xmas - almost.....

[Alsiral]

Im just going to be open and honest...... This is completely just imo, not moaning!

balance seems a bit off with xmas event.

30gg caves are solid af and drops r very poor from loot goblins. i know we have moon event so its harder for warrs, i think when it goes back to norm the difficulty is actually spot on for warrs (cant comment for other classes but probs far too easy for wizzies).

in previous events poor drops from gg caves (Halloween 2021) was massively offset by unbeatable exp, unfortunately that's not the case this time around. the regualar free cave provides much better exp due to mob count and density (30% less exp than pressy caves, yet still faster to lvl outside of gg caves)

its catch 22 for GM's. dont want to be PTW but also need to make money. If event stays as it is i estimate my gg purchases to be at around 1/8 of Halloween time.

Suggestions for improvement : add more items to loot goblins drop files to increase chances of getting rares.... mythic esse bundles (the 1,2and 3 ones from last event r terrible) u need a 10, 20 , 30) gg scrolls, 10.25.50 maybe, gold bars bundles nad chests, that sort of thing, maybe even pre made ultra orbs. constantly giving people pet food all year is going to wind ppl up

 

[DarkStyle]

Now I’ve lvled I won’t be going back in the gg caves. Drops are dismal. For 2k gg I got 8%, a hunt bundle and a few small runes. Got fuck all mythic essence. Zero artifact ess and des. Not really what I get excited to buy gg for.

 

[Dall]

Im just going to be open and honest...... This is completely just imo, not moaning!

balance seems a bit off with xmas event.

30gg caves are solid af and drops r very poor from loot goblins. i know we have moon event so its harder for warrs, i think when it goes back to norm the difficulty is actually spot on for warrs (cant comment for other classes but probs far too easy for wizzies).

in previous events poor drops from gg caves (Halloween 2021) was massively offset by unbeatable exp, unfortunately that's not the case this time around. the regualar free cave provides much better exp due to mob count and density (30% less exp than pressy caves, yet still faster to lvl outside of gg caves)

its catch 22 for GM's. dont want to be PTW but also need to make money. If event stays as it is i estimate my gg purchases to be at around 1/8 of Halloween time.

Suggestions for improvement : add more items to loot goblins drop files to increase chances of getting rares.... mythic esse bundles (the 1,2and 3 ones from last event r terrible) u need a 10, 20 , 30) gg scrolls, 10.25.50 maybe, gold bars bundles nad chests, that sort of thing, maybe even pre made ultra orbs. constantly giving people pet food all year is going to wind ppl up

Exactly what I was trying to say in the other post. I think the difficulty of the cave is spot on, with the moon could survive most of the time but difficult enough that if a couple of red/blue mobs by the spawn point you were screwed with no where to hide. perfect balance as don't want it to easy.

I'll also be saving my g as no point wasting it as I did yesterday for no real benefit, in main cave can get a kill streak going and maintain it rather than having to tele out and into a new cave every 15-20 mins.

 

[zad48231]

I'd be keen to have harder mobs in the gg caves and give more exp and drops. As it is, it's very easy but exp isn't what I thought it would be and drops are rare. I've saved up a fair bit of gg for this and was planning on blowing it all here, but might just save it for easter and tinker about on my tao this time round

 

[mrstevieorder666]

Im just going to be open and honest...... This is completely just imo, not moaning!

balance seems a bit off with xmas event.

30gg caves are solid af and drops r very poor from loot goblins. i know we have moon event so its harder for warrs, i think when it goes back to norm the difficulty is actually spot on for warrs (cant comment for other classes but probs far too easy for wizzies).

in previous events poor drops from gg caves (Halloween 2021) was massively offset by unbeatable exp, unfortunately that's not the case this time around. the regualar free cave provides much better exp due to mob count and density (30% less exp than pressy caves, yet still faster to lvl outside of gg caves)

its catch 22 for GM's. dont want to be PTW but also need to make money. If event stays as it is i estimate my gg purchases to be at around 1/8 of Halloween time.

Suggestions for improvement : add more items to loot goblins drop files to increase chances of getting rares.... mythic esse bundles (the 1,2and 3 ones from last event r terrible) u need a 10, 20 , 30) gg scrolls, 10.25.50 maybe, gold bars bundles nad chests, that sort of thing, maybe even pre made ultra orbs. constantly giving people pet food all year is going to wind ppl up

I am in full agreement. Here are my observations.

