2013-08-02, 02:12 PM
Telos Wrote:I'm not quite seeing the problem you're having. It's true that before, most classes, especially the new ones, could clear ranked mode with mediocre gear. That doesn't mean that they could get a good enough time to actually qualify. My old 150 DB could have completed ranked mode, but it generally didn't have a good enough time to get a glove. The only times that I got a glove were when not that many people did dojo. And how is that the fault of the weaker people who managed to get a glove? You're saying that not that many people bothered to take advantage of content that lets you get a powerful item. So, if a weaker person does go through it, how is it his or her fault that the stronger person couldn't be arsed to do it? If you were strong enough to place, but decided not to do it, it's no one's fault but your own. If you wanted any one of the gloves, you'd just need to spend, like sub-17 minutes. Most people, with a few months/weeks of training, could complete a 10k race, but that doesn't mean that they'll be able to place at the top. So, if you're strong and you want a glove, why is it anyone's problem but your own that you don't bother to dojo? And if your own glove is stronger than the one you could conceivably get from dojo, why are you complaining? You can get one for a week, anvil it if you want, and then never bother trying again until you can move up in the ranks. So, really, who's being hurt if most people can complete it? The top people are effectively the ones who can complete for a top 10 or better glove. The top 50 glove can be an occasional bonus for people with mediocre gear. If a person with generally good gear but a bad glove wants to get a glove, they would easily be able to get at least a top 50 glove. The gloves aren't tradeable or permanent anyway, so it's not like it devalues your sales of empress gloves or anything. The mediocre people generally won't be able to consistently get one.
Also, what if I'm 135+, and I just want to get the card? Unless there's some other way to get it, you effectively can't complete the set. It's not like the set bonus is great anyway, so it effectively locks people out from completing a small prize. In previous events, you could get coins by completing the dojo. Since ranked is effectively impossible to complete for most people now, what is the point of that quest for level 135+ people? This was an issue during the latter parts of the 8th anniversary.
So, how was the old one not fair at all? If you're strong, then you could probably get a glove and prevent a weaker person from getting one. If not enough people bother to dojo, then a weaker person gets a top 50 glove and gets a power boost for a week. And just in case you misinterpret me, I'm not saying that everyone should be able to get a glove. I'm saying it's not a problem if most/a good portion of the playerbase can finish the dojo because stronger players could easily beat those times and get on the board. If they don't bother to do it, that's really too bad.
Im not having a problem at all, Its just a personal opinion with experience in EMS.
We dont have crusader codex and neither does kms, this is something GMS/JMS have to rebalance for KMS content. Hackers, we have plenty of them in ems, before the revamp we had 20 hackers taking slots in dojo rankings (mainly lvl 150 bowmen with 35k w.att weapons) and it ruined the chance for a funded player to actually get rewarded but that rarely happens anymore, maybe 1-2 of them (bet they will come back when empress is fixed).
Alloy Wrote:How is the old one unfair compared to the new one? Basically, with a bit of effort, before, you could earn a glove you could actually USE. Right now, when you need such gear to even grab a crappy place, why would you need the glove? It's basically giving empty rewards now. But before, it was basically a top 50 rank that got filled. Now, less people get rewarded, end of the story. First is first, second is second, and so on, but it just cuts on a shorter time.
Not to mention that Standing there for 30 minutes+ pressing one key until a boss goes down is simply idiotic. Yes, you are killing a boss ALONE, without any kind of strategy, spamming the best DPS for God knows how long. If anything, they should have fixed spawn times.
How is it an empty reward? Rank 50 dojo glove gives 20 all stat 10 w.att 12% all stat 12% total dmg and 15% boss dmg. Combine that with empress 6th set and you will always have a reason to go dojo. Switch gloves when you need to buff for decent se/si & continue to enjoy your free total dmg/boss dmg. I just dont get your point, you dont want to switch gloves for extra boss dmg or are you still stuck without a shoulder?