FloppyTouch wrote: »

Shock people are lazy and don't want to have to grind gear again.

People never want gear increase or to farm stuff again but it is needed to keep people playing the game.

Right now I could leave this game for over a year come back and still be at cp cap and my gear is all golden out bis. Why should I keep playing when I know I can leave not play everyday and still be relevant as the day I left 2 years ago?

We have farmed mats, dungeons, trials etc for BiS gear for hundreds of hours. Were we lazy then? I guess we would be considered lazy of the introduced a new gear level for no reason at all other than put everyone in another RNG treadmill. They might want to try and implement something so stupid as a means to keep playing. Reality says that the minute they add a pointless new level cap it will have the opposite effect. You will see the largest exodus of players the game has ever seen

A far more palatable change would be:

• Increase gear cap
• Reduce number of mats for CP 160 gear to just above CP 150's requirements; CP 180 (or whatever) now requires the 10x mats of whatever the new type is
• Create a dropped item which permits max level crafters to upgrade gear from one level to another. Perhaps it is gleaned from refining raw materials?

So, key BiS gear that was painfully acquired (like vma staves) can be upgraded, crafting is relevant, and there's an time grind to get the new materials. Initially, that dropped upgrade item will be very rare so good for market traders and is a gold sink, but after a while it will be more common -- at which point people below CP160 won't necessarily get BiS gear that's a waste.

NBrookus wrote: »

A far more palatable change would be:

• Increase gear cap
• Reduce number of mats for CP 160 gear to just above CP 150's requirements; CP 180 (or whatever) now requires the 10x mats of whatever the new type is
• Create a dropped item which permits max level crafters to upgrade gear from one level to another. Perhaps it is gleaned from refining raw materials?

So, key BiS gear that was painfully acquired (like vma staves) can be upgraded, crafting is relevant, and there's an time grind to get the new materials. Initially, that dropped upgrade item will be very rare so good for market traders and is a gold sink, but after a while it will be more common -- at which point people below CP160 won't necessarily get BiS gear that's a waste.

This makes more sense than anything I have read so far. Still have to ask why. What does it accomplish other than a reason to grind? If all people are looking for is a reason to grind then try and compete all the collections achievements. That will keep you grinding for a very long time.

I think a CP 180 raise would mke more sense then ushering in new temper alloy, etc. The reality is the increase would be minimal, but I'd run and farm the gear. It'd usher in a huge revival, especially if paired with next DLC releases. CP 160 is stale atm.

An unintended benefit would be all current cp 160 gear would be cheap, so people could at least get into it for next to nothing and at least survive the content. Could also introduce harder cp180- trials with ultra rare gear, etc. Makes sense tbh.