Aion 2
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Up to 1930'ish and 95k or so... RNG is painful, lol. Seems worse than other MMO's/loot-grind games I've played. Not a single item drop running expeditions in 20+ runs so I only get an upgrade from the pity crate, lol. Still need to run transcendence sometime.
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Cinge
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Its a fun game and the combat at least outside instanced content is relaxing because of the macro system. My large frustration and I knew going in because its a korean game, is the rng in rng.
Very rng dependent just to gt a drop(ok fine, this can happen in any game).
Then the stats on it are random. And rerolling those stats is another pull of the slot machine. Sure you can transfer if you get super lucky and get a drop with good stats elsewhere. Like for me getting +skills on stuff like rings has yet to happen, and getting those skills to certain level thresholds is a big deal.
Upgrading said item via enhancing is then another rng aspect after +10(at least shit doesnt get destroyed).
Then adding soulstones to the gear(think gems) is completely rng too.
Gathering is then rng too, first to even gather it(you can fail at max gathering. Then rng on quality item you get.
It's as if a gambling addict was in charge and just added it to every aspect of the game.
Very rng dependent just to gt a drop(ok fine, this can happen in any game).
Then the stats on it are random. And rerolling those stats is another pull of the slot machine. Sure you can transfer if you get super lucky and get a drop with good stats elsewhere. Like for me getting +skills on stuff like rings has yet to happen, and getting those skills to certain level thresholds is a big deal.
Upgrading said item via enhancing is then another rng aspect after +10(at least shit doesnt get destroyed).
Then adding soulstones to the gear(think gems) is completely rng too.
Gathering is then rng too, first to even gather it(you can fail at max gathering. Then rng on quality item you get.
It's as if a gambling addict was in charge and just added it to every aspect of the game.
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Springbok
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Yup, it's a few too many casino systems and it's killing my interest, just like Lost Ark (which was somehow even worse). I've wasted like 15 million kina and countless enhance stones trying to get weapon up. At 80% to hit next star, still failed. Logged right out. It's the same shit with the fucking little green cubes at the bottom of your inventory (forgot name). Blew through like 6 of them just to get ONE enhanced to +2. At 80%... Rng is rng, but there are too many ways to just suck money out of you. I feel like these guys at 3k/200k have to have spent $$. Where the fucking are they getting so much Kina to enhance their shit. Everytime I try to enhance anything, it fails, I'm broke and logging out again - for reference I'm sitting at about 2560 or something, and upgrade path seems to cost too much dough.. Don't even need any more gear really, but enhancing the 84 gear or buying the crafted stuff costs an absolute fortune. Crafting another one - want a bis wep? Hope you have 500million kina because it's rng on rng there too.
There's a lot of fun to be had here, but this game is going to die because Korea is retarded (I can say that as someone who lived there).
There's a lot of fun to be had here, but this game is going to die because Korea is retarded (I can say that as someone who lived there).
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Cinge
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I am sure there are some that get lucky and are that high. But yes, just assume anyone that high basically traded $ for kinah. Its why when I look up a video or such, I ignore some of it because you know all those content creators are just using their CC. It's probably why a crafted weapon cost 70m(not even for the proc version but the lesser version). I assume people are just targeting the idiots who have no issue dropping $ for kinah . I think its what $90 gets you 10m?
Also the thing you are talking about is clash runes. I got my first 2 to +3 surprisingly. All the ones after for both main and alts poofed trying to ge them to just +2(which is supposedly a 82% chance)
It's no biggy. I had fun, but I knew it wasnt a long lasting game. And I basically just put in the sub money for a month, for the 50 hours or so I got, was well worth. Ill be on forever in a week and probably be done with this unless I read/hear about changes. Like BDO was pretty horrid at the start in this same regard(more gear enchancing was even more brutal) and just getting a drop period, but as that population dropped they either made it easier or just gave away gear/mats to keep people logging in. It also has the bonus as basically being a single player MMO for the most part, dont need to find groups, do raids etc. So I went back a few times to try new classes play for a month or 2 and be done again.
