kum-gulp wrote on Jun 5
th, 2015 at 6:06am:
Disagree. Idiots choose to run Elite when not capable. That's a problem. There's no need for the extra streak difference to progress. Since coming back I've not had time, energy or inclination to maintain an Elite streak and levels still go by plenty fast enough on a Hard streak. I was pleasantly surprised (makes up for all the afk time).
you can disagree, and I disagree with you... for the first two sentences... On the other Hand I do agree with you that there's more than enough XP now to level fast enough on Hard and even on Normal.... At least as a First lifer.
Streak is stupid. People at large consider it mandatory to maintain an elite streak, and will not join Hard/Normal LFMs
Basically Streak is one of the mechanism that kills the LFM ( along with Dungeon Scaling ) because it's safer and easier to solo quests.
the Issue needs to be fully adressed :
- Killing BB and replacing it by a mechanism that gives out the same amount of XP ( underlevel bonus, daily bonus, whatever ) on a quest by quest basis.
- Killing BB so that people stop to do Elite quests two level above the quest nominal ( before Elite ) level.... And then whine that the game is too easy.
With a mechanism like Underlevel bonus, people will actually challenge quests...
- Killing Dungeon Scaling and going back to the standard one size fit them all : Dungeons are Scaled for a balanced party of 4 people.
A Full party will zerg through the content, a Soloer will have to be careful.
- Kill the No Death Bonus.... Because it's pointless if you bring back Underlevel bonus... people will die, even the best.
All in all the above will resurect LFMs ( as there's going to be an incentive to actually have a full group ).
It will also give something to chew to all the whiner that say that the game is too easy ( do a VON3 with a full party of LVL 5 First Life characters, and then tell me if the game is too easy... or a Madstone with a full party of LVL 7 characters ).
All the while it will allow new players ( we can dream ) and F2P to party up with others ( as Elite will be mostly for Favor farming, or reserved to the masochists that want's to get hurt )