What to expect from the next major update? (ReV)

[MarsRover]

@grandioseCutlet - great post, striking right at the heart of the issue!

[quote=“MarsRover;163359”]Right now this event is very suspiciously lacking anything that earns SD/Nexon money. Unless their plan is to sell a fuckton of credit boosters. Which I hope won’t work because they’re priced way to high.

They could always make these “cycles” insanely grindy and cost a **** ton of credits.

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My guess is that later down the line it will be revealed that everything* will also be purchasable with cash. Which is fine, as long as in-game currency prices are reasonable.

(*) maybe not everything. Another guess of mine is that the culprit case will be the only not purchasable thing.

Mark my words!

[quote=“Rjsto;163372”]Once they’ll eventually implement trading into the game, I would imagine the event cards will be able to be traded, they don’t feel that bound to you at least as obsidian cards. Plus they are handling it well for an F2P.
(…)
I think they’re having a hard time here, at least now everyone who wants to get the case will definitely get SOMETHING. [/quote]

So let me get this straight. The case will be acquired with in-game currency. Exactly one per account. No money for SD/Nexon. There are 2 options:

1. a single random card with a high chance of getting a crap loadout = a large part of the playerbase is unhappy
2. a skin that can be applied to any loadout = everyone is happy

Are you seriously arguing that option 1 is OK?

No loadout really gives you an upper hand if you both can shoot, and skins don’t definitely make you any stronger.

Oh really? So 1v1 me m8 with:

• default Sparks vs 383
• lead M62 Fragger vs Bronze+ M62 Fragger

[quote=“Rjsto;163372”]
I didn’t get anything on the containment war event, and I don’t mind. I got a bad dickens card, but I don’t mind. If I’ll get a cruddy culprit card I’ll never use, I don’t mind. I don’t even use my only cobalt and most of my gold because they are bad cards, but I don’t caaaaare. They are just skins. So yes there is point other than pissing people off, giving them (probably) cool skins[/quote]
I guess everything is fine if you do not care about it

[bontsa]

I think the biggest gripe that comes with these events is the fact that with this current loadout system overall devs pretty much can’t do anything else than what we have and are seeing.

Time to seriously re-consider said system from the core? Maybe. Until so, I’m gonna take what I can from these and not bother that much.

[Rjsto]

[quote=“MarsRover;163387”]
So let me get this straight. The case will be acquired with in-game currency. Exactly one per account. No money for SD/Nexon. There are 2 options:

1. a single random card with a high chance of getting a crap loadout = a large part of the playerbase is unhappy
2. a skin that can be applied to any loadout = everyone is happy

Are you seriously arguing that option 1 is OK?[/quote]

Seeing how option the option 2 has never been a thing, then yeah, 1 is OK. Of course the second one would be supa cool too though, but can’t always get everything you want, right? That’s what makes them valuable, I don’t feel that special for having the obsidian phoenix since I know pretty much half the playerbase has the exact same card, I think my only crappy cobalt is more valuable

[quote=“MarsRover;163387”]
Oh really? So 1v1 me m8 with:

• default Sparks vs 383
• lead M62 Fragger vs Bronze+ M62 Fragger[/quote]

Well now, I’m pretty bad example seeing how I can barely shoot the people who are standing still. But if I was fighting against a clone of myself with a lead card with my bronze, then yeah, it would be pretty darn balanced. I could 1v1 you for the fun of it though!

[quote=“MarsRover;163387”]
I guess everything is fine if you do not care about it :P[/quote]

Exactly, join the fuck it movement today!

[jollyRacer]

@MarsRover
A skin that can be applied to any loadout would make the Loadout system itself, redundant. Then there’s no point in getting a Cobalt over a Bronze loadout since you can just change the skin as and when you want yes?

I come from games like CS:GO and Dota2, I get what you mean but SD has made it clear that cosmetics for the merc and gun skins are strictly restricted to loadout cards. No argument here Mars, as much as I want it to be that way so as to not succumb to RNG, it will not happen and I can’t complain because we knew this was their plan.

@Rjsto Loadout augments do give you a significant advantage. I don’t think we need to continue that part of the argument.

In conclusion, 1 case limit is lame as f with 19 mercs in the game once the event goes live. SD should definitely earn real cash with this by introducing event cases and Elite event cases. ( If players who are real fans of the game and they want to chip in for the game’s development, why not? It benefits both parties.)
This update is great because we get a merc and an event that they probably worked on for months.

I’m an Aimee fan and honestly, them adding her to the game is more than enough for me.
Unless they give her an SMG or PDP + Dreiss + BR / Stark.

[MilkyBear]

[quote=“jollyRacer;163861”]@MarsRover
A skin that can be applied to any loadout would make the Loadout system itself, redundant. Then there’s no point in getting a Cobalt over a Bronze loadout since you can just change the skin as and when you want yes?