Also the thing you are talking about is clash runes. I got my first 2 to +3 surprisingly. All the ones after for both main and alts poofed trying to ge them to just +2(which is supposedly a 82% chance)
It's no biggy. I had fun, but I knew it wasnt a long lasting game. And I basically just put in the sub money for a month, for the 50 hours or so I got, was well worth. Ill be on forever in a week and probably be done with this unless I read/hear about changes. Like BDO was pretty horrid at the start in this same regard(more gear enchancing was even more brutal) and just getting a drop period, but as that population dropped they either made it easier or just gave away gear/mats to keep people logging in. It also has the bonus as basically being a single player MMO for the most part, dont need to find groups, do raids etc. So I went back a few times to try new classes play for a month or 2 and be done again.
RobXIII
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I just want to point out that I also have a 100% fail rate on trying to get those runes upgraded despite both saying 80%. I'm unlucky, but after 4 times something is broke.
Sabbat
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Tapping out 2 levels (less than 20 minutes) from max level and before you've even seen the first ilvl gate at 1k to get to the Abyss, and the first Conquest dungeons is ... laughable. You've seen nothing. ilvl is a functional gate, new dungeons open up, new activities like Nightmare, Ascension, Transcendance. Each ilvl gate you "chase" opens more and more content.
I don't understand people like yourself at all. What do you want? open access to every single piece of content in a game at level 1 and no gear progression at all? (because that's what it looks like to me).
Aazrael
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I did finish to 45 and then "do rift quests" with no portals up I just said no and uninstalled.
I just don't enjoy the iLVL chase with "energy system" to loot dungeons. The game was fine but it's not for me.
I will say MMO's over all is not for me anymore. I don't enjoy any of them. Too much time investment for me personally.
Not dunking on you who play it at all.
I'm in my cozy town building phase of my life right now. As sad as that is.
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RobXIII
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I kind of like the limited availability of the Rift quests, and having limited time to farm the pets on the 'other side'. Aion 2 checks a lot of boxes for me, but...
I just can't handle the 'everything is a gamble' upgrade system. There are like 100 systems, and each one is waiting to RNG fuck you. Also I'm pretty sure their math is off for some of this stuff. There's no way I failed as many times as I did upgrading runes when it shows 80% success rate. I have YET to have a success there after 3 alts.
I only had an hour or so playtime a night, if that, so it was enjoyable for what it was but I moved on to WoW forever, but I'll miss the launch day for that sadly as I'll be mid move.
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Grim1
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Starting to lose interest. Played a ton the last couple of weeks, great fun, totally worth the buy in. But I knew the lobby dungeon grind would kill it. Just not a fan of lobby games. The dungeons are fine, but not after the 50th run.
The Abyss is ok. But I played a ton of Aion 1 Abyss and this is already falling in to the same cycle.
The open world is my favorite part of the game. But once you level up there really isn't any point to it. The world design is incredible, beautiful, especially with maxed settings. For me if they added fishing and other open world systems that had no ties to ILVL, I could waste more time here. But I don't think they see those systems as profitable.
The Abyss is ok. But I played a ton of Aion 1 Abyss and this is already falling in to the same cycle.
The open world is my favorite part of the game. But once you level up there really isn't any point to it. The world design is incredible, beautiful, especially with maxed settings. For me if they added fishing and other open world systems that had no ties to ILVL, I could waste more time here. But I don't think they see those systems as profitable.
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Springbok
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Planet Zoo 2 is fantastic, chill, good music and a ton of fun. It's stolen my Aion 2 time, ha
zombiewizardhawk
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Not everyone wants to play "run uruguru and vakron 42 times each" and then "run each transendence 50 times each" and then "run fire temple/whatever 63 times each". You don't have to see it to know it's not your cup of tea...