* Santa's only spawning in Snowbrook makes the event (public) caves totally redundant.

* Bearly any Santa's spawning on maps and 100 ppl all looking for them, with many just RT'ing around to find them.

* The extremely varied XP in the (public) event caves is pointless as I can make more XP and money (from drops) in HOA or another non-event dungeon.

* We cannot combine gifts to get into the better private caves like we can in every other event, what the hell is up with that? It makes searching for santa's a very unrewarding grind.

* PKing is out of control.

ON the PK'ing, what the hell are FirstBlood smoking? yesterday and today, within minutes of being online I was being attacked by people in their guild, with one telling me he was killing me because (Wummy told them) I was Zade, and the rest saying I am in an enemy guild, which is total fucking horsecrap as its literally ALWAYs them who attack us on pretty much every hunt we go on to ZT or anywhere else. Hell, most of the FL guild doesn't even have any interest in PvP and I only want to fight during wars. Can't you guys give it a break as all it seems they are trying to do is to make the game experience shit for everyone who is not in their guild, which is selfish as fuck! How about you guys chill the hell out and just let people enjoy the game. As it is this event is crap enough and the non-stop PK just makes me wanna go do something else. It doesnt feel very fun atm.

TL'DR - I think the event is boring and not very rewarding.

 

[zad48231]

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What's funny is I've had firstblood members asking me to leave them alone because they aren't interested in pvp, what you've just said is a prime example of why that won't happen

I don't think the public cave is redundant though, it's just a shame that it's victim to the same problem that most places have, in that people don't understand they actually get less drops when they run around looking for blues and reds, because their own extermination meter drops. Keeping the ext meter high is the key to getting the best drops, if you aren't doing that you're wasting your own time as much as anyone else's.

The santas do spawn enough imo, but I think it needs to be scaled a bit differently, relating to how many people are on the map (and outside of safe zone, to prevent people gaming the system and just logging a load of chars to boost spawns). At quiet times it's easy to fill your storage in a fairly short time, but at peak times when most people play it's near enough impossible. This is the same as it's been every year and I did hope there would be some kind of scaling system set up by now.

It would be nice to be able to combine presents though, I've got a lot of smalls sitting that I cba to use because you need the density of the large ones to keep ext meter maxed

 

[DarkStyle]

Im just going to be open and honest...... This is completely just imo, not moaning!

balance seems a bit off with xmas event.

30gg caves are solid af and drops r very poor from loot goblins. i know we have moon event so its harder for warrs, i think when it goes back to norm the difficulty is actually spot on for warrs (cant comment for other classes but probs far too easy for wizzies).

in previous events poor drops from gg caves (Halloween 2021) was massively offset by unbeatable exp, unfortunately that's not the case this time around. the regualar free cave provides much better exp due to mob count and density (30% less exp than pressy caves, yet still faster to lvl outside of gg caves)

its catch 22 for GM's. dont want to be PTW but also need to make money. If event stays as it is i estimate my gg purchases to be at around 1/8 of Halloween time.

Suggestions for improvement : add more items to loot goblins drop files to increase chances of getting rares.... mythic esse bundles (the 1,2and 3 ones from last event r terrible) u need a 10, 20 , 30) gg scrolls, 10.25.50 maybe, gold bars bundles nad chests, that sort of thing, maybe even pre made ultra orbs. constantly giving people pet food all year is going to wind ppl up

Also need a quick hunt teleport to gg cave npc. Losing too much kill chain getting back to npc.

Lack of frost giants.

Put santas and trees in Arcadia too and make it non pk please for pve players who can’t survive the invasions

Gg cave might not be hard for wiz. It’s not hard for me I have massive ice res but skywalker doesn’t and he was struggling to stay alive in there

 

[mrstevieorder666]

in that people don't understand they actually get less drops when they run around looking for blues and reds, because their own extermination meter drops. Keeping the ext meter high is the key to getting the best drops, if you aren't doing that you're wasting your own time as much as anyone else's.

Dude, that's not the case at all. If I go to a cave I kill everything. The drops just suck in there. It may be better in the higher lvl caves but in the 140-160 public cave we are getting Infierno and soul destroyer kit in the drops, you know, lvl110-120 kit, which is crap. This is not about the way I or other people are playing, it's just shit. You maybe do not agree and that's cool, but this is how I see it. The only upside is that it's very easy to get the extermination bar up to the top lvls, but even then the drops are shit. The best thing I got when grinding in the public cave was an imperius brace and they are standard drops in HOA.


