Originally Posted by
zartosht
4.5 question about rebalancing, please.
1. What is the philosophy behind the rebalancing?
2. Could you not achieve rebalancing with a series smaller, more targetted and efficient changes?
From the perk changes that were posted earlier, it seems that breeds will have a complete new meaning and influence on professions and hence we will be offered a one time breed change. Now it seems according to information posted by Kintaii and also by our Pros, that professions could be completely overhauled as well, to the point of making them completely different from what they are now.
The combination of new meaning of breed + complete profession overhaul means that my 220 toon will end up being something completely different and will behave in ways I had never foreseen. I will have a complete new toon, years of equipping it and learning the tricks of the trade will be wasted, and I may not like it. Is that intended?
If I want change, learn new things, do something else, I just roll another toon. I don't need my main changed by you.
Alternatively, if I do not like my profession after the changes, would I be offered a one time change of profession?
3. Could you communicate better about the implementation calendar?
A lot of things are left hanging in the air because of uncertainty about any agenda for this rebalancing:
- Should I level an alt? hard to say, I may not like the profession after the change
- Should I farm NODROPS? Hard to say, I don't know which will be beneficial for my toon
- etc...
We need regular updates, especially since many previously announced events were constantly delayed (DNW transfer just slipped by a month, for instance, and I won't even get near the new engine release calendar).
4. Do you really have the resources to do all these things at the same time?
New engine, rebalancing, minor improvements, bug fixes, DNW transfer, etc... It seems that you are chasing too many things at the same time. Would you not be better off focusing on less stuff and get them done faster?