Return of Reckoning

Lion1986 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:50 amif you read, for example, i quitted 2 years ago due to the fact that most warbands where just coming into a zone, deliver few crates, escape the zone and repeat proces to farm contribution and bags only, avoiding totally RVR. I returned due to these changes which, in my opinion, revitalized the fight itself.

Malcuit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:12 am My understanding of gear progression is that you need to buy a full set in order to get to the next one, from braggart to sov.

Assuming the devs want to keep the pvp ward progression system (requiring previous set to buy the next set), I'd like to suggest a small change.
It mostly affects dps classes but you might want to mix and match sets of the same tier (3 conq + 3dom or 4 vanq + 2 opp), now if you'd get the "universal" tier unlock whether you buy for example a dominator helm or a conqueror one, instead of the current system where you chose to grind one full set of vanquisher OR oppressor.

This would give more options for gearing during progression.

Omegus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:40 pm

Malcuit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:12 am My understanding of gear progression is that you need to buy a full set in order to get to the next one, from braggart to sov.

Assuming the devs want to keep the pvp ward progression system (requiring previous set to buy the next set), I'd like to suggest a small change.
It mostly affects dps classes but you might want to mix and match sets of the same tier (3 conq + 3dom or 4 vanq + 2 opp), now if you'd get the "universal" tier unlock whether you buy for example a dominator helm or a conqueror one, instead of the current system where you chose to grind one full set of vanquisher OR oppressor.

This would give more options for gearing during progression.

This would actually be similar to the "ward" system back on live in that the ward was unlocked/improved per-slot rather than on a set-by-set basis. The game UI might be reusable for this as there are already ward unlocks in the Tome of Knowledge, although I think there's only 5 bits to each ward (helm/shoulders/chest/gloves/boot IIRC).

LeVagabond wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:43 pm as a new player I'm having a hard time knowing what exactly I need to buy to be able to unlock the next step.

I had the first set in inventory until I replaced it with the lvl 17 dungeon set, now I can't buy the lvl 29 sets at all.

the fact that all the soldier tokens I had stockpiled to buy that set disappeared is painful, but at least war crests drop enough to make me not that unhappy over the patch...

dalen wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:49 pm You need to equip it once to get unlock.

Farrul wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:06 am

Lion1986 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:50 amif you read, for example, i quitted 2 years ago due to the fact that most warbands where just coming into a zone, deliver few crates, escape the zone and repeat proces to farm contribution and bags only, avoiding totally RVR. I returned due to these changes which, in my opinion, revitalized the fight itself.

Fair enough, i will provide some context. I joined a 4 man with my W-Lion and made enough War Crests to the point i find it unethical at this rate it's trivializing content, balance is off the roof to put it gently and it does not create a good environment in game, a lot of griefing will happen over time. Compared to the old system, i'm making progress at least 10 x times faster than previously on this toon.

Then i joined a Warband with my SnB IB to see the difference and dear lord, 2 hours in the zone i'm not earning what my WL did in 15 minutes. I think RVR should promote Warband play and not these small scale roaming groups, they have a huge advantage atm in how fast they are aquiring War Crests. War Crest per kill is an obvious outlier and should be nerfed considerably, bag/gear cost ratio somewhat balanced to the old system( With Weeked event and zone locks into consideration).