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noamineo wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 4:14pm:
What is horrendously frustrating is they told us FOR YEARS going back to turbine days that "oh, sorry, we can't retroactively change gear. Its impossible. That's why we can't go and improve the old outdated shit."

And then very suddenly they decided "Actually, yeah, we can do that now. And wreck ALL YOUR SHIT in the process."


My favourite bit is that when it's a nerf the items in your inventory are ruined. When it's a pass you have to refarm them.
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Shinyshoes wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 5:14pm:
My favourite bit is that when it's a nerf the items in your inventory are ruined. When it's a pass you have to refarm them.
Everytime I choose not to spend money to support them, it makes me smile.


I haven't seen them do a "pass" in a while. Some items you have to take and trade in. But yeah, it sucks. I kind of really wanna buy salt marsh but I've had so little time to play...
  

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noamineo wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 4:14pm:
What is horrendously frustrating is they told us FOR YEARS going back to turbine days that "oh, sorry, we can't retroactively change gear. Its impossible. That's why we can't go and improve the old outdated shit."

And then very suddenly they decided "Actually, yeah, we can do that now. And wreck ALL YOUR SHIT in the process."


There's a smidge more nuance than that.

If the alteration was a buff or a redesign, they categorically left it alone so people could keep the old version for whatever reason. This usually helped almost nobody, save for oddball collectors, but was useful in the instance of stuff like the HEVDEVI ring from Sands.

DDO's always made a change mandatory if the change is a nerf. So why are you acting like this is new behavior?
  
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Bobbicus wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 8:16pm:
There's a smidge more nuance than that.

If the alteration was a buff or a redesign, they categorically left it alone so people could keep the old version for whatever reason. This usually helped almost nobody, save for oddball collectors, but was useful in the instance of stuff like the HEVDEVI ring from Sands.

DDO's always made a change mandatory if the change is a nerf. So why are you acting like this is new behavior?


I guess it feels like new behavior because I've been playing for 10+ years and to me it IS new behavior. For the longest time they categorically stated that retroactively changing gear was impossible(be it buffs, nerfs, anything). Now(as in within the last few years) they are suddenly doing it All. The. Fucking. Time.




Bobbicus wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 8:16pm:
stuff like the HEVDEVI ring from Sands.


The fuck are you talking about? Are you trying to say Epic Seal of the Earth?
  

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And you just became a retard cunt. Begone.
  
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Bobbicus wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 10:12pm:
And you just became a retard cunt. Begone.


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noamineo wrote on Oct 21st, 2021 at 2:22pm:
The loot nerf.

Essentially they flattened out the power level. So compare Legendary Symphonic Lenses from RL:

https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Symphonic_Lenses

To say Legendary Celestial Emerald Ring from Sharn:

https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Celestial_Emerald_Ring

Both now offer +13 stat bonus. So instead of Sharn loot being clearly and unequivocally better, its now more reasonable. So if say you are new to the game and not sure you want to spend $$$ on Sharn, you could instead gear up from RL and not be entirely fucked.


This is why Sharn and Feywild were effectively bait and switch.  Sharn and
FW WAS better than RL, now it's the SAME.  I mean, they did this nerf
practically 6 months after FW was released.
  
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knockcocker wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 4:23am:
This is why Sharn and Feywild were effectively bait and switch.  Sharn and
FW WAS better than RL, now it's the SAME.  I mean, they did this nerf
practically 6 months after FW was released.



Don't worry......you can preorder the next expansion premium package.....and it DOES have better gear......no seriously, thie time for realz........I mean it.......buy it please......
  

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knockcocker wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 4:23am:
This is why Sharn and Feywild were effectively bait and switch.  Sharn and
FW WAS better than RL, now it's the SAME.  I mean, they did this nerf
practically 6 months after FW was released.


This is a situation where the poor bastards at SSG really can't win. They fucked up and made the new loot way better than the old. This is not new, this fuckup started pretty much with MOTU. Ever since then its been a constant stream of new expansion = better loot. And since DDO offers 0 options for lateral growth, thats the only way they can sell new packs.

Finally, FINALLY, after years of this crap it has bitten them in the ass hard enough that they said "ok, lets flatten out the loot". And everyone hates them for it. Its bait and switch, but they had no other option, they literally designed themselves into a corner.


somenewnoob wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 7:49am:
Don't worry......you can preorder the next expansion premium package.....and it DOES have better gear......no seriously, thie time for realz........I mean it.......buy it please......


