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Theatre of Blood: Entry Mode
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02-Jul-2018 18:23:12
I already can tell that people will disagree on unique drops. If there is going to be a death fee, there needs to be some reward from doing entry mode, but it doesn't have to come from uniques.
I think it makes sense to split the question in two. I don't want to see entry mode fail because the disagreement is coming from whether or not uniques are included. I think entry mode is a great way to get people excited about doing hard mode, so I want it to have a chance at passing.
The split can be something like 1. "Should we introduce entry mode for Theatre of Blood? -info on scaling balances for entry mode-" and the follow-up is 2. "If we introduce entry mode for Theatre of Blood, should players have a chance at getting avernic defender and justiciar armor, but at a x10 rare rate? No pet will be included on the drop table in entry mode."
I half expected all the uniques to be included in the drop table, but at the 1/32k rate. Even saying that, I think including some uniques in the drop table (albeit very rare) makes doing entry mode thrilling, too. I think the defender will retain value because loads of people will want it.
I know there's a fear that justiciar armor will be devalued too quickly. Justiciar armor is tank armor, but many players prefer armor that improves their damage per second over tank armor. Justiciar armor is likely to be devalued over time. If we were already at that point, where justiciar armor was 10m (instead of its current 200m+ value), would you be more willing to allow it to exist in the entry mode table?
We already have monsters that drop items at very rare rates that their boss counterpart drops at something like 1/200 rates. Take hellhounds and dust devils, for example. Hellhounds drop smoldering stones and dust devils drop the dragon chainbody. Ultimately, it's the boss that causes these items to be cheap, not the grind-y monsters, because people farm the boss and get loads of the items.
Consider both sides when voting!
I think it makes sense to split the question in two. I don't want to see entry mode fail because the disagreement is coming from whether or not uniques are included. I think entry mode is a great way to get people excited about doing hard mode, so I want it to have a chance at passing.
The split can be something like 1. "Should we introduce entry mode for Theatre of Blood? -info on scaling balances for entry mode-" and the follow-up is 2. "If we introduce entry mode for Theatre of Blood, should players have a chance at getting avernic defender and justiciar armor, but at a x10 rare rate? No pet will be included on the drop table in entry mode."
I half expected all the uniques to be included in the drop table, but at the 1/32k rate. Even saying that, I think including some uniques in the drop table (albeit very rare) makes doing entry mode thrilling, too. I think the defender will retain value because loads of people will want it.
I know there's a fear that justiciar armor will be devalued too quickly. Justiciar armor is tank armor, but many players prefer armor that improves their damage per second over tank armor. Justiciar armor is likely to be devalued over time. If we were already at that point, where justiciar armor was 10m (instead of its current 200m+ value), would you be more willing to allow it to exist in the entry mode table?
We already have monsters that drop items at very rare rates that their boss counterpart drops at something like 1/200 rates. Take hellhounds and dust devils, for example. Hellhounds drop smoldering stones and dust devils drop the dragon chainbody. Ultimately, it's the boss that causes these items to be cheap, not the grind-y monsters, because people farm the boss and get loads of the items.
Consider both sides when voting!
03-Jul-2018 00:26:04
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