This game could use a fresh start server, that‘s there to stay, similar to the new AO server.
Edit - explanation for the smiley abuser below :
When I got my first alt to E10, I realized that that trip was a rather lonely one, because everybody was already “there”. A better leveling experience (aka “the Journey”) could be provided if everyone would start fresh !
Without the fresh start, alt #2 will feel just as lonely as alt #1 did. Of course, a “Saga” approach, where the characters are rolled into the standard enviroment, would probably work as well.
I agree that SWL could and should incentivize rolling alts instead of borderline punishing players for doing so, but I don’t think segregation is the way to go.
Short-term, an occasional “newbee” event could be fun. Give everyone an extra character slot and a certain amount of time, and anyone who meets set criteria at the end of the event (e.g. reach level 50, finish Translyvania, complete every story dungeon, etc) gets a reward that can be claimed by any character on the account.
Long-term, SWL could really use proper shared storage, account-wide premium currencies and account-wide purchases for cosmetics and QoL features.
Similar to the Saga servers for Age of Conan, then?
(Limited timer server with some special rewards, everyone has to make new characters for them, and at the end characters are merged back onto one of the standard servers.)
At a guess, not a huge amount. I suppose just because they sound amazing to us, doesn’t mean they’d be practical or popular. Still, I’d like to think the devs at least give them consideration, even if it’s just to laugh and throw them out.
Interestingly, the next comment here will be the one-thousandth.
Make the timer in Dark Agartha shorter but have it only tick down while we’re in combat. I’m having ISP issues lately and between the issues themselves and phonecalls from engineers, DA is an absolute joy I can tell you.
Seriously though, if we were only being timed for the actual fights then the cool new “instance stays open when you disconnect” tech might actually serve a purpose instead of just being a cruel joke.
Can we get a ground targetting mode where we absolutely will not get the green circle unless we hold ctrl? With “invert simple ground targetting” turned on, when my target and/or I are moving (and especially with lag) I keep getting the green circle up because the reticle moved off the target for a split second and it’s incredibly annoying - it feels like the reticle is much less forgiving for attacks that are ground targetted.
[Suggestion] Have the activity finder not place you into a group with someone on your ignore list.
If you’ve had a problem with them in the past, you’re unlikely to be thrilled about grouping with them or eating a deserter debuff.
[Suggestion] Give us some less “tacticool” assault rifle skins - they don’t all need scopes and grenade launchers stuck all over them (and indeed, some of the more fantastical ones don’t).
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