Shattered Kingdoms

There was Kytar or nerina's nooby zone that had crates with weapons. 5 throwing axes per reset tick. I never did think that it was very effective. Theowing from the back row, that is. But it would have been cool to successfully pull it off in pk. That's what I get for listening to vets tell me what to spec in. Lol

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Yo Nashira, !@#$% you.

I'm all for the end game being improved. Especially for light armors.

But Barbs and mercs still need a wimp. Hedgehog is worthless against their insane accuracy especially against massives.

There are ways around it, but for instance when it was done in the Iron Citadel, it was all reverted, because [REDACTED] the playerbase.

There's some new decent light armor.

You may be right about barbs and mercs, but class balance is beyond the scope of this particular topic.

Not sure if ardith realizes that barbs and mercs just took a hit with the nerf bat recently.

Would like to see more transparency, as opposed to ninja nerfs and maybe some updates and code changes as they happen.

Maybe 'Hey we nerfed a few items in area A, but buffed a few things in area B. As for the exact details, we would have to learn those on our own.

I find it strange that its getting harder and harder to build a decent kit, and the knowledge of getting to certain areas that hold the new and improved items (Hopefully with exceptional will/fort) is leaving with people who have stopped playing. I recommend that all players use the identify spell liberally, just to double check that your items have not been nerfed.

Doesn't the nerf bat only change items that respawn during he reboots?
Wudan's mr set had nerfed items and the had the original innates. That's why it was so sought after, right?

Changes to an item seem to be able to both replace instances of it in inventory and to respect instances of it in inventory. We know this because several players have been identifying classic, reliable items to find them suddenly less effective, but we also know -- if memory serves -- that Wudan had items that didn't appear to be so affected.

More importantly, and more on topic, in all these discussions of risk and reward, when designing treasure for what are essentially 2-9 man raids, has it ever been considered among the staff that if the rewards are gone -- because all one copies of the ultimate sword of ultimateness have been claimed, for example -- then there will be zero incentives to take on the risks? Furthermore, has it been considered that because the rewards are limited, the system provides something of a buff to people who keep secrets and don't invite new people to potentially claim items?

This fundamental scarcity mechanic is why SK hasn't and still won't be able to have consistently-enjoyed end game PVE content, and it is why I am very unexcited about any crafting system that will have to somehow work within what most players I've read posts from find to be crushing constraints.

Have the planners decided that this, in fact, isn't a problem, or has it not been discussed?

The feeling I get is that rot timers are being used to keep things in the game lately. So far, I've seen such an approach basically just cause that content to be written off as a hassle.

There is more gear per player now than there has ever been. I was astounded at some of the stuff I saw just sitting there when I came back last year. Gear scarcity is something to keep in mind but not a huge problem at the moment.