On the Plus side...
• It has forced me to take an interest in Overseers & Corporals... I never saw a point to them, before. There were so many easy ways to grind up Civ fame, they were largely unnecessary. Now I feel like I know more about the game because I know more about which Overseers/Corporals offer what Missions where, and what can be stacked together for maximal gains, etc.
On the Minus side...
• In old days, Civ fame meant something (when it affected vendor selling prices). Now that everything vends for pennies (Sell to Merchant), there is no longer any incentive to get Civ fame up any higher than the 34-38 needed for Rites. Citizenship anyone? Who even cares? This means grinding countless Craft Missions for Overseers or Kill Missions for Corporals feels largely like a waste of time because the Fame gains are superfluous (you're doing it for Dappers, period). Doing the slave-wage grind is disheartening. Don't you guys have that in RL already? Don't double up on that whammy. :(
On the Plus side...
• Okay, so to make it exciting again, there's Tribe fame to be had! And many more delicious Overseers to get access to. So it's off to do Tribal Welcomer/Journeyman/Patroller Missions... leading to that 0 Fame mark when Overseers light up. And there's tribes in each level bracket, so there's a Tribe out there at your Crafting level. Now there's a whole new world to explore as far as finding out new Crafting combos to make Dappers (Tribal Overseers).
On the Minus side...
• That makes it more fun, but it's still no fun. Tribal Overseers don't pay any better than the Civ ones. There's no incentive to get fame with any Tribe up past 0, except maybe to feel good. These lack-of-incentives for Fame grinding are piling up.
• The end-all/be-all complaint that nerfs Joy here is... lack of Freedom. Instead of Crafting what I want to craft, I end up crafting what "they" want me to Craft (they = Missiongivers). No matter who the Missiongiver is (any combo of Civ/Faction/Tribe), they never have Missions for the craft skills that line up with what I prefer to train in. So I either have to remake myself to be something the Dapper Missiongiver market desires, or I get to remain myself but find only a handful of Missions that'll pay out decently for what I make well.
(An example of this is Abyan in Pyr, she pays for Fyros Bracelets/Autolauncher Ammo. Bracelets being my thing, I guess I better take up Autolauncher Ammo now if I want access to her Dappers on a regular basis! And I have. Do I feel good doing it? NO. The Kara guy at OO/Dyron offers a good Bracelet Mission, but that doesn't pay the bills. In fact, it barely nudges Kara fame either. The Icon Worshippers have a good Bracelet Mission, but they payout so poorly being lowbies. You get the idea yet? The Smugglers only swallow 2 bracelets at a time. I guess I'll just have to hit up Crystabell every hour+15min. Do I feel good doing that? NO.
Whoring out for a good tribal Bracelet Missiongiver! Send resume to Wintergreen. :P)
Hope that makes sense to yas... what's missing in our new economy is... Fun. :)
•••Winter•••
• It has forced me to take an interest in Overseers & Corporals... I never saw a point to them, before. There were so many easy ways to grind up Civ fame, they were largely unnecessary. Now I feel like I know more about the game because I know more about which Overseers/Corporals offer what Missions where, and what can be stacked together for maximal gains, etc.
On the Minus side...
• In old days, Civ fame meant something (when it affected vendor selling prices). Now that everything vends for pennies (Sell to Merchant), there is no longer any incentive to get Civ fame up any higher than the 34-38 needed for Rites. Citizenship anyone? Who even cares? This means grinding countless Craft Missions for Overseers or Kill Missions for Corporals feels largely like a waste of time because the Fame gains are superfluous (you're doing it for Dappers, period). Doing the slave-wage grind is disheartening. Don't you guys have that in RL already? Don't double up on that whammy. :(
On the Plus side...
• Okay, so to make it exciting again, there's Tribe fame to be had! And many more delicious Overseers to get access to. So it's off to do Tribal Welcomer/Journeyman/Patroller Missions... leading to that 0 Fame mark when Overseers light up. And there's tribes in each level bracket, so there's a Tribe out there at your Crafting level. Now there's a whole new world to explore as far as finding out new Crafting combos to make Dappers (Tribal Overseers).
On the Minus side...
• That makes it more fun, but it's still no fun. Tribal Overseers don't pay any better than the Civ ones. There's no incentive to get fame with any Tribe up past 0, except maybe to feel good. These lack-of-incentives for Fame grinding are piling up.
• The end-all/be-all complaint that nerfs Joy here is... lack of Freedom. Instead of Crafting what I want to craft, I end up crafting what "they" want me to Craft (they = Missiongivers). No matter who the Missiongiver is (any combo of Civ/Faction/Tribe), they never have Missions for the craft skills that line up with what I prefer to train in. So I either have to remake myself to be something the Dapper Missiongiver market desires, or I get to remain myself but find only a handful of Missions that'll pay out decently for what I make well.
(An example of this is Abyan in Pyr, she pays for Fyros Bracelets/Autolauncher Ammo. Bracelets being my thing, I guess I better take up Autolauncher Ammo now if I want access to her Dappers on a regular basis! And I have. Do I feel good doing it? NO. The Kara guy at OO/Dyron offers a good Bracelet Mission, but that doesn't pay the bills. In fact, it barely nudges Kara fame either. The Icon Worshippers have a good Bracelet Mission, but they payout so poorly being lowbies. You get the idea yet? The Smugglers only swallow 2 bracelets at a time. I guess I'll just have to hit up Crystabell every hour+15min. Do I feel good doing that? NO.
Whoring out for a good tribal Bracelet Missiongiver! Send resume to Wintergreen. :P)
Hope that makes sense to yas... what's missing in our new economy is... Fun. :)
•••Winter•••
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