Remiem's Weekly Community Update | February 18, 2015

[Maarkus]

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The love just doesn't stop flowin'!

In Other News

Class Balance/Skill System
As we continue to dive into the idea of revamping the Arcane Legends skill system, the real scope of the project is becoming clearer and...it's HUGE. The skills in Arcane Legends are such a fundamental part of the game, with hundreds of thousands of players who have built their strategies around the skills that have been around since the beginning of time. Arlor time, that is. So, the reality of the situation is that the skill system update is something that we are going to have to take our time on. That amount of time is still undetermined, but as you can imagine, changing such a core game feature needs love--rush it, and the results could be catastrophic.

In the meantime, we do plan on actively pursuing a more balanced Arlor. As we continue development on new content, we will be better catering the content to class balance. This means things like: mechanics that require the skills of each class, not just balance. While your suggestions on stat tweaks are much appreciated and immensely helpful, making blanket changes to class stats could have unexpected and far-reaching effects on the game. Doing so would take extensive planning, testing and tweaking, much like the skill system. We will keep you updated on long terms plans on the balance front, but for now know that we will be taking the small steps necessary in the meantime to give every class an important role and purpose in our [QUOTE]

Hi Remiem,
Thanks for the updates, much appreciated as usual

Thank you also for the transparency And honestly that sts is not sure when the skill will be fixed. I takws a lot to admit that one doesnt know but in mentioning that can certain things be dne that is withon the current skill system?

I only play the warrior class so im going to be warrior pve specific here.

The reason why i put this across is that as mentioned and quite known, the warrior class is the least efficient endgame pve farming class thus with that parties rarely need a warrior. The threath here is that as the new expan is comming and farming will be essential we may face another demographic being alienated from farming. I understand that you are looking into maps that will need a mix class combination to run but at the moment can you kind look at the warrior skills and review.

Chestsplitter has an upgrade called staggering blow; the cancell boss wind up was 'disabled' sometime in season 3, can this be enabled/activated again as this was and can be the saving grace of warriors in a party. The red zone fixes are being implemented this will just enable different classes to go range albut if a warrior can cancell the boss and mob windup then we can have a chance at being and integral cmponent in the farming party


Aside from this, armor reduction is another avenue where warrior can benefit a farming party. Which is also already i tegrated into our skills. Axe throw has this option (skill upgrade : Denting Blow) though it is only 10percent, and i assume its duration is 1sec can this be modified to atleast 30percent armor reduction and last atleast 2seconds?


I push and appeal for such changes as mentioned i other threads the warrior class efficientcy in PVE farming is near obsolete and the proposed skill solution... For chestsplitter its not even a buff , inonly suggest to bring back the upgrade as it is not active. For axe throw it is a buff but a much needed one.

I have seen enough fellow warriors change to rogues just to farm, and enough social alienation for warrior class thus i really hope you that my suggestions seriously.

Thanks for reading

Maarkus

[Twix]

We really don't need a mage buff. They are difficult to take down as it is. Their 2 sec invulnerability lets them stun and kill you, and you cant even move. I suggest giving rogues our 10% damage back, or a % or few of it back.

[Candylicks]

Please fix Maridos!!!!!!! We are only getting +10 to each stat, it was supposed to be +15

How about implementing a forum calendar where you list the upcoming events for the month? Would be nice to have a place to see what will pop on what day, instead of the guessing game that we have to do.

[notfaded1]

One thing that can be done right away to reverse some of the economies lack of gold would be to put the 50k back in locked and maybe add a rare 100k!!! Also maybe WAR do need something for PvE only to help them compete.

[notfaded1]

Please fix Maridos!!!!!!! We are only getting +10 to each stat, it was supposed to be +15

How about implementing a forum calendar where you list the upcoming events for the month? Would be nice to have a place to see what will pop on what day, instead of the guessing game that we have to do.

Yes please fix this NEW PET MARIDOS we aren't getting the +15 we are supposed to get and while carapace is at it how about it little more crit???

