Patch 20 is another piece of crap.

[jjm152]

Thanks Nevrax, really I honestly mean it. I never thought I would be grateful to a mmorpg company for ruining my gaming experience, but in the last 2 days I've read 2 books, gone on a bike ride and called my parents. None of this probably would have been possible if not for the big steaming pile you spewed all over my desktop.

I logged onto patch 20 today and this is the fun I get:

1 - Harvesting has been reduced again (after they buffed it last patch). At this point I really don't give a crap anymore I suppose, but I'm just throwing it out there for people who care about these things.

2 - My spell resist rate for something my level has gone down from like 90% to 50%. Thanks!!! I still cannot defeat anything around my level, or 10-20 levels lower than me. What a massive improvement that is.

3 - They fixed crafting success rates (meaning you fail again now, they didn't say that in the patch) but now everything I make comes out 1QL lower than my skill even on a success. Anyone wanna buy a full suit of QL99 armor? No, I didn't think so. For those of you who want to jump in on this, YES MY ACTION PENALTY IS 0. This is a bug, I know how to craft you monkeys.

4 - Melee is still complete arse. Monsters 30-40 levels lower than players are sodomizing them for 700+ pts of damage a whack. Even with the upgraded heal spells, I *cannot heal someone faster than a monster 20 levels below them does damage*. That is complete and total ass.

5 - I am getting incredibly poor now because my resale space is full and everything I sell to a vendor now is at 1/2 price as it was before the patch. Thanks, thanks again you buttpirates.

6 - Crafting quests from overseers now pay out >less< dappers than it costs in raw materials to make something. The only "reward" you get is a tiny bit of fame, that now has no purpose at all because: A) There are no fame related quests in the game, B) Fame no longer has an effect on sale/purchase prices from vendors. Fame is completely worthless. Excellent.

This is by far the most horrible patch I have ever seen done to a reasonably enjoyable game in my entire life. You know what, you guys are DRIVING ME TO PLAY EQ2. I swore on my mothers grave I would never buy another sony/verant product again but alas I am eagerly awaiting this release now. And if you think thats bad, I have friends in game that are going back to *horizons* Yes, HORIZONS, up until now the absolute worst MMORPG known to man. I wonder if they will be relieved that Ryzom has dethroned them from their seat of crappitude?

Fanbois, flame away! You'll be the only ones left playing this monstrosity by this weekend, so atleast you won't have to listen to the rest of us ***** and moan about the incompetance of your favorite developers.

[eleo123]

Bye bye ^^

[borguk]

I left after getting 302dp just trying to get to FG.

Things to note.

Gingos now track from over 50m and eyeball from 25m, there are alot of them.

Matis was a ghost town for the first time on a Saturday night since I started playing.

[keriann]

also they spawn from nothingless around you when you travel on the road.

[septic01]

don't forget, they're communists too!

and terrorists!

communist terrorists!

run for you lives!

you guys are lame.

[btamilio]

Great post -- couldn't have said it better.


It's really upsetting because I *really* hoped this game would like, be fun. which it was, up until Patch 1. If Patch 1 were no more than the addition of magic gloves, decrease in magic spell costs, NPC consignment merchants, fixing blind, fixing the harvesting exploit, and a free point respec, this would be the game I was hoping for.

But man, what a difference 72 hours makes

[tayster]

Here's what I believe happened. Nevrax envisioned a game. They released it. The game then started heading somewhere completely different. This patch is meant to correct that.

Sure, it's quite possible I'm wrong, but it makes sense...

[parisg]

Here's what I believe happened. Nevrax envisioned a game. They released it. The game then started heading somewhere completely different. This patch is meant to correct that.

Sure, it's quite possible I'm wrong, but it makes sense...

It is one thing to have a VISION. If I interpreted the VISION Nevrax had right this game is right for me.

What Nevrax did was crushing CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS. Nevermind the people turning away from the game it also generates a huge negative IMAGE.

In this case I see SUPPLY and DEMAND out of control. It is true that some players actually liked the changes. But given the responses they seem to be a minority.

I'm wondering if Nevrax wants to have a game with an extremely low population count which would defy my logic. But it could be a VISION.

[jjm152]

It is one thing to have a VISION. If I interpreted the VISION Nevrax had right this game is right for me.

What Nevrax did was crushing CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS. Nevermind the people turning away from the game it also generates a huge negative IMAGE.

In this case I see SUPPLY and DEMAND out of control. It is true that some players actually liked the changes. But given the responses they seem to be a minority.

I'm wondering if Nevrax wants to have a game with an extremely low population count which would defy my logic. But it could be a VISION.

Yes, at this point I think their vision is to basically have no one left playing their game anymore.

I am not French, so obviously my grasp of economics is inferior. However, I wish them luck in this endeavor.

[elfmatic]

They screwed up BIG with Patch 1 because they're pompous French that thought they could do no wrong. Everything since then has been knee-jerk panic trying to save what was a small and dwindling player base.

I'm payed up for the rest of the month, but if they don't get this sh*t figured out by the end of the month I'll join the throng of rats jumping ship. Pretty much I think the only people planning to stick it out long term at all are people who've paid up more than a month in advance. Those people should get refunds.

~Elf