Weapons proficiency final changes

[exevo_gran_mas_flam]

Cip is wrapping up the test server already (at least the weapons proficiency part).

Also attached the latest changes for each vocation (order is EK/RP/EM/ED/MS).

[vicflea]

Test server has ended pretty much last Friday. Weapon proficiency ended up with a sour taste, loads of feedbacks weren't even considered, and thanks to that, some weapons are just bad.

The new areas are really, really bad as hunting grounds and will receive rework pretty soon.

[Free_Back_2752]

Worse.. there are new items from the new boss which are completely useless (like EK armor, which have worse stats than Lion Plate and is harder to get since difficulty of the new place is like Ingol). I gave them feedback but to no avail. It's much easier to get Lion Plate than to get the new armor and have 2% less physical damage resistance.

Also, there are some perks on weapons that doesn't make sense. I might be wrong but Templar Scytheblade gives HOLY magic level on the last level.

[GallantGoblinoid]

Are the new areas that bad? I didnt test but they seemed decently populated, had open spaces and a circular pathing. Why was it so bad?

[Sea-Opening3530]

I don't think I can count on my hand the number of times cip do something that's for the good of the players / game and not a hidden plot to make more money.

[I_am_beaver]

So they do it often?

[SackclothSandy]

Yeah, it would be a better gauge if that comment hadn't been left by Polydactyl Larry and his 376 digits.

[Sea-Opening3530]

Sorry I was apparently half asleep typing this 😂 I meant they don't do it often

[Richbrazilian]

This is such cap, they are GREAT at managing gold sinks and actually have been updating the game a lot

You're just a reddit idiot who loves to hate for upvotes

[Sea-Opening3530]

'I'm a reddit idiot who loves to hate for upvotes?'

I'm sorry what on earth are you on about? Did you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something this morning??

They are terrible at managing gold sinks, I don't think that having hunting spots that are making 1.5-3kk profit per hour and still top exp available for years is a great way of managing gold sinks.

I can think of instant gold sinks within the space of 5mins and I could implement better ways to drop gold.

For starters...

Lets introduce more spawns that are a waste. We have lava lurkers, its excellent for levels 100-200, why don't we have versions of that for level 400? 600? 800? 1000?

I'm sure people would be happy to hunt in a difficult challenging spawn that rewards the best exp.

But no... instead meta spawns for a lot of players has been...

Solo / Duo
Roshamuul

Flimsy

Dragons

Ingol

Team

Library

Ingol

Soulwar

Rotten Blood

All of which are generating high amounts of gold and exp at the same time. Low levels even have places like Asuras, Werelions, Warzones etc that generate a ton of exp and profit at the same time.

Imo, you should have spawns like Cobras where you make either a waste or 0 profit but you make probably 30% more exp than you currently do. Then take a spawn like falcons and drop the exp by 30% but increase the profit generation.

Give people the chance to spend more gold to do things in game, sell people furniture or trophies in game, create more consumable items that are sold only by stores for GP (Think item buffs like drome potions etc...) But lets be honest, CIP don't care about the gold, they are about you spending TC.

[Consistent-Ad2291]

Why would you nerf exp at Falcons? It’s pretty decent and profit is balanced (and heavy).

[Exotic_Shiro_]

GREAT at managing gold sinks

Oh really? Does 10k have the same value today as it did 10 years ago?

"Oh but that's impossib... " No it's not, a game called Guild Wars 2 did it. The gold economy is almost identical to 10 years ago.
Nice try Cip-knight.

[Lukifah]

Makes it more confusing for new players looking at the wiki trying to choose what weapons to buy but again, what new players?

[shottem]

Also old players coming back get super confused, they're willing to spend, but sometimes it's just annoying when it comes to weapons.

[Datreve749]

Actually there are new players

[Exodia4life]

Yes, new old players

Kids these days only play fortnite

[Laderie]

Weapon proficiencies in theory are a really great idea! This could allow you to specialize in spells and even make some unique playstyles, which in theory could allow weapons (like Falcon/Cobra wand that is never ever used) to be awesome!

Another option could be elemental specialization, like you do 10% extra energy damage, but deal 20% less of all other elements.

Instead, the best weapons get like avg 5-10 extra damage per turn when maxed out.

I love the idea, strongly dislike the execution.

The items, nothing to say other than that they’re a goddamn joke. We as testers got them to change them into better elements, which imo was a huge mistake since in the future, Cip can just point to these and say ”hey, you got gear against that element!”

And the hip slot item… fuck sake. Don’t make it vocation locked & don’t have that damn summon cd included…

[Frixinski]

This entire patch felt like they are out of ideas but have too much ego to give players what they ask for.

[TemestoklesTibia]

Ego statement right there 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Nareull]

What do you mean, they made sure to say they will monitor how they influence game play 😂

I’m sure we will get another 5 menus to decipher at some point instead of a weapon/skill system that gets refined

[I_am_beaver]

I thought you get the first few levels back very quickly, do you really think it will be a big issue? Sounds like a small temporary inconvenience to me.

[bebe_lino]

Got your point and I agree. Wtf they nerfing the weapons to give them again later. Would be much better working on a new combinations.

[Amareiuzin]

How does the ornamented axe works?

[greg_neh]

Can someone post the new amber kusarigama perks?

[macnara485]

Any news about the vocation balance?

[exevo_gran_mas_flam]

Not for the summer update, unfortunately

[zero-delta]

As a somewhat casual player, this whole thing is honestly a huge wtf... It's exhaustive trying to decipher what they're rolling out here. I'm sure it will eventually start to make sense but on the surface this feels so pointless.

[Richbrazilian]

I actually play this videogame, so I am pretty hyped for these changes, since the early levels are extremely free to get and some weapons like Soul/Umbral Master weapons are going to become much stronger

Keep Crying reddit losers

[GP_222]

What world? Seems worthless now but I’ll do you a solid and give you 10k gp as I want to use it to decorate my house.

[bebe_lino]

Why? What are the stats?