[Soundlesskill]

Yes, yes, yes! Fatties got their redzone corrected!

[Remiem]

Please fix Maridos!!!!!!! We are only getting +10 to each stat, it was supposed to be +15

How about implementing a forum calendar where you list the upcoming events for the month? Would be nice to have a place to see what will pop on what day, instead of the guessing game that we have to do.

Hey Candy, we definitely have the Maridos fix on our list. It didn't quite make it into this update but it is on our to-do's. I'll bring it up in next week's update.

As for a monthly calendar, it would be totally awesome but... In the game industry in general, unexpected things come up all the time that sometimes cause us to have to alter our plans to best serve the game and the community. That means, even if we hope to get something out one weekend (an event, a sale, etc.), it's always possible there will have to be a last minute switcheroo on our end. We would hate to lay out everything and then disappoint players if they were expecting something that they didn't end up getting.

You may have noticed in the past that even little info leaks can have pretty big ripples in the game, especially the game economy. So it's best to stay the course and announce things only when we are 100% sure that it's a done deal. Coded, tested, and approved.

[ueveotadeo]

The love just doesn't stop flowin'!

In Other News

Class Balance/Skill System
As we continue to dive into the idea of revamping the Arcane Legends skill system, the real scope of the project is becoming clearer and...it's HUGE. The skills in Arcane Legends are such a fundamental part of the game, with hundreds of thousands of players who have built their strategies around the skills that have been around since the beginning of time. Arlor time, that is. So, the reality of the situation is that the skill system update is something that we are going to have to take our time on. That amount of time is still undetermined, but as you can imagine, changing such a core game feature needs love--rush it, and the results could be catastrophic.

In the meantime, we do plan on actively pursuing a more balanced Arlor. As we continue development on new content, we will be better catering the content to class balance. This means things like: mechanics that require the skills of each class, not just balance. While your suggestions on stat tweaks are much appreciated and immensely helpful, making blanket changes to class stats could have unexpected and far-reaching effects on the game. Doing so would take extensive planning, testing and tweaking, much like the skill system. We will keep you updated on long terms plans on the balance front, but for now know that we will be taking the small steps necessary in the meantime to give every class an important role and purpose in our upcoming content.

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Hi Remiem,
Thanks for the updates, much appreciated as usual

Thank you also for the transparency And honestly that sts is not sure when the skill will be fixed. I takws a lot to admit that one doesnt know but in mentioning that can certain things be dne that is withon the current skill system?

I only play the warrior class so im going to be warrior pve specific here.

The reason why i put this across is that as mentioned and quite known, the warrior class is the least efficient endgame pve farming class thus with that parties rarely need a warrior. The threath here is that as the new expan is comming and farming will be essential we may face another demographic being alienated from farming. I understand that you are looking into maps that will need a mix class combination to run but at the moment can you kind look at the warrior skills and review.

Chestsplitter has an upgrade called staggering blow; the cancell boss wind up was 'disabled' sometime in season 3, can this be enabled/activated again as this was and can be the saving grace of warriors in a party. The red zone fixes are being implemented this will just enable different classes to go range albut if a warrior can cancell the boss and mob windup then we can have a chance at being and integral cmponent in the farming party


Aside from this, armor reduction is another avenue where warrior can benefit a farming party. Which is also already i tegrated into our skills. Axe throw has this option (skill upgrade : Denting Blow) though it is only 10percent, and i assume its duration is 1sec can this be modified to atleast 30percent armor reduction and last atleast 2seconds?


I push and appeal for such changes as mentioned i other threads the warrior class efficientcy in PVE farming is near obsolete and the proposed skill solution... For chestsplitter its not even a buff , inonly suggest to bring back the upgrade as it is not active. For axe throw it is a buff but a much needed one.

I have seen enough fellow warriors change to rogues just to farm, and enough social alienation for warrior class thus i really hope you that my suggestions seriously.

Thanks for reading

Maarkus

+12312435123413421 to this!

And another thing, FIX THE SCALING MOBS EXPLOIT ON TOMBS AND ELITE TINDIRIM!

