Display MoreI think they think its going to deter botting to have everything bis be easily obtainable. But its all also quickly obtainable. Prices for perfect/near perfect (missing 1 mod) are already down to 10bd for a lot of things. Farmers need a bone thrown here, the EL war horn being un-tradable is a missed opportunity to give us something high rarity of value to grind for.
Bock and Vell being 5 levels lower with a cap of lvl 15 wouldn't make it worth the time and effort even if the unique item were tradeable. Right now, I'm just using FT to get to LDoA as well as get 'Swiss Army Knife Devona' to max level... In the meantime, I'm hoping to farm weapons for my pre characters or just wait it out till FT is farmed to hell and the
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Currently, the only items I see as being stable yet rather difficult to obtain as drops are BDs, runes and insignias as well as Charr Salvage Kits due to the high volume of new and returning players. Even Charr bags are being offered free these days, which isn't bad at all since it helps a lot of new players out with inventory space.
BDs might lose their shine once the utility of rare materials such as diamonds, sapphire/onyx/etc are known, and players will eventually get their required runes/insignias so eventually pre will go back to being a peaceful haven again with Gwen tagging along for company and body-blocking at every corner when players start getting tired and bored of farming the same old dungeon for the rare materials.
A lack of communications as well as information from the developers is truly surprising for a game that is over 20 years of age and sitting on the edge. Even a simple notice 6 months in advance to inform the community as to what is being planned for an area/areas would allow for better feedbacks.
However, ANet has always had a problem with communications judging by the issues I've had with support as well as reporting in-game issues...
Remember a time, back in the days, when ectos were like a few hundred gs at the traders? A guild mate and I were standing at the trader spamming report for an hour and all we got was 'We'll look into the matter...'
IIRC They finally did a rollback half a day after... O well, I'm back to enjoy a bit of casual gaming and farming... Let's see what else can go wrong...
They are trying but I'm pretty sure MMO-work is kinda new for these devs. Content is great, I enjoy it considering just the pure play-through of it. Markets are definitely cooked though q9 insc 5bd or less already.
If they decide to scrub inscribable weapons from PvE with future updates, it'll just make such items rare and collectibles with most of the stuff over req 9 already trashed... Bot farming OS items will still be a problem but how many players are actually buying weapons from bots? And they are a problem anyways, with or without updates, nerfs, etc...