The REAL truth exposed!! (Brought to you by a player in top 10)

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nGio wrote:

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charlyy wrote:

Simply enough, for you "top elite players", don't play 14 hours a day, and then you won't need to buy "100's of chaos" daily, or spend 1000-2000 dollar on RMT ffs.

It's still a game, yet you say it feels like a job, something is wrong there, obviously, but not with the game, instead with your playstyle.

Why in the hell are you telling him how to spend his free time? Who the fuck are you? What does your stupid comment have to do with op? You are a completely useless human being.

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Savitr wrote:

LOL @ spending $1000's of real world money on a videe game.

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Estherpest wrote:

My feeling:

You play one character and one character only, you are not "elite".

You use RMT in any fashion to progress, you are not "elite".

The only reason you are in the "top tier" is due to these factors, therefore, I wouldn't consider you "elite", just another PTW no-lifer.

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Wraeclassed wrote:

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Savitr wrote:

LOL @ spending $1000's of real world money on a videe game.

Lots of little boys and girls have parents that give them anything till they turn into drooling alcoholics and drug addicts.

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Our largest problem with the Map system is that high-level experience gain is gated by a system that was designed for gating high-level item acquisition. We are 100% happy with how maps work as far as the item system goes (and are amazed by how much even white items from the highest maps are worth), but we're not happy with how it affects players who are trying to grind for the highest spots on the ladder. We are considering some potential solutions (experience equation changes, ways to access maps for experience gain rather than items, etc).

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Currently, Act Three Merciless extends up to level 64. End-game Maps range from level 66 to level 77.

Many players like to grind The Docks before heading into Maps. We're completely happy for grinding areas to exist - it's fun to have some relatively mindless play options when you don't want to have to pay close attention to surviving difficult Map content. In addition, it's nice to have play options that let you accumulate wealth without spending any (Maps are expensive to craft correctly). Grinding the Docks isn't totally safe though - we frequently see dangerous boss combinations kill players.

Unfortunately, once you hit level 70, you face an experience penalty in the Docks. By the time you hit 73, you face an experience penalty in all non-Map areas because you're too high level.

These penalties mean that players can only get to level 79 in non-Map content (assuming they repeat Piety runs) before they're getting a 75% reduction in experience gain.

In addition, most of the high item base types are only available from Maps because of their levels. This means that players don't have much of a chance of getting items such as Kaom's Heart or Lioneye's Glare unless they play Maps.

(cut out changes that just occurred this patch)

(I still feel that we need further changes so that players trying to reach level 100 have options other than Maps. That's something we're still researching, but it's outside the scope of this particular change.)

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Fb62 wrote:

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nGio wrote:

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charlyy wrote:

Simply enough, for you "top elite players", don't play 14 hours a day, and then you won't need to buy "100's of chaos" daily, or spend 1000-2000 dollar on RMT ffs.

It's still a game, yet you say it feels like a job, something is wrong there, obviously, but not with the game, instead with your playstyle.

Why in the hell are you telling him how to spend his free time? Who the fuck are you? What does your stupid comment have to do with op? You are a completely useless human being.

Op complains that he doesnt like the way he plays, then complains that he plays that way. The most efficient way to play a game probably isnt going to be fun, but I know that I am having fun. So you and op are the trolls here.

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willnotdisclose wrote:

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Fb62 wrote:

Op complains that he doesnt like the way he plays, then complains that he plays that way. The most efficient way to play a game probably isnt going to be fun, but I know that I am having fun. So you and op are the trolls here.

You sir completely missed the entire point of the thread and I believe you do not possess the mental capacity for another explanation. This thread has nothing to do with me and how I play, it's about the game, the community and the health/longevity of the game.

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Fb62 wrote:

Not to mention this scrub is on scrubcore.

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Fb62 wrote:

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Estherpest wrote:

My feeling:

You play one character and one character only, you are not "elite".

You use RMT in any fashion to progress, you are not "elite".

The only reason you are in the "top tier" is due to these factors, therefore, I wouldn't consider you "elite", just another PTW no-lifer.

Not to mention this scrub is on scrubcore.