Sorry but I don't really play much, mainly afk for pirate event. However, thought I'd post anyways because this is a pretty big update. I don't think I'll be interested in EO again like I was for some time. That big rollback and of course botting/lack of real moderation made me take a huge step away.
For those that care if I'm coming back or not, I'm not really sure. The constant level grind and lack of features are the main reasons I no longer play regularly. No, I'm not a narcissist lol. I keep getting asked if I'm coming back or if I'm going to check out this update etc. So my apologies for posts like this.
With this mini core system it might make a good difference, especially when going up against higher level players, so that's kind of a plus. I was against level cap at the start but most mmorpgs have a level cap for a reason and it makes sense. So EO without one is actually pretty bad unless certain systems are put in place to negate that, which I think the mini core system is a start.
Still, there comes a point when someone will be level 100 and most others will be 75 or lower, the level 100 would most likely have most advantages, you simply can not ignore that power imbalance and the mini core system alone won't do much for that issue. Which is why I think the whole "no level cap" is pointless and hypocritical in the long term. Sure you can make the argument that some players will always be more active and have more money, be higher level etc. but most mmorpgs have a level cap, as I mentioned and Vult being the only programmer is no excuse for no cap.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what I think honestly, he's gonna do what he sees fit to do. I gotta give him credit for listening to some of the players though, I just find that he listens to the wrong people most of the time. Crybabies seem to always get their way, which is what has happened since the start of the game.
Oh well, I have other things to play, which I have been, so whichever way this game goes, I'll be fine.
So there was an actual level cap after all. Way too high in my opinion as I've stated before but better than no cap at all for the content we have. I'm very curious what the next update and cap will be. I'm hoping the Halloween event is good too.
Well, I guess I'm done. I'm taking a break from the game most likely. I will hop on to try this new update but don't really see the point in continuing at current state. Level cap has been completely lifted from my understanding which makes no sense with the content we have. Only one area added with this update, is that correct? Still the same shit.
I'm not going to go into the same thing I did with my last post, we all know what is missing. I will say, I hate this, I hate it so much. I want to stay, wanted things to get better but it's taking too long for the most simple things. I'll stop there before I start ranting 😂
If you don't see me in game, I hope you find your own reasons to continue.
I wasn't going to make this post because I didn't really see it as relevant but it certainly is.
I'm so tired of mindlessly grinding thousands of mobs in a game that is already up to level 40 and considered to be mid-game, yet we are still on new player armor, bows still stuck at shitty 1 tile range, no classes, stat reset only on some weekends, no scrolls, pots hard to come by and so many other things wrong and or missing from the game.
I have to force myself daily to grind or even login some days. If this was a private server I wouldn't be playing it.
I hit level 37 yesterday, to hit 38 I have to kill 2077 mobs at 270 exp. To hit cap, I'd have to kill over 8000 mobs easily. Think about that for a moment. Not even Conquer Online was this grindy. CO was known as one of the grindiest games you could play back in the day, just to give an idea. If only we had other ways to grind for exp. Exp for crafting, more exp for gathering and mining. There could be so many.
I know I don't have to train or hit cap, no one is making me, I don't mind a good grind, when there is reasons for that grind but there's not much incentive to do it right now in my opinion except for the leaderboard and to compete for boss drops. At 37 I am more than capable to compete until next update and who knows how that's gonna be? More of the same, no doubt about it. Same stupid bow range, noob ass armor and thousands of mobs to grind for hours. The "Endless" loop as I call it. There is a reason the player base has dwindled so much and there's only around 200 max playing. Plus, if you count alts, you could drop 25% off that or so and get closer to the actual real count.
Also, Vult needs to start banning cheaters and exploiters, or at the very least, jail or punish them by taking away exp/eons or something. The latest exploit allowed some players a boost in stats that made it much easier to kill mobs and bosses but I know nothing will be done to those players. It's sickening. It makes everything seem so pointless when cheaters are just let go after us normal players worked our asses off for everything we've got and did it fairly. He shows way too much leniency even at this point in testing.
I've made my mind up, I'll play till next update but if things don't change for the better, I'm out. I just can't continue this as is.
It's looking like cap might be 40. We won't know for 💯 till China or Sword confirm it since Vult and Aengie are quiet on the subject but I'm quite sure it is.
I think it's ridiculous but what can you do? Safe to say not everyone is gonna hit it this time around.
It almost feels like Vult is reading and taking notes sometimes. If that was the case though, he would put some range back on bow! 😂
Jokes aside(not joking about bow range), he took away a bit of power from us, now we get 4 per level instead of 5? I think that's right. He also balanced mobs a little, once again trying to get the higher level players away from lower level areas. Nice but we need more spawns. I think the exp rate is about right this time, 250 exp. per is fairly reasonable and middle ground.
What in the hell was he thinking making level cap so high!? It's even higher than we thought, 36 is not the cap! Unless it's glitched again, that was a terrible move. Note, I haven't been on today so not sure if he fixed or changed that. If not, we are in for one hell of a rough ass ride.
Would be nice to see some new armors with higher stats too, especially since mobs still hit like a brick. If you're gonna balance the game correctly, give us some defensive armor so we don't have to go out and sit for ages waiting to be able to use our lousy self heal. I'm not saying make mobs easy as shit but dying in just a few hits is not balance.
The future just might look bright if he can implement a few more changes that help us out.
Ok, so the level cap is not 34, not even 35 unless it glitched again. For the mobs and areas we have at the moment, this makes absolutely no sense at all. I did around 180k-200k exp. yesterday off 90-125 exp. mobs which I thought was pretty damn good but seeing the cap is not what we expected now makes me exhausted thinking about trying to do this for several levels.
I know he's trying to slowly get rid of the level cap but we need higher exp. mobs and more areas if he's raising the cap that high. He had it right with the frogs last update and cap set at 32. Yes the exp. per was a little high but it was much better than what we got right now which is way too low. Middle of the road would have been just right I think.
So this update is gonna be a grind your ass off X10 if you wanna hit whatever the cap is.
It is, what it is though. I don't see as many hitting it this time around unless we don't get another update for quite some time.
Ohhhh well, let the grind begin! I will be trying my best to take it easier than I have been. It gets too damn stressful for me when I rush to cap.
I know what you're thinking but this was a little better update than the last few, even though I think the EXP you got from frogs and the quests were a bit too much this time. Yes, I said it, too much. Literally everyone is now able to level up faster and most likely hit cap in just an few days than anytime up to this point from the start of the server. I guess that's just how it goes though huh? I'm not gonna cry about it and good for them.
Still waiting for bow range to be back to normal or at least a few tiles, sorry but it's just stupid having bow shoot near like it is now, just plain stupid! We need better self heals if pots/pot crafting is gonna be so rough. I'm gonna stop ranting right there, no need to go over the same shit as I have been.
Good that we have a feedback channel in discord now, that should help out a lot.
Just hope Vult and Aengie actually listen to some of it.
The new level cap is 26. Yep, you heard that right, 26. Kind of hard to believe I know but it's real. Might be a good thing? Now lots will catch up unless it's increased again very soon. We shall see.
