You probably need to ping someone for that to happen. I recommend @Luxendra IMO she is the most straight forward and dedicated. I feel for her (# of pings she must get,) but being the most competent usually brings the reward of extra work.
After reading the several posts on this topic, I understand your position completely. I quit playing 4 months ago due to something similar. I did log in to see what the season pass was and logged off within 10 mins. I quit playing because the 1st house discount wasn’t fairly applied First house discount update - #8 by chichagof It didn’t affect me. It mainly affected new players who had saved to buy their first house, but they were mistreated badly. Coupled with the compensation for the bugged tool/bag crafting being a legendary for every craft, I had enough. Responsible players know to go slow with a fresh patch and to be careful, not craft their entire net worth asap…unless they are planning to be affected by the bug and get compensation.
It is well known that dying before a server restart gives a duping chance. I am not saying these guys died on purpose; just that this method is something players try in many games and if it doesn’t work then what do they lose. The whining about not being able to play just doesn’t pass any test. Those affected must not have wanted to play too badly if this locked them. You could easily have a friend come to you with cheap bags and then quickly outfit yourself by doing a chest run or from the TP (not BIS…so I know the e-peen will be harmed) and still play the game. I never min/maxed and played fine. I played with what I found and when it broke I just threw something else on. I understand competitive pvp’ing/M10’s would give a different experience, but you could still play and the gear was only gone a day or so.
The crafting bug really concerns me. I am afraid they will give everybody legendary replacements as they did earlier. This bug, just like the tools/bags, was found on the PTR and never corrected. I guarantee you that the greediest among us use the PTR for this type stuff. For them it is a place to test for bugs beneficial to them. Once found the bug is not reported and becomes a closely guarded clan/personal secret On live, they then rush to craft as much as possible knowing they have a fail safe with the bug. If they get a legendary, great! But, if they don’t; then begins the whining for compensation. What is there to lose; with compensation they may get guaranteed legendary items; at the least they get refunded mats…a gamble these gamblers will take.
The protesters in this post have every right to protest. This doesn’t make them jealous. From the way I read it, many of them just feel that they are not appreciated; feeling that their concerns are not even being considered. They have a valid argument. I am pretty sure all of us have had an issue with the game that negatively affected play.
Here are just a few I have experienced;
- Tier 5 camp bugged for over a year (many players experienced this.) We couldn’t craft in open world. The main disadvantage was not being able to craft Topaz gypsum potion (this slowed progression unfairly.)
- Waking up in ES dead and when I tp’ed back to city I kept falling through the world. I shut the game down several times and tried again=same effect. This did affect gameplay. You just couldn’t put on new clothes and get out of the loop.
- The numerous trading post shut downs because players were duping/TP bugged. I play solo, with no faction, no houses, etc; basically kind of ironman. I make my gold on the TP. I almost always had 100 orders up. Those listings were expensive. I lost a fair amount of gold and also didn’t get to fully play “my” game; sometimes for weeks.
- When the whiners cried enough that AGS locked the trading post preventing listing from full storages. I had a storage go way over as a direct result. While trying to drop and move stuff to free the storage, I can’t tell you how much gold was lost when the items fell through the floor.
- Heck, during the last Turkey event my skinning knife vanished and has never returned
- The numerous crafting bugs and shut downs
- While running from BW to WF, just outside the elite zone, to turn in a quest the borderwall magically appeared. I got stuck in it and was instantly killed. The game initially wouldn’t allow a respawn.
- How about the bad bans. A lot of us have experienced this. Mine was during the 2x event. I tried to appeal only be informed that I would remain banned in Lost Ark. A very competent AGS employee stepped up and got my account back for me. I have never cheated, been warned, or been banned in any video game. I was seriously offended by the ban. While I was grateful to the employee who helped, the taste was still bad. This resulted in me quitting the first time.
The list goes on and on…how about the “hidden stash” being bugged. Lower level expertise players are disproportionally affected.
This may all seem petty, but value rests with those that experienced the issue. When these other posters say they don’t feel their issues and/or allegiance to the game is respected, they have a valid reason. It seems planned bad behavior is getting rewarded, even if only 50% of those affected are truly bad actors. We have all been the victim of game breaking bugs/decisions in this game. We lived and moved on. IMO, the crafting compensation for tools/bags was far worse than the $50 for a $20 game that prompted OP to post. For a crafting bug, I would only allow a person to take advantage of it one time and then for no more than 3-4 items…because by then you should know there is a bug. For a bug such as spawning naked, where there is no real loss…come on!!!
Instead of creating value, these irrational decisions only serve to devalue and alienate many of the most dedicated players.
