lya's armor drops?

**Aimzor** · Oct 27th, 2011, 12:33:51

Originally Posted by Abdominaux

did 30 runs this morning on 174 fix , so far i get :

While you could have been doing....

Equip the Proton Backpack:

If there's somethin' strâââânge,
in Yo neighborhôôôd,
...
Accidently equipping the Ghost lantern.... while singing....

Ahhhhh, get it off!!!, get, it, offffff....(and starts running around in Bor).

**Xephonics** · Oct 27th, 2011, 12:50:42

Originally Posted by Gridpain

With Lya droping only in mish, you ll get only loot around your level...

So it seems the game which used to focus on twinking is leaning more towards the genre norm of items based on level req

**hokutonoken** · Oct 27th, 2011, 13:07:01

the FC decision to not have "twink" items drop easily is very "Business" related......the only "twink" items you can get is by "force renewal" of your acct...the ubah lowbie db helm" ^_=

if you look at it from a "business" point...that's marketing strategy!

**Tazalanche** · Oct 27th, 2011, 13:33:15

Originally Posted by Hokutonoken

the FC decision to not have "twink" items drop easily is very "Business" related......the only "twink" items you can get is by "force renewal" of your acct...the ubah lowbie db helm" ^_=

if you look at it from a "business" point...that's marketing strategy!

I believe that it is only "marketing strategy" if the game has a flourishing population.

For a population equal to Anarchy Online, it is corporate suicide/greed.

**Kamyn** · Oct 27th, 2011, 16:22:19

Halloween is finally here and I start running out to farm some lya's sangi items for alts and twinks when it becomes obvious... damn it, mission only loot.

I think rewarding active players should be the focus of FC atm, considering you have two very large MMO's set to launch soon...

Just my two cents,

Kamyn

**Demoder** · Oct 27th, 2011, 16:38:13

Originally Posted by Kamyn

Halloween is finally here and I start running out to farm some lya's sangi items and for alts and twinks when it becomes obvious... damn it, mission only loot.

I think rewarding active players should be the focus of FC atm, considering you have two very large MMO's set to launch soon...

Just my two cents,

Kamyn

Two? The Secret World is one, what's the other?

**rayje-defunct** · Oct 27th, 2011, 18:08:08

Originally Posted by Xephonics

So it seems the game which used to focus on twinking is leaning more towards the genre norm of items based on level req

which is why WOW is hurting, and AO had been taking their player base for the past year or so in moderate quantities... wow did that and everyone actively hates it. one of the things wow focused on which hurt their game and made it FAIL-HARD some how seemed like a good idea to FC? gotta learn from other games/dev companies mistakes, not make them yourself just to see what happens...

Originally Posted by Hokutonoken

the FC decision to not have "twink" items drop easily is very "Business" related......the only "twink" items you can get is by "force renewal" of your acct...the ubah lowbie db helm" ^_=

if you look at it from a "business" point...that's marketing strategy!

lol but nobody will want to renew accounts if they can't even make their ingame time more productive, especially since allot of people don't have much to dedicate as is...(i've seen so far i think 3 people that flatly said they won't renew accounts now because of this)

and, (previously mentioned) if this is meant to be a marketing strategy then it is truly a reckless and greedy one on FC's part (imho). and limiting the ability of people to obtain items to work on their toons and make them better just to who can pay more money will draw a line which cuts out people who don't have hundreds in disposable income to spend (so very few people do these days) which ultimately (that strategy/thinking) will kill the game...

Originally Posted by Kamyn

I think rewarding active players should be the focus of FC atm, considering you have two very large MMO's set to launch soon...

Just my two cents,

Kamyn

right, but for some reason they don't seem to realize that the active player base of AO is what's making them capable of all other projects... situations like this event change is really the "straw that broke the camel's back", probably more because in the patch notes and the halloween preview it wasn't mentioned...
(ex: i have been froob a long time, and recently started paying and wanted to make an s10 toon to sustain income to my toons -one of the main reasons i paid- which i waited all year to farm lyas armor for... i don't think i will be renewing...)

**Xandathrii** · Oct 27th, 2011, 20:05:47

Glad i finally read this thread.. been out killing UPHs for ages without a single phat dropping... now i know why.. drepressing oh so depressing...../ragequit!

