...something fun:) Like actually more work would mean a profit in game...Not like now: if you are not lucky, you are undergeared....
I geared 5 characters (all PK able) in 6 months when I played. 1 year of farming is a huge exaggeration. Even though I know you didn't mean it literally (at least I hope not) it doesn't even take half that time.This would solve absolutely nothing. If you mean so other classes can wear the gear, then this would mean a complete and utter change of the whole R8 systems, as each class has class-specific gear. Just no.At first, I saw the intentions behind your suggestion, but now it just seems you are just not willing to work for anything. If that is the case, I think you are on the wrong server. That is not our design nor is it anything we would like to be. The reason we are the best p.server is because we are different from all the other servers.This would just ruin balance.As Achilles said, you can still PK in semi-decent R8, which is more than easy enough to obtain.You aren't working to PK, that is already possible.You are just working towards better gear.
The difference between our way of thinking is that:you think that average gears allow you to pk vs. me, who thinks that average gear does not allow you to pk on a decent level.Farming level, r8, morai, new horizon, r8 stats, cube, warsong, ornaments takes a long time... at least half a year if you are spending much time in game. Farming end gear (with really good r8 stats) would surely take more thne half a year.All arcane r8 gears are same for every class (just an example), so making them stashable would not influence any balance.
I don't think it, I know it. I did it for a year. Like I said, had 5 geared chars, PKd on them all, for months. Was in the process of a 6th before GMing. My stats were average. I had no issues PKing.People seem to think that GMs have no knowledge or experience of players. We were players. For longer than we have been GMs. Plus we still test all this, on test servers and the live server. Our knowledge doesn't come from thin air, it comes from first-hand experience.Not everyone has OP gear, imo less than half the server would have what is defined as 'OP gear', so are you trying to say that the rest of the server can't PK decently? Because from all the PK we see daily, TWs, NWs, PVP events, NS, we see heaps.The only difference between when I played and now is Meridian and War Avatars. Meridian is lengthy but not game breaking and more than easy enough to PK without until you get it maxed.War Avatars are easily bought or farmed or traded, from what I can see. Capes, orns, etc, all tradeable and stashable so only really need to be farmed once.So therefore, all you need to really work on after your first character, is R8, which is always being changed and made slightly easier by giving altenate methods to farm (warrior seals, ST, trials, EC). Plus all the new methods of gaining EC that are always being added (which indirectly affects R8 as you can trade it for mats) so you can't really say that we never add anything new or change anything.
I actually think that GMs are some of best players .i think that you can do mass pk on any char, i think that some classes are more stats-dependant (like arcane dd classes).New horizon has shifted balance a lot. Ok spammed enough:)P.S. I am giving some basic ideas, not ready solutions. It all has to be adjusted and tested... u can't implement new stuff without that.
The difference between our way of thinking is that:you think that average gears allow you to pk vs. me, who thinks that average gear does not allow you to pk on a decent level.Farming level, r8, morai, new horizon, r8 stats, cube, warsong, ornaments takes a long time... at least half a year if you are spending much time in game. Farming end gear (with really good r8 stats) would surely take more thne half a year.All arcane r8 gears are same for every class (just an example), so making them stashable would not influence any balance.In my opinion, a char without end gear (r8 with close to max stats) is only good for ares and other pve.
