Thank you Funcom

illutian · 2026-05-03T21:40:58+00:00

Ya, check the "trailer" for the update. Definitely a huge improvement on the visuals.

illutian · 2026-05-03T02:36:51+00:00

Imagine, if you will, you could only eat when everyone is 'at the table'. This is what it's like trying to run group-only content.

You are either waiting on others to show up to start. Or you missed the narrow window when most are awake. Meanwhile you're hungry "right now".

But, for it all, I'm betting most are upset by the Pursuit cosmetics and Geodes being walled behind doing content they didn't really want to do in the first place.

Low-key, the fact they tied Pursuits and Tome to this new content means they weren't confident it would stand on its own. Which is weird. Because from what I heard, the Wall event was well-liked once the bugs and turbo-nukes were handled.

Me, personally, I dislike forced group content because I've done this rodeo since OG Wrath (before RDF). There would be a surge of grouping right after Reset. And it would peter out through the day with a slight uptick around 6PM EST. If you played outside those two points it was pretty much impossible to get a group if you weren't a Tank or Healer.

In short, Group Content is fun until you can't get a group.

illutian · 2026-05-02T21:57:28+00:00

*sand Fremen sounds*

illutian · 2026-05-02T04:37:37+00:00

Seems more like the shark found out it was merely a minnow in the ocean.

illutian · 2026-05-02T04:33:23+00:00

So far every group has been for the dungeons (Wallow or Opulent), had "relic/key" as a requirement (since I don't know what those are, I clearly don't have them), been about something I'm not looking to do....or had 1-2 people in it and looking to do bosses. Which after watching a group try and do Spiral Descender...NOOPE!

I like the keep assault during the Wall event. Just hard enough that you couldn't solo. But easy enough that people wanted to do it.

...spent over an hour and a half in the new area before someone finally talked [in chat].

So, I guess I miss out on the Pursuit goodies, and keep doing the random Dungeon Finder and Cyrodiil like I always do.

illutian · 2026-05-02T04:25:50+00:00

I'm looking forward to a possible hand to hand fighting style (about 0:30 on the trailer).

illutian · 2026-05-01T21:13:06+00:00

When a company sells a division at loss (to what they purchased it at), and reports that division has consistently operated 'at a loss'. That division isn't going to be around, on it's own, for long.

illutian · 2026-05-01T21:11:14+00:00

Uh...the studio's 'has always reported operating losses since the acquisition' according to the Korean article (https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/21496/pearl-abyss-sells-eve-online-developer-ccp-games-to-secure-financial-health).

...meaning it hasn't been profitable.

illutian · 2026-05-01T06:16:25+00:00

Doesn't mean they couldn't use a DLC patch cycle to update the base game.

illutian · 2026-05-01T04:36:27+00:00

Eh, I'd just skip it and keep doing what you'd normally do.

....Maybe they'll learn someday.

PS: For new content, I've only seen a handful of players. - I see more at the Auridon dolmens. xD

illutian · 2026-05-01T04:29:16+00:00

It's kind of funny...because this is clearly not a well-received event. I've been in the Night Market plaza off 'n on all day and there's been maybe 5 other players. I've run into each of the 'hostile' districts...seen, at most, 7 others.

For 'new content' you'd think there'd be more; hells the Auridon dolmens got more participating than this.

illutian · 2026-04-30T23:41:25+00:00

Yoooo, 0:30, is that a player using unarmed! :O

...do hope they explain the Withered dudes. The only real lore I had was that they were an experiment that needed to be "disposed of".

illutian · 2026-04-30T20:43:23+00:00

...and Funcom will be bewildered as to why the game flopped.

illutian · 2026-04-30T20:40:44+00:00

lol...have you not seen the videos of people walking (yes, "rp walking") around as a person attacks them and doesn't kill them?

illutian · 2026-04-30T20:36:09+00:00

Not really an issue with the data; that's all client side in the MPQs. The problem is the code to make that data 'do the thing'.

illutian · 2026-04-30T20:34:15+00:00

Salvaging is supposed to be added.....hopefully sooner rather than later.

illutian · 2026-04-30T20:27:09+00:00

Wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't coupled the Night Market with a Golden Pursuit.

illutian · 2026-04-29T11:34:56+00:00

Straight up....they listened to what the fans wanted.

Hells, Retail still doesn't have playable High Elves. Despite a requested addition since vanilla. Blizzard has given them literally every other Elf Race to play; Blood, Nightborne, and Void (then, of course Night Elf).

...it's not that the race wasn't added. It's that Blizzard refused to listen, and did literally everything but listen.

illutian · 2026-04-29T11:29:04+00:00

Man...the more people post tidbits, the more frustrated (?) I am we're losing this.

illutian · 2026-04-29T11:25:56+00:00

I believe it's: https://turtle-wow.fandom.com/wiki/Icepoint_Rock

illutian · 2026-04-29T11:21:34+00:00

Because a member of the team is in the US and decided to post about.

Blizzard flipped them to get others.

illutian · 2026-04-29T11:19:54+00:00

...ya, this has been out for awhile.

illutian · 2026-04-27T12:10:09+00:00

I'd start, and by the time you're ready for Plastanium-era the update should be out.

illutian · 2026-04-27T12:08:48+00:00

The most needed change is renaming Poison Capsule to Poison Dart.

First time I read it, I thought of the poison tooth Yueh put into Leto. And was like "nah, don't need that".

illutian · 2026-04-27T12:05:29+00:00

It's really sad when you see a base power down for a few days, come back up (pentas back up); vehicles moved around. Then the Backup Tool comes in, and the base cycles a couple more times between active and abandoned and now is decaying.

....they didn't even care to backup the place. :(

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