Enhancements

Eliminate DOs. Replace current DO drops with TOs. Make Training enhancers have the same value as DOs. Eliminate level 10 common IOs.

This makes slotting lowbies make more sense. This reduces a vast amount of clutter at stores. This makes the game much less confusing for new people.

I didn't have any trouble grasping the difference between TO's, DO's, and SO's when I first played the game. The concept of "better but more expensive" shouldn't be lost on most people. What I was confused about was which DO's and SO's did what, but it didn't take long for me to realize it was color coded.

I don't see any reason to get rid of level 10 common IO's either. Introducing the IO system as another option early is helpful, even if vets know how pathetic the bonuses are.

Just curious, is this a suggestion, and idea, or a demand?

Eitherway, while TOs seem worthless to me, as I personally rarely will slot anything until lvl 12, when I can put in lvl 15 DOs, they still have a purpose. For those newbies who don't have high level alts, and the marketing voodoo to make a ton of inf, it's how they can get their starting capital.

And don't you dare touch the lvl 10 IOs. Because when I DO actually slot before level 12, one of my high level alts, emails those to my lowbies, cause hey, crafting is easier once memorized, and having something is better than nothing.

What I would suggest instead, to help clear up the clutter at stores is add in Filter tabs. For example. Ghost Falcon. If I'm a Mutation origin, and I shop with him, I have to scroll through and find in the massive inventory for the section of what I can actually use. If there was a way to just click a tab at the top to filter out all things that weren't Mutation, it would be easier. So a tab for each origin.

And at the DO vendors, have a tab that seperates out the TOs, and for example the Mutation/Natural DOs from the Natural/Technology DOs.

Eliminating DOs eliminates both a training and a profit step.

If you went straight from TOs to SOs, I'd say you'd confuse new people MORE. Why? Because for 22-25 levels, they'd be able to slot anything and everything that drops. Then, suddenly - *wham* "Why can't I slot this? What do these rings mean?"

DOs are more powerful than TOs, but trade off for a slight restriction on who can use them (by origin.) However, by having the dual origins, more people CAN use them when they do drop. And they get used to the origin coding.

I do agree that the stores need a filter, however.

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Back in my day, sonny, we only had SOs to get to. Once you go there, you were done.

Unless you went to the block parties in the Hive; then you could get those fancy Hammys that nobody talks about anymore!

Ah the good old days...

Or remove Origin specific Enhancements.

Is there a reason why there needs to be a Mutant Acc level 30 SO and a Natural Acc Level 30 SO and a .....?

I chose a Magic Origin toon, but the story arc im doing only drops Tech. So either i DONT chose that arc which I may like (story actually entices me), or I suffer with getting drops I cant use, sell them for 1/2 value and spend that cash plus another amount of the same value buying my Origin SO's.

Im not saying get rid of the Origins, just the different Enhancement Origins.

This means you can still go to the Vendor/QM/etc to buy the level 20/25/30/35/... enhancements you actually need or hope to get the level 26/27/28/etc drops that you need.

Feedback appreciated

I like my DO very much, thanks, and would prefer to leave them as is. TO, however, I don't give a fig about. Those are the ones that should be removed from the game (if anything is to be removed) like the litter drops they are.

He is suggesting the removal of DOs from the game and increasing TOs to the strength of DOs from level 1 onward. So you would use TOs (at DO strength) until level 22, then switch over to SOs or IOs at that point.

I dunno.

The current system we have has grown organically from dubious origins, but it does work.
When I level a character I look forwards to level 12 and level 22 as sudden jumps in power. If I'm impatient, I upgrade to level 10's or 20's at 7 and 17, and maybe indulge myself with some Yin-O's here and there in the teens.

The capabilities of enemies seems to match this curve, partly due to their abilities (eg relative lack of debuffs and mezzes at low levels), partly due to the sliding scales for damage scalars and base accuracy that have been put in place.

Thats a lot of variables, and a lot of boat to rock, or jelly to wobble, or whatever metaphor you want to use, and I'm not sure what for?

The big question is how much of a barrier is this to new players? I don't really know since I'm not a new player in the post-I9 world. Before the market, my experience was bad - reach level 22 and struggle to afford my SO's, I think I even struggled to keep myself in DO's. With all the extra stuff that drops, even vendoring it should solve these problems.

I certainly didn't mind the lower values on enhancements on my first trips through the first 20 levels.