Just making notes as I listen to it while writing some mind-blowingly boring SQL at work:

At 10:30 - MF will only be nerfed in new quests (but it sounds like it's definitely happening) from U29 onwards, that are CR31 or greater on normal.
At ~ 13:00 - There is going to be a new ED feat slot at level 29, with new ED feats that require 3 capped destinies, sometimes from multiple spheres. You can also access previous ED feats in this slot.
At ~ 14:00 New legendary feats will be like end game capstones, themed around archetypes. Not class specific. Some match up better than others. Talking with PC right now.
(usual caveats apply)
We will also get extra spell power with epic levels automatically now.
Extra fate points from 29 and 30, possibly another twist slot.
Also more spellcasting feats available for earlier epic feat slots.
~16:00 - Random loot overhaul in the works to increase diversity (talked about ghostbane). Again Talking to PC about it. Not being worked on by Steelstar, varg or knockback. Needed to bring loot up to level 30, so looked at system holistically, to make sure loot from 1 - 30 is more consistent (scaling to be made more consistent). Similar power level, or going up a bit, not going to be nerfing. Existing random loot will not change, just adding more diversity. Numbers might change, might pull the idea of mythics into random loot. More info in next 3 weeks. Want to make players look at the loot, not just ignore it as trash. They mentioned specifically that they don't want to invalidate raid loot (lies!). One person has been specifically working on this for some time.
~20:00 - Balance changes philosophy. Lots of waffle here, but basically, they want to make things more challenging, therefore, nerfs. Yet more waffling.
~28:30 - Monsters have PRR, dodge, etc even if it's not set to anything, base stats originate from 3.5 (hahahahaha. no.), then stuff is tweaked manually. Mostly waffle. Interesting that AI is rarely manually tweaked these days (surprise!) although Zuggtmoy's AI was manually cranked. More Slaads coming.  There will definitely be another new monster type next year (gnomes?) that has been teased already (?). There are going to be more devil monster types probably.
~40:00 - Lammania for U29 - 3 weeks. It will come piecemeal, so not everything will be there immediately (read: lots of shit will be broken).

Blech, hope someone finds that useful, feel like I need to go an sterilize my ears and brain after listening to that.

thanks for listening for us and sharing!

Thanks for taking one for the team, the condensed version is much easier on the brain than the original is 

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So he always has the defense "but we are not done yet ...", can change it, and claim "this is what we intended all along"

The down side is, who wants to spend their time testing something half baked, so the stuff gets even less review than their "we do not fix anything" attitude would normally allow it. And features are more likely to get tested in isolation, missing interaction problems, which are Turdbin's bete noir.

What a loser SeverancePay is 

Darkrok wrote on Nov 9^th, 2015 at 12:13pm:


I've got 30 shadow phlogs and 30 fire phlogs on a toon.  If they nerf Mortal Fear, I'm wondering if this is a better option:
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Or, for shadow phlogs:
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For reference, Mortal Fear:
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35 force damage each hit vs. on crit negative damage around 200 and a vorpal affect that yields 60 damage 6 times (360 total).  And, of course, vorpals are crits as well.  So that's 360 damage 5% of the time and 200 damage 25% of the time (on average).  Looks like it comes about to about 70 damage per hit on average.  About double the mortal fear.  With the bigger component being the negative damage, not the fire damage.  The other Shadow phlog option is around 225 fire damage every crit.  That's still almost double the mortal fear force damage, on average, but it's fire damage vs. force damage, which is limiting.

The problem with nerfing mortal fear on any new content is that you don't get it till level 28.  And, guaranteed, a new crafting option is coming with Epic Shroud that should be better.  So that means you only use this weapon for 2 levels, max, and it only works when running under-level content or 8-10 at level quests.  That's a rough way to spend 30 phlogs.   

Yeah thanks for the effort, appreciated.

I haven't commented because I can't understand why you give a rat's ass.  You guys are fucking gaga over an obsolete, poorly run, bug-ridden shit pile shell of what was once a viable game.

I'm talking about viable to players: how the fuck do you still get a kick out of running the same fucking shit all the time?  90% of the game is nothing but rote repetition.

RemRemi wrote on Nov 9^th, 2015 at 8:59pm:


Fix'd!

[] wrote on Nov 9^th, 2015 at 8:57pm:


Meh, if it wasn't viable to players then the funding would dry up completely. Just because a lot of us don't like what's going on with the game doesn't mean it isn't still being funded by others.

[] wrote on Nov 9^th, 2015 at 9:39pm:



You misspelled seroquel, and I think you've been skipping your doses.