Exactly. Which is why you’re a twat.
Temporary as in the player could earn a higher GS and just get better gear again, is the other way that could be interpreted. Meaning that the resources that you spent to create or purchase a higher end piece of gear are suddenly destroyed if it is permanently downgraded. That is how that could be interpreted.
As for inciting, you come into a thread with passions by one poster running very high while other threads have people actively flaming each other and then just tell people that their worst case scenario is coming true and say the equivalent of a dismissive “tough”. I know that tone is often lost to some degree in internet text, but that means you must be all the more careful in the words you use and the tone that they indicate. Especially in a moment like this where tensions and passions are running high.
You are being purposely obtuse because you don’t want what’s happening to be the truth. The dev blog post is obvious (which, to be fair, is a change from the norm).
You already know the answer, you just don’t like it.
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Oh hi. Nobody cares what your opinion on the matter is either.
Well its clear to me what the answer is. If you need further confirmation then you’ll get it eventually.
As far as me taking a dismissive “tough” attitude. Not at all. I hate these changes. The game is pushing me more to quit with the constant decisions that I feel are bad.
The other poster trash talked me and was abusive. So maybe my posting changed a little because of that. There was no reason for him to talk to me that way at all.
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Exactly this.
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There was no reason for you to keep giving your opinion where it was made clear that it wasn’t wanted. But you kept giving it.
You are not the owner of these forums. There are other people in this thread. I can talk to whoever I want to. You have no business saying otherwise.
Oh boy
Purposely obtuse? Really?
I am asking a very simple question that wasn’t answered in the limited wording of the devs.
Is the gear permanently downgraded to your “expertise” level or is it just handicapped until your expertise level matches the level on the gear?
That is a rather simple question. The developer post has spawned lots of questions and multiple trolling threads on this forum. In part because they are making a significant change and not providing adequate detail. The “answer” you all keep dumping is for a completely different question.
At this point, it doesn’t matter what I want to be true. I want to know more details about what the developers intend. Some people popping into this thread and hurling the term “snowflake” around shows me that some people intend to agitate.
This isn’t about me as much as it is about the devs needing to be more clear and put out their raging player fires.
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It was answered. The words “temporarily” and “effectiveness” are front and centre. Stop being disingenuous if you actually want dialogue. Otherwise my initial point remains.
You just don’t like the answer.
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Apparently we’re the a-holes asking for direct answers from AGS instead of from the peanut gallery. How dare us.
It happens. Sometimes people get agitated and then take it elsewhere.
That is why I am pushing for more information rather than just “burn it all down” or “the end is here”.
We can all wind up fighting people we don’t mean to when we get frustrated.
I guess we’re still waiting for that improved communication they assured us they were working on.
I wasn’t being disingenuous. Personally, I think the change might work like this:
You get a piece of level 600 gear and it is pretty much temporarily locked at your expertise level of 508(or whatever your expertise level is). As you level up that expertise level, the gear itself suddenly becomes higher. (Up to its true gear score level)
Still, I am unsure about this and I would like more clarity. I had someone that I respect in the game today tell me about the changes how he understood them and I came here to read the post. I read it more in the way I just listed, but his interpretation was that the gear was permanently downgraded.
So before I go back to him and tell him, “no that isn’t how it is”, I want a more clear explanation.
With all the flaming and “game is gonna die” talk, I think clarity is needed.
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I suspect you’re right. But my purpose in creating this thread was to hopefully get AGS to directly tell me to go eff myself, that I wasted hours and hours of my time doing the legendary weapon quests.
Twat: “Dude, it’s clear by what they said”
Me: “Yeah but I’m hoping for a direct response”
Twat: “Dude, it’s so clear, here’s what they already said!”
Me: “Yeah, I read that but,again, I want them to tell me directly that I wasted my time”
Twat: “Dude, I already told you what they said!!!”
Me: “Yeah, ok, thanks. But I’m looking for a response by AGS not you or anyone else that’s not AGS”
Twat: “Dude, how many times do I have to say how clear it is from what they’ve said before!!??”
In that case I apologise, the other person must’ve put me on a tilt and I mistakenly lumped you both together, sorry for that.
I understand your approach here but it doesn’t seem like it reads any other way than with temporary reduction and scaling.
I can understand the want for an official response to questions. The devs have been improving their interactivity from what I’ve seen but there are a LOT of threads lol.
I hope you get the answer you seek. Unfortunately, Gitfiddle’s toxicity has markedly reduced the likelihood of that in this thread.
Good luck.
I thought I made it clear very early in the thread that I was looking for a response from AGS and that I wasn’t interested in anyone else’s interpretation of their previous statements. Then it went downhill from there when people insisted.
It’s beginning to seem like that but I’ve only given them my money once
Looks like I got an answer…
Nice to get some clarity. 
I do appreciate the rather quick response. The devs do watch and it is good to see they respond quickly. You were very right on this!