Honestly at this point. I would prefer to stay with 1.3 and just nerf magic items heavily and see how that helps things. I think stripping out DA/Slayers/reavers/expanded enchantment/spellstrikes would fix 90% of my issues. Add in some quality of life changes like removing racial penalties, Read and Write, etc and let the game remain Alliance in style and feel. 2.0 feels like a different game to me.
I should also say I really dislike making spells incants OOG. I would much prefer incants remain IG and add on a damage call to the end. "I call forth a Dragon's Breath. 40 Flame."
I'm concerned that this will impede play testing and feedback, given how complex the topics and changes are.
There are many facets of 1.3 that are flawed, most notoriously the Magic Item system, calling out rituals that duplicate skills and the 'pocket scholar' issue.
Likewise, there are numerous flaws with 2.0, ranging from the egregiously incomplete Paragon packages to contradictory and needless/minimal. "streamlining" in things like the Effect Group revisions or Corrupt.
Does 1.3 need to be changed? Yes, of course. Is 2.0 flawed to the point of needing to start over? Certainly not. However, I don't feel that this necessarily helps get us to the solution.
YES!Honestly at this point. I would prefer to stay with 1.3 and just nerf magic items heavily and see how that helps things. I think stripping out DA/Slayers/reavers/expanded enchantment/spellstrikes would fix 90% of my issues. Add in some quality of life changes like removing racial penalties, Read and Write, etc and let the game remain Alliance in style and feel. 2.0 feels like a different game to me.
I should also say I really dislike making spells incants OOG. I would much prefer incants remain IG and add on a damage call to the end. "I call forth a Dragon's Breath. 40 Flame."
I don't understand how we can have 80% of the participants in this forum say that it is imbalanced and not ready for go live, but we are being told based on feedback forms that the rule is good to go as is based on feedback.
Additionally as I mentioned in the corrupt thread, I don't understand how we can have 80% of the participants in this forum say that it is imbalanced and not ready for go live, but we are being told based on feedback forms that the rule is good to go as is based on feedback. From previous rounds of play testing we received feedback that the vast majority of players were happy with most of the new rules, and the dissenters were a vocal minority. This does not seem to be the case based on what we are seeing in these individual poll results, and I want to find out why. Is it a problem with the feedback form and do we need to change it? I already recommended that they put a question similar to the poll I created for this thread regarding how play testers feel about the changes overall on the next form. I also wonder about the percentage of respondents from certain chapters compared to others, and if the vast majority of play testers are coming from one or two chapters if that isn't skewing the results.
Frankly, because this is Forum Feedback, and there has likely been zero concern raised about it through Playtest Feedback Forms that are submitted.
Genuinely.
What we say in this forum DOES NOT MATTER and the owners (who are the only people whose opinions matter), overall, IGNORE what is said here and the opinions therein. Yes, there are a few owners here and there that are participating, but that doesn't mean that what we say here is seen/heard/read by anyone but that owner and it doesn't even necessarily indicate that the other owners agree/see the point, etc.
This forum is simply a place for players to talk and discuss things, and get frustrated and upset about things, and have nobody who actually matters listen/care. Period. End of story. It's mostly just a waste of time for anything beyond what amounts to "friendly discussion that is meaningless".
can tell you as a play test coordinator Avaran that while our owner may not regularly be reading or viewing these forums, that some of the play test coordinators including myself are speaking to our owners about the issues that are being raised here, and sharing information with them. This certainly is not the case for all owners from all chapters but critical feedback matters.
Due to this, we will accept feedback via the standard Feedback Form in each Playtesting round only from players who attend an organized Playtest with a Playtest Coordinator from their chapter.
Honestly at this point. I would prefer to stay with 1.3 and just nerf magic items heavily and see how that helps things. I think stripping out DA/Slayers/reavers/expanded enchantment/spellstrikes would fix 90% of my issues. Add in some quality of life changes like removing racial penalties, Read and Write, etc and let the game remain Alliance in style and feel. 2.0 feels like a different game to me.
I should also say I really dislike making spells incants OOG. I would much prefer incants remain IG and add on a damage call to the end. "I call forth a Dragon's Breath. 40 Flame."