Experience loss driving some players away?

This thread is hilarious, people are actually expecting to progress to 100 even though they are playing like idiots and dying all the time? The exp penalty is already very soft, even in the mid 90s where exp requirements are hilarious you only lose like ~12 hours of exp time per death.

Hm...can't tell at all who plays HC and who plays SC in this game.

So I propose the creation of "Embarrassing League" or "Auto-Win League" with a 1/2 chance of rolling a 6L, and an XP bonus on death.

I'm not seeing the big deal here. I remember the XP loss in the EQ days and people lived with it just fine. Hell I think you could even loose levels in EQ if you got really careless, but it's been so long since I played EQ that I can't quite remember for sure. Either way, is it frustrating? Yes! It's supposed to be, it makes us think a bit before going back out and loosing more XP. There has to be a good penalty for dying in these games, if there weren't everyone would just Zerg everything till they got to the next area. If this is possible, and yes I know you can throw up a TP and basically do this anyway, then why think anything through at all? That's the point of harsh penalties (though I personally don't find this one so harsh).

That's my opinion, I'm sure I will get flamed for it by someone. Lol

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Xavderion wrote:

This thread is hilarious, people are actually expecting to progress to 100 even though they are playing like idiots and dying all the time? The exp penalty is already very soft, even in the mid 90s where exp requirements are hilarious you only lose like ~12 hours of exp time per death.

so you're saying if you die due to desync, it's 100% your fault?

Lol.

I have no idea. All I know is that I had no interest in leveling the way it's set up with maps, RNG and crafting. I'll take D2 style leveling over it any day.

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FrodoFraggins wrote:

I have no idea. All I know is that I had no interest in leveling the way it's set up with maps, RNG and crafting. I'll take D2 style leveling over it any day.

this game is basically:

You didn't take enough life nodes. You didn't take enough eS nodes.

HAHA -15% penalties for you. You can't level now you are level 80.

I'll give you 1 desync every 3 hours and wipe away all your hard work.

THis game is a huge troll and is driving a tonne of players away. Too bad the devs can't see this.

Actually, the death penalty for softcore should be -1 level.

Therefore, no one would play softcore and just quit the game, which is obviously what the devs want.

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tobes111 wrote:

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FrodoFraggins wrote:

I have no idea. All I know is that I had no interest in leveling the way it's set up with maps, RNG and crafting. I'll take D2 style leveling over it any day.

this game is basically:

You didn't take enough life nodes. You didn't take enough eS nodes.

HAHA -15% penalties for you. You can't level now you are level 80.

I'll give you 1 desync every 3 hours and wipe away all your hard work.

THis game is a huge troll and is driving a tonne of players away. Too bad the devs can't see this.

Actually, the death penalty for softcore should be -1 level.

Therefore, no one would play softcore and just quit the game, which is obviously what the devs want.

Right on the money, friend!

They should rename the game "Path of Futile" and just randomly delete and ban accounts every few days so they achieve their goal of driving people away quicker.

But seriously, I think they deserve SOME respect for spending 6 years of their lives and millions of friend's and investor's money to create the greatest troll in gaming history! I'd love to be there to enjoy the hilarious atmosphere as they close down their offices, declare bankruptcy and set off to find jobs after the final stages of this epic troll project come to a close. It'll all be worth it - all that effort and investment - just to have people join their game in droves and then quit!

Cool story bro.

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mkmaddage wrote:

They should rename the game "Path of Futile" and just randomly delete and ban accounts every few days so they achieve their goal of driving people away quicker.

But seriously, I think they deserve SOME respect for spending 6 years of their lives and millions of friend's and investor's money to create the greatest troll in gaming history! I'd love to be there to enjoy the hilarious atmosphere as they close down their offices, declare bankruptcy and set off to find jobs after the final stages of this epic troll project come to a close. It'll all be worth it - all that effort and investment - just to have people join their game in droves and then quit!

Cool story bro.

Harsh.

I don't want them to shut down. But damn do I hate most of their design decisions other than the massive skill tree. It takes a lot for me to give money to a company that designs their revenue around store items. Give me a polished, fun ARPG and I'll gladly pay a fair one time price to play the game.

At least they aren't going the Marvel Heroes overpriced store route.

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FrodoFraggins wrote:

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mkmaddage wrote:

They should rename the game "Path of Futile" and just randomly delete and ban accounts every few days so they achieve their goal of driving people away quicker.

But seriously, I think they deserve SOME respect for spending 6 years of their lives and millions of friend's and investor's money to create the greatest troll in gaming history! I'd love to be there to enjoy the hilarious atmosphere as they close down their offices, declare bankruptcy and set off to find jobs after the final stages of this epic troll project come to a close. It'll all be worth it - all that effort and investment - just to have people join their game in droves and then quit!

Cool story bro.

Harsh.

I don't want them to shut down. But damn do I hate most of their design decisions other than the massive skill tree. It takes a lot for me to give money to a company that designs their revenue around store items. Give me a polished, fun ARPG and I'll gladly pay a fair one time price to play the game.

At least they aren't going the Marvel Heroes overpriced store route.

Harsh but true.

Too bad GGG will fail to listen to the community and wonder why people are leaving.

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tobes111 wrote:

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Xavderion wrote:

This thread is hilarious, people are actually expecting to progress to 100 even though they are playing like idiots and dying all the time? The exp penalty is already very soft, even in the mid 90s where exp requirements are hilarious you only lose like ~12 hours of exp time per death.

so you're saying if you die due to desync, it's 100% your fault?

Lol.

I died to desync once. And I still could've avoided it, I just played too carelessly. Don't use desync as an excuse.