On the ES nerfs and beta

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kaepae wrote:

GGG, you've taken a good approach to the situation and I'd just like to give my compliments:

Well done, GGG!

There have been so many threads on how ES was ridiculously overpowered, it almost became culture. In such posts, people often loved to exaggerate with the ES numbers or showing extreme cases as a norm for the whole balance.

You've taken those numbers and used them for reasons to apply the (heavy) nerf. Now many players feel that you've exaggerated and there's even posts saying well, it wasn't that bad. This is really good for change management.

Additionally, tweaking the nerfs, possibly reducing them a bit, will be welcomed by most players. I think even those who wanted heavy nerfs to ES will not be too upset if the nerfs are slightly reduced. Better to hit it hard and then tweak than to reduce by bits over time, because that would have made the hysteria even worse. Now people can prepare for it and anything given will fall into a more mellow context (after the very current inevitable storm has settled a bit, of course).

On the beta, please take all the time you need.

This preparation will last through the next couple of years - a little patience now (@players) will reward us in quite some time to come.

To those who feel that GGG should put more effort in filling the gap - consider how frequent GGG has been updating this game and compare it to other ARPG's available. In my opinion GGG is miles ahead in this regard. I feel many take it a bit for granted and that shows a pattern of consistent delivery.

The beta and the big expansion are the most important thing right now.

Thanks,

And I'm sure we're all anticipating what is to come with strong enthousiasm (even the ES zealots, secretly).

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The only thing consistent about what they deliver is horrible itemization of uniques, and constant over nerfing and under balancing.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Power creep got us here. We warned them time and time again that they were headed towards a brick wall, but they kept speeding up. What happens after the crash? No one really knows. Might come out with a whole new car. Might come out with a wreck. Someone's going to get hurt though.

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kaepae wrote:

There is definitely quite some power creep that I'd love to see fixed with various new tougher challenges (for you elite people out there - and I wish there was a boss that simply remains undefeated for a while).

But does it really feel like a crash? And isn't the beta for loading up them crash test dummies ;-)

Yes the ES gear is expected to be reduced in value, but all those (stubborn :-) players and their life-based builds may find their gear to increase in value. One could look at the long term and spread their chances. It's not unheard of when it comes to investments.