I guess it's been fun while it lasted, but I'm out within the next two weeks.
The clincher is the 4.0 patch. After having headaches trying to get teams together for arena, DI, BI, wilds bosses, having everything take anywhere from twice to four times as long is my cut-off point for a game. I think it utterly incomprehensible the way the developers are adding things seemingly without any thought whatsoever to the impact it has on the community, so if the issue is not from R2 bringing our concerns to 7Road's attention, then clearly R2 needs to reconsider licencing games from 7Road. Currently, having at best one or two "free" events and the rest exclusive to people paying money is a most excellent way to lose word of mouth advertising and server traffic.
There have been many concerns expressed with the changes brought in by 4.0:
- increased latency (likely from Eudaemons)
- loss of dimension (doubtful free or low spending players will open higher end dimensions if they risk losing them immediately, should be when there is only 20% duration left or less, not 100-80%)
- the awkwardness of farms now. They count as a dungeon area for invites to dungeon runs, and harvesting plants is just bulky compared to what it was
- the return of stun ability to wilds elites and bosses. Did this really need to make a comeback considering the latency issue?
- the across the board watering down of rewards in general.
I'd like to thank those who have helped directly (the mostly decent folks in my server, past and present) and indirectly (moderators, Stephen Deschains and GingerTheHutt for their excellent guides), but my time here is coming to an end. For those who are staying, best of luck and enjoy the game as best you can.
Goodnight.
The clincher is the 4.0 patch. After having headaches trying to get teams together for arena, DI, BI, wilds bosses, having everything take anywhere from twice to four times as long is my cut-off point for a game. I think it utterly incomprehensible the way the developers are adding things seemingly without any thought whatsoever to the impact it has on the community, so if the issue is not from R2 bringing our concerns to 7Road's attention, then clearly R2 needs to reconsider licencing games from 7Road. Currently, having at best one or two "free" events and the rest exclusive to people paying money is a most excellent way to lose word of mouth advertising and server traffic.
There have been many concerns expressed with the changes brought in by 4.0:
- increased latency (likely from Eudaemons)
- loss of dimension (doubtful free or low spending players will open higher end dimensions if they risk losing them immediately, should be when there is only 20% duration left or less, not 100-80%)
- the awkwardness of farms now. They count as a dungeon area for invites to dungeon runs, and harvesting plants is just bulky compared to what it was
- the return of stun ability to wilds elites and bosses. Did this really need to make a comeback considering the latency issue?
- the across the board watering down of rewards in general.
I'd like to thank those who have helped directly (the mostly decent folks in my server, past and present) and indirectly (moderators, Stephen Deschains and GingerTheHutt for their excellent guides), but my time here is coming to an end. For those who are staying, best of luck and enjoy the game as best you can.
Goodnight.
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