[2019] LICH EPHEMERA

This will be fixed up next Hotfix!

1 hour ago, AngelWednesday said:

Could we have a slider to make the ephemera either less or more intense on pets and sentinels please?

Or will they be put back to how they where before the latest patch.

I was hoping to make an electrified looking Kavat. 😁💖

No sliders, but they will be more vibrant.

1 hour ago, GmG-ITA said:

sorry for the ot

we can get an answer if you are aware of the kuva larving not spawning bug

 

Yup, merged these, we are investigating!

1 hour ago, CuChulainnWD said:

Any chance you will break radio silence and give us a real update before Friday addressing why all of our feed back has come to nought? Honestly this latest update has been a bit of an insult. It's really starting to break my heart to see the direction things are going. Give us some REAL tangible news regarding how DE will be making sure that the LICH system is done right, complete and near polished BEFORE it gets swept under the rug when Empyrean is released.

Honestly, I am starting to worry about what Empyrean, and Duvari Paradox will be like if the Nemesis system is any indication to go by. Your community good will is eroding.

The contents of this comment are hyperbolic which makes it hard to engage with in good faith. I hope you will tune into our next Devstream where we are able to speak to the numerous things people have brought up on a large platform to reach as large an audience as possible. The major remaining things we see are pacing/commitment, RNG, and co-op friendliness which we will discuss openly.

18 minutes ago, CuChulainnWD said:

They are hyperbolic because you have a community that cares, and a Dev team that has asked for feed back which has been provided in spades. DE has sat on our feed back for 2 weeks now, and have had 2 years to make this game mode happen. Much of our feed back has been clever, insightful and viable. The lack of comms on your end is fueling discontent.

Me personally I have no drive to play the Lich system anymore when I see DE taking similar paths as Bioware and Bathesda. Bioware "accidentally" made their game into an enjoyable looter shooter in an update, which they promptly turned off. DE what did you do recently? Turned off Lich Kill Murmur sharing. I know you addressed it passingly Reb, but nothing has been said since. The similarities to Bathesda, is releasing this game mode in as bad a shape as it is in, and then introducing yet more monetary transactions into the equation. That is putting the cart before the horse, and DE you are/were better than that.

The problems we the community have pointed out to you should have been addressed immediately as they directly influence replay-ability and enjoyment. Instead you give us a trading system which brings money into the equation, when there are still LARGE glaring issues with the game holding it back from being as great as it can be.

Waiting yet ANOTHER week to address them comes across as indifference and sweeping it under the rug, especially given that you wish to send this to consoles, and Empyrean and Duvari are around the corner. For once will DE not see something to completion, as polished as it can be that will bring you a viable financial gain, and the community something that is both a challenge, and entertaining whilst being replayable? Our feedback addresses many of those very points.

 

Yup, I completely respect your care, and it's a challenging situation when 'all game devs are bad and only want money' rhetoric enters the conversation. As I mentioned, the major remaining things we see are pacing/commitment, RNG, and co-op friendliness which we will discuss openly.

It's a gamer's prerogative to say 'You're being like Bioware and Bethesda!!!', but it's really hard to engage with constructively. Do you have feedback on the things I mentioned? Trading Liches was something that was meant to ship with Liches as we indicated on streams that you'd be able to trade them, but it came 11 business days later. which has had a lot of thrash (pros and cons). To set expectations, you may indeed to wait another week for comprehensive addressing of more macro commentary from our goals and intentions (plus a lot of data!), but there will definitely be hotfixes inbetween.

(Duviri is no where near around the corner, btw)!.