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Closed Changes to Drop Rate Formula Confirmation
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The base drop rate will increase, but not by much. If you're getting 5 nodestones an hour now, you might get 6 an hour after the update. Maybe. (But you'll probably still get 5 an hour.)
What these changes will mean for unfunded players is that if you buy your nodestones from other players, you'll most likely have to buy from a hacker/botter. And even then, the prices will still be higher. In other words, this change screws over all legit players, not just the highly funded.
Pretty much every player has or should have a Big Spider Familiar for farming which gives 60% drop rate. Data from KMS after this patch shows that the new formula means even these players will recieve less nodes and such. This is the free to play base, not juse those who have drop gear. (I will admit I am one of those).
That increased drop rate is not nearly enough for you to progress effectively (it would take you months-years to get your boost nodes to the lvl 50 boost and much more for your skill nodes). Players without drop gear can easily make money from gollux, commerci etc to buy nodes at 20-30m a piece from players who invested into farming nodestones (players who invested their nx/meso into creating/buying drop gear and other drop rate multipliers such as lucky winters and cash 2x cupons for this purpose). This is a healthy part of the economy and benefits legitimate players all around and also . Now bots will easily outfarm legtimate players so you'll be buying your nodestones from botters and feeding that unhealthy part of the economy.
The way it's worded makes it sounds like hurray for unfounded right? See kms already got this patch and kms players already tested this even the lowest funded players will feel the effects.
If you want the bigger picture see most funded players already finished their node work and are well over 540 AF, most are working on perfecting their umbra weapons, so who does this really hurt?
Things cant always stay the same. Try challenging yourselves sometimes.
The KMS drop rate only affects equipment (not coupons and such), and Big Spider familiars don't exist in KMS. It's entirely likely Big Spider won't be affected by the change at all.
thats really all on you. nexon isnt to blame since they have plans that are planned ahead of time. They probably had this in a folder somewhere from long ago.
i feel like these funded players who already acquired maxed out their nodes and have a respectable amount of Arcane Force, already climbed a mountain and now Nexon is causing an avalanche to kill the rest of us.
If the mountaineers represent people players who have drop rate gear, the people affected will be those who have invested a lot into drop rate equipment (similar to how people climbing the mountain will be affected by the avalanche.) The players unaffected are people without any form of drop rate enhancements or had already completed their grinds for nodes, symbols and droplets. I really cannot see any bright side to this change coming to GMS.
but I do not see the purpose and good enough reason for them to nerf drop gear.
If you have no drop rate gear, things will be better since the base drop rate of nodes will get a boost.
I personally only have 100% drop rate (5 items) so it'd just balance out. Not everyone is funded but I certainly understand their reasoning
it is to lessen the gap between those that have excessive drop rate with those that dont. They want things to be fair for everyone, most people give up because they dont have drop gear for nodes. Theyre helping those that are new to the game and dont have income or their parents debit/credit cards.
I still think a lot of unfunded still struggle to fund from this. I also think more people will suffer than people will gain from this overall. I was going to farm cubes and help cube for my friends and unfunded players in the guild. I guess its not going to happen any more.
it's only a nerf if you have an excess amount. If you have less than 200, it wont be much of a difference. Less is more to put it simple.
The increase in nodes is almost unnoticeable, this change just makes it so you have less ability to improve gear to farm and to make you spend more on nx based improvements
To hell with this "decreasing the gap between the rich and poor."
You're only knocking down the rich, not doing anything to uplift the poor. KMS has proved that it benefits no one. This nerf is absolutely indefensible.