iprotectnoobs
08-16-2012, 09:37 PM
Hello developers and PLers,
(I can't believe im writing this post a second time. Apparently, my first thread is glitched and won't show.)
For those of you that don't know me, I have been playing Pocket Legends from the beginning. I have played for over two years and have experience in both twink PvP and end-game PvP.
Recently, the addition of the 1-week temporary dungeon, the "Forgotten Treasure" dungeon has sparked the community's interest because of its new weapons. I'll be clarifying the arguments on both sides and at the same time giving my honest opinion. It might appear a little biased (it is btw) but keep in mind that you can always change my mind through constructive criticism in the comments.
Description: These weapons have incredible amounts of damage and do nearly 1.5 to 2 times the amount of damage that previous top-tier weapons did. Keep in mind that I am focusing more on the twink levels because they have been hit the hardest by this update.
Some problems:
1. This short campaign is not permanent (lasts only a week), and will therefore leave several players without the chance to farm for them.
Argument against #1: This campaign is not plat-paid, so there will be massive farming, and these items will be available for minimal gold later on in the consignment shoppe.
Counter-Argument: The weapons are hard to farm for lower levels (the troll guy hits hard and hardly dies) and due to this, pinks will only be present in limited numbers. Only a few players will have the pinks, while other players will have mediocre weapons just like it was after Winter Festival.
2. Player who have worked hard for their top weapons will find that their efforts have been wasted. Scaled 21 sand cave pinkw, 25 cave sets, frozen nightmare weps, green-ice weapons, voodoo sets, scaled 56 sets, 60 demonic sets ==== ALL GONE.
Argument against #2: These new items will "reset" the economy, and place more value in gold while lowering the value of extremely expensive weapons in cs.
Counter-Argument: Keep in mind that only weapons were added so that means armor will still be super expensive with only the prices of weapons dropping. This also means that all the previous efforts to obtain previous top-tier weapons were useless.
3. PvP will become very unbalanced. Currently, the bow gives the most damage and dps and also has a blind proc, all while requiring only a few points in dex. Although this may sound outlandish, most twinks will be forced to use the bow. The bow gives almost as much damage as the longsword and because it is ranged, melee will not even be an option for serious PvPers anymore. The same goes for mages. Take my 35 voodoo mage for example. All i have to do is add 55 dex points to equip the 35 forgotten pink bow and i barely sacrifice skill damage while gaining a serious boos t in dps and damage.
Argument against #3: I honestly do not have one. If you have a reasonable one in the comments, Ill make sure to edit this argument with it.
Solutions:
1. Rollback (I wouldn't suggest this)
2. Nerfing the weapons to be on par with or slightly under the damage of the previous top-tier weapons. (This would be beautiful)
Last comments for developers:
1. What you guys did with Nuri's mini-dungeon was BEAUTIFUL. The gear didn't change other prices and was not overpowered. Its most charming aspect was the aesthetic appeal, not the stats.)
2. Please don't let this become another winter festival. (I rarely pvp in lvls 10 - 20 because very few winter festival pinks are available)
Last comments for PLers: Please give me constructive criticism and you might be able to change my mind on this subject. :)
(I can't believe im writing this post a second time. Apparently, my first thread is glitched and won't show.)
For those of you that don't know me, I have been playing Pocket Legends from the beginning. I have played for over two years and have experience in both twink PvP and end-game PvP.
Recently, the addition of the 1-week temporary dungeon, the "Forgotten Treasure" dungeon has sparked the community's interest because of its new weapons. I'll be clarifying the arguments on both sides and at the same time giving my honest opinion. It might appear a little biased (it is btw) but keep in mind that you can always change my mind through constructive criticism in the comments.
Description: These weapons have incredible amounts of damage and do nearly 1.5 to 2 times the amount of damage that previous top-tier weapons did. Keep in mind that I am focusing more on the twink levels because they have been hit the hardest by this update.
Some problems:
1. This short campaign is not permanent (lasts only a week), and will therefore leave several players without the chance to farm for them.
Argument against #1: This campaign is not plat-paid, so there will be massive farming, and these items will be available for minimal gold later on in the consignment shoppe.
Counter-Argument: The weapons are hard to farm for lower levels (the troll guy hits hard and hardly dies) and due to this, pinks will only be present in limited numbers. Only a few players will have the pinks, while other players will have mediocre weapons just like it was after Winter Festival.
2. Player who have worked hard for their top weapons will find that their efforts have been wasted. Scaled 21 sand cave pinkw, 25 cave sets, frozen nightmare weps, green-ice weapons, voodoo sets, scaled 56 sets, 60 demonic sets ==== ALL GONE.
Argument against #2: These new items will "reset" the economy, and place more value in gold while lowering the value of extremely expensive weapons in cs.
Counter-Argument: Keep in mind that only weapons were added so that means armor will still be super expensive with only the prices of weapons dropping. This also means that all the previous efforts to obtain previous top-tier weapons were useless.
3. PvP will become very unbalanced. Currently, the bow gives the most damage and dps and also has a blind proc, all while requiring only a few points in dex. Although this may sound outlandish, most twinks will be forced to use the bow. The bow gives almost as much damage as the longsword and because it is ranged, melee will not even be an option for serious PvPers anymore. The same goes for mages. Take my 35 voodoo mage for example. All i have to do is add 55 dex points to equip the 35 forgotten pink bow and i barely sacrifice skill damage while gaining a serious boos t in dps and damage.
Argument against #3: I honestly do not have one. If you have a reasonable one in the comments, Ill make sure to edit this argument with it.
Solutions:
1. Rollback (I wouldn't suggest this)
2. Nerfing the weapons to be on par with or slightly under the damage of the previous top-tier weapons. (This would be beautiful)
Last comments for developers:
1. What you guys did with Nuri's mini-dungeon was BEAUTIFUL. The gear didn't change other prices and was not overpowered. Its most charming aspect was the aesthetic appeal, not the stats.)
2. Please don't let this become another winter festival. (I rarely pvp in lvls 10 - 20 because very few winter festival pinks are available)
Last comments for PLers: Please give me constructive criticism and you might be able to change my mind on this subject. :)