[Request] Make HNM weapons worth it!

[RemVye]

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Not that I don't agree the old content should be relevant and incorporated in new ways. However, saying that a single person from development could do this is ignorance. Even something as "simple" as adjusting damage numbers would require more than a single person. Sure, any derp can go and change 96 > 98 but it wouldn't be that simple.

They just need to take the time to think of the larger picture and find a solution that can be implemented over the life of the game, not a quick band aid job to patch the wound.

[Kiara]

Not that I don't agree the old content should be relevant and incorporated in new ways. However, saying that a single person from development could do this is ignorance. Even something as "simple" as adjusting damage numbers would require more than a single person. Sure, any derp can go and change 96 > 98 but it wouldn't be that simple.

They just need to take the time to think of the larger picture and find a solution that can be implemented over the life of the game, not a quick band aid job to patch the wound.

When did I assert that we wanted a "band aid job" to fix this? I totally agree that the numerical changes need to take into account the big picture (future weapons we're not privy to, 2.0 long term weapons, etc.). From my original post:

"... 1 member of the Combat Team that's astute enough to look at the stats of current high level gear, and...

* Adjust numerical values of currently existing NM / FNM Drops (probably in a spreadsheet).

Of course they have to think about Balance and making sure it won't overpower anything or outshine anything too much..."

Whoever the Lead/Senior Combat Designer is in charge of this area would certainly be more than capable of reevaluating the stats on the *6* old NM Items (as an example) and make incremental changes if need be.

I never said it was an instant fix, nor that it'd only take 10 minutes. But what Doctor Mog, Xatsh and others are asking for isn't something as extreme as "give us a whole new Continent with brand new HNMs / Models / and something more intricate than Dynamis."

SE has currently invalidated all their previous "max level" content (Original NMs, Faction NMs, Dzemael) and it's something that could be salvaged, or as Doctor Mog said, they'd need to generate far more content as a replacement for that, if they're going for that type of "3 month and it's overwritten" philosophy.