If you have a complaint with the game, or are demanding an end to this or that that should be changed, your complaints are likely to fall on deaf ears. Why? Because your complaints, while vocal, are exactly that, a vocal minority. I’m pretty sure the devs (Demiurge) and the publisher (D3) have an idea of where they want the game to go. It sucks that they don’t share that with us, but who said they had to? If you want to stop playing, and think others will as well, because of how the game is or how you think it will be, then that is something that you can control; what you can’t control, is the direction the devs and the publisher are aiming for.
Too many 4s being introduced? You can’t cover max or level max all the 4s? Boo hoo, who said you had to? You get no benefit from having everyone maxed. If you want to have everyone maxed, then that is a choice you are making. There are ways to get everyone cover maxed and level maxed; unfortunately, it means that you’ll have to buy covers and ISO. You don’t want to do that? Then guess what, you won’t have cover maxed and level maxed 4*s. If you go to an all you can eat buffet, are you gonna eat everything because it’s there or are you going to eat all that you want to? The amount that you eat is in your control. The amount of food that is there, is not.
PVE and PVP. Those are terms we give to the game. If you’re paying attention to the video Q&A’s, the devs (Demiurge) make sure to refer to them as Versus and Story events. They call nodes pins. They have their way, and we have our way. If you don’t like how the PVEs are competitive, then don’t play. Leave the competition for the ones that don’t mind competing for covers. If you’re whining about PVE being competitive, who said that it wasn’t supposed to be? The game has always been that way, the amount of covers rewarded is low, but that’s the way the devs want it. They’ve actually increased it, putting it in line with the amount of 3* covers that are rewarded. Most of the people that complain about PVE complain, but still play. So you’re sending a mixed message. We hate how it is, but we will continue to play. If you want to send a clear message, don’t play. Pretty simple, leave competitive PVE to me and the others that are willing to play it. Sure, there are better ways, a la progression rewards, but until they decide it will happen, you’re stuck with how it is. Deal with it.
It may sound like I’m white-knighting for the devs, but it’s actually the opposite. I’d love more communication, which did come with the August sneak peek. I’m pretty sure the devs hate me. I am f2p, but I don’t discourage people that want to pay. I encourage them to only pay for roster slots, because everything else has a diminishing return, where you might have buyers remorse when you pull the cover you pay for or are disappointed with the covers you pulled from packs. I called them out on their lack of communication, which still stands, especially with the 3* on the 10 pks for the Gauntlet. When they announced stuff on reddit and other places than the official forums for the game, I pointed it out. The more time you spend complaining, the more time people like me, are passing you in PVE. Complaining and demanding stuff is not gonna get you anywhere. For every person that agrees with your complaints, there are probably 10 people that aren’t even aware of them, and they’re paying/playing.
There’s plenty of things I’d want them to improve. But instead of complaining/whining and trying to get them to change their ways, I’d rather find out their ways, and make the most out of it so I can make the most of what I can control. I actually started the bracket count threads, with a Juggernaut heroic thread. If you don’t believe me, I’ll look it up and post it. I would prefer people make their decisions based on knowing how things work. That’s why in my sig, there’s a rookie mistakes link. Others should be able to read and learn, as opposed to repeat the same mistakes. You may think it’s gaming the system, but I would say it’s learning the system, and making informed choices that are most beneficial to you.
Really glad downvotes have been removed, because I’m pretty sure this post would get downvoted to oblivion. Pretty sure a lot of the white knights that might approve of this post, I’d probably wish they didn’t, because I don’t like their opinions on most other things. One of the reasons I visited the forums less has already retired, supposedly. Less complaining threads, would have me visiting more often. I’d rather the forums be dead and only have informative info or discussions about the game, than it be alive with complaints and people whining.
