More loot on compounds.
Small Update Discussion
X'D That " Little More" gave me a bad vibe when i read the update and I was not wrong .
@ Vidmiy this happens everysingle year or 2-3 months ,the issue is that the devs communication and keep everything a secret makes the game be bad lots of people have been saying this but I get the feeling they want to be very secretive which imo is one of the major reason why sk is so badly advertised and known .
¬.¬ simple things such as updating sk youtube channel videos trailers would make the game popularity increase but tahts not even done so outsiders think the game is dead or they look shocked when they hear sk is still alive...
Well on the bright side, this brings the levels more in-line with wolver dens in terms of payout, since wolver dens can have pretty minimal boxes but never just 2.
Had all those coins at the end been turned into boxes it would be more on-par with lichenous lairs, which are pretty fair on payout.
At least this turns the box chance from "low of 2, high of 5, lucky if 7" to "low of 6, high of 9, lucky if 11"..
I am starting to get annoyed at people's attitudes in here. Yes, i know, you and everyone else in here, we are all starved for updates. But seriously? Does it pain you to be thankful towards the smaller updates and changes?
There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with this update. It's all good. It's SOMETHING. And they clearly heard the voices of the community to some extent for them to have improved the prizes on compounds.
The devs are still alive, they are still working on the game and they are still improving it. Be it one pebble at a time, i for one do not care.
I like this update. Good job, Grey Havens.
I like leetle bitty updates in between some content. Swatting bugs and making lil tweaks every so often is quite helpful. :3
@Vidimiy
Adding anything is better than nothing. If it bothers you that much, then don't play anymore.
I'll never understand why some people want every update to be something huge and game changing but the moment such an update is added will endlessly complain about it being huge and game changing.
We've gotten more quality of life changes since the Grey Havens acquisition than we have for the past few years. I've gotta say, I really do love every change we've seen (other than slime coins disappearing after 15 seconds when they're instanced loot, however it's not all that big of a deal in the long run). I'll take small quality of life changes every 2-3 weeks with a moderate to sizable content update every few months over endless promo boxes with maybe a yearly update.
I can totally understand why some people feel this isn't enough. The idea of an update is to make changes that better the game, and while Grey haven has done this, the update is quite underwhelming.
It's like feeding a starving man a single bread crumb. Can you blame the man for wanting more?
Time to re-measure all of the missions that contain a compound level. Fortunately that's not many. Unfortunately running all of them > 20 times is still going to take a while.
@Fangel
I'll never understand why some people want every update to be something huge and game changing but the moment such an update is added will endlessly complain about it being huge and game changing.
There are two tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.
four more boxes in compounds have people typing in all caps
what a time to be alive
tbh I don't really care if they fix the issue they tried and that's what matters if we all sit around yelling not good enough well guess what's going to happen? They just say humph and give up you have to be excited for them AND say that they didn't do enough because they deserve our excitement great game great servers that aren't down mmmmmm yes delish.
I'm impressed they even knew we wanted more boxes on compounds I mean yea we say it constantly and probably still will but at least the fire is going to be slightly lessened and besides, I don't know if those 4 boxes are the only ones added or not.
@bonjourhippo
I did know that I did that earlier today worked out great sometimes you're just stuck a bit and want to fix some bugs so you go spend a day doing that instead of making huge changes.
I'm still waiting for a full revamp of the Compound levels (because it's so nice being blocked to death by a horde of mini-mobs thanks to bad level design), but if 4 more treasure boxes makes them better, then it might as well be a "mega" update in my books.
To be fair, compounds are pretty great levels that have several layers of difficulty added onto them that no other level has. The biggest turn-off for them was their loot numbers being significantly less than other levels despite their difficulty, especially since the change to the game's inner workings making levels with more boxes desirable over levels with more enemies (see: ??? depths before and after. We used to hate treasure vaults and love graveyards, now it's completely the opposite).
What's good now is that players seeking fair rewards will not feel compelled to skip compounds - instead they may skip compounds due to difficulty, which is a reasonable stance I feel.
Got a warning for the title which was changed. I'm sorry Cronus I meant no harm by it and was just being playful.
Oh and now we get equinox back. I guess it's that time of year for me to complain about the ways these boxes are set up again.
Yadda yadda only 20% chance to get promo item is bad, 46% chance to literally lose money worse. Have enough celestial items to just make the whole box celestial instead of the bi-yearly disappointment box... Changing this box to energy bonus instead of standalone box makes it good as it stands, the whole measure...
Basically nothing new from what I have been saying. Looks like we're rotating what the box contents are in the >1% category so at least it's a bit fresh I guess.
One thing that would be neat is if we got a few of the celestial items up on the featured auctions for the duration of the promo.
That's a new fix by the way. It would help the promo but wouldn't save it from my complaints.
Now we just wait another 4 months to complain about solstice...
Long as the update's got something, even a small tweak, it's better than nothing.
What I will say about the equinox is that they're introducing more of the extremely limited cash weapons. This does indeed help to lower the price quite a bit, making the boxed weapons more available to everyone.
Honestly I think Compounds could use more than 4 extra boxes at the end because the challenge vs. reward ratio is better, but still low for the challenge you go through to get it.
I think that Grey Havens are doing well, because these small updates, while they might be small, are hints that they are doing SOMETHING. Compared to OOO, which did very, very little for months, GH have done multiple small updates, such as the casino, iron guild hall, etc. I think these are just things to supplement the time, keep people interested, while GH is working on a decently sized update that won't be consumed in two weeks. Think what Bonjourhippo said in the earlier posts.
I may just be a little to optimistic and over stretching it with the decently sized update, but even the little updates are perfectly fine to me as well. This may sound a little cringy, but its always good to have spirit for Grey Havens, because the developers are people, and if you give them so much negativity they will be discouraged to work on more stuff. And than you'll complain OMG WHY IS THERE NO UPDATES AGAIN SCREW GREY HAVENS WAAAAH
~Feri
Spending a minute recoloring a texture to sell as the new item as a promo does not count as doing something. Nor does a promo with a twist.
BTW, they do not have the luxury of continuing radio silence, so it can be inferred the true situation since that's been going on for years. None of us want to stop believing in content/gameplay updates, but you honestly can't expect me to have an ounce of belief left.
This update wasn't even a promo, you may want to reconsider what you're talking about. If this is about the recon promotion that's happening right now, that's an entirely different thread.
-Peachy
The update truly pissed me off... do they even bother with the game? ITS BEEN SO LONG JUST TO ADD 4 BOXES? AND SOME USELESS ON/OFF DIALOG CRAP?... come on devs :( save the game already