Easy VR content
Aren_Liore
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Last Monday's patch was "phase 1 of making VR content more like 1-50 content" this was to allow people the ability to solo more of the content.
That's all fine and good, one problem though. I think you may have over done it. I was soloing things fine before the patch. Nice difficulty, had to balance my resources and victory felt generally good. I had to make calculated moves to ensure my success against multiple enemies. It was a good experience. Yes, it was different from the 1-50 content in that I couldn't two shot everything, and that was good. Yes, it felt more like a grind, and I feel like that's what you tried to fix.
I don't mind that you made the content more easy, but I do think its now too easy. I can cut my way through several groups without breaking a sweat. My friend and I fought a world boss a rank above us and it was a total pushover. I actually looked around after the fight not realizing we had just killed the boss.
My suggestion. Make the content more difficult, maybe not as difficult as it was because it is good to let people who aren't optimized for DPS solo the content. It's a playstyle and they have a right to that. But, it needs to be difficult enough to keep us engaged in the combat. If the overall goal is to make the VR content feel less like a grind, you may want to look into uping the xp awards for killing things and especially completing quests.
I don't presume to know what you guys should be doing. I'm not a game designer, and I don't know how the VR content is after about VR3 or what the experience for other players are, but I'm just letting you guys know that the content I'm in (I'm VR1 in a VR1 zone, but I played some VR2 content that wasn't much more difficult) is way to easy, more than I think you meant for it to be. Until some changes are made, I'll be playing on a different character in a different alliance because honestly, the 1-50 content is now more difficult than the VR content.
That's all fine and good, one problem though. I think you may have over done it. I was soloing things fine before the patch. Nice difficulty, had to balance my resources and victory felt generally good. I had to make calculated moves to ensure my success against multiple enemies. It was a good experience. Yes, it was different from the 1-50 content in that I couldn't two shot everything, and that was good. Yes, it felt more like a grind, and I feel like that's what you tried to fix.
I don't mind that you made the content more easy, but I do think its now too easy. I can cut my way through several groups without breaking a sweat. My friend and I fought a world boss a rank above us and it was a total pushover. I actually looked around after the fight not realizing we had just killed the boss.
My suggestion. Make the content more difficult, maybe not as difficult as it was because it is good to let people who aren't optimized for DPS solo the content. It's a playstyle and they have a right to that. But, it needs to be difficult enough to keep us engaged in the combat. If the overall goal is to make the VR content feel less like a grind, you may want to look into uping the xp awards for killing things and especially completing quests.
I don't presume to know what you guys should be doing. I'm not a game designer, and I don't know how the VR content is after about VR3 or what the experience for other players are, but I'm just letting you guys know that the content I'm in (I'm VR1 in a VR1 zone, but I played some VR2 content that wasn't much more difficult) is way to easy, more than I think you meant for it to be. Until some changes are made, I'll be playing on a different character in a different alliance because honestly, the 1-50 content is now more difficult than the VR content.
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