Talking in Lama chat and Varg is heavily implying that he is not allowed to talk about the BtA status of the ingredients.

Asheras wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 10:33pm:


Whoa I think you are way off here Ash, if you can't get the materials to create the blanks in anything but the raid it drives the time right up. Not to mention the fact that all the runs in Vale dungeons at less then shroud level created a pleasant farming regimen as opposed to the brutal wait for larges in the shroud itself.

This will easily double the time it takes to create and then craft a weapon, easily double.

Asheras wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 10:35pm:


Asheras wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 10:35pm:

we all know.

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then the augments, and all other equipment. we're looking at insane grind here. expect nothing else.

Honestly just being able to extract and add properties to new items with no loss is an improvement over the old GS. That said, the fact that they're not putting in game options (like a 20th reward) to get those augment removers is a bit greedy. I'd expect nothing less at this point though.

I was wondering if jewelers tools would remove the new non-augment augments

Asheras wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 10:33pm:

Yes, you've said that before. Consider the environment in which old Shroud thrived; more players, less choice, greater player tolerance amongst a younger, less cynical player base, a revival from new F2P players looking for GS mats...

None of that is here. The devs keep adding eye-bleed grind and unimaginative content that a game at its peak could pull off. This game, today, imo, can't.

We'll see. My tolerance for grind is greatly diminished since the days of the Shroud. Maybe there'll be something as valuable as Displacement clickies and Rad II and and and to keep pulling people back but I doubt it. I guess they won't care as long as they sell enough related convenience items but it doesn't make for happy players.

Anyway, we'll see.

Meursault wrote on Dec 5^th, 2015 at 6:35am:

Heh, same! Mind, to be fair they shouldn't be designing raids for players like that. If you want to be a comfy casual you have to accept you'll have non-optimal gear, imo. Game's still perfectly doable without it.

Also, given recent content there's no guarantee I'd want any of the new content that might require a LGS-geared character anyway.

Heh, I think people that were doing elite Shrouds and ToDs years ago are going to be the same people doing Legendary Shrouds now.
It's like a fucking time travel. When I look at my bard mule with 200 Shrouds and 90 Tods it reminds me how great this game was :/

Meursault wrote on Dec 5^th, 2015 at 7:00am:

Sorry sir, but this just isn't true. "End game" has never been more approachable than now - for any "skill" level. You can absolutely join any raid with tier 1 TF and commendation gear.
I have never seen any negative attitude to anyone being new to content if they say so.

I think the key issue will be how many codex bits fall per run, we need 100 for the Legendary blank so that drop rate will paint the picture. If it is something like 20 per run, super cool. If it is 10 not so much, if it is 3-7 that's bad news.

Revaulting wrote on Dec 5^th, 2015 at 9:12am:



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Asheras wrote on Dec 5^th, 2015 at 1:11pm:

there was also reasons to use alts, and a much higher player population that today or tomorrow. more players means more things to do, more quests get run.