Bruh don’t hate us people who lean on HWM grind. Nobody liked this idea, i also have good friends who are crafters and use their service. We are all on the same boat on this, AGS taking away from their customers is not an OKAY THING TO DO. People dedicated time, patience and convenience to your buggy ass game and you do this. Remember people who are left in this game are the only ones left and dont stub your toe AGS. This is not it whoever mindless, ungrateful person idea was this.
No.
I understand how change scares people, but I think everyone is getting a bit over the top here. If your character does nothing but craft and gather, why should they be proficient in using their legendary gear if they never actually use it to fight the elite enemies? You shouldn’t be a maxed skill fighter if you never use your weapons.
2 years from now? They haven’t even started alpha 2 yet, right?
Will Quit and Refund this shit show. With such large changes to core mechanics this is clearly still a Alpha test not a full game.
very well constructed post without blant rant.
i dont say i ll quit but most likely take a time off
i would like to see WM/GS removed tbh
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Yes. Already uninstalled for now. I’ll come back if they change their mind. I’m not sure if I’m quitting forever, but definitely taking a break.
Then what’s the point of weapon mastery? Why do we grind to 20 on our weapons???
because he wants to pvp not mindless “pve” (stay in the same place waiting for a spawn)
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PvP activities provide gypsum and thus opportunity to increase your gear score. You can PvP, craft, AND pve to raise gear score. Not sure why it’s such a problem that using your weapons is the fastest way of raising your proficiency.
Crafters will still be critical to end game gear.
I wonder how many of those crafters will still be there after this change when their own crafted gear is getting downscaled because apprently they didnt progress in the intended way.
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The weapon levels are for perks and abilities. Experise is designed around fighting players and elites to become more proficient in using those items. Getting to level 20 in a weapon can be done by just beating up groups of low level mobs. Not the same intent.
No unless of course it makes things less fun then yes!!
Expertise and watermark are basically the same thing. This will slow down progression a bit but give you much more variety in how you increase it. Is that such a bad thing?
Personally I would prefer just making it RNG and high GS equipment be made exceedingly rare.
Crafters can make high level gear, but if they never fight any difficult mobs or other players, why should they be proficient in using those items? You become a proficient crafter by crafting. You become a better fighter by fighting.
this is just becoming systems on top of system on top of systems, just make them simple and WORKING that should be prio
Balance what?! The overpowered full geared no lifers will be even stronger now that we can have equal gear through trading post…
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NOT JUST CRAFTERS ARE EFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE TOO.
Those who grinded their HWM to 600 now rendered because gear will be useless to sell on AH as they will be dumbed down!!! THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA !
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Not a question as to whether it will lower my GS. I KNOW my GS is higher than my WM simply because of the difficulty in getting elite grind groups together between low server pop and AGS buffing elite mobs. The real issue here is will you be able to actually see the degradation between WM and GS as right now you have no clue as to exactly what your WM is. Also if one successfully completes the questline to obtain a 580 GS weapon, does that make your proficiency 580 or will you have to grown into that weapon as well?
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yes
No
Because I enjoy the game. My numbers are a bit lower, only 200+ hours, but it will be a shame to abandon all of these hours of investment. I do have my game knowledge, I do have my houses, I do have my trade skills and territory levels, etc, etc.