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Thread: Anti-decay kit madness
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WylotheUber
Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:50 pm
#1
Alright, so, with the anti-decay kits auctioning for 15 mil and above, I felt like a bit of an idiot when I realised I took the Main Databank Terminal.
Then I realised that there were NO terminals for auction...
So, although the usefulness of the anti-decay kits are worthy of the 15 mil, are the 12-month terminals and miniatures even more of a rarity?
KappaStang
Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:57 pm
#2
Basically yes, but not as valuable if that makes sense to you. There are only a handful of miniature auctions on the shadowfire forums and they are no where near the anti decay prices, which there are a ton of.
WylotheUber
Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:59 pm
#3
Makes sense. I told someone that my rough estimate for the Main Databank Terminal was 6-8 mil, around half the price of most anti-decay kits. I figured it's more than fair, considering that they're solely for decoration, but far more difficult to come by.
WookieDookie
Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:16 pm
#4
The anti-decay kit is the deathblow to the game.
1: exceptional-weapons are now used for everything. outdamaging mobs with rare loot even afk is the normal thing to come **how thrilling for normal players without uber-loot**
2: weapon- and armorsmith profession are highly degenerated cause once a rich player gets enough money for buying some ad-kits, there will be no need to go shopping there anymore. **how encouraging for keeping or mastering this professions**
3: pvp becomes even more unfair against the mighty player with the even more mighty loot-weapons. **why playing online if you only can handle npc-mobs, offline games are cheaper**
4: rich people get even richer cause they can camp the profitable high-quality mobs without fearing weapon or armor decay. **great mirror of the world-community: the rich ones get richer, the poor ones kepp staying way down**
To keep it short:
anti-decay kit will come - i will leave.
two more accounts that dies due to unbalancing gamedevelopement
1: exceptional-weapons are now used for everything. outdamaging mobs with rare loot even afk is the normal thing to come **how thrilling for normal players without uber-loot**
2: weapon- and armorsmith profession are highly degenerated cause once a rich player gets enough money for buying some ad-kits, there will be no need to go shopping there anymore. **how encouraging for keeping or mastering this professions**
3: pvp becomes even more unfair against the mighty player with the even more mighty loot-weapons. **why playing online if you only can handle npc-mobs, offline games are cheaper**
4: rich people get even richer cause they can camp the profitable high-quality mobs without fearing weapon or armor decay. **great mirror of the world-community: the rich ones get richer, the poor ones kepp staying way down**
To keep it short:
anti-decay kit will come - i will leave.
two more accounts that dies due to unbalancing gamedevelopement
KappaStang
Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:27 pm
#5
I honestly feel for the AS and WS. However, hopefully the revamp will make it so you need multiple weapons and suits of armor. Hopefully the anti-decay kits will be something nice, but nowhere near the norm.
Bfrogg
Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:16 pm
#6
CU will make WS and AS more valuable again
1. Armor will be based on points not percentage
2. Weapons will be getting power settings so one type of weapon might be rendered useless if it only has 1 or 2 diff power settings depending on what type of armor a PC or NPC might be wearing
EXA: NPC is wearing a set of armor that prevents blast 6400 points and base of 6000 points and is rated heavy armor that prevents focused dmg. the PC has a Power Hammer (in an anti-decay kit)that only has "focused" dmg and maybe general dmg that might only hit for 5000 points (not enough to dmg NPC) then his PH is no longer effective and he will need to switch to his scythe. Unless a player has enough decay kits to cover ALL weapons to cover the wide range of dmg types (as well as having all the skills) which is highly unlikely.
CU is looking like a really good way of preventing campers due to the fact that there will no longer be any one type of weapon that is good for killing every type of NPC/Creature
I am both an AS as well as a WS so i have been reading up on all CU changes to see how badly i am going to be affected and i do not believe that these new items are going to be the end all for poor people lol. But you never know SOE has done worse things to screw this game up.
ana-mo-cara
Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:22 pm
#7
I sure hope replicas can go for that much I havent opened both my vet rewards yet, but hopefully I can sell some replicas to get credits to buy adk kits. Sadly you did a bone head maneuver. A real bad bonehead maneuver. ADK are going for huge cred now.
Konar-Bria
Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:39 pm
#8
only 1 anti decay kit may be used per account (from what I'm told), so multiple kits shouldn't be a problem. My problem is when those kits go on illegal weapons that have been sliced 3 or more times (yes they are around) and there is no kill stealing policy.
Ocaigann
Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:52 pm
#9
I liked the sound of anti decay kits, until I saw a solo rifleman KSing as many people on kraytsas he could with some kind of ridiculously strong rifle, (Doing 11K damage with strafe shot. This was after the krayt's resists were halved from low HAM)then making fun of them after he got the loot rights. Whether it be an exceptional or over sliced one, its still annoying to see people doing this.
Jagbar
Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:14 pm
#10
WookieDookie wrote:
The anti-decay kit is the deathblow to the game.
1: exceptional-weapons are now used for everything. outdamaging mobs with rare loot even afk is the normal thing to come **how thrilling for normal players without uber-loot**
2: weapon- and armorsmith profession are highly degenerated cause once a rich player gets enough money for buying some ad-kits, there will be no need to go shopping there anymore. **how encouraging for keeping or mastering this professions**
3: pvp becomes even more unfair against the mighty player with the even more mighty loot-weapons. **why playing online if you only can handle npc-mobs, offline games are cheaper**
4: rich people get even richer cause they can camp the profitable high-quality mobs without fearing weapon or armor decay. **great mirror of the world-community: the rich ones get richer, the poor ones kepp staying way down**
To keep it short:
anti-decay kit will come - i will leave.
two more accounts that dies due to unbalancing gamedevelopement
only thing i don't agree with on them is that they are tradeable, and they are recycleable.. they should be a one shot deal like powerups. you destroy the weapon.. then the kit gets destroyed too. other than that i don't think the sky's will fall for armor and weaponsmiths. one main reason is that there will not be enough kits for everyone to equip one on every single peice of equipment they use.
Niven2k3
Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:04 pm
#11
Is it posible that after the CU, some of the exceptional weapons will be near useless becuase of the power settings thingy?
Unreal7
Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:51 pm
#12
EDIT: Hit enter key to early and double posted
Message Edited by Unreal7 on 02-13-2005 03:52 PM
Unreal7
Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:52 pm
#13
WookieDookie wrote:
The anti-decay kit is the deathblow to the game.
1: exceptional-weapons are now used for everything. outdamaging mobs with rare loot even afk is the normal thing to come **how thrilling for normal players without uber-loot**
2: weapon- and armorsmith profession are highly degenerated cause once a rich player gets enough money for buying some ad-kits, there will be no need to go shopping there anymore. **how encouraging for keeping or mastering this professions**
3: pvp becomes even more unfair against the mighty player with the even more mighty loot-weapons. **why playing online if you only can handle npc-mobs, offline games are cheaper**
4: rich people get even richer cause they can camp the profitable high-quality mobs without fearing weapon or armor decay. **great mirror of the world-community: the rich ones get richer, the poor ones kepp staying way down**
To keep it short:
anti-decay kit will come - i will leave.
two more accounts that dies due to unbalancing gamedevelopement
/agree
cept i'm gonna stay in the game even if they are in the game.
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