RDA Portal Fragments Suggestion

[Tard the Paladin]

We are having an interesting discussion in Discord so I'll make a thread here.

The IDOC changes were made due because a few groups are able to do them most of them time. The same may be true for RDA's.

Here is a suggestion. Create new methods of obtaining portal fragments. Currently, portal fragments drop in RDA's which are usually done by a couple of large guilds. Creating new ways of getting portal fragments would benefit new players and smaller guilds while not taking away anything from veteran players.

RDA's are the most efficient and effective ways of obtaining relics which new players need to progress their characters. I think it would be worthwhile to provide new players and smaller guilds with new ways of obtaining portal fragments so that they may partake in RDA's.

What do you all think? Add new ways to obtain the fragments? If so, should they be craftable, rare drops, or something else?

 

[exince]

i think this is probably a good idea.. no harm in making rdas and its rewards "more available".

this could also drop prices on relics, which imho are (and always have been) too expensive

 

[Tard the Paladin]

i think this is probably a good idea.. no harm in making rdas and its rewards "more available".

this could also drop prices on relics, which imho are (and always have been) too expensive

Relics already take an enormous amount of time and effort to grind. The relic lottery is too biased in favor of veterans. I think its time to make it more accessible and let new players have a shot.

 

[Bromista]

We are having an interesting discussion in Discord so I'll make a thread here.

The IDOC changes were made due because a few groups are able to do them most of them time. The same may be true for RDA's.

Here is a suggestion. Create new methods of obtaining portal fragments. Currently, portal fragments drop in RDA's which are usually done by a couple of large guilds. Creating new ways of getting portal fragments would benefit new players and smaller guilds while not taking away anything from veteran players.

RDA's are the most efficient and effective ways of obtaining relics which new players need to progress their characters. I think it would be worthwhile to provide new players and smaller guilds with new ways of obtaining portal fragments so that they may partake in RDA's.

What do you all think? Add new ways to obtain the fragments? If so, should they be craftable, rare drops, or something else?

Been suggested but staff didn't like the idea. Not sure why, it's a good idea.

Could be introduced literally a thousand different ways but would only take one or two to have a positive impact without going overboard.

+1

 

[Bromista]

Relics already take an enormous amount of time and effort to grind. The relic lottery is too biased in favor of veterans. I think its time to make it more accessible and let new players have a shot.

Relic lottery is same odds for all who have a chance at a drop I thought?

 

[Tard the Paladin]

Relic lottery is same odds for all who have a chance at a drop I thought?

Correct, you can drop an ebolt on a champ and have teh same chance at a relic. However, RDA's are faster to complete and have the most decent drop rate for relics. In that way, it benefits veteran players due to the amount of time and chances of success that RDAs provide.

 

[Bromista]

Blame that on the mistake that was the portal of gems. Because aside from that when things were at their most competitive in the RDA game, literally any group of newbs that had trackers could be just as competitive as any group of vets (when it comes solely to finding them not completing them of defending them obviously)

Doesn't mean your suggestion isn't the best possible solution now that we have a pay to have an advantage RDA system though, because it is.

 

[Tard the Paladin]

Blame that on the mistake that was the portal of gems. Because aside from that when things were at their most competitive in the RDA game, literally any group of newbs that had trackers could be just as competitive as any group of vets (when it comes solely to finding them not completing them of defending them obviously)

Doesn't mean your suggestion isn't the best possible solution now that we have a pay to have an advantage RDA system though, because it is.

If the portal of gems is here to stay which I would assume then the next best thing is to simply add more methods of spawning RDA's. If the zerg tamer guilds are going to dominate the random spawning RDA's then surely it would benefit the vast majority of the player base to add to the existing method.

 

[Swayze]

We are implementing other ways to get portal fragments right now actually.