We have been asking for this for months now and our requests just get ignored.

[Earlingstad]

One thing that can be done right away to reverse some of the economies lack of gold would be to put the 50k back in locked and maybe add a rare 100k!!!

That will again pump in huge amounts of gold into game which we do not need. Gold sinks were created for a reason. Easy gold in the hands of some, means monopolizing by hoarding good CS items and releasing them at ridiculously high prices for the others which is unfair and unhealthy to most of the community. So I'd say no to locked-crate gold. The gold we need can be converted from platinum, a way that will keep the game-gold amount in check.

[hozukreti]

Thanks for great work! can't wait for mage class to be fix for make it balance with other class.

[Energizeric]

The Re-assessment of PvE Gold Payouts
A couple of weeks ago we discussed the possibility that PvE gold drops and quest payouts didn't quite match up to the current economic state of Arcane Legends. We did a deep dive into the numbers and the current gold distribution around Arlor and found that, as suspected, that is a rather large gap between new/lower level characters and the affluent end-gamers. However, the economy can also be very delicate. Just applying a blanket increase to quest gold payouts seems like a good idea at the top level, but upon further analysis we discovered that the ripple effect that would have on the economy would be too risky. We are exploring a few other ideas that will help to bridge this gap, but they will need to work out more of the specifics before revealing them to the public. We'll revisit this sometime in the future.

I agree that changes here could have far reaching effects on the economy. I think trying to pump gold into the hands of lower level players is like adding water to the shallow end of your pool... it's just going to flow down to the deep end. That is how a free market economy works. Unless we implement some form of socialism in this game (wealth redistribution), there is always going to be a big gap between the hard core end game players and new & lower level players.

In the end, I think just having good items that can be farmed for (like the Amulet recipe) gives any player the chance to become rich.

[Candylicks]

Hey Candy, we definitely have the Maridos fix on our list. It didn't quite make it into this update but it is on our to-do's. I'll bring it up in next week's update.

As for a monthly calendar, it would be totally awesome but... In the game industry in general, unexpected things come up all the time that sometimes cause us to have to alter our plans to best serve the game and the community. That means, even if we hope to get something out one weekend (an event, a sale, etc.), it's always possible there will have to be a last minute switcheroo on our end. We would hate to lay out everything and then disappoint players if they were expecting something that they didn't end up getting.

You may have noticed in the past that even little info leaks can have pretty big ripples in the game, especially the game economy. So it's best to stay the course and announce things only when we are 100% sure that it's a done deal. Coded, tested, and approved.

Thanks for the heads up on Maridos fix, hope they can lay it in next week.

I disagree w/ the calendar I think it would hold devs more accountable with the time frame of events and the community would appreciate the communication. Logging onto the forums and 5-6 threads every day asking 'what is going on' and the chat box filled with the same is a turn-off to veterans and new forumers alike. Having a central calendar to click would help. As far as last minute switcheroo- 'dates subject to change' is all you need to include at the top. The players aren't unreasonable.

Also, there is a lot of traction happening on the LB thread in general. A lot of good ideas are suggested, any way we could get Cara to comment on some of them to see if our ideas are even within the realm of possibility from a technical standpoint? We might be tossing out what we think are golden ideas, when in reality are impossible.

There is mention of latent code in the next client, is this expansion content or are you already laying the groundwork for the skills changes?

Thank you for reading/listening it's appreciated!

[Ardbeg]

I have seen enough fellow warriors change to rogues just to farm, and enough social alienation for warrior class thus i really hope you that my suggestions seriously.

Thanks for reading

Maarkus

i created a rogue and to be honest, while playing only with rogues in a party is shockingly effective (above some gear treshold) it s also pretty dang boring.
theres nothing more enjoyable then running with a full diverse party where everyone knows to play his role.
mechanisms built in the maps are a good quick fix, but warriors should be naturally desired for their skills in a party.
a simple chest splitter and axe throw buff in pve could help a lot to keep tanks in game while the big revamp is done.