Out but it will. Because the next xpac will include the jump to lvl 31, and the lvl 31 gear WILL be better than all this pansy lvl 29 crap.
  

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Reply #34 - Oct 22nd, 2021 at 8:04pm
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noamineo wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 12:09pm:
Out but it will. Because the next xpac will include the jump to lvl 31, and the lvl 31 gear WILL be better than all this pansy lvl 29 crap.


Luckily they've likely realized at best they can do a +1 stat boost, and call it a day.

Min-Maxers will rush to farm the loot. Everyone else won't bother. Only unique items will have draw to make you change gear massively at this point.
  
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knockcocker wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 4:23am:
This is why Sharn and Feywild were effectively bait and switch.  Sharn and
FW WAS better than RL, now it's the SAME.  I mean, they did this nerf
practically 6 months after FW was released.


No it is worse than bait and switch, this is pay to compete. DDO is just pure p2w, everything people feared about regarding the free 2 play switch back in the day has now come into full fruition and it is now festering really bad. shameless SSG.
  
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Edrein wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 8:04pm:
Only unique items will have draw to make you change gear massively at this point.


Yup.
  

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Edrein wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 8:04pm:
Luckily they've likely realized at best they can do a +1 stat boost, and call it a day.



I suspect it will be considerably better than that. Remember 31 is supposed to be the "legendary" levels or whatever(I seriously don't give enough fucks to go check), so we are probably looking at the same +22s we were getting before the Great Nerfing. Of course the new items will come with an abysmal drop rate some obscene new grind in order to get them, but hey at least they will all be BtC! ...wait.
  

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noamineo wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 10:26pm:
I suspect it will be considerably better than that. Remember 31 is supposed to be the "legendary" levels or whatever(I seriously don't give enough fucks to go check), so we are probably looking at the same +22s we were getting before the Great Nerfing. Of course the new items will come with an abysmal drop rate some obscene new grind in order to get them, but hey at least they will all be BtC! ...wait.



And dont forget they will be parts of a 3-5 piece set that makes re-reaging the joy that it is in DDO. Half of those pieces will have stuff you don't need on them and the other half will have you popping pills to try to calm your nerves as you sift through your excel sheet trying to re-gear.

I would fully expect the best piece to be in a quest where you have to guide rats through a jumping puzzle with air jets and target levers while searching for random crests that are stuck in a wall 80% of the time.
  

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I know many say the changes are better for the game but I feel weaker.  And I feel like I’m getting one shot more in r10’s again like I did before I got 120 rp and all lives and gear and all that shit.  So that I don’t like so much.  I have no science to back it up, just something I notice frequency-wise.

  
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Edrein wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 8:04pm:
Luckily they've likely realized at best they can do a +1 stat boost, and call it a day.

Min-Maxers will rush to farm the loot. Everyone else won't bother. Only unique items will have draw to make you change gear massively at this point.


Nobody farmed RtSO ad nauseum to reslot everything for a few +1s. That is how we got massive power creep in Ravenloft in the first place.
  

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Mattyo wrote on Oct 23rd, 2021 at 12:40pm:
I know many say the changes are better for the game but I feel weaker.  And I feel like I’m getting one shot more in r10’s again like I did before I got 120 rp and all lives and gear and all that shit.  So that I don’t like so much.  I have no science to back it up, just something I notice frequency-wise.



That was the goal of the nerf. Too many people on the motherboards were complaining that R10 "wasn't hard enough". Actually the nerf was jsut all over the map, but that had a lot to do with it.


5 Foot Step wrote on Oct 23rd, 2021 at 12:57pm:
Nobody farmed RtSO ad nauseum to reslot everything for a few +1s. That is how we got massive power creep in Ravenloft in the first place.


Yup. Riding the Storm Out was not very much fun at all. Even on low diff it was too complicated and not very interesting.
  

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5 Foot Step wrote on Oct 23rd, 2021 at 12:57pm:
Nobody farmed RtSO ad nauseum to reslot everything for a few +1s. That is how we got massive power creep in Ravenloft in the first place.


Lmao that's on yall. Running that raid even once to experience the content was pure aids.

