SWTOR: Gearing Changes in 5.1.1 and 5.1.2

Da ist die Info :

Zitat von EricMusco

Hey folks,

As I mentioned earlier this week, we have quite a few changes planned for gearing over the next few Updates. Let’s go over what they are, when they are happening, and why!

Game Update 5.1.1 – Coming February 7th

• All Command Experience Points (CXP) gains, CXP Boosts, and CXP Legacy Perks are now additive instead of multiplicative.

  • This change is being made to setup for the greatly increased CXP gains that are possible in 5.1.1 (if you love math click the spoiler tag below for what this means in greater detail)

• New CXP leveling event. This event will run until Game Update 5.2 in April. During this event all CXP earned will be increased by 250%.

  • The goal is that you will earn one crate every 30 minutes or less. The 30 minute time-frame is for a Tier 3 crate (meaning 1 and 2 will be even faster).

• All CXP Packs that you earn from drops and Missions are now Bind on Legacy.

  • This change is to help a player distribute CXP around their Legacy if they choose to do so.

• We are introducing a new 100% CXP boost in addition to the existing 15% and 25% boosts. This boost can be purchased from the Command Token vendor or the Cartel Market. This boost only works up to Command Rank 180 and lasts 2 hours (Command Tokens) or 3 hours (Cartel Market).

  • The goal of selling this boost for Command Tokens is that it allows higher Command Rank players to use their Tokens to greatly accelerate leveling their alts (you can also buy them on the CM or GTN).

Game Update 5.1.2 – Coming February 28th

• We will be rebalancing the CXP rewards you earn from Operations. Boss kills will now award more CXP than they did previously. The Operations Weekly has had its CXP reward greatly increased.

  • Operations CXP rewards are below where we would like them to be and so we are increasing their CXP value from both gameplay and Missions.

• Group Finder Daily CXP Rewards are being added. Completing the Daily Group Finder Bonus will award you with a bonus CXP Pack.

  • We wanted to ensure there were great CXP incentives to participating in Group Finder. By making it a CXP Pack it has the added bonus of being Bind on Legacy so you can use it on whatever character you would like.

• The completion Mission for Flashpoints have had their CXP values greatly increased.

  • Flashpoint CXP rewards are also below where we would like them be to and so we have added a much larger CXP bonus for completing their respective Missions.

• The Flashpoint and Uprising Weekly Missions have had their CXP rewards increased.

  • Our goal is to really encourage players to play multiple types of content for the best rewards. We want to encourage playing a diverse set of content, not a singular activity (although you can always still do that if you prefer)

• The PvP Daily and Weekly Missions now reward a batch of Unassembled Components.

  • This is one of the changes we are making to help players in getting Unassembled Components faster. It also incentivizes dabbling into PvP often.

• We have increased the Unassembled Components that are awarded to players after completing Ranked and Unranked Warzones.

  • Not only did we want to reward playing Warzones through Missions, but we also wanted to ensure that those of you who play primarily Warzones each day could work towards purchasing gear quicker.

In the future

Unassembled Components and Legacy. We understand your Legacy is important to you and we agree with that, we are looking at ways to address that in the future.

These are all of the changes you can expect in 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 for Galactic Command. As you can see there is a lot happening and we want to hear what you think. As we go through these updates we will continue to monitor feedback and data to see what other adjustments may need to be made!

-eric

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Let’s take a look at what the change from multiplicative to additive means. Warning, if you don’t like math, you’re not going to enjoy this 

The way CXP and its respective boosts work right now is that the % increases multiply with each other, hence the term multiplicative. Assuming that normal CXP gains =100%, this is what multiplicative boosting looks like:

CXP + legacy boost + CXP boost
100% * 10% * 25% = 137.5% CXP earned

Here is a more extreme example to see where this gets complex:
CXP + legacy boost + CXP boost + highlighted activity + DvL Bonus
100% * 10% * 25% * 20% * 15% = 189.75% CXP earned

As you can see, the more boosts you add into the equation the more difficult it becomes to tell how much of a bonus you are actually getting. Since we are going to be running a 250% CXP event and adding a 100% boost. We thought this would be a good time to make that math cleaner for players to figure out and so that our % boost wouldn’t get difficult to manage. Now, the same math from above would look like this:

CXP + legacy boost + CXP boost
100% + 10% + 25% = 135% CXP earned

CXP + legacy boost + CXP boost + highlighted activity + DvL Bonus
100% + 10% + 25% + 20% + 15% = 170% CXP earned

One thing you will notice is that the % you earn with additive is lower than that of multiplicative. That is one of the reasons that we are making this change under the new event, so that you aren’t actually losing any CXP earned. We also will factor this into future changes to ensure that the additive change isn’t a nerf to the CXP you earn. Especially since our goal is to ensure you are earning it faster, not slower.