IMO Scorp may have had the best intentions but that doesn't mean to say it's a success. Between the insanely varied xp, the lack of Santas and the pking I'm already bored shittless with this event. Like, totally done in. Its just not worth putting the work in as I would have more fun outside of the event.

 

[zad48231]

Dude, that's not the case at all. If I go to a cave I kill everything. The drops just suck in there. It may be better in the higher lvl caves but in the 140-160 public cave we are getting Infierno and soul destroyer kit in the drops, you know, lvl110-120 kit, which is crap. This is not about the way I or other people are playing, it's just shit. You maybe do not agree and that's cool, but this is how I see it. The only upside is that it's very easy to get the extermination bar up to the top lvls, but even then the drops are shit. The best thing I got when grinding in the public cave was an imperius brace and they are standard drops in HOA.


IMO Scorp may have had the best intentions but that doesn't mean to say it's a success. Between the insanely varied xp, the lack of Santas and the pking I'm already bored shittless with this event. Like, totally done in. Its just not worth putting the work in as I would have more fun outside of the event.

I think you've misunderstood me, I was targeting that comment at the people who do that, leaving very few blues and reds for those (like you) who actually clear the place.

If they just cleared the place the same as you do, there's still plenty mobs for everyone, and you'd all get blues and reds with high ext meter which would mean better drops all round. When they pick them off, you both lose out.

 

[mrstevieorder666]

I think you've misunderstood me, I was targeting that comment at the people who do that, leaving very few blues and reds for those (like you) who actually clear the place.

If they just cleared the place the same as you do, there's still plenty mobs for everyone, and you'd all get blues and reds with high ext meter which would mean better drops all round. When they pick them off, you both lose out.

I agree 100% on that. supers and champs spawn as a percentage of all mobs that spawn. Its simple maths that if you kill more there is more chance of more supers and champs spawning. Its crazy that there are people don't get this and spend their time picking off only blues and reds. They could get alot more out of their time if they just kill everything.

 

[Alsiral]

I agree 100% on that. supers and champs spawn as a percentage of all mobs that spawn. Its simple maths that if you kill more there is more chance of more supers and champs spawning. Its crazy that there are people don't get this and spend their time picking off only blues and reds. They could get alot more out of their time if they just kill everything.

people are lazy and stupid BUT they are not wrong in what they do.....

let me explain, you get better drops by not rting and building ur kc meter.

If you rt around just for blues u will def get less drops than if u build ur kc meter

HOWEVER, if u strapped for time u can rt around for blues n reds, u will still get some drops... more than before you started..... hense ppl will always do it... unless u loose the rings.... will that lead to players leaving???? who knows

 

[mrstevieorder666]

people are lazy and stupid BUT they are not wrong in what they do.....

let me explain, you get better drops by not rting and building ur kc meter.

If you rt around just for blues u will def get less drops than if u build ur kc meter

HOWEVER, if u strapped for time u can rt around for blues n reds, u will still get some drops... more than before you started..... hense ppl will always do it... unless u loose the rings.... will that lead to players leaving???? who knows

You and that deleting the rings idea hahahahah :emmersed:.

 

[Alsiral]

You and that deleting the rings idea hahahahah :emmersed:.

its almost like i know what im talking about =p

 

[mrstevieorder666]

Nah, just persistent lmao.

 

[killa_nite]

What's funny is I've had firstblood members asking me to leave them alone because they aren't interested in pvp, what you've just said is a prime example of why that won't happen

I don't think the public cave is redundant though, it's just a shame that it's victim to the same problem that most places have, in that people don't understand they actually get less drops when they run around looking for blues and reds, because their own extermination meter drops. Keeping the ext meter high is the key to getting the best drops, if you aren't doing that you're wasting your own time as much as anyone else's.

The santas do spawn enough imo, but I think it needs to be scaled a bit differently, relating to how many people are on the map (and outside of safe zone, to prevent people gaming the system and just logging a load of chars to boost spawns). At quiet times it's easy to fill your storage in a fairly short time, but at peak times when most people play it's near enough impossible. This is the same as it's been every year and I did hope there would be some kind of scaling system set up by now.

It would be nice to be able to combine presents though, I've got a lot of smalls sitting that I cba to use because you need the density of the large ones to keep ext meter maxed

Had to login to reply to this.

