dev1031 You are losing your main playerbase by making things too easy/fast/casual

[Focant]

Well I'd have to disagree a bit. My ls and I spent at least an hour or two on Dunstan without any rare drops whatsoever. In a group of 8 people we managed to get pretty much everyone a velveteen gown and merc chainmail lol.

You also have to remember this is mid-range content. The NMs drop rank 25-35 gear. Do you really expect them to take hours to spawn and a large group of 50s to kill? What could they possibly gain by locking out the very demographic they created the drops for by making them ungodly hard or incredibly long spawn times? Give it time and the hard stuff will come. Until then I'm perfectly happy with being able to get slightly above average armor for my middle ranks with comparable challenge.

[Gracious]

Well I'd have to disagree a bit. My ls and I spent at least an hour or two on Dunstan without any rare drops whatsoever. In a group of 8 people we managed to get pretty much everyone a velveteen gown and merc chainmail lol.

You also have to remember this is mid-range content. The NMs drop rank 25-35 gear. Do you really expect them to take hours to spawn and a large group of 50s to kill? Give it time and the hard stuff will come, but for now I see no problem with the quick spawn times and, god forbid, NMs not rank 70+ for mid-range armor. What could SE possibly gain by locking out the very demographic for the new drops they created?

I think some of them can be killed by a solo 40 player. At least that is what my linkshell is doing. Testing them. Some are soloable by a 40 and some are higher and take a 50 or two. I also think adding a few weaker NM's would have been nice as well as the stronger ones.

[Focant]

I think some of them can be killed by a solo 40 player. At least that is what my linkshell is doing. Testing them. Some are soloable by a 40 and some are higher and take a 50 or two. I also think adding a few weaker NM's would have been nice as well as the stronger ones.

Yeah I know that some can be killed by rank 40-50 players solo. All I'm saying though is I don't see why people are in a tizzy about that considering the NMs are mid-range monsters. Harder ones will come later, without a doubt. Why everyone expected that NOW is beyond me, especially since the dev team has been communicating with us about later game dungeons and bosses that they're working on.

[Gracious]

Yeah I know that some can be killed by rank 40-50 players solo. All I'm saying though is I don't see why people are in a tizzy about that considering the NMs are mid-range monsters. Harder ones will come later, without a doubt. Why everyone expected that NOW is beyond me, especially since they've been communicating with us about later game dungeons and bosses.

I really don't understand it either. Maybe because I'm still grinding my way up. It seems like players are demanding all this stuff but I haven't seen anyone with all jobs to 50 yet. Maybe they just got one job to 50 and they want to get a party of 8 and do some kind of endgaming. I don't know. I'm a bit clueless for sure.