In my opinion you need to change the spawn locations of Ore in this game. The server that I am on (Vega) it is literally impossible to farm any of the Ore locations due to the number of bots (and real players) who just sit at the nodes all day farming. Due to the set locations of all the Ore, people know where they are and they can just perma camp the ore.
I think they you should make the Ore spawn at random locations all over the map and the spawn timer should be quicker. Yes it would be annoying as it is in random locations but I feel it is the only way to combat these bots/perma campers. In addition, it would make people ‘explore’ the world more, which is what you guys want us to do
This is an excerpt from a reddit post I recently saw with regards to the toxic environment surrounding Node design.
Player A “There’s a lot more competition since I used my transfer token to go to orun. There’s bots that camp all the rocks but they respawn in the order I line them in so as long as I remember the order I know which is to spawn they don’t. I don’t always get every rock because sometimes I actually have to focus on work but for the most part I hit all 6 all day long”
Player B: “So you and the bots are my issue. People can not roam around and find stuff you are forceing them to sit there and afk with a time on your phone along side you and the bot. This to me is terrible game play. You can do this all day long because your work allows it. Others work all day to come home to this.”
Player A: “It’s the only thing worth doing during the day while at work. Nothing else makes money like mining does. I’m 200 all skill, all quests complete, all weapons complete. I have nothing else to do but make money and wait for content to be released. I agree it’s bad game design but trust me no better feeling than beating a bot to an ore. When I’m off work I like to pvp open world and run mutators and opr because those are the only 3 things I can do with everything else completed.”
Both players think this is poor game design. One who enjoys being able to afk the game while at work and the other who thinks actively playing the game should not be less rewarding than afking 90% of the time.
I too think random needs to be a thing. Player A doesn’t even need to do it as he is done with everything because he could tolerate this nonsense as he was getting payed while doing it. Player B doesn’t want to be forced into 20 seconds of game time with 17 min of down time. That is worse than EVERQUEST 1 where you had to meditate to get mana back.
Personally I don’t stand around long enough to notice if they are a bot or not. I move on to less efficient things as I want to actively play the game. But when the trading post goes down or they exacerbate the problem by implement terrible idea like putting smelting cloths in the crates what other options are there than lost ark. Right now its a double whammy because they have done both these things leaving me little choice than to take a break or play a game that upon reflection I’m not actually enjoying.
I have seen this reflection in other company members. They have not returned.