Sometimes you've got to learn not to min-max and just roll with what you've got.
  
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Lmao that's on yall. Running that raid even once to experience the content was pure aids.

Sometimes you've got to learn not to min-max and just roll with what you've got.


Amen.

It was an experience but I walked away with nothing but this lousy t-shirt.
  

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noamineo wrote on Oct 23rd, 2021 at 3:32pm:
That was the goal of the nerf.


Citation needed.





Just kidding! we all know Nomoreo is just talking out of his ass again, motherfucker must have an incredibly rich 'inner-life' with all the assumed statements, imaginary quotes, and motivations he posts for SSG in such a declarative manner.

What a fucking loser, there is more than enough actual and real statements and actions from the devs to bitch about but you keep filling the vault up with the useless spam you silly fucker.
  

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Dragonborn wrote on Oct 23rd, 2021 at 8:53pm:
Citation needed.





Just kidding! we all know Nomoreo is just talking out of his ass again, motherfucker must have an incredibly rich 'inner-life' with all the assumed statements, imaginary quotes, and motivations he posts for SSG in such a declarative manner.

What a fucking loser, there is more than enough actual and real statements and actions from the devs to bitch about but you keep filling the vault up with the useless spam you silly fucker.


Are you a shill or mongoloid or perhaps both? You look awfully retarded when you bitch against a user that is stating obvious facts.
  
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noamineo wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 12:09pm:
This is a situation where the poor bastards at SSG really can't win. They fucked up and made the new loot way better than the old. This is not new, this fuckup started pretty much with MOTU. Ever since then its been a constant stream of new expansion = better loot. And since DDO offers 0 options for lateral growth, thats the only way they can sell new packs.

Finally, FINALLY, after years of this crap it has bitten them in the ass hard enough that they said "ok, lets flatten out the loot". And everyone hates them for it. Its bait and switch, but they had no other option, they literally designed themselves into a corner.



Out but it will. Because the next xpac will include the jump to lvl 31, and the lvl 31 gear WILL be better than all this pansy lvl 29 crap.


The funny thing is that they know about lateral loot design. When I was on the players council before Slavers came out I argued until I was red in the face about this exact issue.

I ended up leaking to my friends that epic giant old helms would no longer have the highest insightful bonus. (They were worth an absurd number of shards at the time so that they were worth selling.) Apparently someone snitched on me.

This was back when they did loot templating which is actually the answer to your previous question as to why they can now retroactively change everything. They did a loot 2.0 pass after Sev came on the team which allowed them to more easily generate loot; however in discussing Loot 2.0 it was very obvious that they were only going to go up.

There's really no room for custom effects at Ssg and that has been obvious since epic 3 barrel cove came out.
  

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What is interesting is the game like path of exile which has effectively "solved loot." Player power logarithmically decreases as it approaches a limit.

That said even with path of exiles really intelligent loot design---they run into power creep issues when they introduce systems it allow for different types of crafting that make other types of crafting obsolete.

So the "meta" then is about effectively using resources efficiently. Players are always optimizing. Human beings by their nature are optimizers.

Path of exile has the correct design philosophy of giving the players a bunch of tools that do not have easy solutions so that the community can solve the problem together. They don't provide answers they provide questions.

DDO started providing answers when it engaged in vertical loot design. You can't avoid vertical system design but you can avoid vertical loot design.
  

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WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 24th, 2021 at 11:35am:
The funny thing is that they know about lateral loot design.


SSG has a remarkable talent in the ability to be told something to their face but still absolutely not hear it. Its actually really impressive sometimes.


WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 24th, 2021 at 11:39am:
You can't avoid vertical system design but you can avoid vertical loot design.


The only real problem here is DDO is not POE. POE really isn't designed for you to keep playing the same character forever, the idea is that you will max out, get bored, and start a new one. DDO is premised on the concept of building 1 character and goingon a life-long journey that has no end(or at least pauses for a while until they introduce a new TR mechanic).

But you're right about the problems with loot design.

Its really the lack of any sort of lateral expansion at all that tears me. There's literally nothing to do in DDO besides advance your character. Or get creative.
  

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Are you a shill or mongoloid or perhaps both? You look awfully retarded when you bitch against a user that is stating obvious facts.


This is all useless socks do. Best to just ignore everything that comes out of that retarded sock's mouth.
  

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