Personally I think they should add some type of award system to accompany the random drops so we have a alternate source of getting recipes. Something like the merit systems, but less sucky.
Agreed, the drop rate on the PvP IO's are so low it's practically a joke. Nobody farms (effectively) for them anyway, you have to be stacked to be able to afford even one set and indeed they go for billions at WW's. I personally have farmed for weeks just taking turns with a villain friend killing each other over and over with no luck. NCSoft needs to incorporate some kind of system like you mentioned, to put it bluntly "the merit system but less sucky" LOL
i have a couple gladiator's armor i'll sell you blue side. i also have a couple glad nets on the market as well. what i'm trying to say is, buy my IOs.
The Siren's Call bounty system is terribly outdated. They should allow a random roll for x amount of bounty with a chance of getting a PVP Recipe. Then implement this system into other PVP zones, namely WB and BB (In the event that they have some sort of population again).
Rare is understandable, but non-existent and billions of inf is just bad decision making.
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lol these are the same devs that created I13. Bad decision making is their specialty. Stop being surprised by it. And no, it will never change. That would require a completely new dev team.
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Originally Posted by AresSupreme
Rare is understandable, but non-existent and billions of inf is just bad decision making.
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The main thing that gets me is that they don't reverse mistakes, they just kinda say..."oh well, we know you hate it but this is our game screw you."
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Originally Posted by Supermax
lol these are the same devs that created I13. Bad decision making is their specialty. Stop being surprised by it. And no, it will never change. That would require a completely new dev team.
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PVP Drop rates should be kept as is. Ultra Rare loot is supposed to be ultra rare. If everyone had the shines then there would be nothing for the fabled "casual" gamer to aspire towards getting.
...and that would kinda kill the game completely.
I like that, even at the top end of gameplay, PVPIOs are still rare and hard to come by.
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Rare sure, but PVP IOs take the cake completely. So many just aren't available and are worth upwards a billion inf. I hear pvpers talking about how they just buy inf all the time...wonder why...
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
PVP Drop rates to be kept as is. Ultra Rare loot is supposed to be ultra rare. If everyone had the shines then there would be nothing for the fabled "casual" gamer to aspire towards getting.
...and that would kinda kill the game completely. |
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Stop taking them serious, or stop hanging around ratards.
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Originally Posted by AresSupreme
I hear pvpers talking about how they just buy inf all the time...wonder why...
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Duel me.
I will work on my sig pic more when I have time.
At the end of the day, i'm all for what the majority of the pvp community wants, but I don't think that is the case here. Either way, back to the daily grind tryna get this blasta ready for the league lol
If you look at last 5 sold & the bidding/selling numbers...there are few PVPIOs that don't have one or two for sale at least. (I'd estimate the glad armor proc, glad jav proc, and panacea proc.) They're all over the market at the moment and nearly all of them are readily available.
This is all relative to wealth though. To your average gamer 2 billion is some sort of achievement. To mid level marketeers it means they're good at what they do. To the top marketeers its nothing more than a weeks earnings.
In short; your tastes don't match your earnings. You're like the kid who wants an expensive sportscar but doesn't have the house/clothing/lifestyle to match it.
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I have a 2 x lvl 50 fire kinioed out and capable of making this 2bill in a week but farming is disgustingly boring. As I said though, it is what it is. I just don't think the one or two people disagreeing here represent the majority of the PVP community.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
If you look at last 5 sold & the bidding/selling numbers...there are few PVPIOs that don't have one or two for sale at least. (I'd estimate the glad armor proc, glad jav proc, and panacea proc.) They're all over the market at the moment and nearly all of them are readily available.
This is all relative to wealth though. To your average gamer 2 billion is some sort of achievement. To mid level marketeers it means they're good at what they do. To the top marketeers its nothing more than a weeks earnings. In short; your tastes don't match your earnings. You're like the kid who wants an expensive sportscar but doesn't have the house/clothing/lifestyle to match it. |
It won't change because the market is an influence sink. The higher the prices, the more influence gets taken out of circulation through auction fees, which is what the devs want to happen.
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So you CAN do it but you just don't wanna?|
Originally Posted by AresSupreme
I have a 2 x lvl 50 fire kinioed out and capable of making this 2bill in a week but farming is disgustingly boring. As I said though, it is what it is. I just don't think the one or two people disagreeing here represent the majority of the PVP community.
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Colour me confused.
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Last time I checked this is a video game not a job, I shouldn't have to do boring stuff. Also, it doesn't solve the 0 for sale issue.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
So you CAN do it but you just don't wanna?
Colour me confused. |
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Each represent it exactly the same amount that you do...
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Originally Posted by AresSupreme
I just don't think the one or two people disagreeing here represent the majority of the PVP community.
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I can accept that. But it plays out both ways especially since we can't really gather up the entire community and say "Hey, so what do YOU think about this?".
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Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
Each represent it exactly the same amount that you do...
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Siren's Call and Recluse's Victory would be able to accommodate this pretty easily. For Siren's Call, there's already a reward table.
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Originally Posted by SmegHead
Personally I think they should add some type of award system to accompany the random drops so we have a alternate source of getting recipes. Something like the merit systems, but less sucky.
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But we can do something else.|
Originally Posted by AresSupreme
I can accept that. But it plays out both ways especially since we can't really gather up the entire community and say "Hey, so what do YOU think about this?".
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If drop rates are so bad, then people will leave the game.
let's wait and see if anyone does.
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Kinda like i13? or i16?
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
But we can do something else.
If drop rates are so bad, then people will leave the game. let's wait and see if anyone does. |
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So do you believe in the mythical casual gamer or not? Cant tell with all the qoutes and sarcasm I read into the post. And as for aspirations just because drop rates increase doesnt mean they fall at a rate that allows me to IO out all 20 of my 50s with PvP IOs inside a month. Or that any such adjustments would "kill" the game. Because the death of CoH has been predicted numerous times on these boards and this old girls still got life in her imho.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
PVP Drop rates should be kept as is. Ultra Rare loot is supposed to be ultra rare. If everyone had the shines then there would be nothing for the fabled "casual" gamer to aspire towards getting.
...and that would kinda kill the game completely. I like that, even at the top end of gameplay, PVPIOs are still rare and hard to come by. |
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More like the thousands of people who left the game because of purple IOs.|
Originally Posted by AresSupreme
Kinda like i13? or i16?
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Oh wait...no-one did.
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Either way your point is irrelevant. What would people leaving the game change? It hasn't mattered in the past.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
More like the thousands of people who left the game because of purple IOs.
Oh wait...no-one did. |
There aren't enough PVP IOs on the market at all. So many zeros it's not even funny. The incredible prices are another issue. I've seen PVP IOs sell for up to 4 bill here on the boards. Maybe just remove the 5 minute timer? This seriously needs some looking into. Most PVPers aren't here to farm or grind but to pvp.