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Real content is hard and expensive to make (i.e: new models, maps, code optimizations, etc), so what the developer do to keep the hardcore player in the game?
They just buff some variables, put some new shiny skill and make an old class extremely OP till the point that is doing at least 50-100% more damage than the class that the hardcore player is playing atm..
Endgame players are competitive by nature, so they'll reroll to stay competitive..
Another huge benefit (from the dev standpoint): As EVERY fkn cosmetic and p2w mount on Tera is soulbound, the hardcore player will buy everything again from the cash shop, so it's a win-win for BHS!
Ofc this is a very dirty (and disrespectful) tatict and prob only work on short term. After that hardcore player reroll for the 3rd...4th time they'll think that they're idiot and prob will reroll to another game.
I always wonder if this bs rly works....
https://steamcharts.com/app/323370
There's so many ways to "awaken/revamp" things to make the game better overall without screwing the playerbase, like why not revamp zerk tank and make them a viable tank class on endgame???
You're very naive or new on this game if you think that "awakening bs 2nd part" will balance anything.
You can mark my words: They'll just change who's the broken af class and prob the dps gap between the top and bottom dps will be at least 50%.
It's just business. If they balance everything (or at least keep the dps gap at a reasonable 15..20%...) nobody will reroll = less cash shop sales.
Yeah... but this is an issue that's been happening for years.
Reapers came out and they crapped all over everything. I fondly remember the LFG ablaze with posts barring reapers from joining.
Then came gunners and they made archers obsolete. Not to mention the +15 system was starting to take off and I think we all know how that went...
Then came brawlers who could out-DPS an entire 5-man party.
No comment on ninja.
But valks? Oh boy...
Point is, yes, all classes will eventually be Apexed, but it only does so much to solve a problem that probably should never have existed.
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> Uhhhh.... you guys make it sound that the 2nd part of awakening isnt coming
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> Yeah... but this is an issue that's been happening for years.
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> Reapers came out and they crapped all over everything. I fondly remember the LFG ablaze with posts barring reapers from joining.
> Then came gunners and they made archers obsolete. Not to mention the +15 system was starting to take off and I think we all know how that went...
> Then came brawlers who could out-DPS an entire 5-man party.
> No comment on ninja.
> But valks? Oh boy...
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> Point is, yes, all classes will eventually be Apexed, but it only does so much to solve a problem that probably should never have existed.
Lool I remember those days and pepper ridge farm remembers too
Seriously, not trying to be mean or even disagree with you, I hate it too, but you're barking up the wrong tree if you want a game with balanced classes. Can't really think of any game that balances classes well tbh, especially not Korean MMOs. tl;dr make a mystic if you want to heal, a zerk/warrior if you want to dps, or a lancer if you want to tank. Then move to Chicago and buy 4,000 dollars worth of parts to build yourself a custom watercooled gaming PC and only play it from a grocery store industrial meat freezer. <- Tips for optimal performance in Tera Online, thank me later.
BHS is actually scum for trying to manipulate their customers. They don't even realize that entrapment marketing doesn't work on the majority of players.
But what can you expect from a company that thinks their customers are stupid.
Too bad they won't realize that they don't know what they are doing until it's too late.
Sam Walton built Walmart into one of the most successful businesses in North America by putting the customer first.
BHS is slowly killing their products by putting their lack of respect for their customers, and greediness for money first.
Then they release Elin Brawler and all problems are solved.
Or rather, everyone stops caring, at least until someone gets kicked out of party for not being "meta" enough and the cycle begins anew.