I'm done with C-RPG unless upkeep costs change

[Blondin]

4th gen you should have plenty of gold, you must do something wrong.

I never had so much money since the upkeep patch, and I'm a casual player.

I don't want to troll you, but what do you suggest to solve this problem? I can tell you that before upkeep old players had a bigger advantage over new players, upkeep is one of the best thing that happens to cRPG

[Christo]

why is it stupid? I´m clanless atm and I use mostly byzantium banner (because I like it), but when I see one clan (like nords) owning the server, I switch my banner. Wheres the problem?

Simple. You hop into their colours just in the favour of milking the stupid multiplier.
They leave, other clan starts to own, you switch to their colours like a treacherous snake, and milk the multiplier even more.
That's top grade abooz of the feature.

[Xant]

No. I'm talking about team balance.

I thought this thread was about upkeep.

[gdijim]

Literally, I use no more gear than would be considered "mid grade" An arabian cav sword, a plate shield, a rouncy, light crossbow, bolts, a heraldic tunic, medium strange greaves, a kettle hat, and mail gauntlets.

I'm using pretty much a light/mid-grade load out - nothing more.  But one bad night (which there are lots because of banner balance) kills my bank account and all my gear breaks.

I've been wondering too - how the hell anyone affords 400K for a loom point too - because unless you play in cloth with a wooden stick for like 2 gens, you can't even remotely afford that.

Jim

[Christo]

I thought this thread was about upkeep.

He brought up bannerbalance at.. one of his posts, with strange arguments, but I can see why he says that.

I just corrected it a little bit, said what I feel about the situation.

[Tears of Destiny]

What is your wpf for the crossbow and sword? Break chance is related to that now.

[MaHuD]

Let me guess, you use the best bow (one of the top) and the best arrows...
Well yeah use the best gear and it is supposed to be hard to make money.

Saranid outfit, tatar bow, normal arrows?

[gdijim]

111 for crossbow and 121 for one hand.  But the damn horse breaks more than anything else by a longshot.

Jim

[dynamike]

Warlord - that's just stupid.  And obviously points out there's a balance problem if people have to scam a clan banner to break even.

Jim

[Xant]

Horses are supposed to be expensive and hard to upkeep. You'd be doing fine without a hawrse.

[Christo]

Horses are supposed to be expensive and hard to upkeep. You'd be doing fine without a hawrse.

This.

[LordBerenger]

What is your wpf for the crossbow and sword? Break chance is related to that now.

That's no ToD avatar 

[Christo]

That's no ToD avatar 

Exactly my thoughts.

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Another topic derailed about ToD's avatar.


You cannot.. Escape.

[gdijim]

In any regard, this is my observation over the last few months.  Longer-term folks can mock it all they want, but after playing as many games as I have over the years, I can sort of see imbalance when it occurs.  I'm sure others of you can see it too.

The game has ceased to be fun - how about that as a basic response? - because I can't ever use my gear consistently.  That about sums it up rant-free.

Thanks for the time, and chadz - I really am bringing this up so you can analyze what's going on on your end - as the dev, you have those powers over the database to run some queries and check it out mathematically.  If you feel that it's fine, please leave it in place.  It is my opinion that it's not fine - but I'm not the dev.

Jim

[Hobb]

In any regard, this is my observation over the last few months.  Longer-term folks can mock it all they want, but after playing as many games as I have over the years, I can sort of see imbalance when it occurs.  I'm sure others of you can see it too.

NERD