Posts by Wesker

Quote from Merkur

I would like to ask about nostalgia content:

are there any plans/works for the next instance?

Is there a chance that the new nostalgia will have a 6/12 people mode?

The idea of 6-person instances is very nice, but in our guild there is a regularly unpleasant situation such as: we are eager to go ks and suddenly a 7th person shows up and we have to go to the rofl, which we already have above the nostrils.

Hi. We indeed have concrete plans and are already partially working on the next nostalgia content update in order to further follow up our artefact content line. But we decided to put the release after the next major content update so that you guys can spend some time with Dark Core first and then, after a while, start into the next nostalgia instance.

It is not planned to extend the player amount beyond 6. For raid content there already are the major custom instances and this is how it shall stay right now.

Best reagards!

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I couldn't resist writing one more post

Quote from Wesker

According to most feedback I received in the past days, we got that done well.

I wanted to ask "do you have an account on the forum?", But of course you do, so I ask, "are you reading the forum?". Although no, you are reading, I will ask otherwise. Do you read the forum and what players from different guilds write here? I have the impression that the voices of admiration come from only one, known side.

Greetings

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I was not speaking about the forum. About 90% of the feedback I receive ingame. From different guilds and groups of mixed guilds. I watched most of them for a long time, asked some for specific feedback. I am well aware that feedback gathered from forum only might be falsified due to one-sided feedback and lead to polarisation.

Quote from Merkur

You officially admit that your goal is to make the game as difficult as possible.

Not the entire game, but yeah, the instance was intended to be pretty difficult. According to most feedback I received in the past days, we got that done well.

I always appreciate any kind of feedback and discuss any serious idea with my team. I'm sorry that we can't come to terms here, but thank you for your feedback, we will consider it in further updates of nostalgia content.

Quote from Aresta10

So:

1) Some people have had trouble doing that one clear before, so you made it even harder.

2) They still have to do ini to wear the artifact.

3) They can buy the artifact, but they don't take it.

My conclusion:

It doesn't make sense.

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The obtaining of artefacts through the questline (including defeating Regin) is intended as it is, requiring a full clear. As you mentioned, it doesn't make any sense to get the artefact while not being able to use it. But the concept behind does make sense indeed.

The instance is intended to be difficult. Much more difficult than most other content in the game. It's a group content, so group setup is more important than ever before. If a guild or group is not good enough yet to succeed in there, they simply need some further progression before attempting the challenge again.

I watched groups attempting the instance several times, spending hours or even days on bosses, but in the end succeeding over them. That's the actual way how this instance is supposed to work. And by the way, the difficulty wasn't increased by fixing bugs that made players die oneshot randomly and so on. It simply was fixing of bugs, exploits and mechanics that made life worse than intended or even broke certain mechanics. We never had the intention to exclude players or groups from anything or to disadvantage anyone. But if something isn't working as it was designed to be, it's fixed until it works as it should.

Cheers.

Quote from Proxima

Not really, you have to do full instance to unlock it (or it can be done on normal?)

For the quest, yes. But you don't need to farm it. I saw groups running a full run within 6 hours just for the quest. There is always a way by playing tactics and mechanics or optimising the party setup.

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Quote from Wesker

It is intended to be an upgrade, so no plussing level is transfered. This way everyone can farm the normal artefacts through trashmobs while not being forced to clear the entire instance. But the refined artefacts require loot from the final boss and do require full clears. So if a group of players is not able to clear the entire instance yet, they can still achieve the normal artefacts. And stronger groups can go for the refined ones additionally. Everyone wins.

In that case, maybe the refined one is better than the normal +6?

A little better, of course. Also, the effects of the refined ones will be improved slightly.

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Maybe you need a +6 normal artefact to refine it? Would be the best solution for all

Or when you refine an artefact, it's level remains. So if you refine a a+6 artefact you get another +6, from +3 you get another +3 and so on...

Greetings.

It is intended to be an upgrade, so no plussing level is transfered. This way everyone can farm the normal artefacts through trashmobs while not being forced to clear the entire instance. But the refined artefacts require loot from the final boss and do require full clears. So if a group of players is not able to clear the entire instance yet, they can still achieve the normal artefacts. And stronger groups can go for the refined ones additionally. Everyone wins.

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Quote from Wesker

This is intended. The bosses should have required full plate armor with parry rate and so on. It makes me a little sad that some groups managed to kite bosses. But that's ok for the moment.

It is everywhere possible. Look at rofl endboss. As long as the bosses have lower movespeed than players and movespeed can reduced for bosses, it will always be possible. And for example in rofl you can take shoes for additional speed.

Just to let you know for further instances

Greetings

Yeah, thanks for the information. We have also realised this behavior already and will try to fix it at some point, respectively in the future. A trashmob is supposed to be kited easily, but a boss is not in my opinion.

Quote from paluzara

It is posible to dodge any of the atacks of the bosses of kallin? I feel that even with the rogue dodge skill I cant dodge a single atack

This is intended. The bosses should have required full plate armor with parry rate and so on. It makes me a little sad that some groups managed to kite bosses. But that's ok for the moment.

Quote from yali61

b1-b2 area damage to high.if you are not a warrior, you usually die

The AoE from bosses are intended the way they are. There are gameplay mechanics to lower the received damage though.