aka my pet peeve with glyphing
It is a combination of two things
A ) The fact that you can get ???? on items below your min to skill (including those far below your skill level)
B ) On any item (including those far below your min to skill) it's possible to fail from a single wrong click

I am reminded that Paul seemed open to the idea of far more drastic buffs to muting in the past.
I don't think altering the behavior of glyphing to make it slightly less infuriating would be gamebreaking or get any complaints (beyond those that would rather see his efforts spent on some aspect of the game)

possible changes

1 ) Make it so you don't get ???? below min to skill

and or one of the following

2a ) Make it so you can't fail from a single response

2b ) Make it so you can't fail from a single response when glyphing below min to skill

2c ) Make it so you can't fail from a single response specifically to a ????

or maybe

3 ) some form of instant glyphing when either below or far below min to skill


Not sure which would be the simplest to code and implement but which if any would players like to see?

This post was edited by HoneyBadger on Oct 25 2019 07:46pm

I agree, I tried merging 2 glyphs well below my rank and 1 shot failed the ???

More than most i know you would apprciate the beauty and the struggle of this one

http://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/itemHistory.php?i=1208820819&c=0

This post was edited by HoneyBadger on Oct 25 2019 07:48pm

I love when Im merging glyphs several ranks lower than my rank and on the last merge it blows up in my face after one !???!

Would glyphing even be a LS skill if it wasnt infuriatingly boring to rank up to a useful level? I think not lol


PS -- would have voted yes if there was a pole

I like it when games have the potential to troll you, but I agree that 1-shot failing a tier I merge when you don't even get skill from it just because of a random ??? which you only have a 33% chance to get correct... is kind of taking it too far

I would vote for 2b or 2c. I don't think 3) would be a good change since it would negatively affect entry level glyphers' ability to sell any glyphs... I'd be okay with 1) too, but it means guaranteed glyphing success (aside from d/c, lag, or lack of concentration), and I don't think that should happen

Same here, I would only vote for 2b and 2c

Glyphing is the only skill besides muting that doesn't have anything you need to counter and it also has a pretty long timer so it's almost impossible to not click in time unless you're really multitasking or lagging

If you remove too many of the ???s and insta fails, it's gonna be the easiest skill in the game. I know insta failing from a misclick is super annoying and I've done it when I was going too fast, but technically you're not allowed to have a misclick and it's not like you fail every single misclick you do, it's still relatively rare

2b and 2c seem the most reasonable to me, if you remove the insta fails when doing much lower glyphs than your rank but still keep the ???, you should technically never fail, because it should only take you a few clicks to get the whole glyph done, but still keep the theoretical possibility of failing

2c should be good enough for glyphing at your current levels, if you remove the insta fails after a ??? you'll only be able to insta fail after a misclick, maybe even lower that chance a lil bit, but not completely remove it

Wow that thing is sick!
Since you edited to include options I'll say 2b

fun fact I gained proof from that one

[x] yes to any of those options .

I would like to see the insta fail option removed regardless of the item you are glyphing. It’s not a fun game mechanic and it only adds frustration to the game. I guess it’s a bit like the disconnection issues caused by cloudflare, it just feels horrible to lose something that you never had any chance of completing. Glyphing is hard enough as it is and doesn’t need any random fail chance.

Me glyphing the other day: