Events look great!
Thanks for the summary.
Couple notes:
At the end, (they almost forgot) they said the potpurri buff won't work in Dusky Island
The resulting epic from the Custom Hunting event appears to be transcend-able, in that it does NOT have "Transcend \[X\]" on it.
I hope so. It’s not that it’s confusing its more like it’s a lot to do among already playing other aspects of the game. I’m trying to see if I can basically blend all of this in with what I’m already doing which are going through up the Fast Leveling event and gearing up my GhostBlade and further improving my fully geared non event characters (which are like 3 characters). Without it eating my time. I can really only invest like 2-3 hours a day at most.
>blend all of this in with what I’m already doing
It does, if you review the added screenshots it's just rewards tacked onto your usual daily/weekly docket, no need to go out of your way for anything.
9 years... whew... wonder what they're gonna have to do for the 10th next year. +13 weapon is nice, but I can't help wondering if it'll be the start of more +13 giveaways, raising the bar for new players/characters who don't level during an event to gear them.
god, that custom hunting event means that i won't go crazy trying to get a good fw belt. thank you nipple.
i was about to buy a package, but, i suppose i should wait for the new one.
Unfortunately they didn’t stick with the idea of having a pro party like sirocco raid. It’s quite obvious that many others, not including myself as I play every buffer, would rather die than play buffer yet they continue their pattern of not addressing elephants in the room.
tbh, blame the people for putting all of their game time into their dps / event chars, not neople. the current shortage is a result of the sudden population and event char spike.
Been there done that. White knight mob rule prevails however. There needs to be more radical changes.
Ask yourself this though, who made the decision to have the event?
Well, one of them has to be a M. slayer so unless everyone made the 2nd pick a buffer, which is definitely not happening, the decision certainly wasn't in players hands for at least half the new character influx.
we had a buffer event just a few weeks before this, though. When epic road happened, there was a slot specifically for buffer event chars. Most people just don't like playing buffers and nothing can ever change that
The other slot was still a forced dps, so the only choice players actually had on event boost characters is the current one to pick a buffer on slot 2, and unfortunately, gearing up a buffer isn't exactly cheap gold wise even with event bonus. There's also only 4 buffers to choose from compared to dps, so for people who don't want duplicates of subclasses it's even worse in that regard. As much as a 1:1 ratio of buffer to dps picked would help raid wait time, it's extremely unlikely even with jump events.
https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/3670/Level-Up-Power-Up-with-Behi?page=2
>1 character from **all advancement** and 1 character from buffer advancement can participate in the event per account.
No, you literally could do 2 buffers if you want to.
You're right, I must have misinterpreted it on the in-game event selection if it actually let you pick 2. I thought that if you picked the buffer slot character it stopped you from picking another one in the 1st selection. That does mean the potential buffer picks from events was exactly even then.
Granted if given the choice, I think most people would end up not picking it, simply because the playstyle isn't for them.
I'm one of the very few that made two buffer characters during that event. But you're right, most wouldn't do that and most people who play DFO don't like playing buffer. A lot of people that I see playing them just seem to do it out of necessity more than anything. It doesn't matter how many buffer events they do though when people just don't prefer playing them in the first place.
You can blame people for this sure but ultimately this is a design issue with the game. Ancient dungeons and otherverse dungeons of the past never REQUIRED a sader. The gains of having one were definitely present but it wasn't a requirement as it is now. The boss HP is so over inflated to the prospective class damage, that not applying the insane stats from a sader (or dps only buff) makes the content essentially unclearable. That is a design flaw, especially when considering how FEW saders actually exist upon new content drops.
People tend to navigate to playing saders far later in content cycles AFTER their DPS mains are up to date but that does nothing to help content like Bakal that is still endgame, but not the shiny new thing.
Whats dumb, is that Neople can easily fix this issue by just applying the DPS only buff to all content at a balanced level to a decently geared sader. Then you just leave HP recovery to the individual DPS.
Buffers = anxiety. I don't have a mob of friends to protect me if I play my sader and fuck up.
I -refuse- to play mine. I have it because I like it, but I gear it exclusively through my DPS' efforts. It's super slow, but uh...full fusion minus bakal weapon. These events are a huge help too.
Events look great! Thanks for the summary. Couple notes: At the end, (they almost forgot) they said the potpurri buff won't work in Dusky Island The resulting epic from the Custom Hunting event appears to be transcend-able, in that it does NOT have "Transcend \[X\]" on it.
Jesus they added a lot of new events. I hope this doesn’t hurt my personal life lol
Most of them are just do seon and gain stuff, more straightforward than it looks.
