Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Combat Balancing and Loot Drops
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GTarrant
Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:57 am
#1
Ok i know we all have been complaining about loot drops and loot items and how it is seriously damaging a weaponsmiths buisness and crafting ability.
The main issue i have with all of this is that i thought the CU was supposed to PREVENT the creation of weapons that had a ridiculous amt of damage or the creation of blindingly fast weapons.
Is it me or has SOE pretty much shot themselves in the foot by constantly creating new loot drops that continually disrupt our profession?
Im going to take an unpopular stand on this and say we should destroy the vast majority of these drops.We do not need them.Id like to see crafters create decent weapons based upon skill and the resources used to make them.
I realize that this is probably a pipe dream,and that most of my fellow weaponsmiths will disagree with me.This is just my opinion and i wanted to put it out there.
The main issue i have with all of this is that i thought the CU was supposed to PREVENT the creation of weapons that had a ridiculous amt of damage or the creation of blindingly fast weapons.
Is it me or has SOE pretty much shot themselves in the foot by constantly creating new loot drops that continually disrupt our profession?
Im going to take an unpopular stand on this and say we should destroy the vast majority of these drops.We do not need them.Id like to see crafters create decent weapons based upon skill and the resources used to make them.
I realize that this is probably a pipe dream,and that most of my fellow weaponsmiths will disagree with me.This is just my opinion and i wanted to put it out there.
laodamas
Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:25 am
#2
With hard caps on weapon stats unbalanced weapons arent really a problem. Only a matter of time till most everyone is running around with a multiple stat capped weapon. I see the bigger problem being capped weapons and ADK = dwindling sales for weaponsmiths. Who needs to buy a new weapon when they have a capped ADK'd one. They should fix the loot tables ( make these new loots rarer and start premium/flawless pearl drops) and get rid of ADK's. It wont happen but ADK's are more of a detriment then high end looted componets.
Accamim
Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:03 am
#3
I don't know, but I learned how to make 2.66 speed, 1183 max damage, 82 SAC Bowcaster from 125 tissues and the right slicing. That's not right.
Nimhnoid
Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:03 pm
#4
Accamim wrote:
I don't know, but I learned how to make 2.66 speed, 1183 max damage, 82 SAC Bowcaster from 125 tissues and the right slicing. That's not right.
If you had those stats on an unsliced rifle, the Critical slice would be used. It is only a matter of time until people see that a Critical slice is 10x better than a dmg slice.
laodamas
Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:14 am
#5
Unbalanced would be having 10 of these high end weapons on a server, componets to make these are not really rare. Servers will be full of capped weapons. If everyone has a similar weapon how is that unbalanced. When everyone has the same stats on they're weapons the actual numbers don't matter, but have one guy with a weapon that's 50% better then the rest is unbalanced. I'm still think ADK's are the bigger problem.
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