Time to stop making synced content

[Wyakin]

As the title says. Stop item level syncing content. its stupid, even the new unreal shiva is synced to i435. This makes getting gear and capping weekly tomes literally pointless. Why even bother raiding? Why bother getting a BiS gearset? Whats the point when the only content you use it for is the content you get it from. BiS gear to make savage easier? Pointless. Even the expert roulette is synced! New bojza, synced. WHY?

Syncing at i435 for the unreal is a bigger kick in the nuts than ever before, thats not even last tier gear that AF, new level 80 dont even bother farming phantasma cos you dont need it level.

[Enla]

While I don't agree with the basis of this rant I will say I am also equally surprised by the low ilvl for Unreal. I get that they want to make it accessible for more people to justify the development time, but even just upping the ilvl requirement to i465 would have been more practical at this stage of the game.

[AleXwern]

The fight would literally melt if it allowed people in 480-500ilv gear. It's made to be accessible so that's why low ilv req and it's made to be somewhat challenging so that's why the low ilv cap.

[Wyakin]

im not asking to "only allow i480+" I'm simply saying dont sync it....

[LaylaTsarra]

The fight would literally melt if it allowed people in 480-500ilv gear. It's made to be accessible so that's why low ilv req and it's made to be somewhat challenging so that's why the low ilv cap.

Exactly. I don't see the problem with level syncing some duties. They put people on a level playing field and don't give advantages to those with better gear. This isn't high level savage and raid content but meant for everyone for the most part.

[Vidu]

im not asking to "only allow i480+" I'm simply saying dont sync it....

Then you run into balancing/outgearing problems right from the start - if they balance the fight for ilvl435 but allow people with ilvl500 to enter the fight will turn into a pushover right from the start.

[Wyakin]

Then you run into balancing/outgearing problems right from the start - if they balance the fight for ilvl435 but allow people with ilvl500 to enter the fight will turn into a pushover right from the start.

That is the point behind getting stronger gear..... literally in one sentence. otherwise why bother? cos the new raid gear doesnt exactly look very good thats for sure

[Enla]

That is the point behind getting stronger gear..... literally in one sentence. otherwise why bother? cos the new raid gear doesnt exactly look very good thats for sure

The point behind getting stronger gear is to trivialize a fight to the point it's no longer fun? 65+ ilvls worth of difference is nothing to sneeze at, particularly as stat inflation has slowly gotten more and more out of control as the patches have worn on. They'd have to balance the fights around a huge disparate range of ilvls that would be almost impossible to reasonably achieve.

Honestly from the sound of things you want savage gear to actually mean something. Which, hey, that's fair in some regards. The game is kind of hurting for content on the higher end of the the skill spectrum. But removing ilvl syncing isn't gonna do much to help that at all. What you want requires huge sweeping changes to how this game delivers it's content and rewards it's playerbase for doing it.

[Wyakin]

The point behind getting stronger gear is to trivialize a fight to the point it's no longer fun? 65+ ilvls worth of difference is nothing to sneeze at, particularly as stat inflation has slowly gotten more and more out of control as the patches have worn on. They'd have to balance the fights around a huge disparate range of ilvls that would be almost impossible to reasonably achieve.

Honestly from the sound of things you want savage gear to actually mean something. Which, hey, that's fair in some regards. The game is kind of hurting for content on the higher end of the the skill spectrum. But removing ilvl syncing isn't gonna do much to help that at all. What you want requires huge sweeping changes to how this game delivers it's content and rewards it's playerbase for doing it.

its not about trivialising it either. make content for current tier level gear! this is 5.0 item level! balance your current release content around current tier gear for heavens sake! the natural order of things is, start low item level. fights are tougher. progress and get better gear. fights become easier as youA: learn the mechanics and B: get better gear. now hwoever, thats all gone. zero progression, turn up wearing w/e gear you like.

[Vidu]

That is the point behind getting stronger gear..... literally in one sentence. otherwise why bother? cos the new raid gear doesnt exactly look very good thats for sure

The point behind getting stronger gear "should" be to enable you to tackle new challenges in the first place - I agree with your assessment that ilvl435 for Unreal Shiva is way to low, but they should have balanced it more around 460+ instead of following a suggestion like yours.
Getting stronger (gear) should allow your to challenge and beat stronger enemies - not to just steamroll through the new encounters. Specially if it means that you're leaving other people, specially new ones, in the dust.