Respecting peoples time

A lot of people have responsibilities outside of playing video games. If the requirement to maintaining gear that you get through repairs is deep on top of requiring u to be around for raids. Honestly I think this game is gonna appeal to a very small player base. People want a good game and they also want a game that they don't need to be on it 8 hours a day just to maintain the gear they already obtained. This will affect all people who have time restraints but want to be able to progress and enjoy end game pve/pvp.

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Aardvark

Healawin wrote: »

You have to remember that your gear will not degrade while you aren't playing so the amount you have to spend on repairs is directly proportional to how much you play. Thus, as long as they make the repair cost reasonable it will not be a problem for more casual players.

How much you play or how much you wear it? If I farm mats in all blues will my legendaries still degrade ?

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HazardNumberSeven

Aardvark wrote: »

Healawin wrote: »

You have to remember that your gear will not degrade while you aren't playing so the amount you have to spend on repairs is directly proportional to how much you play. Thus, as long as they make the repair cost reasonable it will not be a problem for more casual players.

Healawin wrote: »

You have to remember that your gear will not degrade while you aren't playing so the amount you have to spend on repairs is directly proportional to how much you play. Thus, as long as they make the repair cost reasonable it will not be a problem for more casual players.

How much you play or how much you wear it? If I farm mats in all blues will my legendaries still degrade ?

I think gear will be degrading when it's used or upon death, so if you're storing it away safely it should be perfectly fine.

phdmonster

Aardvark wrote: »

Healawin wrote: »

You have to remember that your gear will not degrade while you aren't playing so the amount you have to spend on repairs is directly proportional to how much you play. Thus, as long as they make the repair cost reasonable it will not be a problem for more casual players.

Healawin wrote: »

You have to remember that your gear will not degrade while you aren't playing so the amount you have to spend on repairs is directly proportional to how much you play. Thus, as long as they make the repair cost reasonable it will not be a problem for more casual players.

How much you play or how much you wear it? If I farm mats in all blues will my legendaries still degrade ?

I don't think all gear pieces will degrade from any activity. You don't use a sword to mine mithril ore, and you don't exactly damage your armor while mining it. I highly doubt there will be a real time timer by which gear degrades.

By using a piece of equipment it means you are using it for its designed purpose. If you are using a blue sword and you don't have that legendary equiped then the legendary will not degrade by simply being in your inventory.

The point of having degrading equipment from usage is to promote gathering, processing and crafting activities and keep them alive. The point of needing actual materials to repair items instead of just gold is there to do the same.

There is a quote somewhere from Steven or Jeff that you won't be using legendary equipment for your day to day activities as they:
1. Are REALLY REALLY HARD to obtain
2. Require extremely rare materials to forge (if forged from a recipe and not a direct item drop, which is a possibility as well)
3. Require the same extremely rare materials to repair

All 3 of the above are by design because they want such items to be hard to maintain.

Now, how much of these rare materials you will need to repair said legendary/unique legendary item will most probably depend on how much durability it has lost:
90/100 durability requiring 20 mithril ore (or insert another even more rare fantasy ore), rubies, leather, sharpening stones etc
50/100 durability requiring 60, and all other supporting materials like the above
10/100 durability requiring even more materials

That's at least what makes the most sense to me in principle (the numbers above are examples, not real numbers).

Messiah of Melons

As someone who doesnt have a lot of time thy should not cater to us. A real interactive time consuming world is what they are going for. My progression will be incredibly slow but I will love it as I try to max my professions

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GreatThodric

People have addressed most things. I'd just like to add that if you (like me) have a job irl that requires your time more than the game, then you become a casual player. That isn't a negative thing, however. It just means that you don't get to experience hardcore content. Which is only fair to those who do spend the time to get to that content. I've never liked that MMOs cater to casuals like myself. I've never felt like I deserve to be in those big raids. I'm not the main character in this story. I'm a footsoldier. Make me feel unimportant unless I pay my dues to affect the world.
That might have been off-topic but whatever.

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Kaen

Keith, I completely understand your concerns and sentiments. I myself have no idea how much time I'll have to dedicate to this game when it actually launches. My advice: Don't worry about others. Just enjoy the time you can spend playing the game. Join a good guild with good people, and things will work out. If you find yourself falling behind, your higher level buddies will (or should) make time for you when they can, and propel you through levels/content as much as the game allows. All good games I've played have had this mechanic to at least some extent. UO had tricks for raising skills and such, EQ and DAoC had both power-leveling and super-buffing (for noobs and noob groups), etc... There are a lot of examples and a lot of tactics I've seen used across many different games.

I honestly wouldn't worry about it. The devs will be taking people with less time into consideration, and your friends and allies will aid you in your journey. I, for one, hope they allow for high level players to assist lower level players in some capacity, as I've always enjoyed helping others, be it power-leveling, hanging out and dropping buffs on groups for a few hours (and saving/rezing), or even doing drive-by buffs on noobs. (I also always loved twinking--that was one of my favorite things about EQ!).

I was always way far behind everyone else in Everquest, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly and made tons of friends along the way. Same thing with DAOC's PvP. The more time you spent, the more powerful you were. I was never a top Realm Rank (PvP rank) player, which means I was always fighting against people more powerful than me... but I still had tons of fun and often ran around with people who WERE high Realm Rank.

Manage your in-game time wisely, and make good use of whatever help your friends/guildies give you, and you'll be just fine. I already know I'm not going to be a top-tier player, at least until the game has aged 7-10 months. Even then, maybe not. But I don't care. As long as I'm having fun and I find a great guild with great people, the game will be a blast.

Just my 2c.

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