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Und eine Antwort auf die Frage , warum der Random Faktor aus den Kisten nicht erwähnt wird in diesem Post:

Zitat von EricMusco

In this set of changes, not yet. We are still looking into Crate contents to see where changes should be made. It would be a much more substantial change from our side to update the contents and so although we are definitely open to doing so, we wanted to take these steps first.

-eric

Quelle

Schon , ja , aber das schnellere erreichen der Kommandolevel , löst nicht das Problem , das man immer noch an der Hürde der Randomness aus den Kisten hängt, daher fand ich die Frage was sie denn nu mit den Kisten selbst so planen gar nicht so verkehrt. Allerdings sollten sie dieses Problem auch so schnell wie möglich angehen und nicht noch über den April hinausschieben , das ist bloss wieder Zeitspiel in meinen Augen , mehr nicht . Denn der Hauptkritikpunkt ist immer noch , das zu viel Müll aus den Kisten droppt und das sollten sie bloss nicht vergessen.

Könnte man so sagen , ja . Das ist zwar ein Anfang , aber keine Lösung des Problems , eher eine Annäherung.

Ich sehe da aber noch keine Besserung in nächster Zeit , sie denken das sie damit auf Zeit spielen können , aber ich denke das wird wie das ganze 5.0 Konzept nach hinten losgehen. Sie bewegen sich einfach zu langsam , dieser Patch hätte schon viel früher kommen müssen, 5.0 ist jetzt schon fast 3 Monate draussen und es wurde noch fast gar nix an den Basis CXP gemacht ausser der Nerf an den Gold NPC's kurz nach Launch.

Der nächste Patch soll Ende Februar kommen , sie lassen sich einfach zu lange Zeit und die Spieler laufen immer weiter weg und verlieren immer mehr die Hoffnung.

So , mal ein wenig Panikmache (das Ende ist nah ) , einer vom C(ommunity)M(anagment) Team geht :

Zitat von TaitWatson

Hey everyone,

There have been two forum posts in my time at BioWare that have been difficult to write: my introduction, and this one. For those who prefer brevity, I won’t bury the lead: February will be my final month on the SWTOR team and, in fact, with BioWare. I have had an amazing few years here, but it is time to sail different seas. I will go ahead and nip a few things in the bud because I know they will come up:

I haven’t been fired, and I haven’t been laid off.
I am leaving BioWare to move to California.

Okay, that out of the way, moving on.

"What are you doing now, Tait?"

An excellent question, me. For now, nothing I can disclose career-wise, but if you follow me on Twitter, I'm sure you'll see soon (It's @pariahloki. Shameless plug). However, I am leaving Austin and moving to San Diego, where I imagine I will spend a lot of time eating tacos*, playing Frank Turner songs on an acoustic guitar, wishing I could afford more tattoos, and generally trying to be more like I was in 2006 - which is basically just skinnier and more emo. Just kidding. Same amount of emo. That never really went away. Have I ever told you the story about the time I saw Fear Before The March of Flames play on a sheet of plywood in a guy's backyard in my hometown? There were like 10 people there--- you know what? Maybe we'll cross paths again someday, and I can tell you all about it over some tacos.

People often ask me what I do, and when I say I work for BioWare the natural follow up is "what do you do at BioWare," and that is a deceptively difficult question to answer. Everyone here sees what I do publicly - primarily maintenance messaging, these days - but the sheer diversity of the things I do behind the scenes is hard to explain. That said, one thing has remained consist between the job titles (three!) I have worn here: advocating for players on a daily basis.

For now, however, I just want to say that, even though there have been rough times, I have never once dreaded coming into work. Not one time in the time I've worked here, and a huge part of that is all of you. Yes, you. If you have somehow come across these words on the internet, I am talking to you. You are the beating heart that keeps this vibrant and unabashedly passionate community going, and for that you don't get enough credit. But I assure you, every single day people come into work and strive to show you just how important you are to us.

And I will miss that the most.

-Tait.

*Okay, but, for real. There is this restaurant/bar in San Diego that has the best fish tacos I've ever had and I can't remember what it is called. Send help. It's on 3rd, 4th, or 5th within a few blocks of Market. I think it had a small stage in it? I went during SDCC one year.

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Steht nix von Ersatz da , mal schauen was da in nächster Zeit noch abgehen wird.

Antwort auf diese Frage :

Zitat von Screaming_Ziva

I was able to level about 40 command levels this weekend (got a whole one set piece for my time) and, personally, I thought that the speed I was gaining levels was just about perfect (and I was using the CM boosts). I know they say they are still working on the CG drops so I'm going to leave that part out of this.

However, what is going to happen when 5.2 hits? Currently, the patch notes say that 250% boost is only going to last until 5.2. Are we going to completely loose this boost and go back to grinding 1 crate every 1.5 - 2 hours? The current 250% boost needs to become the permanent rate of CXP gains.

