Please stop with the arbitrary GS/Expertise numbers. People have already revealed the farce that is GS625 gear, which represents only a very marginal improvement over GS600 gear. Why force us to grind mutations just to obtain a superficial improvement to our gear?
Instead, let us use Umbral shards to reroll perks on our weapons, jewellery, or armor. Players choose a particular perk on a gear to reroll and have a chance to roll any of the relevant perks for that perk slot. The more times we reroll, the cost in Umbral shards becomes exponentially higher. Rerolling a perk also binds the gear to the player. Keep GS at 600. Please.
Despite what your data analysis might reveal about addictive gameplay elements, players do not necessarily get a dopamine rush when we see numbers going up on our screens, especially when those numbers represent illusory rather than substantive improvements/progression. I am going to get dopamine flowing out of my rear if you let me gamble on potential improvements to my current gear instead.
legit some perk combos never even got crafted in servers since its to damn expensive to
craft 595 items
for example you need 15 ASMODEUM to craft a musket
i wouldnt mind farming 100k umbral shards if that means i can change at least 1 perk on the damn weapon
(unles you own winsward and everfal then you just shit money everday)
Exactly this. I wouldn’t mind farming mutators for tons of umbrals if umbrals could be used to reroll a piece of gear perk for a shot at bis. That is far superior to an additional stat point on my gear at GS625.
I did just the easiest mutation and it increased my gearscore AND item’s gearscore from 600 to 608. Like, that was very easy. I don’t know why are people complaining all the time. Go PTR and test it yourself.
The idea is still this: why waste the concept of umbral shards on a small expertise bump from 600-625? What’s wrong with the Gypsum orbs and casts which they had just introduced approximately a month ago? What are they going to introduce next when we get another expertise bump from 625-700 (or whatever arbitrary expertise number they decide to land at next)? We get Celestial shards, Lunar Shards, Astral Shards etc?
Why not implement Umbral shards in a bigger way that lets players potentially improve their gear substantially?
Which is better? Giving players one more stat point on a GS625 gear vs a GS600, while facing multiple complaints from them about the extra grind needed to reach 625 and creating a daunting gate that deters new players from trying New World? Or letting players get extra mileage out of their current gear, while we celebrate that New World is finally edging away from the RNG upon RNG upon RNG systems currently in place, and new players get enticed to play the game because of the more substantial end-game systems that we now have in place?
I thought it would be a good idea if you could use umbral shards on pre 600 gear. Faction gear for instance or items like “putrid fishbone” which is bis, but is stuck at 510 GS. This alone would give us a lot more build freedom and gear accessibility.
You were getting GS bumps BEFORE they added gypsum orbs. Gypsum is just a way to give people additional means to boost their gear score. That patch only made GS more “clear.”
Moreover, they clearly said that they have more exciting things in progress. Give them time.
Just go PTR and see how it works - how shards interact with gearscore and items. Stop complaining that casuals who can play only 1h a day do not get freebies and the best gear in the game.
Any by the way, why dont you have voidbent set already? I farmed it from scratch and it took me only several days. I can literally upgrade half of my items just from that and by the time I am done I will find the rest of my items 600 gs. Why? Because mutations drop items 590+ LIKE A CRAZY, but as I said, it is easier to complain than look it up on your own.
625-650 will be via the Mega-Stone system which can be obtained by crafting a meta-enhancement shard which is crafted out of 15 meta bricks. Monsters in lvl60+ zones might drop this bricks if you are attuned with a meta-potion which is crafted out of meta berries which drop from lvl60+ provisioning crates.
650-675 is done via the omega-umbra system where you need to gather omega-umbra stones by running the omega-umbra versions of the existing dungeons (the mobs will have a omega-umbra color and 5 times the HP than normal mobs) to gather omega-umbra stones.
With the omega-umbra stones you can craft a omega-umbra lantern which needs to be equip when you are in the existing 60+ areas to have a chance for omega-umbra jewels to be dropped from Elite mobs.
15 omega-umbra jewels can be forged to a omega umbra ball together with omega-umbra resin which is dropped from legendary fish at night with equipped omega-umbra-fishing lantern which can be crafted…
675-700 is done via the Omicron system which needs you to get infected and then grind mobs at the existing 60+ elite areas (be careful you loose HP while infected. To get rid of the infection you can craft Biotech cure potions which can be crafted from biotech-spores which are a random drop from turkey nests. (You can raise your chance to find biotech spores by crafting a biotech gather potion out of biotech potion berries which are found in dungeons)
700-725 is done via the “praise lord B” shrine where you can hope to get a GS raise if you spent 5€$ via the in-game shop and a B-candle which can be obtained by running the B-version of the existing dungeons which are the same dungeons but the the walls are yellow…
Framing someone else’s post as “a complaint” or “complaining” doesn’t make your post valid and mine invalid. In fact, none of your points in any way address any of my questions, such as why can’t we continue to boost GS from 600 - 625 via gypsum. Why does it have to be umbral shards?
The point of whether umbral shards drop easy or not is irrelevant to the above questions. And I know how umbral shards work in the Jan patch, stop assuming that I don’t.
P.S. Voidbent gear isn’t even a good set now. Not sure why you are even bringing up this point about how you have voidbent and I don’t have because no where in my post did I mention about the current status of my gear.
TLDR: Stop complaining that others are complaining. Either respond to the points raised or keep your peace.