Usually I am against the idea that mmorp giving out free curerncies since it unavoidablly always causes inflation. But for L2, giving out free adena to players on a limit bassis (like once a quarter) may be a good idea (face it, that free dyn weapon is just as good as 25mm since everyone will pawn it to npc). Below are some random thoughts:
1. the game is 8 yrs old, and we need some new blood. 25mm free adena will be more than enough to finance a poor kid to lvl 80 (if he knows how to spend it wisely)
2. I know the AA and Nevit adena sinks will be gone, people still blow adena too fast when blowing up S84 weapons and paying silly amount to auctioneer (talking from personal experience). Free adena will inject some more what we have lost.
3. I love the idea of giving out free buffs, vit pots and pets. It makes a casual player like me lvl a lot faster than than those people who do not have jobs...
4. Auction house? I do not mind. As soon as nc does it, I will not longer need to pay for my 2 full time in town dorfs.
5. I just hope people will not be dumb enough to ++ that free dyn weapon, then it will recycle adena from the system rather than adding it.
6. Of course, if nc gives out 25mm a month, then inflation will kill this game in a heartbeat.
In GoD the adena drop rates will be nerfed to the ground.
Solo mobs will drop 1-2k adena each, which won't even cover the cost of soulshots.
Have fun!
At the same time, there will be insane adena sinks implemented, adena will be drained out of the game by billions per second.
New skill enchants will cost dozens/hundreds of millions, new Legendary Dyes will cost hundreds of millions, and putting a second SA on a top grade weapon will probably cost 20 bil or so. Rabbit ears that give +3 INT (or somethng like that) cost ~3 billion to obtain.
And so on.
Good luck trying to earn these billions "playing the market", while the amounts of adena in circulation will vanish by the day.
I test L2.ru and seriously NC made some change about adena start from nothing u get by quest all stuff to C so that's not soo bad :) and adena quest give isn't that bad get 1.5M at 40 when you just start isn't that bad.
I'm not 50 cause i play too casual and not a DD class so. but seriously L2 for low lvl changed dunno how that changed for high lvl
That's what I gathered from forums when GoD went live in Russia.
New mobs (lvl 85-90+) drop 1-2k each in solo locations and 7-10k in party locs (50k at best).
Adena drops in old xp grounds have been nerfed as well. (Kariks drop 40k or so, and so on)
The only thing that needs confirmation: is this by the new Korean design, or it's Innova that cut down the rates in order to force players to buy items from RMT shop?
The quests and rewards should change and instead of worthless shots to give a good ammount of adena.Every new account(through some q) should get like 10m on first class change,30m on second,50m on third and 80m on 4d class change.
If we had also good rewarding events every 2 months,game would be much more attractive.
I advocate the idea of free gear. I think the lowest lvl gear for your grade should be obtainable through quests, but from what I understand they are implimenting something like that in GoD anyway. Never free adena though, that would just throw off the economy even more.
Really, this is what we have come to now, begging for free stuff in the forums? Let's take a look at a very simple concept: The harder you work to get something the more value you give to that achievement be it a task or acquiring an item. If you are just given something, most of us will associate less value towards that gift than something we work hard to achieve.
This is human nature and a basic concept that can be found in the real world and the virtual realm. Now as most adults know all rules will have some exceptions, but the fact there are exceptions only help prove the rules validity.
The term "spoiled child" or spoiled child syndrome is characterized by "excessive, self-centered, and immature behavior". It includes lack of consideration for other people, recurrent temper tantrums, an inability to handle the delay of gratification, demands for having one's own way, obstructiveness, and manipulation
This is human nature and a basic concept that can be found in the real world and the virtual realm. Now as most adults know all rules will have some exceptions, but the fact there are exceptions only help prove the rules validity.
