The subforum does not really make a difference here. Unless something is posted under bugs, the chances that it reaches anybody, who can do a thing about it, are close to zero.
And even with [Reported] bugs, I often got my doubts, if those are a) forwarded and b) read by development.
P.S.: What else would you expect than silence?
Jeto is working on bot-mode most of the time.
Kafka is notoriously untrustworthy and most likely even less informed than us, so I would struggle to even call him an official source.
Bramble has gone missing for almost a month.
I registered in this forum just for this post. I want to give my personal view on the recent journey-troop-nerf as I feel it is kinda different than what has been posted by others.
I play this game for almost 2 years now on steam. I work a full-time job and there is just so much to do in this game. Every day. The looping journey troops where such a great help in playing this game in a relaxing way after work. Playing this game on the side. Gettin the quick fix of success and keeping up with all the todos in this game and in your guild. I don’t have much energy to always create new teams and think about every move and restart fights over and over to find a perfect strategy. I understand that this might be fun for others. I am just giving my point of view.
Now it just feels like it is all too much and too complicated.
Contrary to most other users I don’t feel angry about the journey event itself becoming more difficult. It is more about underworld & PVP (which I have not played before the recent update, but loved it after the update, but now it is again a dead-end for me). And it was helpful to make my way through guild wars.
One might say: the target is to spend real money in this game. But tell me what should I buy that makes fights faster & simple in underworld? I have more than enough gems, diamonds, souls, gold, etc. Dont need a booster for that. There are not even any mythics that I am longing for. Only for completion purpose.
I just started spending real money in this game a couple weeks ago. And you know what I am willing to spend real money for? Special event pets that appeared before I started this game on steam. Yes, they are cosmetic only. Yes, this is pretty useless. But it fixes my urge for completion and I have bought them the last 2 weeks. Will not buy this week though as I am not sure where I am going with this game now.
What I want to say (and I know it sounds silly and many will say I should just “get good” or “play the game the proper way”): loopy troops where a way to play this game in a relaxing and entertaining way for me. And that is my main interest in a game. I play this game on the side. Watching netflix or talking to my wife or listening to music. Pushing a button 20 times without looking was perfectly fine for me. I had no interest to grind any top 100 leaderboard position. I just wanted to relax.
Sorry for this long text, just wanted to let off some steam (no pun intended).
Ive been playing almost since launch (with a long break in the middle) and i play basically the same way. For some things, a specialized team is kind of necessary, but the reason i really enjoy this game is because i have the option to turn my brain off and mindlessly grind away. The journey troops did need a nerf, but having them make 12 (13 if shiny) gems would have been MUCH more reasonable.
Just wanted to echo the thought of this game being a relaxing way to waste time, and that you don’t always have to be full try-hard, perfectly optimal all the time or else. Some people just like to turn their brain off for a bit each day.
I never used Journey troops all that much tbh but when I did it was because that was the most fun team I could be using at that moment, and the team that would be most efficient timewise and frustration wise.
I understand people were frustrated with the troops in PvP, but I would’ve much preferred a targeted nerf to the troops in that realm if that was the issue, because in general I was having fun with the troops everywhere else, and it definitely made journey not as much of a slog as it is without a reliable loop. As it is, there’s just too many events with too many restrictions now that just make the whole week a daily slog. I hate to let my guild down but I’m at my limit for sloggy events.
I also work a full-time job, and maybe play 2 hours or less (1 if I can help it). There really can be too many things going on, but generally I prioritize dailies, then weeklies. Which leaves basically not much time for anything else before I log off for the day, but I do sneak in some Explore runs, Delves, Vault runs, etc. from time to time.
It probably helps I am my own Guildmaster and don’t set/enforce any participation requirements…
Would be better if the person that always causes threads to be locked to be permanently banned from the forums. Rather than being allowed to create new accounts/use older accounts when they get banned every time
No, but who took time to actually read Kafka’s response to the matter?
WE don’t know who all flagged the topic – that is information only the moderators will have access to. Should it be the result of a “false flag operation” (pun fully intended) by some user X, they should be able to address it accordingly.