I come from games like CS:GO and Dota2, I get what you mean but SD has made it clear that cosmetics for the merc and gun skins are strictly restricted to loadout cards. No argument here Mars, as much as I want it to be that way so as to not succumb to RNG, it will not happen and I can’t complain because we knew this was their plan.

@Rjsto Loadout augments do give you a significant advantage. I don’t think we need to continue that part of the argument.

In conclusion, 1 case limit is lame as f with 19 mercs in the game once the event goes live. SD should definitely earn real cash with this by introducing event cases and Elite event cases. ( If players who are real fans of the game and they want to chip in for the game’s development, why not? It benefits both parties.)
This update is great because we get a merc and an event that they probably worked on for months.

I’m an Aimee fan and honestly, them adding her to the game is more than enough for me.
Unless they give her an SMG or PDP + Dreiss + BR / Stark. [/quote]

She is a sniper, and the PDP is her signature weapon, the second gun must be a bolt action rifle (MoA or Fe Lix), the third is going to be something else, since no merc shares the same set of weapons. That means she will be different from Vaseline, which is a good thing. I doubt that the third will be smgs or ARs (which makes me happy since i’m not a sniper fan), but instead, likely to be the Granduer, that makes sense for her play style.

[Yoma1]

What to expect hmm, the same as usual, crying about the things which weren’t changed and about the things which were changed.

[Sinee]

They should really call this event the RNG en Vogue event. Some of this is so fucking extreme…

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1. Suspect equipment cases have a 1% chance of delivering a ‘suspect’ loadout card for one of the 4 mercs in free rotation each week.
   - 1/4 chance for a suspect skin case at a 1% chance drop rate. Maybe even a 1/9 chance for loadout? Oh, but wait.
2. Use drop boosters to increase your chances of having a suspect event case drop. A full stack of 10 drop boosters accelerates the drop rate to the equivalent of equipment cases in normal play.[list]
   - How many fucking credits are we going to need for this shit? Then we only have one week to try and score the card we want?
3. After 5 weeks the suspect will receive a unique loadout skin or wtf-ever and we all know already, and SD’s Echo program already knows it’s going to be Proxy cause for some reason she’s popular, so why even bother with the event.

They need to just cut this fucking rampant RNG nonsense and just let me use my fucking money in my fucking wallet and buy something I fucking want. Buying something I want and GETTING that thing I want, no bullshit. What a fucking revolutionary concept in 2016.

[n-x]

I expect that a huge bug fixing list is coming with the update. The bug report forum is overflowing with bug reports, old and new ones. I would have a hard time understanding how they could justify putting so much resources into an event for just a new merc when there is so much stuff to fixed in the already existing game.

[Merci1ess]

I expect that a huge bug fixing list is coming with the update. The bug report forum is overflowing with bug reports, old and new ones. I would have a hard time understanding how they could justify putting so much resources into an event for just a new merc when there is so much stuff to fixed in the already existing game.

You will most likely be disappointed, my friend. You said it yourself. “The bug report forum is overflowing with bug reports, OLD and new ones.”.

If you want them to fix bugs you’ll have to find one in their micro-transactions. It will be fixed within 10 seconds of discovery. It’s gonna be hard to find one though since they make sure it’s always 110% functional.

[N8o]

Dissapointment

You all disagreed with me.

Who’s laughing now?

[SereneFlight1]

Must have been people who haven’t experienced DB event before lol.
However, if they have… dem wankers.

[TheStrangerous]

[quote=“N8o;162836”]Dissapointment

You all disagreed with me.

Who’s laughing now?[/quote]

Yeah, those cycles (or any next currency) will forever be the bane of any next event from now on…

Forcefully spending them on cases, cause waiting for them to convert into credits ain’t worth it…

[Diosito]

Honestly, I expect:

User Interface:

1.- There are some UI bugs that i want to

Oh, wait, a butterfly in my garden, brb…

Abbadon
Abaddon

[Captain_Forward]

[quote=“N8o;162836”]Dissapointment

You all disagreed with me.

Who’s laughing now?[/quote]

Me. Quite enjoyed so far. Perhaps because I never expected wonders from that murky booster system and purely relied on a hard cash.

Also, this very event made people group up together, isn’t that great?

[Diosito]

[quote=“Ford_Prefect;173993”]

Also, this very event made people group up together, isn’t that great? [/quote]

Teamwork “as intended”
Shoe dixit

Abbadon
Abaddon

[Captain_Forward]

[quote=“Abbadon;173999”][quote=“Ford_Prefect;173993”]

Also, this very event made people group up together, isn’t that great? [/quote]

Teamwork “as intended”
Shoe dixit

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Still better than lack of it.