Excellent respose, thank you.
Going back to pure boons.
First two caveats.
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I am not forging myself yet. My impressions are from the people of this board, who will be the ones teaching me how to do this when I get there.
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I know message boards are, in no way, representative of the gaming audience at large.
I understand the thought process of players needing to go through the imperfect and quirky steps first…but it seems to be that the reality of the situation is that the intended progression isn’t happening. People are just skipping forging until they can use the better mats because no one wants to waste the mats, time and effort on items they don’t want to use and can’t sell.
Again, I don’t forge, but maybe if there was a far greater balance between defects and power. Make a version of pure boon that’s available earlier but results in far less power than what is possible from imperfect boons. Give a far greater incentive to accept the flaws.
The other complaints I’ve seen is that Pure 3 is actually easier to make than Pure 1&2.
And one more thing about RNG. I, personally, hate it. It hurts my sense of order. But my opinions have little weight here. But the real issue with the RNG, I think, is that the mats are hard to get and use. I spend all this time getting titanium. Possibly weeks getting past the gem wall. Hours getting the forging mats, days or longer acquiring the stats I need…and I STILL might end up with a weapon that is worth less than not forging it at all (See defects above).
You mentioned the mid game slog, so it’s good you guys are looking at it. But that scenario is what’s keeping people out of the forging game…or making people quit.
But it seems obvious you know this. And folks here can sometimes spend so much time screaming that their, often legitimate, points get lost in the noise.
Again, thanks to both you and @Steggs101 for responding. That kind of communication with the playerbase is unusual and greatly appreciated…even if it might not always feel like it.
I love your game and can’t wait to see where it’s going.
Now if you’ll could hook us up with some pillars…