Does anyone else feel that it would be much better to have the old item leveling up system were you didn't have to grind for heat crystals which in the case of the 5* ones is very tedious and also the return of gate construction where players used to deposit minerals for cr and create their own stratums.
Do you think these should return?
Old Heat System and Arcade mineral deposits.
For the gates one, people will only ever put in Moonstone & Valestone, meaning only poison, freeze & boss stratums.
Imagine how annoying that'd get.
That valestone and moonstone thing happened soon after battle sprites were introduced. I call that the "ice age" of the arcade, and it was as bad as you think it might be.
As for the heat system, yes it is sort of annoying, but it is far less annoying than the old mist days. From a game design standpoint the forge is a good alternative to paid elevators. As a player, the difference is that instead of playing until you run out of mist (and thus, have to stop heating your gear), you have to actively play and find certain items. It might take you the same amount of time including wait times if you actively play, but it's more noticeable now.
A forge pass, like an elevator pass from times past, would be really nice though.
I agree with bringing back the heat system, but thats mainly because I'm sick of getting 50 billion crystals just so I can fail to upgrade my helmet and get vog cub... and while I miss the deposits, I feel like that would be rather unbalanced...
Suggested and Discarded before.
Sorry mate. I don't like it either but I do like finding Alchemy Orbs.
it was made to balance out free elevators. you need something to prevent people from getting 5* in two days.
so, we might need a replacement for it.