@Aleeskandaro - I'll have to time my next run, but I can say anecdotally that a Lakes run is usually about the only thing I can do in a night. Lakes has a lot of dismounting and going through portals, and (of course) a lot of swimming. There is one leg where I have been known to just hit Autorun and go AFK for long enough that it's ridiculous. But most nights, I feel my time is better spent doing something more rewarding than trading a few bales of forage for a pitifully small handful of points. And that is the real issue
Sure, I could earn much more if I decided to just min/max with zero regard for lore/RP, swap back to Karavan, and become a Matis Vassal. That alone means that the system truly is set up such that one is better off having their lowbie alt do the run for them. The same is true of the Prospector missions too; if you are Ranger/Neutral, then you're better off having your alt dig, and if you're Mara you have to use an alt. I feel that that is a bad mechanic unless it's specifically designed to force one to be a nationalist, in which case it's a horrid mechanic. Do we want to reward those who bring their character to life, or merely those who play a character that is mechanically optimal? IMO, the mechanics should reward the RP-er more than the min/max-er, but what do I know? :)
One possible solution I can see is pretty simple; add Marauder and Ranger/Neutral missions that give the same points as the racial ones to those of their respective nationalities, as well as matching merchants in their respective camps. It might give us Rangers more incentive to visit Almati more often!
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@Revvy - It's not personal, but most who share the views I post here do not come to these forums or even have Uni chat on because they don't feel like dealing with precisely the sort of smugly arrogant and disrespectfully dismissive attitude that you just displayed yet again. Simply put, I don't like seeing good players driven off or server population declining because they feel the game punishes them for playing like they actually have some freedom. I've seen too much of that already, and I would rather try to get the problem fixed than just cancel my sub and uninstall, no matter how much you want me to do exactly that and leave you to your lore-on-rails MOBA.
This patch did some damage as some feel it does punish them for daring to be something other than a K/K Patriot/Vassal/Citizen/Initiate. But even if the devs balance the fame/dapper rewards and CD timers in a revision of this patch, a major problem that this patch spotlighted will remain as it has multiple causes. I want the problem solved. If solving the problem means addressing those other causes then I really don't care if you think it irrelevant or not; it's still the same problem.
Maybe you will learn to not be one of those causes... or not.
Sure, I could earn much more if I decided to just min/max with zero regard for lore/RP, swap back to Karavan, and become a Matis Vassal. That alone means that the system truly is set up such that one is better off having their lowbie alt do the run for them. The same is true of the Prospector missions too; if you are Ranger/Neutral, then you're better off having your alt dig, and if you're Mara you have to use an alt. I feel that that is a bad mechanic unless it's specifically designed to force one to be a nationalist, in which case it's a horrid mechanic. Do we want to reward those who bring their character to life, or merely those who play a character that is mechanically optimal? IMO, the mechanics should reward the RP-er more than the min/max-er, but what do I know? :)
One possible solution I can see is pretty simple; add Marauder and Ranger/Neutral missions that give the same points as the racial ones to those of their respective nationalities, as well as matching merchants in their respective camps. It might give us Rangers more incentive to visit Almati more often!
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@Revvy - It's not personal, but most who share the views I post here do not come to these forums or even have Uni chat on because they don't feel like dealing with precisely the sort of smugly arrogant and disrespectfully dismissive attitude that you just displayed yet again. Simply put, I don't like seeing good players driven off or server population declining because they feel the game punishes them for playing like they actually have some freedom. I've seen too much of that already, and I would rather try to get the problem fixed than just cancel my sub and uninstall, no matter how much you want me to do exactly that and leave you to your lore-on-rails MOBA.
This patch did some damage as some feel it does punish them for daring to be something other than a K/K Patriot/Vassal/Citizen/Initiate. But even if the devs balance the fame/dapper rewards and CD timers in a revision of this patch, a major problem that this patch spotlighted will remain as it has multiple causes. I want the problem solved. If solving the problem means addressing those other causes then I really don't care if you think it irrelevant or not; it's still the same problem.
Maybe you will learn to not be one of those causes... or not.
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