I'm beginning to believe this game has a bias against certain players, whether from them not like complaints being filed or because they've determined certain political, personal views don't agree with them, I'm damn near done with this moronic game.
Look, I HATE to have to complain. All I want to do is PLAY the damn game, and be treated like EVERYONE ELSE. I fully understand that, for every person, RNG works differently, but it can NOT be this damn different. Think I'm mad? I've calmed considerably.
Let me try to lay out the issues..I'll do my best to keep short.
When I began, as I do with many games, I studied the AVG RNG for people, in regards to "Gold" drops, from Refining, Writs, Master Writs, Writ Vouchers, and "Motifs". There were a few others, but since this is the "crafting" forum, I leave it here.
From all I could gather, from the forums, online, and talking to people in-game, writ vouchers, I thought, ran between 2-109, with 109 being the highest I've ever gotten. Most people got quite a few of the high vouchers, from mid-way through completion, yet it seemed they received less, the closer they were to finally completing all aspects of crafting...strange, but OK. I didn't find out until fairly recently, that people actually get writ vouchers in the 2-300 range! In my 2 years or so, I've only seen the 2-109 vouchers, 2 in the 90's 4- in the 50's range, 2 in the 36 range, (enchantment), and all of the rest have been in the 2-7 range. It's been a nightmare trying to save up to get anything for my homes. I do all the writs for all 6 crafts, EVERY day. I began Jewelry, but I'm only @ 41 atm. I have all traits researched, save 13 Nirnhoned, give or take 1. I use TONS of supplies, and the 50 writs cost 8 golds, as they are legendary, as are those above this. Extremely expensive.
So, when I found out others have been getting 2-300 writ vouchers from some Master Crafting writs, It began to make sense, as, going the way I have been, I will take me YEARS to ever get things I would like to, with writ vouchers. If I'd of gotten just a couple of the higher ones, it would have helped immensely. Recently, I went 2 months, and all I got was 2- 2-voucher Writs, and 2 5-voucher Writs...in 2 MONTHS. This can NOT be normal. The cost in supplies is extreme. This has made crafting untenable, yet, this isn't the only issue.
Another issue I've had, and I've posted on this before, filed numerous complaints, all just trying to get ANYONE to answer, as to why my "Gold" crafting drops, from refining, are so friggin awful. From all I could gather, and I've checked every place I can find, the mass majority of people average 1 gold drop, every 150-200 items refined. I've received this answer from several players, and it seems to be fairly accurate. So, when I was refining OVER 4,000 Ancestor Silks, (maybe 800 of those from other sources), and only got ONE gold drop, @ the 3800 range, I began getting really ticked off. I mean, I will NEVER be able be able to craft myself ANY gold armor/weapons, especially if I want to fulfill any Master Crafting writ that's over 50 vouchers or over.
For a short time, say, the last 3 months or so, I finally got into that 1/150-200 gold drop area. Granted, 90% were in the 200 area, but still, at least I finally felt I was getting drops like normal people do. Until today. Today, I refined 3900 ores, I got 10 golds Temp plates. This was how it began, on the run up to doing 4k and only getting that 1.
Zos cares nothing about it. They NEVER do anything. I know most people understand how long it takes, just to get to someone who will somewhat listen. 9 times out of 10, they will ask moronic questions, or ask me to do stupid things, that have NOTHING to do with what I'm trying to get help with.
This game charges a FORTUNE to play it. Obviously, that is ALL they care about. Paying more, does NOT mean you are going to be treated better or that they will even bother to fix issues.
I posted about the 2 month period of almost no writ vouchers, over a month ago. I've STILL not heard a word back. probably never will.
I also almost NEVER find Motifs, and, trust me, being disabled, I search ALL the time. I just don't see them. And, when I do, they are one's I already have. It is extremely rare I find one I need. I've looked up all the places I should go, and do everything I should, they just n ever appear.
So, basically, the game has become unplayable for me. I really wanted to enjoy this game. After FFXI was closed down for console folks, after they screwed people who literally took YEARS to obtain some weapons/armor, etc, in order to placate the "I want it now crowd", to whom, game loyalty doesn't mean crap, they usually never play long, I was extremely tentative about playing another MMO-type game. When I decided to give this one a shot, having played all of the Oblivion games, etc, I was hopeful. My first experience? The first toon I created got stuck in the "Cold-harbor" part with Lyris. I asked Zos, for MONTHS, to please get my toon unstuck. They never did, so I left. I came back about 2 years ago, toon was till stuck in there, but I DID find a CS rep, who finally told me what happened, and helped me get it out. I'd already made another toon, and it was already @ 160, when they did this. Been downhill every since.
As I said, maybe it's just me. If this is normal stuff, then the game isn't worth playing. If it's not, it's unplayable, because no one will ever fix it..hell, they won't even LOOK at it. So I guess this is where I'm at now. I'm disabled. So I really can't do much else. It's sad, how Game makers have found a way to force gamers into buying all this insane add-on crap. I mean, you don't HAVE too, but if you don't, well, you only get to play half the game. And, they've built walls around themselves, so they don't have to deal with anything directly. I would think this would *** games off, to the point they would finally band together, and STOP ALL GAMING, until these greedy Corps, finally began to LISTEN TO US. But, it seems the new breed of gamers could care less. They live on cheat codes, spec controllers/kb's, speed and other cheats, to blow through the games, then move on, the rest be damned. I guess that's the way of gaming now.
I filed my last complaint. I hold out no hope they will do anything this time, either. I know this was a long post, and, I apologize for that. I'm just @ an end. I've put up with much more than I listed here. After gaming, damn near my entire life, I've never seen this kind of crap. Most of us put up with lag, long-loading screens, drop-outs, DC's and the like, as long as the games have good storylines, are fun, and intense to play. But, this is the first time I've ever, in my life, had to deal with imbeciles in-game, who try to "Hump" my toons, quite literally. I mean..who does that? Sure, some of the people may be young, but, is that supposed to be an excuse? What about people that play with their kids? I've seen a couple of kids crying because of this, yet they do nothing about this, either. How is this right? If they won't put a stop to deviant crap like this, what does it say about them, as a company?
Anyways, good luck, folks. Not sure if I'll stay or if I'll go, guess it will depend on whether I get a response this time or not. But I hold out NO hope for the former, as the latter seems to be the norm, for the foreseeable future.