New Follower Limit - Feedback thread

WhatMightHaveBeen · 2019-11-06T22:32:35.380Z

This is some great thinking, instead of just hating the cap. I like the thought process of this. Not 100%, but like the problem solving idea skills at work here.

Jantho · 2019-11-07T10:13:32.826Z

Thank you very much for your detailed reply!

So if we have a problem rendering placeables on low end machines, why not add an option on the client side to change their drawing distance and/or their detail?

I think part of it is already implemented. If you approach a building you first see the building blocks, much later you see torches and other placeables. So I wonder if it would be already enough to convert thralls to placeables to raise client performance? Just because this would lower their render distance?

Strider5599 · 2019-11-07T10:24:41.778Z

Was all this lvling system, thrall limit, and mounts on the testlive servers? because this all came out of nowhere

Jantho · 2019-11-07T10:27:51.350Z

It’s news from funcom. Look in official news and announcments.

lanier67 · 2019-11-06T00:14:13.000Z

I know a lot of people are complaining. I sort of get the motive for pvp servers, but on pve/c my endgame is to build bases, big and lots. I have invested 2k hours on official 1036, building big bases and fleshed them out with followers everywhere, so they feel alive. I have 12 Bases on that server, all fully manned and even small villages for thralls next to the bases.
I know I am not alone and we have several dedicated builders on our server and each one has far more than 400 thralls.
I spent months capturing them, gathering resources, to dress them and that now all will be gone?
If that’S the case, i will spend the next weeks taking ingame pictures of the bases and then i am gone as well.
At least give me the chance to pick them up into my inventory and store them, that way i can make sure my favourite followers will not be deleted.
It is sad to see such a drastic change, especially for pve endgame, if building is your thing and staffing bases with placed pets and thralls, then funcom is taking that away
Again, let us bag those followers that are dear to us!!!

Mikey · 2019-11-06T10:31:32.968Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

May Crom hear all of you.

Agreed. And answer in customary Crom fashion: lightning bolts or (if you’re lucky) indifference

jot29 · 2019-11-06T10:44:01.440Z

As Funcom already closed the official one, I would say otherwise… Maybe Funcom will recognize that thrall limit and non retroactive was not a good idea at ALL.

But then again its FC… “My way or the highway” mentality…

Mikey · 2019-11-06T10:45:51.781Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

As Funcom already closed the official one

They closed the QA thread, for the record. It either already had enough questions, or it had devolved into a chorus of complaining. Probably both.

jot29 · 2019-11-06T10:48:32.335Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

chorus of complaining. Probably both.

No wonder with such strange ideas… Game was advertised to “domniate” and enslave people… But not with “but max to 55, as our servers are crap”.

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

To be fair to them, they seem to listen a lo

They seem to listen to some certain people. Who or where this are is the question…

One guy complained about Dragonbone arrows being to expensive compared to Serpentman → boom serpentman needs demon blood?!?

If they LISTEN like that, then please dont listen at all. Dragonbone arrow price still makes no sense at all compared to any other arrow in the game.

Mikey · 2019-11-06T10:53:42.715Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

No wonder with such strange ideas… Game was advertised to “domniate” and enslave people… But not with “but max to 55, as our servers are crap”.

Eh, I don’t think the “game was advertized with” argument holds here. It was not advertized with “dominate any number of thralls” either - but it WAS launched like that. It’s a change, and people dislike that on principle, let alone the actual effects, so it’s not too surprising that the forum blows up.

It’s a bit sad to see so many people just focus on the negatives though, unlike Vathisgate™ (which I was against) this comes as part of a new and exciting follower leveling system, and I think that’s a big win.

Xgumpy · 2019-11-06T11:08:27.368Z

I am so happy i didn’t bought the last 2 DLC… because there is no point for making big aestetics castles that are EMPTY. 400 is a joke for my solo game, seriously.
Yesterday I was planning to buy derketo and arena with my credit card, and what disillusionment when I saw that limitation…
No more interest for me in this game

jot29 · 2019-11-06T11:12:22.855Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

and I think that’s a big win.

