group move rewards to a chosen player and ensures that early bosses remain desirable after multiple clears.

• Do you feel your group was able to progress in power through the Operation?
• Do you think improvements could be made to make it easier to progress as a group? If so, what do these improvements look like?

To target Progression on every Kill, each boss drops a general R-4 token that can be used to purchase and upgrade Hazardous gear. This secondary gear set lets you make smaller power improvements while working to complete your set of Virulent Gear.

• Did you want to upgrade your Hazardous gear?
• How quickly were you able to upgrade your Hazardous gear?
• Was  Hazardous gear helpful in completing The R-4 Anomaly?

The R-4 Anomaly came with 12 new sets of vanity armor, purchasable with Story and Veteran R-4 tokens. Story tokens can be used to purchase 4 sets of armor and Veteran tokens can be used to purchase 8 sets of armor.

• Do you like the look of these armor sets?
• Did you attempt to clear The R-4 Anomaly to earn these armor sets?
• Is there anything you’d like to see from future Operations armors?

The R-4 Anomaly also came with a new mount, the Wings of Nihrot. This mount has a small chance to be rewarded when defeating Lord Kanoth.

• Do you like the look of this mount?
• Did you attempt to clear The R-4 Anomaly to earn this mount?
• Is there anything you’d like to see from future Operations mounts?

This feedback will be valuable to us going forward as we develop future Operations and review existing Operations.

Gotta run, Lady Dominique wants me to convince Lord Kanoth to clean his room, something about rot being everywhere!

Hi everyone, hopping in to give a big thank you to everyone who has responded so far and a future thank you to any further responses!

Hi again everyone! Wanted to pop into the thread one more time to thank you for responding. 

As mentioned in the first post we will be using this feedback in future development of Operations. I've passed on all points about balance and difficulty in R4, and going forward for gearing we'll look to address:

• Gear from Story mode allowing a smoother transition into Veteran mode.
• Increasing accessibility of rare drops based on effort.
• Adjustments in the way vanity armor sets are obtained.