[Serancha]

In-game wealth doesn't actually have to do with level, it's really crate-poppers vs non-poppers. I know a lot of twinks with insane amounts of gold who don't even play end-game.

- Elite bosses dropping a few pennies is just silly when they take so much effort to reach and kill. Adding a chance of 50 or 100k to the higher elite bosses would be immensely helpful all around.

- For that matter, why is it only crate poppers who have a chance to earn plat? Most games allow you chances to actually earn some of the purchasable in-game currency as you play.

- Giving low level bosses tons of gold would just increase the bot issues we already see too much of.

- Adding more money to crates would further increase the wealth gap, rather than helping solve it. STS has thankfully been starting to move away from crates as the only way to make decent money. Let's not go backwards please.

[Lightsynergy]

Hahaha this updates are very slow and moving slowly rather then entire update coming all at once , ty sts and keep up your good work

[Littlegroot]

This is the second time your management fail to deliver the goods.
So as to say, it's a company and it's not a non profit organization.

So does the management also not pay their workers on time?
Are you guys under manpower ?

Don't give excuses.
Valentine Day is 14th Feb.
Can't do it, don't bother to mention it beforehand.
This will backfire the whole gaming platform towards your own CUSTOMERS
Customers = Revenues
Revenues = Outcome of your company

Now I did mention word of mouth is strong.
Never under estimate the power of social media, nobody recommends this game anymore.
Poor IT support, unable to keep up to date with the current and future "trends".
Failure to keep own promises to your customers.

Bye bye Arcane Legend.

[Rx8]

i created a rogue and to be honest, while playing only with rogues in a party is shockingly effective (above some gear treshold) it s also pretty dang boring.
theres nothing more enjoyable then running with a full diverse party where everyone knows to play his role.
mechanisms built in the maps are a good quick fix, but warriors should be naturally desired for their skills in a party.
a simple chest splitter and axe throw buff in pve could help a lot to keep tanks in game while the big revamp is done.

Yesterday i saw Oneebac in pvp, today - i see oneebro...

[Rx8]

In-game wealth doesn't actually have to do with level, it's really crate-poppers vs non-poppers. I know a lot of twinks with insane amounts of gold who don't even play end-game.

- Elite bosses dropping a few pennies is just silly when they take so much effort to reach and kill. Adding a chance of 50 or 100k to the higher elite bosses would be immensely helpful all around.

- For that matter, why is it only crate poppers who have a chance to earn plat? Most games allow you chances to actually earn some of the purchasable in-game currency as you play.

- Giving low level bosses tons of gold would just increase the bot issues we already see too much of.

- Adding more money to crates would further increase the wealth gap, rather than helping solve it. STS has thankfully been starting to move away from crates as the only way to make decent money. Let's not go backwards please.

Insane gold with twinks with 25k, Can anyone just imagine what would be the effect when 50k is introduced? I already quit opening locks since the day i recieved a sam n singe. Hopefully i just started to farm, but yeah the time isnt even right for me. I see T3 empty, guild busy. And the best part....farming seems to be dead already, a few days back i saw the elite golden drag chests worth 175k (-.-)" now i see them 74k...

IMHO, I feel like quitting the game now. But yeah, its a hang-in there situation. And, i guess adding more gold to the arena's was a pretty good deal. Why not add 2-3 ankhs to Taraus? He hits real hard too..

[extrapayah]

i say, let's keep the dropping ankhs forever

cost of playing PvE is actually more of potions and ankhs rather than gold, so if you're all afraid to make people get rich too fast,
then giving easy access to both potions and ankhs (or in daily basis, in a proper number) will encourage people to keep playing (and farming), even though they are poor

let's say, make bosses to have chance to drop 5/10 potions or 1 ankh, and keep it permanently

[Bmwmsix]

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CHEST SPLITTER GIVE US FULL FUNCTIONALITY!!! ++++ AXE SKILL BUFF

Doesn't need much codes to change it, it's only you want warrior to progress or not.


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