changing the die roll is one thing, but removing the +stats from items as well like the nv from a certain fang that now has the COOLEST name but is also 2d4 +crap -nv was wrong man, just wrong.
removing the +stats from the items as well as changing the die roll now not only weakens the weapon, it weakens the flavour of them all.
We are left with a bland 2d6 ++ or 2d4 stew, with no spices, and the people that were already winning the game in terms of elite gear before are still winning without probably batting an eye at these changes, really i bet they effect people that need help, as opposed to your top tier players. if your goal was to make the game harder for the top tier players, NONE of the elite weapons should have been safe from debuff. if you were trying to keep the game fair that is for %100 of us.
the die roll is an interesting idea, but the moment someone decided to remove the stats as well im shocked nobody stood up and said "hey man, just hey now...no deal" unless of course the overall idea was to make shop gear equal to something from the end of a zone that takes 5 guys 30 minutes to get to.
i know that you boys are trying a lot of new things, but maybe start by screwing with the people that requested you make the game harder before hitting all the mid level gear, start with the high level gear, lets see how happy the guys asking for more of a challenge are when you make it more challenging for THEM. cause i can pretty much guarantee whoever complained about the game being too easy to you has a 20+damage weapon still and probably bashmods and w.e else was making it easy before still.
but the rest of us are left with weapons that have awesome names, zero damage, and specials removed/debuffed in many cases and most of the people getting screwed with right now never requested any of these changes lol...
it is just sad to witness first hand how many people have just walked away over these changes, making weapons 2d3 as offys and then adding +1hitroll to them so that we cant even enchant them, is how you make dark knights and scouts just quit logging on.
its almost comparable to getting stomped at a war, the amount of people who are just mass quitting, except its not just myth, its every single clan getting stomped across the board and lots walking from all of them.
but what peeves me personally is that again, the people that probably complained and asked for a harder game, probably have relatively the same weapons unscathed by the mass whifflebatting of all other primes. someone feel free to call me a fool and tell me i am wrong in skype or something but i would be willing to make a bet that quested shoal weapons, khur, skullcap weapons are all the same.
