Patch Notes 23/06/2022

[siglade]

Ranked

The minimum MMR for getting a Triumphant Insignia after winning a match has been lowered from 1000 to 700.

The Ranked Quartermaster now offers liniments for sale for 1 insignia for 2 liniments. The box of 4 random liniments for 1 insignia already for sale is still available.

Maybe if minimum MMR is lowered to 0..

[malmar]

instead of removing scrolls, maybe change them to be useable until lvl 35?

[Everdin]

should make a 25% renown potion for 16-39 that is extremely cheap.

Glad that you are starting to see the issues that is low/new players vs well equipped pug stompers. Now just expand the PuG scenario to a few more scenarios. Maybe Reikland Hills and Factory. Same old nordenwatch for months is meh.

You are maybe not getting the problem, same people now get stomped earlier by - really - well equiped players. There is no equip gap in t2-t3 between new and veteran players, low tier talis are cheap, crests drop enough to get current gear, the only benefit a premade has is organisation and the already mentioned better knowledge of classes/synergies. And this will still be an issue, premades are not away, there will always be some on both sides. This change is just a sedative for a loud crying minority.

[Mergrim]

Ranked

The minimum MMR for getting a Triumphant Insignia after winning a match has been lowered from 1000 to 700.

The Ranked Quartermaster now offers liniments for sale for 1 insignia for 2 liniments. The box of 4 random liniments for 1 insignia already for sale is still available.

Maybe if minimum MMR is lowered to 0..

Yea 0 MMR is must to bring ranked alive again, and we need some unique reward. Let's make ranked mount without duration same as guild mount.

[Everdin]

If ranked needs a special unique blazing never seen before reward to get played... maybe people just don't need ranked at all...

Lot of people are happy because the way to obtain gear was generalized, and now a few people want to segregate some unique stuff so others are forced to keep a deadborn content alive for these few?

[penagos22]

Could you please reverse the change of Instructor's Boon today? I want to continue playing, preparing my SM for lvl 40 and if it is possible buff the item pleaseeeee...

[siglade]

If ranked needs a special unique blazing never seen before reward to get played... maybe people just don't need ranked at all...

Lot of people are happy because the way to obtain gear was generalized, and now a few people want to segregate some unique stuff so others are forced to keep a deadborn content alive for these few?

fair point, lot of people love doing RvD

[Sulorie]

Addressing the points above - remember that although the XP reduction item was removed - to tackle the demoralising experience for players outside of the premade, if we find that the item was predominantly used for RR gain (after severe live testing of resulting RR at 40) then there are always options to tweak rates should that be a major concern.

The removal of the item here was to support players within those brackets by limiting the demoralising experience of being farmed by discord premades, regardless of their intentions being either to smash new / returning players, or simply prepare for T4.

With all the boosted XP rates everywhere, those new players will still be farmed by premades, no matter what rank they have.
The difference is, doing PvE will now punish people even more and we will see a lot people getting to rank 40 totally unprepared gear/rr-wise. Having an as high as possible rr at r40 matters a lot in t4.

The value of talismans is reduced for new players, as frequent gear changes will happen and they will think even more about slotting talismans in gear, which is replaced quickly due to outleveling.

I think the root problems for new players were not identified correctly here and the overall experience won't change.
They will just be faster in the meat grinder of t4 and will lack even more time to learn and prepare their char.
Experienced people will still demolish them.

[Akalukz]

should make a 25% renown potion for 16-39 that is extremely cheap.

Glad that you are starting to see the issues that is low/new players vs well equipped pug stompers. Now just expand the PuG scenario to a few more scenarios. Maybe Reikland Hills and Factory. Same old nordenwatch for months is meh.

You are maybe not getting the problem, same people now get stomped earlier by - really - well equiped players. There is no equip gap in t2-t3 between new and veteran players, low tier talis are cheap, crests drop enough to get current gear, the only benefit a premade has is organisation and the already mentioned better knowledge of classes/synergies. And this will still be an issue, premades are not away, there will always be some on both sides. This change is just a sedative for a loud crying minority.

No, i pretty much get the problem. Gear/organized people rolling over ungeared/organized people BY DESIGN. The design of the queueing system actually creates this issue. At any given time there are multiple premade groups running on both realms. Rarely if ever will they face one another. That is the true issue. T1-T4 I am all for it ORvR where crap happens. Scenarios are supposed to be quick evenly matched fights, currently they are anything but that. New player should be hitting T4 equipped with Solid Talisman and Vanquisher gear. Either through questing or a plethora of crests.

Those scouting quests, reward with Talismans 16-18+
Keep quests reward with Gensis Fragments

[Mergrim]

If ranked needs a special unique blazing never seen before reward to get played... maybe people just don't need ranked at all...

Lot of people are happy because the way to obtain gear was generalized, and now a few people want to segregate some unique stuff so others are forced to keep a deadborn content alive for these few?

So what about guild mount locked for big guilds? its only for some ppl? i'm not asking about new gear...you have best mount without duration for guild coins...same mount in ranked have 90days duration.
Unique stuff: best weapon from PVE
Best set:War crest
Ranked: nothing...
Why we force ppl to do PVE?...its not generalized. Those changes with crest make ranked dead.