Ballistixz

the feed was all u needed unless you were breakthroughing to the next tier. you just slammed it into the weapon. now you need like 5 or 6 different mats just to get +2 on a thorn breaker weapon...

Feeding exp was simpler. it definitely wasnt. I remember being able to que for F8 and find a full party lobby within 1-2 mins. There were also events and mechanics designed specifically to encourage high level high gear players to go into older low level dungeons like blackram to carry new players. Sure those dungeons do not matter anymore as everyone just rushes to 60, but it creates a problem now where all the dungeons have 1bil-2.8bil HP bosses, require HM 5, and have ridiculous mechanics just on easy mode. for example I dont know what the hell they did to sandstorm temple, but it was clearly buffed to hell as i dont remember the monsters in there being nearly that strong. So now im just getting one shotted by what use to be a fairly easy dungeon run for dailies. If not for the call to arms event i have no idea how i would do anything that isnt CS or HM on my older chars that still have very outdated gear without getting hard carried each time.

I know my "feedback" will 99% most likely go on deaf ears around here but ima say it anyway because i think it needs to be said. I log into this game atleast once a year just to make whatever new class or Call to arms event that goes on. the last time i logged in this game was for the astromancer patch and that call to arms event. However i never finished the event and i usually never do. Its going to be the same this time around most likely. The reason i keep coming back is because i truly enjoy the game, however what makes me only play for a limited time to just quit again is how confusing and overwhelming the gear system is, more more importantly than that is the painful PROCCESS it takes to get that gear and mats to upgrade it. queing for f8 is worthless, you pretty much have to wait till someone makes a lobby and join that or make one yourself. But because im a return player with a low HM level i usually either get kicked from lobbies or people leave my own lobbies. eventually ill get into a dungeon, but its a painful waiting process. solo dungeons are and always have been gear check walls. Annoying mechanics and if you dont have the damage to do it you are going to suffer. it is NOT a fun experience. Cant even do one of my dailies because of how stupid it is unless you are a certain class that just has it easy as a solo like summoner or astro. There is too much ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ in the game. too many mats, too many boxes, too many orbs, just too much ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ junk that really doesnt need to be there. The game needs HARD streamlining in the gear department. I heard that a overhaul to how gear is upgrade or something is coming in november? but i have no info on that nor do i know if it will be enough. Im not sure what happened, but IIRC at the very start of this game existence you had only one weapon that you would just feed essence into in order to upgrade. It was simple, very simple. Just slam exp into your weapon until it evolved. Now i need 10 different ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ mats just to upgrade 1 level on my weapon. WHY? Its extremely frustrating. And whats worse is that 95% of the garbage you collect in this game cant be traded or even mailed to another character on your account... Everytime i come to this realizing i just call bull ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ for what it is and quit, only to come back to really do the story and stare at my char honestly. Again, i know probably no one will give a ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ because thats how awful this games communication with its playerbase has become, but im just saying it anyway. Please, just pull a tera and dumb down the gearing process SIGNIFICANTLY. Its very long overdue.

oh ya, i read that wrong. I have alot of diffrent old chars. Im off and on with this game, i did last call to arms event for astromancer which has skybreak and celestial stuff, but my summoner is on dawnforge still, my gunner is on baleful, and my warlock is still stuck on gear from when level 45 or 50 was max level. I will use the call to arms on my gunner, but i still dont know what ima do about my warlock. ill just keep her gear as ancient momentos until the next call to arms event i guess.

a free call to arms bundle aside from the current event thats going on?

ok thanks, one more question, what do i do with my old gear that i can salvage or sell? do i just delete them?

Im trying to check weapon paths so i can sort out my chars, but for some reason i cant find it. How do i see my weapons previous and future progression states/paths and how much upgrade material it would cost? if they removed that feature, WHY?

thats not respect, because standard is usually a 1:1 ratio in dollar to cash shop currency in most games. meaning $20 gives you 2000 of x currency or more. LoL for example you get 2600 points + a 200 bonus. most of their bundels are 2600, skins 1300, and legendary skins 1800. so basically you only have to buy once to get most items you want from the cash shop there and its actually more than fair of a deal. as far as MMOs go, tera also has good deals on their cash shop currency. if you spend $20 you get 2000 + a 10% bonus so 2200. you are getting a 1:1 ratio PLUS a bonus. now lets look at Ncoin. for $20 you are getting 1600 Ncoin with ZERO bonus. that is a horrible ratio for dollar to Ncoin. if i want to buy the twin hongmoon gem bundle which is 2899 Ncoin i HAVE to spend $40 bare minimum. there is no getting around it. i have to buy a $20 bundle twice in order to get something for only 2899 Ncoin where as other games you would only have to spend $25 minimum or $30 maximum to get that currency. this example shows the best when something is on sale for 900 ncoin. instead of having to spend just $10 you will be FORCED to spend $15. even if the price was 801 you would still be forced to spend that $15. if you dont find that ridiculous and not a scam then you need to rethink how you handle your money. its quite literally a scam because since there is no bonus you are always forced to spend the maximum in $ to get your ncoin. If they really wanted to "respect" and not give bonuses then you would see the $10 ncoin package be 1000 Ncoin instead of 800, $20 package 2000 Ncoin, etc. it would still be questionable for them to not give bonuses, but ATLEAST it wouldnt be a outright scam of your money. Further more what they are doing is actually a REVERSE of giving bonuses. 800 Ncoin from the $10 package is only 200 Ncoin from a good 1:1 ratio. but as you get into the $50 package its 1000 Ncoin from a good 1:1 ratio and the $250 is a whopping 5000 off. thats a huge loss in value for the customer but obviously profit for the seller. again, just to compare and put it all in perspective, tera's $100 package gives a 1:1 ratio of 10,000 emp + a 20% bonus of 2000 more EMP... They did a holiday only package of $200 last year and you got like 10k bonus emp or something ontop of the 1:1 ratio.

I never understood why this game doesnt give bonus cash shop currency for buying bulk of said currency like literally 99.99% of other games do. 1600 Ncoin for $20 seems like a giant rip off. but whats worse is that even the higher bundles of $100 do not give bonuses. Hell you dont even get a bone thrown to you for the $250 package. What is the reason for this?

is there any other way to get this weapon? i tried Queing for IF last night 3 times and all 3 times i waited so long that the que timed out... if this is the only way to get the weapon i literally cant progress....