Cultural Nerfage? (unsubstantiated rumour)

[Ngreth Thergn]

Ok. Then I will just stop talking since you folks do not want to hear from me.

I will shut up until I have hard data, if that is what you really want.

I was just trying to stop the poking at individual devs, be they me or Maddoc or Merloc (the other ones mentioned here) and put it on SOE as a team. But sure. Go ahead and put it all on me if it makes you feel better. I am the one who opened my big mouth in the first place and tried to communicate, even if I did so poorly.

I know I am sounding defensive. I probably should not have said anything, I just did not like seeing blame put on Maddoc and Merloc.

[Bobaten]

Well as a mid-tier raider I am already on the record as saying nerf me before the announcement, and the proposed changes while different than what I suggested look good, so I see no reason to change my opinion now.
But, while you are rearranging the stats on these pieces, could you look at the Heroic stats and/or new mod2's? The tier 2 armor(attuneable gear) has 10 heroic stats per slot (only 8 on wrists) for a total of 76. Sublimes (tier 3, but attuneable) have an average of 7 heroic stats per slot for a total of 56. Adding some of this to the elegant and new level 75 armor could bring bring them a bit closer, and might help ease the pain of the nerf.
Also.. whatever you name the level 75 armor.. could it please not start with "E"?
Between Elaborate, Eminent, Exalted, Elegant, and Exquisite, I find it SO easy to not type what I mean.

[ork]

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if your gonna nerf all the mid tier players, it seems fit to nerf the 800 to 1k+ hp gear from the raid gear then. i mean if you want to close the gap, then stop expanding the **** gap so much on raid gear

[filobeto]

Ok. Then I will just stop talking since you folks do not want to hear from me.

Sir?

Please don't stop talking because of some folks, not all folks.

Communication will always be the #1 issue if it does not exist. Some will be unhappy of these changes (me included but I'll survive), some will be unhappy if no changes, but, everyone will be unhappy if there is no communication.

/salute

[Maevenniia]

Before people start flying of the handle, lets wait and see what the numbers will look like. The changes may not be as severe as you all fear.

I do hope that the Seals will not be decreased too much, so that Last Bloods will still be desireable RAID loot, as Last Bloods may be one of the stronger motivating factors for the mid-tiers to raid Demi at all...if they are nerfed to worthlessness then there will be that much less incentive to raid Demi.

[KyrosKrane]

I've allowed this thread to continue in the interest of getting a balanced, rational discussion. Since this is Primal Scream, I also allowed some leeway. However, my previous warning has not been heeded, and the thread is quickly devolving into little more than repeated attacks on the dev team. This is not allowed on these boards.

Therefore, I'm going to close this thread. If you wish to continue the discussion, you may do so in the thread in the general forum. Remember that thread is NOT in Primal Scream, so there will be much less leeway for ranting. Please keep the discussions civil, and focused on the logic and the items, NOT on the people.