Zade back at it. No one's pmd you zade quit lying. You couldn't pvp your way out of a wet paper bag. Can't kill anyone in pdr/hp kit.

Good bye have a nice...ego boost. Stick to writing guides.

 

[zad48231]

Had to login to reply to this.

Zade back at it. No one's pmd you zade quit lying. You couldn't pvp your way out of a wet paper bag. Can't kill anyone in pdr/hp kit.

Good bye have a nice...ego boost. Stick to writing guides.

Oh you have server logs now so you know who pms me? Wow, good hacker

Yes Lupis is in FB and asked me not to pk him, so now it's your turn to stop lying

And yes I can't pvp for shit, it literally says so right in my sig, I don't like doing it and only do it when necessary, so why would you expect me to be good at it? That said, maybe you can ask Patel why he died to me in my pdr kit 1v1

Go troll someone else

 

[Benhurjrjr]

Oh you have server logs now so you know who pms me? Wow, good hacker

Yes Lupis is in FB and asked me not to pk him, so now it's your turn to stop lying

And yes I can't pvp for shit, it literally says so right in my sig, I don't like doing it and only do it when necessary, so why would you expect me to be good at it? That said, maybe you can ask Patel why he died to me in my pdr kit 1v1

Go troll someone else

LOL you talking about when his rev was down? Because unlike you he carry on fighting not tting when he gets hit once and how did that turn out btw oh yeah you lost the boss loool

 

[wollknol]

Oh you have server logs now so you know who pms me? Wow, good hacker

Yes Lupis is in FB and asked me not to pk him, so now it's your turn to stop lying

And yes I can't pvp for shit, it literally says so right in my sig, I don't like doing it and only do it when necessary, so why would you expect me to be good at it? That said, maybe you can ask Patel why he died to me in my pdr kit 1v1

Go troll someone else

xD,you sick man! give it to them babe! you can do it for sure !
HEIL DAZ!

 

[Hiren]

Oh you have server logs now so you know who pms me? Wow, good hacker

Yes Lupis is in FB and asked me not to pk him, so now it's your turn to stop lying

And yes I can't pvp for shit, it literally says so right in my sig, I don't like doing it and only do it when necessary, so why would you expect me to be good at it? That said, maybe you can ask Patel why he died to me in my pdr kit 1v1

Go troll someone else

Hi Zade

Yes you did kill me, I had no rev as it ran out but gz for what? I dropped nothing and you ended up TT'ing and we got the boss.

Carry on offering noobs in Snowbrook Pass gold for presents because you think GG is expensive and crying more.

Happy New Year to you

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Hi Zade

Yes you did kill me, I had no rev as it ran out but gz for what? I dropped nothing and you ended up TT'ing and we got the boss.

Carry on offering noobs in Snowbrook Pass gold for presents because you think GG is expensive and crying more.

Happy New Year to you

Written clearer now that I am not on my phone

1. Yes you did kill me. I had no more duration on my revivial ring after the first time paranoid got me (irrelevant to this thread)
2. It was a none drop zone so you did not gain anything except for posting about it.
3. The job was to keep you entertained whilst some of my guild came to PK you and get the boss - which we did because you had to get back to your pets
4. We got the boss and you did not
5. Maybe you should stick to messaging characters in Snowbrook Pass offering to buy their present drops for gold as you crying that the GG shop was to expensive? and stick to GG caves?
6. I hope you did report my signature, as I have referenced it correctly you will see I am just stating facts.

 

[wollknol]

Hi Zade

Yes you did kill me, I had no rev as it ran out but gz for what? I dropped nothing and you ended up TT'ing and we got the boss.

Carry on offering noobs in Snowbrook Pass gold for presents because you think GG is expensive and crying more.

Happy New Year to you

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Written clearer now that I am not on my phone

1. Yes you did kill me. I had no more duration on my revivial ring after the first time paranoid got me (irrelevant to this thread)
2. It was a none drop zone so you did not gain anything except for posting about it.
3. The job was to keep you entertained whilst some of my guild came to PK you and get the boss - which we did because you had to get back to your pets
4. We got the boss and you did not
5. Maybe you should stick to messaging characters in Snowbrook Pass offering to buy their present drops for gold as you crying that the GG shop was to expensive? and stick to GG caves?
6. I hope you did report my signature, as I have referenced it correctly you will see I am just stating facts.

Stop trying to bully hiren out of the game daz,thats not fair