Thread: Patch 1.18 explained.

Originally Posted by Xeak

It gives others with more time on their hands to be able to go out and find other means of leveling, and from what I've read on the boards there are a few camps that can yield good SP, and there are probably more that people don't even know about.

As far as leveling goes, I think the change from leves/behest to other forms of SPing/exping is the biggest issue. I have no problem with the change but right now people are confused on what to do. It seems to me though they have set up party camps for group play, which is what a lot of players want but don't realize it's out there.

They have added a lot of mobs in various areas and redistributed others. I've ran around in various areas and I constantly see new spots that would be great for a roaming exp party, the problem is no one is willing to find the spots or make a group and try them out. This probably has a lot to do with no one wanting to use the party function combined with such tiny populations on each server.

Originally Posted by Onidemon

I see a lot of you complain a lot about the new patch. I didn't play the game for months because to me it felt unplayable but now with the new patch it all changed... a bit.

1.18 was hyped way too much by SE. It's not a magical patch by any means but it is the first step in the right direction for this game.

See this as a building being built. Patch 1.18 is the foundation and basement... the following patches will be the floors and everything else. Of course now it feels incomplete and that is because it is. But it will be much better by this the end of the summer.

I don't think SE over-hyped the patch at all. If anything they've been very open in saying "hey, this patch is going to change and improve some things, but there are still going to be rough spots. Please bear with us while we sort them out over the next patches coming up".

That's not hyping at all.

They've discussed changes that they know players have been asking for in a very positive light... because hey... they're changes that people have been asking for. Something to be excited about for those waiting on such things to happen. But again, that's not "hyping".

Now... some *players* hyping up this patch as a "miracle patch".... That's an entirely different story.

Originally Posted by Onidemon

I see a lot of you complain a lot about the new patch. I didn't play the game for months because to me it felt unplayable but now with the new patch it all changed... a bit.

1.18 was hyped way too much by SE. It's not a magical patch by any means but it is the first step in the right direction for this game.

See this as a building being built. Patch 1.18 is the foundation and basement... the following patches will be the floors and everything else. Of course now it feels incomplete and that is because it is. But it will be much better by this the end of the summer.

1.18 is absolutely (one of) the magical patch a lot of people were waiting for. Players and not SE hyped this patch and for good reason, it promised us many things that we have been waiting for. Many people I know are coming back to the game because of it.

Nothing will ever please everyone, and 1.18 is not an expansion or anything, but the fundamental improvements made by 1.18 are well appreciated by those of us who have been waiting to see what kind of major changes the "new team" will bring.