well i been testing alot now... and i hope i can make it to 64 with my weller tomorrow to conclude my tests!
as far as im concered and what i am expecting is that i will quit ls then until the next update nerfs some things back to the way they were or at least giving new and average ppl like me a chance to get along...
#1. problem is welling:
i am a "professional" muter and id like to continue down that road, thats why i picked up every tier III - tier VI white item and welled it...
even as rogue/pala caster and spending about 10k in items i had a 99,9% success rate at all wells - the successful well didnt only give me a mutable it also gave me a chance on improving my gear (with the 2nd drops)
right now i got like 9 fails out of 10 items... even the easy ones - ofc robes are totally not welled anymore - i can spare me that struggle!
afterall thats a major breakdown for my further muting progress - putting it to an end...
#2. problem is xping:
there isnt always a group around when you want to slash and as many of you are familiar with the situation not getting in a group when enough ppl were around...
what are your options now? you either have a side-ls-hobby to disctract urself like fishing or muting, you go solo even with a small progress rate (2-8 mcc from 20-55 and 1-3 mcc from 55-71)
or you have to wait and wait and wait... hoping for the best!
most gosu players are just soloing so theres no chance that they can help you boost your character and besides that most ppl just play within their guilds which is ofc their right...
for ppl like me, having not the massive support within the guild and having not the funds to go buy some crazy gear, you are basically left alone without many choices!
i mean at the end of september when i returned to jsp and ls i was excited and there were many people slashing, many groups you could join and very much action...
i also decided that i wanted to become a top muter, one of few that is priviledged to reroll even higher items - that didnt change, i still wanna stick to that and continue with my progress...
just the current circumstances ruined a major part of my ls activity and made the slow progress even slower...
its not like that i want things being too easy and achievable but it shouldnt be in a way that i am forced to invest hours over hours clicking just to get f.ex. 10 lvls soloing...
before the patch i had my caster and i knew, whenever there is no group for me, that i can go solo and well everything in the meantime...
i wasnt the fastest but i could live with 6-10 mcc through all the lvls... and ofc the fact that every item that i welled was almost certainly successful...
now i can still go solo with 1-4 mcc (as caster) but without the successful wells and therefore without the guarantued mutables!
if i want a higher mcc (like with my sammy as explained before), it takes about 5-10 mins just to get 10 monsters down...
with 2k left to spend there isnt realy an option in going and buying stuff... cause the stuff that would help is way out of this budget!
gosu players can compensate most of this, cause they got sick gear and they are able to manage almost every new challange within an exceptable time-window...
new and average players cant... they need something to hold on to... a reachable goal (like creating a weller or caster) that gives them a chance to get along!
i know ls is supposed to be a teamgame and its supposed to be for multi-players... but there are sooo many situations where it isnt, because you cant get in a group...
i dont wanna waste too much time on something with a progress-rate that is below everything that you are used to...
i love ls thats a fact... but i guess ill take a break for an undefined period to focus on more important things - reading a book is always an option right?
This post was edited by n00bcount on Dec 16 2009 06:50pm