c0rnell
04-28-2011, 04:59 AM
I think this will be best illustrated by a personal experience so here goes: We all know the first six trials for empyrean weapons are a complete time sink and no skill is involved in the kills (to say nothing of WoE drama and mass overcrowding in aby), yet what happened the other day I can't tolerate. After 5 hours of killing placeholder for Jolly Green solo, the thing finally popped on my scan, i run over to it and...it's been killed when i get there. Not just claimed but the thing is dead so i have no time to ask them to invite me. I was now and then doing /sea in the zone and 0 ppl always were there, except when ballista was going. I had the damn thing in /seacom, yet some ass apparently logged on from where they were camping it, saw it's up and decides to kill it without giving a crap that someone else spent the time.
Then she even asked if i wanted the belt when i told her about that...She was camping for the belt and had no trial weapon on. I know it's a huge coincidence, but how would you feel? Frankly it made me want to quit, it makes me dislike the player base that was years ago an actual community, and it definitely has made me quit doing those timesink trials. When the only "challenge" of them is to hope some scrub doesn't log on and gank the NM you spent HOURS trying to pop, it's a fail system. So i'll probly get bored and quit at some point, unless the update is spectacular or something.
What i wish would happen is that, like the 3 kings change, these were all made force pops, or at least the repop times reduced, cause rather than keeping me playing, it's just giving me less to do as is. I think people for the most part are either done with their weapons or they're not willing to put up with these absurd all-day camps for 4th-5th weapon cause I see far fewer camping them now. Indeed, my only concern lately was some random would come kill it before i can claim...cause no one is around to team up with when i get there.
I dunno, i'm well aware it's still far less a time sink than relics/mythics, but i just don't have the patience for garbage like at jolly green anymore, so i won't be camping those unless SE changes it. I would like to finish that trial but after going thru 4 other empyreans, most of which back then i could just team up and go afk half the time, it's just not worth the angst it has become. I'm glad these forums now exist so there's a place to vent, anyway.
Then she even asked if i wanted the belt when i told her about that...She was camping for the belt and had no trial weapon on. I know it's a huge coincidence, but how would you feel? Frankly it made me want to quit, it makes me dislike the player base that was years ago an actual community, and it definitely has made me quit doing those timesink trials. When the only "challenge" of them is to hope some scrub doesn't log on and gank the NM you spent HOURS trying to pop, it's a fail system. So i'll probly get bored and quit at some point, unless the update is spectacular or something.
What i wish would happen is that, like the 3 kings change, these were all made force pops, or at least the repop times reduced, cause rather than keeping me playing, it's just giving me less to do as is. I think people for the most part are either done with their weapons or they're not willing to put up with these absurd all-day camps for 4th-5th weapon cause I see far fewer camping them now. Indeed, my only concern lately was some random would come kill it before i can claim...cause no one is around to team up with when i get there.
I dunno, i'm well aware it's still far less a time sink than relics/mythics, but i just don't have the patience for garbage like at jolly green anymore, so i won't be camping those unless SE changes it. I would like to finish that trial but after going thru 4 other empyreans, most of which back then i could just team up and go afk half the time, it's just not worth the angst it has become. I'm glad these forums now exist so there's a place to vent, anyway.