Retiring over lvl 31

[Leshma]

That's the price you pay if you want a level 33 char with some kind of 27-21 build

That's impossible, even if you're level 36 you'll have to sacrifice IF and any class specific skill besides PS to have such build. Use calculator before you throw some imaginary builds, which makes people think that level 33 are like 10 times better than level 30 players...

[Logen]

Everything is fine as it is and it will stay like that for now, most likely forever.

Strange, you think that the current situation with everyone being armed & armored to the teeth with +3 loomed items is fine? Looms were supposed to be rare.

[justme]

i would love to see rare items in crpg... nobody admires to +3 items anymore

[zagibu]

Yeah, some people here got it right.

Everyone above 31 made the choice to sacrifice heirlooms, ATHW, alt sacrifice and so on for those extra levels.

We think that is a fine balance and we do not want to encourage those people to retire but we want to discourage more people to go that way.

Everything is fine as it is and it will stay like that for now, most likely forever.

Problem is, people having a fine set of looms have no more incentive to retire, ever.

[justme]

Problem is, people having a fine set of looms have no more incentive to retire, ever.

not true, i have 180 mil xp, but i need some inspiration to retire.. i m bored on this lvl

[zagibu]

So...why don't you?

[_Tak_]

not true, i have 180 mil xp, but i need some inspiration to retire.. i m bored on this lvl

Solution: Make 4th of loom available for level 33 + to retire

[Camaris]

Hate to say it but the whole point is that people retire at 31 and do not grind higher.
Just because people choose to do so that does not mean it will ever be rewarded.
We want to discourage this.

Meow if you want people to retire you should think about giving the highlvls a bit more incentives to do so.
Let it be 1heirloompoint at 31, 3 heirloompoint at 33 and 5 heirloompoints at 35.

Its far superior to retire at lvl 31 and not at 32-35 but its not such a pain that you wasted millions of xp.
You just wasted the half. That would be a player-friendly solution that wouldnt go against your design.

Rather two options:
Retire fast => lvl31 (but you have to play lowlvl more often)
Retire slow => LvL 33+ (but you had more time playing highlvl)

[Leshma]

Dunno about others but I won't even consider retiring for looms if I don't get exact number of loom points I would get if I retired instead of kept leveling my main. Atm that would be 13 loom points, enough for full Byzantium set and an extra loom point to sell for 700K gold.

[zagibu]

Would you do it if you could become the only owner of a named level 4 item of your choice?

[Leshma]

I would think about it, but I don't really need extra publicity atm.

[zagibu]

It's not about publicity, it's about having something that nobody else will ever have.

[Cepeshi]

More looms for retiring on higher lvl is retarded, period.

If so, i say, make retirement on lvl 31 give 2 looms, so you have incentive not to lvl up further, also should help regulate prices on loom market a little, the game is flooded with looms anyways, so this should not hurt. And make all retiring lvl 32+ just give one loompoint, that way no one would be able to play on softcapped char for getting easy multiple looms. Solved.

[zagibu]

Noone is talking about more looms. We are talking about unique weapons. Only 1 +4 item of each type, ever. If you make it to level 34, retire, name your wooden stick "The regulator", it will be the only named +4 wooden stick in all of cRPG, forever. Now if this isn't a life goal?

Maybe at some point they might even introduce a set bonus. Wear all of Phaze's items and your char will get slightly transparent. Wear all of Cpt_Georges' stuff and all your movements will make "whirr" sounds as if your limbs were moved by electromotors. Wear Herkkutatti's rags and you will get +1 exp every second you stand still and do absolutely nothing.

[justme]

yes, we are talking about retiring on high lvl, to prevent rapid increase of regular looms every day, for a small boost, could be +1 dmg