I can enjoy the game and have an opinion about crackpot dev ideas. More then just me complaining
I am seeing a lot of people saying one thing and only mentioning how the power and level shift are happening. Is it true the item power of gear is going to drop to 540? Yes, but that is because the gear will be set to level 50 to match the character level. When this number squish happens all characters that are at level 100 and your gear will follow but they will have the highest rolls possible, and their item power will be 540. I am not sure if the tag of the items being ancestral is going to stay the same and just have the tag of legacy is going to be added or what.
As for the new gear it will be normal items and ancestral, they are removing sacred items entirely. Normal item power at level 60 is going to be 750 and ancestral gear will max at 800. Ancestral gear will only drop on Torment 1 and up and are guaranteed at least one gear affix. While the time and effort players have put into getting the gear they have now is about to become replaceable I guess would be the best way to put it. It does mean a new power grind is coming which does bode well for the game.
This seems pretty clear in the patch notes.
But there are some consequences not very clear:
Actual max chars in eternal lvl 100 not anymore max lvl, now lvl 50. relevel to 60 without ancestrals, they start to drop only at char lvl 60.
Existing ancestral items will be adjusted to item power 540
Will them be adjusted to be NON-ANCESTRAL?
What happens to ancestral low level masterworked items, as masterwork is only for ancestral items?
What happens to uniques? (normal, sacred and ancestral)?
I suppose they will be adjusted to 540 if higher. Will ancestral and sacred be transformed to normal quality?
And the more unclear question, what happens with mytic uniques?
What happens to their item level, stats squish, lvl required to equip�
Yes youâre correct. Because they clarified that Ancestral items are 750+, this means all our existing gear gets downgraded to normal since 540. This means:
- All GAs go away (since only Ancestral 750+ can get GAs)
- All affix ranges gets downgraded (as they said: Affixes on these adjusted items will be rerolled at the highest values in their respective ranges, and ârespectiveâ here means Normal 540)
- Unclear about Mythics, but since they confirmed that âtop itemsâ can drop in lower difficulties, then it sounds like they might even downgrade/remove GAs from existing Mythics. To be confirmed.
I mean⌠the guy who dropped a Shako 4 GAs, may end up with a normal non GA 540 Shako. And someone who has a perfect 4 GAs Verathiel will end up with a non GA Verathiel 540 and downgraded affixesâŚ
Just why Blizzard? Since you donât cater toward Eternal players and Seasonal will get reset anyway, why not just leave existing items to their current maximum status? Why adding salt to the wound?
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Not sure where your progression is at but most people grinding hard on eternal are trying to get ga mythics.
So 50 mythics is somewhat misleading.
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An opinion? Sounds more like your entire dialogue about this game.
Eternal players arenât really a priority and they would be really dumb to specifically cater to them tbh. Eternal players are a small portion of the playerbase and typically contribute less to revenue.
It is what it is.
While itâs true, it doesnât mean Eternal players donât have the right to complain about it. Eternal exists, itâs there, so it is meant to be played. It sets expectations in a way (i.e. itâs âEternalâ), but breaks these expectations 3 seasons in a row.
Again, I donât play a lot in Eternal, but I think this is really unfair and it didnât need to be this way.
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I think it comes down to who bought the expansion and the mounts/costumes. They can monetize the Eternal Server with the likes of battle passes. People with $ are on it including the X CEO.
Old Mc Donald had a farm Oh here we go! With a mythic here and a legendary there i just feel like pulling out my hair! Crap laying around everywhere! Old Mc Donald had a farm Iâm getting the hail out here!
yes, AGAIN Eternal players are destroyed. AGAIN!
D4 devs have not clue what non-season means in an aRPG.
I farmed more than1 year to have 3 Mytichs in Eternal(this includes sparks that I got and crafted 2), and now, they invalidate my Mythics and all other hard farmed uniques⌠sorry I can not play 12 horus per day, I have a jobâŚ
I am this someone. Can call me Nobody now. 460 billion gold down the river.
About 80k neathiron for upgrading 2 build sets to perfectly crit 12/12.
130 hours grind. 120 hours trading. I was sure, they dont dare to do this to eternal the 3rd time in a row. But they do.
Do you know where the devs can put their highest rolled values in their respective ranges?
Iâm sure you know the answer.
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You have my sympathy. This really sucks. It invalidates a lot of our time and grind, and gives 0 reasons to keep playing the rest of the current season.
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Items with a power of 925 should have a value of 800. If any changes go towards punishing players and wasting their time, it discourages them from playing. What does it matter for the publisher to punish players on the Eternal server (again)? During the season, we get everything from the beginning anyway. The eternity server is for people who donât have much time to play. Will we burn everything down again in a season or two? Add more unique items, more space in the chest, an auction house, armories. What you are doing once again makes no sense.
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Mythics should remain at max lv, which is 800. I canât see that changing, since Mythics are by definition max ilvl. Itâs just 800 now instead of 925 - which also means there will be a slight squish in stats.
GA should be kept. Nothing in VoH rules preclude a Mythic from having a GA. Uniques and Legendaries though⌠weâll just have to see!
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You keep on saying that but all indications proves to the contrary:
- The patch notes clearly says that items will be downgraded and makes no mention of an exception for Mythics
- They mentioned that âthe best itemsâ can drop in lower difficulties, and that you can invoke ladder bosses in lower difficulties. And since Ancestrals only drop in T1, this points strongly to the possibility of having non Ancestral Mythics, just like it was at the very beginning of the game.
Your only argument is âthatâs what they did beforeâ. Sure, but it doesnât mean that itâs what theyâll do this time.
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Mythics by definition are max ilvl. Can you find one right now in-game below max level?
EDIT: Find out Tuesday.
Right now no, but 3 seasons before yes. They only made Mythics âmax ilvlâ recently, it didnât use to be the norm.
And you didnât answer any of my points. Do you expect Ladder bosses in âPenitentâ difficulty to drop Ancestral Mythics when they clearly said that only T1 could drop Ancestral?
oh crap⌠so that means since i didnt buy the xpac, im stuck at 540 item power and if i buy VoH i get âfree powerââŚ
whatever happened to you cant buy power theory in d4?
So⌠you mean 9 months ago?!? 3 Seasons is over half the life of this game.
Like I said - find out on PTR. I canât imagine Blizzard revamping Mythics to scale with ilvl ranges directly after setting all the affixes higher this Season. They donât use the standard ilvl affix ranges, and would have to be all redone.