Add plunder to normal Trials

hazelnuts · February 2019

I spend so much time in normal Trials to farm and get trial experience but i get almost no gold out of it, i then cant upgrade my gear or buy good potions to continue raiding. So maybe they could add some kind of undaunted plunder to normal trials, maybe like half the plunder that you get from vet trial.

redspecter23 · February 2019

You can get gold by doing other things in the game. There shouldn't be an expectation that you get everything from one narrow aspect of the game. Go do some daily writs or farm some motifs or gear to sell.

Even if they did add plunder to trials, based on the time requirement for normal trials compared to vet, the number should be maybe 1 or 2k. Anything more than that would be unbalanced compared to vet versions.

hazelnuts · February 2019

redspecter23 wrote: »

Even if they did add plunder to trials, based on the time requirement for normal trials compared to vet, the number should be maybe 1 or 2k. Anything more than that would be unbalanced compared to vet versions.

i see people doing sub 15min vaa hm or 30min hof hm.... while i spend hours in these trials and get nothing.
So how is that unbalanced if they would give like 10k plunder for normal trials

redspecter23 · February 2019

hazelnuts wrote: »

redspecter23 wrote: »

Even if they did add plunder to trials, based on the time requirement for normal trials compared to vet, the number should be maybe 1 or 2k. Anything more than that would be unbalanced compared to vet versions.

i see people doing sub 15min vaa hm or 30min hof hm.... while i spend hours in these trials and get nothing.
So how is that unbalanced if they would give like 10k plunder for normal trials

It's based on player skill. If I spend 5 hours in trial that a pro can run in 15 minutes, should I get 20 times the reward because I spend 20 times as long in there?

Progression is difficult and there is an investment in resources involved. The eventual reward is experience with the content and the ability to complete it faster later on.

efster · February 2019

The description for Undaunted Plunder says it is "gained by defeating some of the most dangerous foes the Undaunted have ever faced". Normal trial bosses and trash packs do not fit that description by any stretch of the imagination.

You don't need to have BiS gear or good potions in normal trials; if you want to prepare for vet, farm/sell raw mats and buy the upgrades/pots you need, then go straight to vet. Normal doesn't prepare you for vet, anyway. It gives you a general idea of what mechanics to expect, but the damage done to players and what's required from players are on a different level, and in some cases vet introduces mechanics that don't exist in normal at all.