Letter from the Producer, XXI (11/24/2011)

[Lordender]

Crafting will be fixed in 2.0 along with 99.5% of everything else.

[Spider-Dan]

You seriously think that the number of people who believe (as Corrderio does) that there will be a distinction between the "elite" +2/+3 and the plain old +1s is small?

I think there's a serious contingent of people out there who will be furious that the time and effort they spent to get "real" HQs is now being trivialized when theirs are being made equal to easily acquired +1s. You may recognize this group; they are the same people who complain about powerleveling being too good, or the exp curve being shortened, or any other update that gives a positive benefit to the masses over the elite.

[Corrderio]

I never said there was. Just when Yoshida first mentioned having only NQ and HQ I could have sworn he said HQ1 was going NQ and was undecided on what to do with HQ2.

Then again, that was a long time ago. And with how annoying HQing seems to be now it's now not really surprising.

[miokomioko]

I think there's a serious contingent of people out there who will be furious that the time and effort they spent to get "real" HQs is now being trivialized when theirs are being made equal to easily acquired +1s. You may recognize this group; they are the same people who complain about powerleveling being too good, or the exp curve being shortened, or any other update that gives a positive benefit to the masses over the elite.

You're also talking about people stupid enough to be busting their ass trying to min/max their shit in a game in the midst of being completely overhauled. Nothing of value was lost.

[Spider-Dan]

"The game is being overhauled anyway" certainly wasn't a good enough excuse to stop the flood of tears about powerleveling being too good (a successful strategy, it bears mentioning). Why would this be any different?

[Charismatic]

"The game is being overhauled anyway" certainly wasn't a good enough excuse to stop the flood of tears about powerleveling being too good (a successful strategy, it bears mentioning). Why would this be any different?

I'm pretty sure his point was along the lines of 'who gives a fuck what they think?'
And to answer that question... certainly not me.