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Quote (Kulith @ Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 19:20)
They made it harder to rank because people where nearing rank 50 within 2 weeks of 1.3 release. That wasn't what they had in mind when they created ranks, they are supposed to be hard earned and take a long period of time to get. And now they get harder the higher rank you get.
The purpose of ranking is so that your character isn't virtually over when u reach lvl 50. Its supposed to be challenging, not just another accomplishment you can tuck under your belt after a few hours of gaming.
Think of the diablo 2 ladder - thats what they are doing. They don't want hundreds of lvl 50 rank 50 people, they want this to be the way dedicated gamers stand out from the rest just like the ladder. It takes somebody with absolutely no life to climb to the top of the d2 ladder, just like it should in hellgate to climb to high ranks.
Or a bot, but that's another story.
We covered this in the thread on HGL already but I'll tell you what I told them.
The casual gamer was not reaching rank 50 in a few weeks. The guys playing every waking hour were. There are going to be those in every game. you can't adjust the entire game to fit those few freaks, because then you're ruining it for all the rest of the people who play a normal amount.
This post was edited by Schlag96 on Jul 16 2008 12:00pm