**LyraJ** · Oct 27th, 2011, 20:27:56

Originally Posted by Xandathrii

Glad i finally read this thread.. been out killing UPHs for ages without a single phat dropping... now i know why.. drepressing oh so depressing...../ragequit!

I don't understand why this couldn't have been clearly communicated in the patch notes. Quite a few of my org mates avoid the forums, or only read patch information, and weren't aware of this until after they'd spent a fair amount of time camping as well.

It seems that there has been quite a few changes made recently that were a painful surprise to the community. Perhaps FC should recognize that and include all relevant information in patch notes, not just what they consider most important at the time. Clearly there is a disconnect about what changes are important to devs and what changes are important to the AO community.

**SoapTarder** · Oct 27th, 2011, 21:02:09

not at all surprised.... greatly disappointed... but not the first time the devs have cast boil blood on the playerbase.

I mean, the loot this year is awsome, gotta give props for that, and the instance is something new to experience and have a reason to team up for, and it is quite well done for a holiday addition... but taking away the one thing that a great many of us look forward to, is as asinine as spitting in someones drink while they are watching

**DecemberSky** · Oct 27th, 2011, 21:51:51

Me and the GF were excited to farm Freedom Arms and Lya armor from GUPH's this year...

Le sigh.

**Cyclotol** · Oct 27th, 2011, 22:05:29

DecemberSky

you can still farm those items, you just do it inside the missions instead!

**aramsunat** · Oct 27th, 2011, 23:01:56

Originally Posted by SoapTarder

I mean, the loot this year is awsome, gotta give props for that, and the instance is something new to experience and have a reason to team up for, and it is quite well done for a holiday addition... but taking away the one thing that a great many of us look forward to, is as asinine as spitting in someones drink while they are watching

I can't agree more, items are very decent, I especially like the spider bag, that was a good idea. The instance is also a nice creative thing and I do not miss the phatz. LFT for an entvined grind! While it bothers non 220 players not able to beat it, it is finally a challenge without compromises.

Taking out lya armor and pistols from the pumpkinheads was a bad idea though.

**Mulle** · Oct 27th, 2011, 23:04:15

Cyclotol:

GUPH was the only thing left that wasn't a mindless item grind. You had to stay alert, it was unpredictable, fun, it could go your way or hit you in the face. It was exciting and rewarding one way or the other, you could get rare stuff or pwn people of the opposite faction. I have yet to talk too, or read a post from anyone, who like this new turn. GUPH missions are for those who wants to tear their hair out, or watch it turn gray.

**Cyclotol** · Oct 27th, 2011, 23:14:34

Well you farm GUPH's outside or farm loot inside a mission its still farming items at the end of the day

**Mulle** · Oct 27th, 2011, 23:24:09

not for a lot of people, no.

**Johnnykay** · Oct 28th, 2011, 00:04:45

All QL's of Lya's armor soon available in ingame store ^_=

**LyraJ** · Oct 28th, 2011, 00:43:13

Originally Posted by Cyclotol

Well you farm GUPH's outside or farm loot inside a mission its still farming items at the end of the day

Hmm...nope. Because one you can easily do with friends and orgmates, especially the ones that come back for Halloween, and the other is a PITA to do with more than one character.

**Tazalanche** · Oct 28th, 2011, 02:59:48

It is pretty sad when it takes longer to travel to the UPH mission than to do a 100% clear of the entire dungeon. All that effort & we only to get a piece of morphing candy before heading back to a major city to do it all over again?

In the 6 years that I have been paying to play AO, this is the first time that I have regretted that I resubscribed in July, adding another 12 months to my already annual subscription so I could get the heckler pet. I think I still have about 12 months to go on the main account & 10-11 months on the other one.

The silence from Funcom leads us to believe they feel this was a good change?

Someone needs to put the loot back on the outside UPH/GUPH ASAP. The community is NOT happy.

**Chrys** · Oct 28th, 2011, 03:48:01

Originally Posted by Tazalanche

It is pretty sad when it takes longer to travel to the UPH mission than to do a 100% clear of the entire dungeon.

This has been the problem with RK mishes since SL came out. Play time < Travel time = less fun/minute. Ofc hardcore fanbois want to keep this because it makes the game more realistic xD

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