September Version Update Preview: Part Two (09/03/2008)

[Indalecia]

I came.

[Midnightjade]

I think anyone who is bitching at this point about the NI changes is just doing so because they're butt hurt over all the grinding they did in NI. Since they're all butt hurt it really shows the grind just makes you bitter and unhappy. NI changes specifically were added to help casual players access the new WSs that's totally fair, imo.

I've been doing Nyzul for 18months on and off, 1-100 at least 5 times plus large quanities of farming.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that other players will now be able to get stuff out of Nyzul for less time invested. I just wish they'd done it earlier.

If they had, then I could've been done with all the Nyzul grinding months ago, and now I could be... uh.... grinding another event... like maybe Dynamis... oh god just shoot me now....

[orson]

I've been doing Nyzul for 18months on and off, 1-100 at least 5 times plus large quanities of farming.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that other players will now be able to get stuff out of Nyzul for less time invested. I just wish they'd done it earlier.

If they had, then I could've been done with all the Nyzul grinding months ago, and now I could be... uh.... grinding another event... like maybe Dynamis... oh god just shoot me now....

They should have just done it from the beginning and no one would be bitching now I'm guessing.

[Guitarman]

SE could make everyone's dreams come true plus orally fellate you daily, and someone would still find something to bitch about. Just a fact of life.

[Croaker]

I had grown accustomed to SE only putting the EASY button on things I had already completed.

As someone who has only done Nyzul 3 times, I am pleased with this update.


...who had trouble soloing EP?

[Alistaire]

...who had trouble soloing EP?

Who said anything about having trouble? They're just looking to make them more of an alternate to regular xp parties.

[Kyreth]

This? Fucking hell, anything that makes this game less of an annoying time sink is not a nerf, its a bonus. I'm not saying Nyzul was an unholy bastard child of the development team, AV, and too many 8 balls but do you really, REALLY want to have to haul your ass up 100+ floors over, and over and over AND OVER for mythic weapons?
This goes along with them saying they wanted them to be easier to obtain than dynamis relics. You can actually say that after this update that might be true.

Considering Mythic weapons are supposed to be weaker than relics, and the base for relics drops like candy in Dynamis, having the damn things only drop once in all the floors of Nyzul AND be random to boot was kinda silly. Not anymore.

Also, EP/DC farming for me is about to get nicer. At any level.

[Acturus]

SE could make everyone's dreams come true plus orally fellate you daily, and someone would still find something to bitch about. Just a fact of life.

I'd love to see the patch notes for THAT update.

[Croaker]

Who said anything about having trouble? They're just looking to make them more of an alternate to regular xp parties.

SE - "...to better reward players for braving the challenges these still-formidable foes present."

A boost will be great, but I don't think it was needed.

And just so I can avoid the teenage logic trolls, I officially rephrase my previous statement of "...who had trouble soloing EP?", to "... who thinks EP were formidable foes?"

[Katlan]

...who had trouble soloing EP?

I don't think they are intending EP-DC mob farming to now give about 2-4k+ per hr of XP, as that would make mid-range PT's harder to get. But none can say that soling a DC mob for a few minutes & getting 50xp was worth the effort. I'll be very surprised if the XP change is anything but minor, but it will be nice if I could get 100xp+ off my DC agro

[Bozo]

Now, there is a possibility that foes on other floors will drop these weapons as well)

Sorry if it's been asked already but I'm a tad confused and don't want to read the whole thread.

Does this mean that any enemy in Nyzul can now drop the weapons? Is it more likely to be 20/40/60/80 NM's?

[NotGreyheim]

Damnit SE, you're making it harder for me to not re-up

[psychodwarf]

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[Max™]

Well, I was right that they wouldn't make us get the base weapons as it stood, didn't expect them to completely turn down the difficulty like that... but hey.

HATS FOR EVERYONE!

[Hellfury]

Sorry if it's been asked already but I'm a tad confused and don't want to read the whole thread.

Does this mean that any enemy in Nyzul can now drop the weapons? Is it more likely to be 20/40/60/80 NM's?

So in essence, you think someone should reward you for being lazy and hand you everything you need/want on a dish?

(it has not been made clear what exactly they mean)

[ByeByeTasai]

I like the NI change, and I have a disk at the top. My group will basically have to do one more climb from floor 1 still so that all of us can get access, but that won't be too bad when NI was already easy.

And I'm sure they did this to help all of the people that aren't captains yet take more time to work on Mercenary Rank for the Weapon Quest.

Now waiting for the update day announcement of the real number of Alexandrites it will take to complete the Mythic Weapons + stats.

edit:

From the way they word it, it's my guess that they might drop from any Defeat Enemy Leader floor.

[Tempyst]

I've got Pachipachio and a quick and dirty 5-hit setup lined up in case the new SAM WS is really 3 hits and not well modified by extra TP

Let's do this shit

[Callisto]

I've got Pachipachio and a quick and dirty 5-hit setup lined up in case the new SAM WS is really 3 hits and not well modified by extra TP

Let's do this shit

But if he lies his nose may grow too large

[Tarage]

...So all we need to do is throw up and SE turns cool?

Get out your fingers!

[Therin]

If that great katana WS was 3-hit critical SAM/WAR would be way too broken, haha.