Originally Posted by
Cinco
Thanks for all the suggestions! They are very much appreciated.
To improve on previous years' events we moved what would normally be Tier rewards into loot. The intention is to bring excitement back to the game zones as opposed to piling it all on the accumulation of score. I think criticism here is totally fair but I am committed to seeing if this approach is the improvement I'm looking for (and if it isn't we'll try something else in the future).
Your "is this a joke," and "is this a prank" comments obscure the constructive aspects of your post. Not sure you want constructive feedback yourself, but there it is ;-)
I'll discuss your Pet feedback with the team but on the surface it all seems unnecessary and OP to the extent that we'd just be creating more balance problems. I completely understand wanting to throw more numbers and preferred numbers at the Pets you (maybe kinda) like, but with so much power going around already I feel like these are in the right spot. Of course, if I'm suddenly looking at a failed battery of Pet Egg offerings then I'll think again about how much power to stack on 2023 Pets starting with Lunar New Year.
Your Kraken Battle Sign (AA) suggestions are good and match up with other players' suggestions. Changing them all to +20 Damage is not the right move - but giving them all +10 Damage is probably okay. Though the Sorcerer's 76 gives them +10 Damage, the impact of +120 Primary Stat is still profound.
I agree that the Kraken Battle Belt and Ring should proc on damage instead of kill. The reasoning for putting the proc on kill was to encourage endgame players to include 'minion kills' in their strategies. Unfortunately, one piece of 81 Arcane gear isn't going to change anyone's assumptions about how they need to play content - so switching it to 'on damage' gives us a more powerful and attractive item.
As for the stat changes on the procs, I'd ask that you play with these items for a week or so and let us know if you still feel that these specific changes should be considered. We have been running with these new pieces for several weeks and have made countless changes to the stat offerings and the procs and feel very good about the overall performance.
Thanks for your continued support, and Happy Holidays!