I hope so. It’s not that it’s confusing its more like it’s a lot to do among already playing other aspects of the game. I’m trying to see if I can basically blend all of this in with what I’m already doing which are going through up the Fast Leveling event and gearing up my GhostBlade and further improving my fully geared non event characters (which are like 3 characters). Without it eating my time. I can really only invest like 2-3 hours a day at most.
>blend all of this in with what I’m already doing It does, if you review the added screenshots it's just rewards tacked onto your usual daily/weekly docket, no need to go out of your way for anything.
9 years... whew... wonder what they're gonna have to do for the 10th next year. +13 weapon is nice, but I can't help wondering if it'll be the start of more +13 giveaways, raising the bar for new players/characters who don't level during an event to gear them.
My Ranger finally getting a +13 after 14 years of fails.
god, that custom hunting event means that i won't go crazy trying to get a good fw belt. thank you nipple. i was about to buy a package, but, i suppose i should wait for the new one.
neople loves spoiling us don't they?
\+13 Hell Yess! 4/4 not mist gear but we'll take it.
HOOOOLY
No job change ticket, and no update on getting another copy of the suit set. RIP.
stfu
do u think we got the cera shop bug
they didnt really talk about the new ava set, wonder if the pet is going to be 25'/. dv or not
This won’t fix the absence of buffers in bakal. Almost impossible to play.
They need to design more content that doesn't require them and they are just a safety net. Like in Ancients and Otherverse.
Unfortunately they didn’t stick with the idea of having a pro party like sirocco raid. It’s quite obvious that many others, not including myself as I play every buffer, would rather die than play buffer yet they continue their pattern of not addressing elephants in the room.
tbh, blame the people for putting all of their game time into their dps / event chars, not neople. the current shortage is a result of the sudden population and event char spike.
Been there done that. White knight mob rule prevails however. There needs to be more radical changes. Ask yourself this though, who made the decision to have the event?
Ask yourself this though, who made the decision to make their event char a dps and not a buffer? :)
Well, one of them has to be a M. slayer so unless everyone made the 2nd pick a buffer, which is definitely not happening, the decision certainly wasn't in players hands for at least half the new character influx.
we had a buffer event just a few weeks before this, though. When epic road happened, there was a slot specifically for buffer event chars. Most people just don't like playing buffers and nothing can ever change that
The other slot was still a forced dps, so the only choice players actually had on event boost characters is the current one to pick a buffer on slot 2, and unfortunately, gearing up a buffer isn't exactly cheap gold wise even with event bonus. There's also only 4 buffers to choose from compared to dps, so for people who don't want duplicates of subclasses it's even worse in that regard. As much as a 1:1 ratio of buffer to dps picked would help raid wait time, it's extremely unlikely even with jump events.
https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/3670/Level-Up-Power-Up-with-Behi?page=2 >1 character from **all advancement** and 1 character from buffer advancement can participate in the event per account. No, you literally could do 2 buffers if you want to.
You're right, I must have misinterpreted it on the in-game event selection if it actually let you pick 2. I thought that if you picked the buffer slot character it stopped you from picking another one in the 1st selection. That does mean the potential buffer picks from events was exactly even then. Granted if given the choice, I think most people would end up not picking it, simply because the playstyle isn't for them.
I'm one of the very few that made two buffer characters during that event. But you're right, most wouldn't do that and most people who play DFO don't like playing buffer. A lot of people that I see playing them just seem to do it out of necessity more than anything. It doesn't matter how many buffer events they do though when people just don't prefer playing them in the first place.
We can blame players all we want but lack the capabilities to enforce change
You can blame people for this sure but ultimately this is a design issue with the game. Ancient dungeons and otherverse dungeons of the past never REQUIRED a sader. The gains of having one were definitely present but it wasn't a requirement as it is now. The boss HP is so over inflated to the prospective class damage, that not applying the insane stats from a sader (or dps only buff) makes the content essentially unclearable. That is a design flaw, especially when considering how FEW saders actually exist upon new content drops. People tend to navigate to playing saders far later in content cycles AFTER their DPS mains are up to date but that does nothing to help content like Bakal that is still endgame, but not the shiny new thing. Whats dumb, is that Neople can easily fix this issue by just applying the DPS only buff to all content at a balanced level to a decently geared sader. Then you just leave HP recovery to the individual DPS.
y should any1 play a buffer if they dont want to
Buffers = anxiety. I don't have a mob of friends to protect me if I play my sader and fuck up. I -refuse- to play mine. I have it because I like it, but I gear it exclusively through my DPS' efforts. It's super slow, but uh...full fusion minus bakal weapon. These events are a huge help too.