You have something todo until it hits lvl20 and the other positive thing is to “send them away”. Thats it… Rest are only negative things.

We know way to less, to say its a big win or a big lose. What if lvl20 thralls are just little bit stronger than current without levels?
And if they are way stronger, PvP will cry for nerfs anyways and Funcom listens to whiny PvP players alot.

So again, I dont see there a big win. You have to invest time when the patch hits, to be on the same state as before the patch.
Replacing old thralls with new ones with leveling and level them up.

Yeah, some people are happy with that… But that does not bring in new content to level thralls up…

Its great for people who also like seasons… A forced restart, so that they “have something todo”. But its still the same… NO thx.

Strider5599 · 2019-11-06T12:48:23.212Z

I don’t mind change but I have no idea what I’m getting I know which of my current thralls that act correctly they do what there suppose to do but even if these followers might be a bit stronger they might not act correctly like my current thralls and I’m being told I have to kill my thralls for followers that might be worse … I wouldn’t mind the change but funcom needs to raise the limit cap for followers I have one main base with 7 outposts and somewhere about 150-200 thralls defending them besides reserves in chests

lanier67 · 2019-11-06T13:14:20.490Z

That’s the thing, one thing is the limit itself, the other that i have to let them go. With the statement that you are over the limit random thralls will get deleted, there is no way for me to secure my beloved entertainers or companions.
It can’t be that difficult to allow putting thralls back into the inventory, there is even a mod for that on private servers.
Just make that an addition to your patch and a lot of people will be happy, because it would allow them to bag their favourite thralls and then accept that whatever excess is left randomly gets deleted.
And again, in pve/pve-c the endgame is building mainly, why would i build if it then is completely empty?

jot29 · 2019-11-06T13:40:54.722Z

Oh, yeah, in the official Q&A thread your last reply…

“There is no building cap”.
Well there was neither a thrall cap until yesterday…

Mikey · 2019-11-06T14:10:45.803Z

Certainly. Funcom has also stated on multiple occasions that they have no desire or intentions of ever implementing a building limit, so I see no problem in letting someone who was worried about their base know that there is no building limit, nor is one proposed with the new system.

I am not aware that they have ever said anything one way or the other on a thrall limit, though I suppose it’s possible.

jot29 · 2019-11-06T14:30:31.201Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

Certainly. Funcom has also stated on multiple occasions that they have no desire or intentions of ever implementing a building limit

Where did they say this?

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

I am not aware that they have ever said anything one way or the other on a thrall limit, though I suppose it’s possible.

Thats a good question, if someone ever asked about sth… Probably to hard to find now anyway…

Mikey · 2019-11-06T14:36:16.441Z

Thrall Limit on pve? Let me bag them!

Where did they say this?

On this forum, certainly. Though I can’t say exactly when or in which threads that would be. My gut feeling is the last time I saw it was a few months back, but don’t hold me to that.

I think they’ve said so on streams too, but I’m less sure about that. Multigun’s excellent writeups would be an easy-ish way to quickly run through those.

HMR85 · 2019-11-06T16:58:57.558Z

Let me bag the Thralls I have and store them away for a rainy day. That way I can choose which ones I want to put out.

Also, I agree with the above poster. There needs to a counter showing how many thralls you have out. They need to allow us to start bagging them before the patch hits. As It is gonna take us awhile to go through all our bases and round them up along with our gear on them.

Strider5599 · 2019-11-06T16:59:41.309Z

I’ve started playing since day 1 on EA I still have my very first T3 thrall that I tamed … since that time my little army has grown to somewhere in the amount of 150-200 soldiers they have been with me through thick and thin defending my base from trolls bringing world bosses over to my base on different occasions when I wasn’t on and fighting off purges I proudly made them great armor and weapons so they can be protected while doing there duty many have accompanied me through exploration across the exiled lands always putting my life first above there own others have journeyed with me to fight the legendary monsters through dark infested dungeons I am proud of them all … how funcom can you ask me to start murdering these loyal soldiers of mine?