Hey guys,
Let me try and answer some of these as I can:
Yes, we're working on this: same for the loot from Lazidol + Wasp Queen. Read that as adjustments loot 2.0 for high value stackables.
We're testing some changes to not only the drop rates of the vouchers for the ecotrons, as well as separated the vouchers into limited and unlimited based off of tiers. If this doesn't work we have some ideas that will need to get MA approval to eventually guarantee a voucher for players based off of the vendors they can access.
This was not put out due to MindArk restrictions, not our own, we're working with them and to put these missions out with their approval, which they can't be put out without them.
We've felt this for a long time and explicitly expressed that to MindArk many times over, it's an ongoing topic of conversation.
We are limited in what we are allowed to put out each VU by MindArk, as well as everything must go through and be approved by them before it makes it unto live servers.
I mean, yes and no, I think if you look at many of the new item parameters that are coming out of Calypso these last couple years as well as how some of the systems seem more refined there, then you can see the differences.
I personally don't like to think of it as being in direct competition, but sort of like Mindark is Baskin Robbins (do those still exist?) and each planet is a different flavor and players maybe get tired of Calypso ice cream and want to have some Cyrene flavor sometimes. Some players prefer our flavor, some tried it and didn't like it and moved on, some swap back and forth.
We just recently just got this approved for us to have in the next PP VU, I think in part to Justine's posting here and Charlie's quote of at PCF. We always want to be on par with what other planets have, players that play on Cyrene shouldn't feel like they are in a limited playing field.
Seemed decently formatted to me =)
That's the trouble of being a planet partner is that sometimes other planets items will out class yours whether it's intentional or not.
I would like to say that none of the creatures or mining areas were changed for loot 2.0, only the drop rates as according to MindArk.
This is not something we can control directly and have talked to MindArk about on many occasions to make sure that Cyrene blueprints are able to be discovered on Cyrene, but afaik nothing within the parameters we can adjust effects that, only Mindark can correct this issue.
I'll concede to this point, we had big aspirations with shops ran into complications that haven't been ironed out, but it's not off the table.
When loot 2.0 first launched was right before the big summer holiday MindArk takes where we were helpless to make any changes. Each and every VU since loot 2.0 launched we've worked with MindArk to make improvements.
The Disciple armor has been ready since last year, but it's not something that we can implement ourselves. Our last attempt to get this into the game was on October 2017, I'm actually bumping this topic again to bring it up for the next PP VU.
I sort of address this in the reply to tBANNA.
The Byg Byrds aren't spawned as a distraction to the problems here at Cyrene, they are spawned because players ask for them to the spawned and it's in our control to do so. We want to do things that players want us to do, but we aren't the only hands on the wheel. We are working towards solving each of these problems and more with each update.
I hope this this answers some questions. I want to thank everyone in this thread for their feedback on helping us create a better Cyrene.
Regards,
Kris
Let me try and answer some of these as I can:
Yes, we're working on this: same for the loot from Lazidol + Wasp Queen. Read that as adjustments loot 2.0 for high value stackables.
We're testing some changes to not only the drop rates of the vouchers for the ecotrons, as well as separated the vouchers into limited and unlimited based off of tiers. If this doesn't work we have some ideas that will need to get MA approval to eventually guarantee a voucher for players based off of the vendors they can access.
This was not put out due to MindArk restrictions, not our own, we're working with them and to put these missions out with their approval, which they can't be put out without them.
We've felt this for a long time and explicitly expressed that to MindArk many times over, it's an ongoing topic of conversation.
We are limited in what we are allowed to put out each VU by MindArk, as well as everything must go through and be approved by them before it makes it unto live servers.
I mean, yes and no, I think if you look at many of the new item parameters that are coming out of Calypso these last couple years as well as how some of the systems seem more refined there, then you can see the differences.
I personally don't like to think of it as being in direct competition, but sort of like Mindark is Baskin Robbins (do those still exist?) and each planet is a different flavor and players maybe get tired of Calypso ice cream and want to have some Cyrene flavor sometimes. Some players prefer our flavor, some tried it and didn't like it and moved on, some swap back and forth.
We just recently just got this approved for us to have in the next PP VU, I think in part to Justine's posting here and Charlie's quote of at PCF. We always want to be on par with what other planets have, players that play on Cyrene shouldn't feel like they are in a limited playing field.
Seemed decently formatted to me =)
That's the trouble of being a planet partner is that sometimes other planets items will out class yours whether it's intentional or not.
I would like to say that none of the creatures or mining areas were changed for loot 2.0, only the drop rates as according to MindArk.
This is not something we can control directly and have talked to MindArk about on many occasions to make sure that Cyrene blueprints are able to be discovered on Cyrene, but afaik nothing within the parameters we can adjust effects that, only Mindark can correct this issue.
I'll concede to this point, we had big aspirations with shops ran into complications that haven't been ironed out, but it's not off the table.
When loot 2.0 first launched was right before the big summer holiday MindArk takes where we were helpless to make any changes. Each and every VU since loot 2.0 launched we've worked with MindArk to make improvements.
The Disciple armor has been ready since last year, but it's not something that we can implement ourselves. Our last attempt to get this into the game was on October 2017, I'm actually bumping this topic again to bring it up for the next PP VU.
I sort of address this in the reply to tBANNA.
The Byg Byrds aren't spawned as a distraction to the problems here at Cyrene, they are spawned because players ask for them to the spawned and it's in our control to do so. We want to do things that players want us to do, but we aren't the only hands on the wheel. We are working towards solving each of these problems and more with each update.
I hope this this answers some questions. I want to thank everyone in this thread for their feedback on helping us create a better Cyrene.
Regards,
Kris