The term "spoiled child" or spoiled child syndrome is characterized by "excessive, self-centered, and immature behavior". It includes lack of consideration for other people, recurrent temper tantrums, an inability to handle the delay of gratification, demands for having one's own way, obstructiveness, and manipulation
Back to the topic:
a game is fun only when it's rewarding.
A good reward must be proportional to players' efforts.
When a lvl 90 mob drops as much adena as a lvl 50 mob while it takes billions to obtain gear at top levels, it means something in the game design must be broken.
What we get in GoD is nothing but a desperate endevour of the devs to remove the adena stockpiled by certain players over 7 years at the expense of the entire playerbase.
The quests and rewards should change and instead of worthless shots to give a good ammount of adena.Every new account(through some q) should get like 10m on first class change,30m on second,50m on third and 80m on 4d class change.
If we had also good rewarding events every 2 months,game would be much more attractive.
i agree w/ more reward events, but everyone cries so much for vit/xp events they prolly dont even have time to implement prize events.
i would much rather have something i can sell or use than worthless xp and im not talking about BEWD that cost more than it cost to just sell the weapons crystals and buy a new one.
When a lvl 90 mob drops as much adena as a lvl 50 mob while it takes billions to obtain gear at top levels, it means something in the game design must be broken.
What we get in GoD is nothing but a desperate endevour of the devs to remove the adena stockpiled by certain players over 7 years at the expense of the entire playerbase.
well since gear is 10x easier to obtain i assume they redudced adena drops to stop inflation.
i mean what is everyone gunna spend adena on if you can get your gear cheap from oly/quest/raids?
i mean what is everyone gunna spend adena on if you can get your gear cheap from oly/quest/raids?
Didn't you read the thread?
New skill enchants will cost dozens/hundreds of millions, new Legendary Dyes will cost hundreds of millions, and putting a second SA on a top grade weapon will probably cost 20 bil or so. Rabbit ears that give +3 INT (or somethng like that) cost ~3 billion to obtain.
And so on.
New skill enchants will cost dozens/hundreds of millions, new Legendary Dyes will cost hundreds of millions, and putting a second SA on a top grade weapon will probably cost 20 bil or so. Rabbit ears that give +3 INT (or somethng like that) cost ~3 billion to obtain.
And so on.
so your saying everyone should have a surplus of adena to cover ++skills, dyes, a 2nd SA, special hats ?
despite the way the game is heading your still not spose to instantly have everything available... its shocking, but we might have to work for things we want.
round up info on the added quest, updated rewards, and items obtainable through trading w/ NPC in addition to mob/raid drops and every player should be able to ear itself w/o alot of work.
now if you want the best and all the extra leet stuff you might have to put some time in.
well since gear is 10x easier to obtain i assume they redudced adena drops to stop inflation.
i mean what is everyone gunna spend adena on if you can get your gear cheap from oly/quest/raids?
Also, I would say a game based around enchanting and blowing up your gear means that getting a few pieces from one-time quests doesn't mean much. Olympiad and raiding are still massive time sinks that I would consider to be working towards your gear.
Also, I would say a game based around enchanting and blowing up your gear means that getting a few pieces from one-time quests doesn't mean much. Olympiad and raiding are still massive time sinks that I would consider to be working towards your gear.
if you get free gear and cant afford more then dont blow your gear up... pretty simple stuff.
but thats exactly my point though... everyone wants to have enough adena in pocket to jus log in day 3 of GoD and OE all thier gear and have 2 SAs, 5 weapons, all new special jewls etc...because thats what some high end ppl will have.
but thats not how the game works, your spose to have to work for things not just get them handed to you...
RMT and botted toons/heros has alot of ppl sitting around w/ tons of cash, but you shouldnt make the game easy to make sure ppl can catch up w/ cheaters... just eliminate the cheaters.
if you wanna OE gear, skills, and have a bunch of leet gear you might have to do something other than kill mobs that drop 2k adena. i mean if jus killing mobs will give you enough adena to have every item you want , thats a pretty lame game.
that being said i will take any free item they wanna give out.