Heads Up: Progression Will be Resetting Soon!

(Silvanoshi) #1

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Make the most of those Mercs, people! In the next phase of beta we’ll be restoring normality - Resetting progression and locking many of the Mercs.

Don’t freak out, though. We’re setting up a regular rotation - You’ll get a chance to mess around with new Mercs all the time, whether unlocked or not.

For helping us out in the Closed Beta, we’ll also be gifting you with free Credits to get going on those unlocks. No, really, you’re worth it.

We’ll give you a heads-up before we go ahead with the change.

(INF3RN0) #2

Please include an overhaul on the matchmaking.

(potty200) #3

This worries me about moving forward with making competitive events. Will there mercs that can be unlocked easily? I am not comfortable in moving forward if people need to level up to level 20 to unlock certain mercs.

More clarification would be nice as I have been asked by nexon to look at setting things up.

(INF3RN0) #4

[QUOTE=potty200;518654]This worries me about moving forward with making competitive events. Will there mercs that can be unlocked easily? I am not comfortable in moving forward if people need to level up to level 20 to unlock certain mercs.

More clarification would be nice as I have been asked by nexon to look at setting things up.[/QUOTE]

I remember exedore saying they were moving back to the ‘unlock with xp’ route. So I expect this won’t be an issue.

(Raviolay) #5

I think you should accrue exp and buy who you want rather that wait X amount of levels to unlock. This could be used for attachments and cards re-rolls, they could just sell exp boosts or mercenary’s, guns, attachments & card re-rolls for a direct cost. Cards could be awarded for challenges, that you can re-roll a bit like enchanting in Diablo 3 ROS.

(Mustang) #6

So will the new system let you choose which merc to unlock next, rather than having a preset order?

(DB Genome editor) #7

That’s what Exedore mentioned previously: http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/42311-State-of-Play-Inc-Progression-Re-Revisited

(Mustang) #8

I know, doesn’t mean it’s been implemented in code yet.

(prophett) #9

Really hope they go this route.

(potty200) #10

I just hope they do let us choose to unlock certain mercs. I don’t wanna have competitive players HAVING to play pub so they can play merc “x, y and z”. I can see it putting a lot of them guys off the game :frowning:

Also, a reason for them to churn out the classic “This game is pay to win”

(Seanza) #11

[QUOTE=potty200;518701]I just hope they do let us choose to unlock certain mercs. I don’t wanna have competitive players HAVING to play pub so they can play merc “x, y and z”. I can see it putting a lot of them guys off the game :frowning:

Also, a reason for them to churn out the classic “This game is pay to win”[/QUOTE]

Hopefully in final release there will be a competition mode with all mercs available like a tournament realm or something.

(tokamak) #12

WoT and LoL show that this isn’t an issue for competitive gaming.

(Rex) #13

Mhm, not sure what to think… on the one side I farmed xp hard, but on the other one I haven’t unlocked Proxy’s good shotgun yet.

(Glottis-3D) #14

Proxy with smg is the Path…

(xdc) #15

kira, sparks, etc: when?

(Exedore) #16

You guys should know me better by now… I don’t ever get that specific unless it’s done or super close to it. :wink:

(BAMFana) #17

Honestly, if DB was released as it is now, it would deserve the pay to win label. With the current drop rate of loadouts/augments, and the significant power of some of the augments, players/teams willing/able to spend money would have an advantage over those who aren’t.

Edit: But hopefully this will change when the system is revamped.

(Mustang) #18

Haha, this is true, looking forward to testing the new system then.

(Exedore) #19

Would you still feel this way if the weapons and Augments were still available at multiple rarity levels?

(spookify) #20

How cares about rarity… People are going to Buy, grind and do whatever they can to get the best combination. On the Steam Release I have 3 pages of useless cards. Anti or you said we will be able to craft and create whatever cards we want.

I can tell you right now:
Fragger
Default Gun
AUG #1) Add 20% Blast to AOE
AUG #2) Reduce Ability Cool Down
AUG #3) DONT CARE! It Could be HP regen Faster or RELOAD Faster But those top two would be crazy

Same goes for Medics:
SAW
Default
AUG #1) Self Heal increase
AUG #2) Dont Care
AUG #3) Fast Reload

The offense is going to get stronger and “Self” defense is going to get stronger with these AUG’s once they are fully in.

Having Naders gun on Phoenix is amazing however that just shows you how much Phoenix gun sucks. Horizontal recoil or something is odd especially while IS. Not saying its bad but sometimes it does some weird things and flys off the handle. Steve Martin was owning me as Phoenix the other day so the gun as to be fairly good. But that was at ultra close range and me as fragger.

Important:
I will say this. If the “Keys” are going to be used for crafting and opening of the crates then please make it easier to get keys then in CS:GO… I played CS:GO for 4 days straight and got zero keys. I got some Esport crates and a few other crates but it said I needed $2 to open them! I was like pfft yeah right! Even if I wanted to spend the $2 I could not figure it out and gave up.