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Is it me or does it seem like lately things are decaying four times faster than they used to? For example, I have two proton carbines, a weapon you can only get once per char and if you want to buy one it will cost you a decent amount of credits. The first one I had I used for over 3 months straight, repairing it from time to time and even then it lasted quite a while before it became trashed. However just last night I busted out my new one which was in perfect condition, and over the coarse of 6 or 7 hours of hunting krayts last night it went from 800 condition to 174! This weapon hasn't been sliced nor was I using power up's or any type or overcharge shots, and in one night it decayed to the point where by the time I took note of the condition and got it repaired it was too late and now the max condition is now terrible. I've also noticed armor seems to be decaying quite rapidly as well, and when you're paying 3mil dollars per suit of faction armor that just isn't cool. You expect these things to last a while.

Now I'm not completely sure if changes where made with publish 21 or something however to me and a few other people I know it seems like things are just wearing out way too fast now. Anyhow, if the case is that the game has been changed to make things decay faster I tip my hat to SOE for making yet another smooth move and further nurfing this game.

I've never seen a game that changes so damn much, and since I've started playing this game so many things have been changed, some for the better, but for the most part the changes always seem to make this game worse and make more people unhappy. I think it's funny how SOE sits and wonders why their game only has 2% of the market share. When I started playing this game I had five friends in real life that played as well, several of them with multiple accounts, and since then every single one of them has canceled their subscriptions, and I don't blame them one bit. I mean for a game that has been out for over two years now there is a surprising abundance of bugs that should have been worked out months after the game was released, not years and for ever bug they fix it seems 20 new bugs take its place. That and the core system of the game is constantly changing giving people no time at all to adapt and get used to the changes they make. Not to mention all the broken aspects of nearly every profession in this game. I find it all a bit annoying, it just doesn't seem like good business practice to me.. Anyhow sorry for the rant but this game just seems to make less and less sense every day, and sometimes I find my self wondering why I even bother paying 15 bucks a month for this.

Message Edited by InfiniteWeird on 08-11-2005 03:52 PM

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floggerSG wrote:

seems like a good way to balance the economy to me.

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So people have to buy new armor and weapons twice a week? I think it was just fine before the changes.

It's either a bug that SOE didn't catch (surprise, surprise) or an intentional attempt on their part to make our lives even more miserable...

items with power ups decay alot faster

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BMorgn66 wrote:
items with power ups decay alot faster

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But I've noticed increased decay in tiems without power ups, too.

Heck, even armor that's been sliced to decrease decay continues to decay at usual or even higher rates.

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BMorgn66 wrote:
items with power ups decay alot faster

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InfiniteWeird wrote:
This weapon hasn't been sliced nor was I using power up's or any type or overcharge shots08-11-2005 03:52 PM

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I also think deep space repairs are now taking condition off parts and ship chasis as well.

Might verify it tonight, but I was looking at the parts in my ship,
and the hp and armor on a lot of em is VERY low.

you definately are taking decay in space now and i agree, armor just goes too fast. i'm not a big pvp person, so i gave up on buying new armor at all. whats the point when it only has a 3-4 day lifespan?? first i though i'd found a bum smith, but i've tried different smiths and types of armor, but they're all the same.

Is one chestplate, one set of pants and a helmet too much for a single day? I mean come on, I go hunting and after 8 hours or so I can repair my armor (at least the 3 mentioned parts). I use unsliced battle armor w/ 6k stats for PvE.

Fact: (Armor-)Decay IS most definetely out of the roof.

Armor decay is out of control. If out grinding I can burn threw a set of armor in a single day. Bought some of those Auk rings with +5 range defense last night for a mear 50k each and they are already 379/831 after a single day of fighting. If they are trying to make up for the folly of adding ADK's and killing the very highend weapon and armor market its a bad way to do it. Your hitting the little guy for tons of cash while the ones you want to spend money dont have to because they have ADK's on everything they own.

/Agree
I think the vehicle decay is totally ridiculous (and I have a toon that can make them...i've even tried higher SR metal)
Armor too...unaffordable at around 1/2 a mil on my server and lasting around a week or so
Weapons...just a shame we can only get some of these nice weapons as fast as we go through them grinding all the time to re-template because of all the changes lately