* 2.2 In-Progress Notes Set #1 - 1/17/13 *

[Terrordar]

Marksman PVP burst? ??? Did you miss the last few hotfixes saying *now decreased dmg in pvp*

And yes this is a necessary change for pve. I guess they still work on these notes, otherwise Warriors will break the DPS Meters.

[littlepoit]

my god , do you even pvp ?
all those changes are driven my PvE and disconnects.... damage increased all over the board for spec/classes that really don't need it pvp.

since i know you don't care or read players feedback on the pts , let me say this : you suck (hard) !

thanks !

PS : i still love you guys, i just wish you weren't so autistic to players feedback !

[Snags]

Starting at level 50, if you do nothing but the two contents worth of quests, and most of the carnages in each zone, you'll end up just above or below 59. Seems really decent to me.

Mix in a few zone events, a dozen IAs, a few onslaughts and you're there.

Not if you're questing with someone else (like, you significant other or a friend...) the reduced xp you get from mobs is enough that you'll have to grind IAs since your eyes bleed to have a chance to somewhat get by. (also of note: I used to love IAs, leveled my mage solely through them... but they're so nerfed right now that no one does them in the new zones. Yeah, have fun doing IAs with two other people...) Also, carnage quests are *a lot* and story quests in some zones are pathetically few... so I get it, you have to grind mobs. Which was fine some years ago, but silly me got the impression mmos were moving away from mindless grinds in certain areas. I don't mind grinding for rep, or grinding pvp ranks... after all most people wouldn't play if not for the carrot dangling in front of them; but seriously, why making the journey to 60 so frustrating?

I'm subbed till 2014 (got a yearly sub, + the SL yearly deal on top of that; yeah, everything purchased before I saw how SL was going to be), so you can see I was perfectly happy with how the game was before... it just got a lot less fun after the expansion, and I guess that makes me a bit frustrated :P Really, what's wrong in having crafting quests help a little in racking in some more xp?

[Antigonos]

Not if you're questing with someone else (like, you significant other or a friend...) the reduced xp you get from mobs ?

you get bonus xp when you in group actually.

[Snags]

you get bonus xp when you in group actually.

The bonus xp doesn't cover for the reduced mob xp... I leveled a character alone, and am leveling one along with someone else, and leveling together is a lot slower. And that is really sad, since mmos are supposed to be a social experience...

[Sindariel]

PTS In-Progress 2.2 Set #1
* Pyromancer's Aegis: Can now proc an additional Fireball once every 4 seconds, instead of every 2.

There' a typo, here. It should be "...once every 4 seconds, instead of every 5".

CRAFTING
* Reduced the experience payouts for all 325+ skill crafting daily and weekly quests.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WHY?

My Twink is still not 60 yet.

[Antigonos]

The bonus xp doesn't cover for the reduced mob xp... I leveled a character alone, and am leveling one along with someone else, and leveling together is a lot slower. And that is really sad, since mmos are supposed to be a social experience...

just not true... well both have to kill mobs not one just standing aside and watching.

so = killing mobs faster + bonus = more xp/h.

[littlepoit]

There' a typo, here. It should be "...once every 4 seconds, instead of every 5".

actually it should be

PTS In-Progress 2.2 Set #1
* Pyromancer's Aegis: Can now proc an additional Fireball once every 4 seconds, instead of every 5.

or maybe the tool tip was always wrong and pyros are getting a serious nerf instead of a buff.

[Amary]

Fixed, the Pyromancer's Aegis note should have a 5 instead of a 2.

[Woftam]

CRAFTING
* Reduced the experience payouts for all 325+ skill crafting daily and weekly quests.

Let me understand this right... people complain, in lots of threads, that trying to level via questing is a miserable experience, and you go and nerf the experience crafting dailies give??? I don't even know what to say to that... I'm always been pretty supportive of the game, but this is getting ridiculous

Since falling dmg is gone what are you doing about the shoulder pad 4 hr temp enchants?

Perhaps it is easier to discourage the crafting side of the game than to fix all the bugs.

It would be nice if they just put a "make me 60" button but I don't think thats going to happen.

Probably become an option via DEEP'S DEPOT

[vanityxuk]

buff rogues and warrior more i say more let clerics and mages lag behind

[Itseotle]

@Woftam

What's your sig referring to?

[-HellsWrath-]

@Woftam

What's your sig referring to?

It was a reference to a Cabalist ability spreading Tyranny when it was in ST mode.


I'm rather disappointed in dropping the crafting quest exp. The rewards are small enough already compared to the number of materials we need to run through these. Farming in this expansion has taken on new proportions. The extra XP at least made me feel like I was getting something out of them for all my time spent getting materials.

[Vioarr]

Seriously, are they thinkin. Do we really need to buff Marksman significantly now? And Nightblade? Of all of the major offenders in the unnecessarily high pvp dps/burst category these were way up there on the list of the worst.

Let me guess, this was a pve change, and the pvp'ers can just go crawl under a rock since we are the minority of the player base.

The hits just keep on coming.

They've been balancing PvE and PvP separately for a while now, not sure how anyone missed that. The smart way to do it is exactly how they are doing it, balance for PvE and apply PvP only buffs/nerfs as needed. Throttle back a little there bucko, it's going to be okay.

[DaCommando]

There' a typo, here. It should be "...once every 4 seconds, instead of every 5".

Thats an honest mistake, cant blame Amary she is always used to Nerfs not buffs :P