I don't like the new patch. I think it's killing some game builds & mechanics.
- Not allowing ppl to get decent armor makes ppl dropping heavy to go light builds. For me, Light & Heavy are balanced. You're just destroying a part of the game. (My armor is average in game, always has been, and will always be) Heavy platers was ridiculous, I agree, but the rest was okey.
The philosophy "Getting light gear to get more money to get more gear" is just silly in my opinion. Most of ppl will just get light gear or stop the game, but maybe it's the point of this patch. If it is, I don't really get it. Never had trouble to kill slowish plated guys before the patch as soon as you can do some decent damages (level 20-25+). Now it's basically :
1/ You play light and you get tons of gold.
2/ You play average and you pray for your team not being too dumb
3/ You play heavy, and naked, alternativly. 10 rounds of armor, 10 rounds naked leeching around, trying to kill swinging your flamberge around.
4/ You play like a whimp, get a bow/xbow/massthrowing weap and kills everyone, because everyone wears light armors now (I play as a 1h/thrower build... And Trust me, these heavy throwing axes are just stupid with only 4 power throw.)
Here are the options.
- The repairs are really random. You can be broken after very few rounds, if you're unlucky. (Repairs + Losing cuz of a fail team.) In that case you don't really feel like playing anymore. At the moment, I have no money, I need to repair half of my light/average gear. I don't feel like grinding the gold I need to play with a decent (not a heavy) gear.
- This patch is also getting ppl way less involved into fights. A lot of people are just wandering around. Maybe some rewards for killing stuff or capturing flags or whatsoever could be a nice add instead of just feeding everyone with the same huge amount of money (I know you don't want crpg to be a grind game, still.)
- I used to have more fun before the patch. I used to have a lot of enjoyement when my char was evolving a tad everyday. Now it's just "Oh yeah ? 20k ? Let's leech 2h being naked, and that's it.". I though that was a decent idea, but then... I'm kinda deceived right now. Especially because getting high cost gears is not really allowed anymore.
- How could I be happy ? I used to have 3 heilroom, now I lost most of them. I spent hours being frustrated at low level, not able to kill anyone whatsoever. For nothing. How can you guys can be happy ? I know some ppl were abusing of the old system. Still it's kinda not the fault of players, and not a reason to nerf everyone on the way. (We could say the same thing about the -10 level after the patch, but well.)
- The first levels are still annoying as hell. I start having fun after level 25 only. Before this it's just... running naked, farming money to try to enjoy level 25+ to level 31, then rebirth, and go for grind again.
For me, it's still a pure grind game. You just retrieved some game options on the way, and gave the right to ppl to just leech some gold without doing anything whatsoever for his team.
About the ingame balance, I don't really know, it's impossible to try out and make an objective opinion of all weapons & stuff with so few time.
I play as a 1H + shield + Throwing weap. 1H + Shield is ok for me, whatever the enemy.
Throwing weap are REALLY effective.
2H are everywhere now. Looks like everyone threw away their polearms to go for 2H. I have no problem with this, but maybe it's a sign.
Polearms are.. Wait, polearms ? Where ? Maybe they are to expensive to be used ? Cuz I really barely see them.
Bows are.. No clue, I'm shielder. They're all the same for me. They just shoot & run like they always use to do.
Xbows are annoying. Especially when they shoot you in your shield and you still lose 50% of your hp, even if the bolt goes in your shield. Still, nothing to really abuse here, they're still slow as hell and counterable with some throwing weap.
Throwing weaps are really good. Especially since you nerfed everyone's gear. Heavy throwing axes are not hard to get as hybrid, and can kill nearly everyone with 1-2 shots just because 80% of ppl are light now.
Anyway it's just my opinion.
- FunnyDream