S3/4 gear ARENA POINTS.
Posted: 03 Aug 2011, 17:03
Heya guys, firstly - thank you for the largely fantastic server, it is without doubt the best private server i've ever played on, and I don't think there's enough appreciation for how good it really is :)
Now onto my suggestion:
I have started another warrior with the idea of gearing him up the proper way, bit of bg's and some arena games... thus we come to the crux of the problem... Vengful isn't actually available for any amount of arena points (which I really think it should be, but i'll get to that in a second). So I figured i'd have to go for brutal; But the S4 gear is available, conforming to the same rating requirements as the retail server. The reason for me suggesting this be changed, is that the rating requirements of the retail servers, are based on the population of retail servers, and number of arena teams etc. Due to the small population here compared to live servers, the very highest teams you ever get are about 2050. With most of the top teams at about 1900. Unlike retail where the very best were 2.2k, with mid range players coming in at 1900 - 2.1k :)
In short my suggestion is, could you implement a change in costs so that vengful gear is available without rating requirements (or very low, like maybe 1650 for shoulders) And the brutal gear pieces have all their rating requirements lowered by about 150 - 200 pts per piece, to refelct the difference in rating distribution on this server, compared to the retail servers, where the ratings were designed to work.
It's also probably worth noting that due the the frequency of points distribution here (although I doubt very many teams at all play 10 games every 2 days without fail), the actual cost of items on Smolderforge MAY need to be raised per item - so as to keep the reward for gaining the gear. I don't think I'm being silly, it just makes sense to me this way. (+ I dont have that much time to do bg's and farm 15k per piece of vengful, so arena pts every few days would be alot better for me, and I very much enjoy the feeling of watching your character get better over time and games played.
Now onto my suggestion:
I have started another warrior with the idea of gearing him up the proper way, bit of bg's and some arena games... thus we come to the crux of the problem... Vengful isn't actually available for any amount of arena points (which I really think it should be, but i'll get to that in a second). So I figured i'd have to go for brutal; But the S4 gear is available, conforming to the same rating requirements as the retail server. The reason for me suggesting this be changed, is that the rating requirements of the retail servers, are based on the population of retail servers, and number of arena teams etc. Due to the small population here compared to live servers, the very highest teams you ever get are about 2050. With most of the top teams at about 1900. Unlike retail where the very best were 2.2k, with mid range players coming in at 1900 - 2.1k :)
In short my suggestion is, could you implement a change in costs so that vengful gear is available without rating requirements (or very low, like maybe 1650 for shoulders) And the brutal gear pieces have all their rating requirements lowered by about 150 - 200 pts per piece, to refelct the difference in rating distribution on this server, compared to the retail servers, where the ratings were designed to work.
It's also probably worth noting that due the the frequency of points distribution here (although I doubt very many teams at all play 10 games every 2 days without fail), the actual cost of items on Smolderforge MAY need to be raised per item - so as to keep the reward for gaining the gear. I don't think I'm being silly, it just makes sense to me this way. (+ I dont have that much time to do bg's and farm 15k per piece of vengful, so arena pts every few days would be alot better for me, and I very much enjoy the feeling of watching your character get better over time and games played.