ekimarcher

The vast majority of the feedback that we get tells us very clearly that end game content is dramatically more valuable overall than story content. So leading up to 1.0, that was our main focus. 1.0 was the first version where we had all of our planned classes available and our end game was feeling like a proper end game set of systems.

With a live service model game, the story will always be expanding and evolving. It's hard to draw a line and say that at any one point is where the story is "ready for release".

We considered many scenarios and plans for a path to 1.0 in very specific detail. We are very pleased with our decision and hindsight being 20/20, I would do it again just the same.

Lol I know, it bothers me so much. That and also how the sort doesn't put 1x1s side by side to make a pair so you don't get that awkward 1x17 section down the right side. We just hired a dedicated UI dev for the first time to redo all these janky old bits of my code floating around.

It's on the list to be updated properly. It doesn't know the name of the item and the tiebreaker is just incidental, it's not actually coded. So it's not just a matter of switching what it's looking at.

I think it's a cool idea. We don't really have the spare art assets to make concept art for mtx that we don't follow through on. We are just trying to add as much as we can right now as the shop still feels kinda bare. If it is good enough that we would be confident to present it as an option, then we would probably just want to make it regardless. Maybe once we get the mtx options settled a little more.

Yea, my sorting algorithm was never meant to go into production 6 years ago. All it cares about is object size. It then uses age as an incidental tiebreaker so it just knows that all those 1x1s are "sorted nicely".

Edit: someone just told me they are actually working on this already.

It's less about not wanting to add a 6th button and more about not wanting to add a 6th specialization slot and wanting equal spec slots and ability bar slots which implies the requirement of not adding a 6th non-spec bar slot.

Also, please try to use Evade as we aren't adding a Dodge roll.

One of the requirements we had for the system was to not add a 6th specializable ability slot. This suggestion would require compromising the other systems in a way we are not comfortable with.

Option 1: delete all of the traversal still trees. It then is just a class specific version of what we are already doing while also effectively deleting 10 skills at the same time.

Option 2: remove one of the other ability slots at the same time. That turns this into us just locking one of the slots on your bar and giving it a coooldown effect.

I can't think of another way to make this work and both of these are non starters for me personally.

It's a neat idea but even if we didn't have to make another of those adjustments, it also increases the complexity of the overall system higher than we want.

This was an option we considered which is why I know the reasons we didn't do it off the top of my head.

Edit: also, please please please start u...

Does it depend on our react to the state of the game?

If yes, not ok. If no, maybe ok but not conclusive.

In game is best

Did you also submit it to the bug reports?

I can't really go into details on what we do with regards to this but we can shadow chat ban people.

I agree that our methods aren't providing enough protection against this yet. The current system blocks almost all of it. But the couple percent that does slip through is still really annoying.

Edit: We are actively developing new systems to combat this problem.

I don't know off the top of my head. If I was going to start investigating it, I bet that the ability assignment request has a null check in it somewhere that fails if you try and set the ability to nothing. It actually asks the server if it's ok to assign that skill. We try to reduce network calls wherever we can do it's probably checking the null value before it even asks and just isn't bothering because it thinks it's a pointless request. Even though it's not.

Basically someone probably forgot about it.

Of all the things that could be wrong with a mtx shop, that's probably the best lol. More coming with major patches.

Others answered the questions well already, just to add that the extra purchase pushing that we do is just a tiny little button that says "shop" just at the bottom of the screen. You don't get any annoying popups or stuff.

Ok, there is technically a way to do it but it's next level jank.

Fill you action bar with an ability that you have because of passive point investment. Respec your passives such that you don't have that ability unlocked any more. It will automatically remove it from your action bar.

No, please read the rest of that chain, I explain it in detail.

A 1LP unique always has exactly a 25% chance of grabbing any of the main 4 non-sealed affixes it has. Regardless of any sealed affixes or not.

Edit: also, I'm sorry but the post you replied to has the line: "There is no way to bend the odds in your favour."

I will rip that band-aid off quick. Those are both items we have considered and debated many times. They have never come remotely close to making it past the "should we do it?" phase.

Thanks :)

We've got some exciting plans for upcoming additions too.

Well yes, but technically not quite. (unless you're really taking my "ignore the sealed affixes" to heart)

As I said: "The exalted item is required to have 4 non-sealed affixes on it." It may or may not have additional sealed affixes but it doesn't matter.

The exalted item is required to have exactly 4 non-sealed affixes on it. The number of sealed affixes is irrelevant.