This patch dropped the ball hard

[Evaddaragon]

So what if Antiquated Equipment is only upgradeable via Alexander Savage ? It'll be upgradeable via the new 24-man raid and alternate methods come 3.1 and ilvl210 will still be the highest ilvl 210 for about...what...5 months ?


People still haven't caught on the pattern 2 years later since ARR's release ? Oh well.

[AsteriaStarfall]

There is no fun in having to wait a week just to do this.

So you would rather rush and gear up in a day and then complain about having nothing to do....

Final Fantasy forces you to follow a pattern, complete this one question, obtain trade in item, receive gear, wait a week, rise and repeat.

WoW does the same thing, has for years and years. Most games are like this. It is to prevent fast gearing and giving you a reason to log in for more than one month and then just unsub until next content patch.

[Tuathaa]

You're guaranteed an award through rng as well. The only difference is that a game that is rng based (diablo, borderlands, phantasy star online) those games don't lock you out for a week

Rng means you get a chance at a reward not a reward.
My only issues with lockouts is that there really isn't a whole lot to do. Logging in once a week for a raid is kind of pointless and a waste of money.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So you would rather rush and gear up in a day and then complain about having nothing to do....

No, we want to get all our best gear and idle in Idyllshire with our weapons drawn out to show how awesome we are.

[Eye_Gore]

In light of another thread. I guess doing the bare minimum isn't so bad. There's always something to do, don't have to worry about grinding gear and upgrading it only to have to replace it less than a month after the game came out.

[Jetstream_Fox]

So what if Antiquated Equipment is only upgradeable via Alexander Savage ? It'll be upgradeable via the new 24-man raid and alternate methods come 3.1 and ilvl210 will still be the highest ilvl 210 for about...what...5 months ?


People still haven't caught on the pattern 2 years later since ARR's release ? Oh well.

Because locking upgrade items behind content unrelated is pointless. Has been since ARR, you're doing double the work to upgrade something not related to the content it's behind. It's like getting a salad for lunch, but putting dressing on it requires you to go to the library to read Shakespeare, then you can go buy dressing and put it on the salad. Sounds a bit ridiculous now doesn't it?

[AlphaFox]

Did anyone really expect them to not limit it to 450 a week like they have been doing for how long now? If it bothers you so much that you can't fully gear up in a week come back when the new Tomes are released and Esoterics are acted as Law. Overall, I am just tired of seeing people complaining over stupid stuff like this.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Did anyone really expect them to not limit it to 450 a week like they have been doing for how long now? If it bothers you so much that you can't fully gear up in a week come back when the new Tomes are released and Esoterics are acted as Law. Overall, I am just tired of seeing people complaining over stupid stuff like this.

No one wants to gear up in a week, I don't know how you or others are getting this. We want more ways to obtain gear without having to wait a week for a reset. It's really not a hard thing to understand nor is it a good direction for the game.

[Yshnal]

Do you know what was great in 2.0? You had several alternate paths to get equivalent gear without one requiring you to go with the path that provided the other ones, and you could do that in the same patch. Relics required completing something hard (back then) instead of mindlessly farming 1723892739172893123 hours. Oh, and crafting and gathering wasn't like a second job.

The fault of this is of the selfsame players that complained about this in these forums. They're the ones that have changed this game into this crap. Same with hunts, and all the timesinks and frustrating stuff, getting rid of everything that made 2.0 fun.

[AlphaFox]

Nobody wants a 450 cap limit that takes month to gear toward

Sure sounds that way to me.