Possible wide ranging nerfs and AA autogrant incomingFollow

I disagree that it's not about boosting new or returning players. SOE would love to have everyone just in the newer content. The less time new players spend bumbling alone through Befallen and Runnyeye, looking at antiquated graphics and wondering where all the other players are, the better it is for SOE. that's not to say it's exclusively about it but, if SOE could quietly kick all the pre-70 content under a rug and pretend it doesn't exist, they'd love to do it.

Edited, Feb 8th 2014 1:10am by Jophiel

I miss boxy orcs and old kobolds as well but I'm not a 15 year old mentally comparing the game to Skyrim or the latest fantasy-themed MMO coming around (which I guess, coincidentally, would be ESO).

People who are mad about the change.. are already level 100... This AA change is great for Returning Players and New Players as well as for casual players who do not have max level characters to help them.. The game is a solo game untill level 85, and unless you already know what to do, have friends that actually play or a guild you are stuck with a huge impass in the current game.

Giving these players the chance to catch up to group content is a great way to do it, and there is very little that can be done to do this. When you play a class like a warrior and the only way you can do current content is have max AA's for your level on top of Gear and Augments.. you find yourself frustrated if you do not have help.. Playing the game solo is reason why you see a million Mages and no Warriors being Leveled. Getting the AA's also means that new/returning players can spend more time working on their actual playing instead of farming AA's in grind spots that require no ability to play your class.

Those who scream at this as a handout, well Im sorry but so was the removal of Heck levels.. the increase in exp gain etc...etc...etc... guess what the game changes.. you reached level 100 without it.. great... now others will get to enjoy the game too without have to climb the mountain that has been erected behind you.

I know... right? This means that old timers coming back to the game do not have to look at the giant mountain ahead of them and get discouraged because they see thousands of AA's and no one to group with. Now they will be able to catch up to everyone else. This is a good thing, there is no reason to have people struggle alone and we may see people start up Tanks again, since most would not because of the heavy AA cost that they have.

I would submit the idea that the casual players that the devs are claiming would benefit from heroic characters are mostly not the same folks who were paying for PLs. I'm reasonably certain that the primary target for heroic characters is the guy who's PLing his 8th character to level 100, since this shaves some time off that (and will counteract the nerf to swarming they're doing).


I just didn't see a whole lot of folks who PLed their first character, or even their second. It's usually the 3rd or 4th character that people start PLing, because at that point they've gone through those levels with enough characters that it's not "fun" anymore. And I'm not saying that's not just a valid a way to play. PL and box away if you want. My point is that it's misleading to claim that this is some kind of benefit for the casual players, who have altitis and never get characters past 70something. I find it unlikely a whole lot of those players are going to find getting a level 85 character without working for it satisfying at all.

Yeah I for one will not be interested in heroic Characters... I have tons of alts and I love the leveling.. im glad that Now I can level and gear up without worring so much about AA's. The heroic characters will cater to people bored who do not want to level a character or box... for people who want to have a back up for guild/raid... for players who love to cheat or be powerful fast..... for PVP players who want to get a jump in PVP...

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Beastlords:

AA's:
Sha's Reprisal. New Spell data.
Changes made: Melee slow increased from 66% to 68%.

/sigh