life is too expensive on ror

[Kenshiken]

it's a mmo RPG. People need to be rewarded for the time they put in the game.

If you like the gameplay - you would stay and don't mind the "grind" anyway.
Or the only point in the game to you is progress as fast as you can to get the gear you want and abandon the game?
I like to see people in Sov gear and acknowledge the time and effort they put into it.

On the topic of wards - it could be better, yes.

[Sulorie]

I don't understand all that fuss about gear to be honest. Why trying to make players suffer to reach where the majority of players are already at? I like the idea of beating my opponents with my play style and use of abilities instead of gear gap. But a lot of people seem to be happy about keeping the gear gap dunno why. I find ward system completely pointless in that sense.

People would skip all pvp gear and use PvE gear only to save their crests in order to buy their endgame gear without using any of the previous items. This isn't going to happen. For the same reason there are PvE wards, to force people to actually do PvE and not just selected endgame PvE content.

[Lion1986]

Actually PRE merge of currency was a living nightmare to get geared. Many ppl had in bag the useless T4 tokens unused for higher set. many fortloggers awaiting invader and months of farming for 1 piece. I like the unification honestly

[p00ky]

They have already made this game so much easier to gear up with the new upgrade. It takes you 2 to 3 days to go from conq to vanq and so on. If they make it even easier, all you will be left with is the 15 year old player base as there will be no challenge what so ever. THis is an MMO, if you could jump straight to end game, do you really think so many players would stay playing after a few weeks?

It doesn´t matter how much easier the Devs make this game, some ppl will always cry its not easy enough

[Detangler]

Did anyone tell him he has to buy invader before he can get sov set?

[Sofong]

lol they made it much easier now, i remember waking up 3am for royals grind.
bags from rvr are slow tho due to slow action.

[Tanski]

TBH the grind isnt even bad.

Triumphant , which mixed with SOV is BiS for mdps, cost about 5kish minus the ring and cloak. There is 150 in weekly, solo kills give 5, forts give 50+, gold bags 40,
and if you join a good wb you can get hundreds in a few hours....

At that pace, you can hit one of the BiS sets in a few weeks time playing a few hours a day (which I am about 1k off from by doing so).

You are competitive at VANQ, which can be acquired very quickly , especially buying boots/gloves even though they are pricey. PVE also got made to be significantly less grindy.

This is an MMO, not a MOBA. I cant believe all the crying. If everyone had BiS it would literally just be a MOBA, and it would ruin the game. If spending a few weeks of a few hours a night is too big of an ask you should probably play something else.

[Martok]

question : at 8 tokens for SC, in how many hours, week, month will we be able to afford that?

In my opinion the overall drop-rate for warcrest is, at worst, adequate. For the majority of classes one can acquire Vanq/Oppressor gear in a reasonable amount of time, gear certainly acceptable for the majority of game related endeavors.

The primary concern for the server at large should be retaining and growing the population base. However I do not feel easing cost of acquiring high-end gear would, ultimately, help with that.

[Tanski]

question : at 8 tokens for SC, in how many hours, week, month will we be able to afford that?

In my opinion the overall drop-rate for warcrest is, at worst, adequate. For the majority of classes one can acquire Vanq/Oppressor gear in a reasonable amount of time, gear certainly acceptable for the majority of game related endeavors.

The primary concern for the server at large should be retaining and growing the population base. However I do not feel easing cost of acquiring high-end gear would, ultimately, help with that.

No, it would be worse for retention. The same players crying about the grind right now would quit as soon as they get the gear.

[Valarion]

Scs are actually a terrible use of your time, particularly if you are order and losing. Just team up in a solid 6 man, kill frequently and push zones. You will average ~60+ crests an hours.

Im actually enjoying most of these changes and I have over 16 characters and low level alts.