While
I like that new players get free items it is, and I'm sorry, a giant eff you to the old players.
(New players reading this: I am really glad for you, truly! This is a complaint to the game management, not you.)
The thing about
it brings definitely new players to the game. for example my friends never wanted play allods because the lack of runes..now we have a lot of fun
It's a good way for allods..its a little bit late for this but better than nothing
This is great!
But.
Just recently I created a new character and I'm floored. I have been much like everyone else grinding and working hard to get to the place I am today. Granted some manage better than others, and some spend more money than others.
While I can understand you mean we have played longer and got to use it and advance from it - this isn't a valid argument, not really.
"we had to pay or to farm for XXX or YYY item" is, we go to use them for all that time also. So in the end we made an advantage of it by progressing better thanks to them. Consider the amount we paid/farmed as an usage loan to make us better.
They haven't even been playing all those years, they gained or lost nothing. Instead what we "earned" is now less of value.
Epic: ruby, emblem, stats, talent, conclave and earring. Six level 6 runes (5's from ark + crystal chips from the fragile 8's). 5 million xp in scrolls! 100 coupons for
50% off patronage 5 boxes.
This is all good and dandy until you realize, none of the older players get any of these. Not an iota.
And even worse is - we knew nothing of this happening in advance!
I'm confuse. How will this event bring new players if the only place to see this event is here on this forum. It might bring ex-players back, who happen to walk in this forum. New players, probably not.
Allods need to advertise the game.
I'm afraid to think of how many players who got these cash shop items when they didn't know that next patch they could reroll and get better items.
Wel I decided to leave the game. I have an old char, i spend money last few months on items new players get free now. I don't have epic conclave, i did not have the gold or the luck when opening boxes. I spend money on runes, and now people just get them for free.
Sure for new players who never played allods this is nice, but old players are def. in the loss. Old players who returned like myself are most fucked.
I know nobody cares, but the only way to show this is bad management is to leave the game.
They prefer 10 players of 1k $ then 100 of 100$. Let's see how those 10 players will like it when no more "normal players" are around.
I spend money on conclaves a few weeks ago, and new players now get this for free.
#goodbye
The argument that we got better stuff because we've played longer and we shouldn't be upset doesn't hold up. It really doesn't. You'd think at one point we would get something for playing this game for this long, but so far nothing of importance.
I don't think we are greedy or salty for that reason. We just want to be included in something, for once, just a little bit?
As the low levels do get everything up to epic and the high levels missing out on the items themselves say conclave, perfection mages diary, what if three mails are sent out to all players, most will throw them away because they will be bound to the player, but in each of the mail there is perfection books, conclave books and mages diary. Then if some high level doesn't have that item then they can pick out what they need, then get rid of the mail, it would make nearly everyone happy, with the exception of people who put money into the game and are thinking "Why do they get the items free when we had to pay." etc.
What could fix the uproar?
1. Give the old players some thought.
If implementing this to new characters was to make us equal at some regard, why not make sure the players already in the game are also "equal".
2. Fix the
transparency.
Anything like this should be announced beforehand. I don't know how many may have gotten screwed over. It feels like some compensation would be due to at least players that just recently started playing and invested in the game.
Just my 2 cents. I know many feel something similar, not about everything but at least parts of it.