Zitat von EricMusco

Good question! In short, when the event ends in 5.2 we are going to also readjust the CXP rates at the same time. The intent is to buff CXP above what it was prior to the event. How high we buff it remains to be seen, but our intent is definitely that you get a crate faster than you did before 5.1.1. Once we get closer to 5.2 I should have more details on what CXP gains will look like.

-eric

Ich lese das so , das die CXP geringer sein werden , als sie jetzt sind , aber höher als sie Pre 5.1.1 waren. Ich würde gerne sehen das sie endlich mal was sinnvolles sagen würden , aber es sieht nicht so aus , als ob in der Richtung etwas passieren wird ... .

Zitat von Ishisu Ishta

sie noch mal die CXP anpassen werden müssen weil es immer noch scheiße ist

Und genau das sollten sie tunlichst vermeiden , sie sollten es gleich richtig machen , aber ich sehe das auch noch nicht kommen , dafür spielen sie zu sehr auf Zeit im Moment.

Zitat von Ishisu Ishta

Was aber viel interessanter sein wird ist, ob sie bis 5.2 endlich eine Lösung gefunden haben für das RNG... Da haben sie ja im Moment nach eigener Aussage ja auch ein Auge drauf... Hoffe mal da werden sie was *vernünftiges* machen (erwarten tu ich es aber nicht !)...

Tendenz bis jetzt , da wird nix sinnvolles bei rauskommen und ich bezweifle im Moment das sie die Randomness wirklich als grosses Problem identifizieren (was es aber defintiv ist) , ansonsten wäre schon lange etwas passiert (jeder normale Mensch sollte das doch eigentlich bis jetzt realsiert haben, da fast jeder Kritikpost zu diesem Thema das Thema RNG hat ... ).

Gab heute kleine Infos was in 5.1.2 nächsten Dienstag geändert wird, irgendwie haben die den Knall immer noch nicht gehört , die einhellige Meinung in diesem Thread ist bist bisher , das dass immer noch nicht genug ist :

Zitat von EricMusco

Hey folks,

As I mentioned in the GC roadmap thread, 5.1.2 at the end of February will bring a lot of changes to Missions and Unassembled Components. For this post I want to focus on Unassembled Components and the specific changes that you can expect. Below you will find the new values along with what their old values were.

• Warzone Win: 8 (up from 5)

• Warzone Loss: 3 (up from 2)

• Arena Win: 4 (up from 3)

• Arena Loss: 2 (up from 1)

• Solo Ranked Win: 8 (up from 5)

• Solo Ranked Loss: 3 (up from 2)

• Group Ranked Win: 10 (up from 8 )

• Group Ranked Loss: 4 (up from 3)

• GSF Win: 8 (stays the same)

• GSF Loss: 3 (stays the same)

Currently in the game, PvP Missions do not award any Unassembled Components. In 5.1.2 we will be adding them onto all of the Mission rewards. Here are their values:

• Warzone Daily: 12

• Warzone Weekly: 40

• Solo Ranked Daily: 16

• Solo Ranked Weekly: 30

• Group Ranked Solo: 20

• Group Ranked Weekly: 60

These are the adjusted Component rates coming in 5.1.2 on Feb 28. Thanks everyone.

-eric

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Irgendwie müssen die ja die Zeit bis zur nächsten Erweiterung abbummeln , wenn die in diesem Tempo mit Fixes so weitermachen ist das ganze Oktober/November in einer spielbaren Verfassung ... .

Auf Twitter geht es auch grade gut rund , die "Begeisterung " auf 100 weitere Level ist echt riesengroß .

Mein höchster Char ist auf Stufe 40 , habe aber auch 4 Chars auf 30+ , hab mich also nicht nur auf einen Char beschränkt , das kann ich einfach nicht und daher finde ich so nen Twink unfreundliches System auch nicht grade förderlich

Zitat von Chritow

Naja Abo am Samstag ausgelaufen,

Meins läuft heute aus, ich entscheide je nach Feedback auf 5.1.2 , ob ich verlängere oder nicht . Tendenz bis jetzt , wird nicht verlängert.

Zitat von Chritow

RNG bleibt und das heißt für mich no go

Genau deswegen , ich habe so nix gegen das Kistensystem , aber das auf RNG aufzubauen ist die schlimmste Umsetzung, besonders bei diesen miesen Raten. Habe auf meinem Schurken bisher 3 Setteile bekommen auf ca Lvl 35 einen Gürtel und 2 Handschuhe , fand das echt lustig als ich den 2ten Handschuh bekam ... . Man brauch ja auch eine kleine Motivation um sich überhaupt auf so einen Grind einzulassen , aber wenn man 95 % der Paketinhalte direkt wieder desintegriert , frage ich mich , wo da die Motivation sein soll.