
Originally Posted by
Ryaze
I mean, this might be a troll but is no one going to address that there is a serious issue with the content & relic progression as SE has laid out? The 1st step of the Relic requires a solo duty, the 2nd step of the relic requires either grinding in an instance (Bozja Southern Front) or doing HW FATEs, and then suddenly the 3rd step of the relic will require the story mode of Delubrum Reginae which itself requires Castrum Lacus Litore to be completed. After the addition of coins to Skirmishes and Critical Engagements outside of CLL we already saw a stark drop in interest to do CLL. Previously, whereas I could almost always get CLL to finish in every single instance I was in, after the change it flipped upside down. The majority of instances currently wont even have enough interest to queue for the content, let alone successfully beat the first boss.
Does no one else see a problem with this? From the very day 5.35 was released I saw a very sizable chunk of the player base ignore Bozja Southern Front and finish their relics via HW FATEs and HW dungeons because months prior it was told to the players that there would be an alternate form of relic progression, but now they're going to be required to complete content they were previously told they could ignore. Maybe some of those players will go into Bozja, but others wont. I know several people just in my FC that are completely uninterested in that style of content and will no longer progress their relics because they don't enjoy another leveling system. That's fine for those people that chose to discontinue their relics, but then that's even less people to sign up for CLL to help along the people who do chose to go into Bozja for the first time and advance their relics. How are players next expansion, or the one after that going to complete ShB relics? Eureka might not be dead, but it doesn't have the sheer numbers it used to have. Is requiring 20+ players (at the absolute bare minimum, but really the chances of success are super low without experienced players) in good coordination to all be in the same instance, to wait around an hour for CLL to pop really a good idea for relic progression?
The vast majority of any player base does not read communications from the production staff let alone patch notes. This could very well be a huge mess come 5.45 for the majority of the player base that does not watch PLL or read patch notes but are eager to progress their relics.
Maybe they forgot to mention the alternate progression in the Live Letter today, maybe the translation I saw wasn't perfect. But this seems like a pretty big oversight at the moment.