Private Instances = Fail

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Originally Posted by Fallen_Aingeal

I don't think I'm "crying wolf" at all.

Had you had been here or paying attention if you were, you would know a simple truth. When the dlc dropped, it dropped extremely broken. Along with all the things that were requested, one of them was a way to make private instances so that clans could do private runs. We were told that this sounded like a good idea. We were not told that it sounded like a good way to gouge for more money...

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Not looking to pick a fight and not trying to defend Trion's decisions/actions, but them saying something sounds like a good idea and them giving it out for free do not go hand in hand.

The game has a number of issues I'd love to see fixed before they added ANY new content. I've bought all the DLC except Gunslinger, I've gone out and bought a Disc copy of the game, I bought extra inventory slots and key codes etc. At present I've invested as much, if not more, in this F2P game and being on a very limited gaming budget worry about getting locked out because I simply can't afford to play said game.

So as long as they aren't changing things to charge me to do anything in game I can currently do for free I don't see the issue.

I see people wearing cool outfits on their toon or driving a different vehicle and think hey that would be nifty to have, but find out it's from bit store and I say nevermind. I'm not entitled to those outfits or vehicles, they are something extra I can pay for if I want, but not having them doesn't affect the basic game and my ability to play.

You want them to put the work into providing something in game you want, then complain when they say ok they'll add it for a minor additional fee. Don't want to pay for it? Easy don't pay for it. They aren't going to hold a gun to your head and force you to pay for it or deny you the ability to keep playing the game as is if you don't spend HR for private instances.

Well not surprise , this company only thinks on whey's to keep their pockets growing instead of providing game player that already spent money in it anything worth doing besides new worth less expedition , exped once u get ur oj rig n few cyber chips are not worth the hassle time n hours effort or money Fr HR, same with WM once u have few crapy mk2 drops from WM is not even worth calling WM for free can't imagine spending HR either that fat donkey gat nathing on me !! My money stays were it belongs in other games or in my pocket do something worth spending money besides fancy color names weapon and HR exped wm not even fighting for o.0

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Originally Posted by Bonehead

At this point Bubs, you have to wonder where the surprise comes from...

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Indeed.

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Originally Posted by cmpowell

Put oj drops back in the t2 gunslinger reward boxes and problem solved. As for the op topic. It was always said that hr would be used for private instances so I dont see the fail. Only problem I have is it saying invite guild mate in the menu. This isn't WoW its defiance we have clans. Hope someone figures this out before it goes live,lol

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lol didn't even notice that.

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Originally Posted by cmpowell

As for the op topic. It was always said that hr would be used for private instances so I don't see the fail.

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Because requiring people to pay cash for private groups is greed, not good gameplay.

I'd pay 3 hr , to run each co-op solo, one time each.

After I've wasted those. I'll never bother with hr's again or co-ops, and I have around 130+ hr still.


Unless I can't avoid them.

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Originally Posted by Valethar

Sooo.. creating an instance for WM, etc.. is will cost real money... LOL

Why am I not surprised.

3 HR to create a group you can invite people to for Arks, etc...

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It was not working well the first time on PTS and it still has some of the same problems. It may not make it to live soon, Three HR is not the set rate and they said that on the live stream. No point getting people worked up for something that may not happen.

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Originally Posted by KILLSHOT707

It was not working well the first time on PTS and it still has some of the same problems. It may not make it to live soon, Three HR is not the set rate and they said that on the live stream. No point getting people worked up for something that may not happen.

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Making people pay at all for a basic game feature is bad, and doesn't instill confidence that the Dev team is in touch with reality, let along the player base.

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Originally Posted by Valethar

Making people pay at all for a basic game feature is bad, and doesn't instill confidence that the Dev team is in touch with reality, let along the player base.

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The game is an MMO, private instances are not a basic game feature for such.
You want private matches or to get solo/friends only CO OPs/PvP/Ark Breaks then either be willing to spend some very minor ammount for them or go to a game where match making etc. is a core feature.

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Originally Posted by Soul Binder

The game is an MMO, private instances are not a basic game feature for such.

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Really? I know of several where they are, and all of them are mainstream MMOs.

the city park is always open to the public. if a certain event is going on then they only allow paying customers or ticket holders in. same here. xcept with different shards, u can have several parks 'open' at same time that 1 is closed.

the arksalvage issue is a concern, why not let us use it for rerolls, say 1mil per try. not too hard to acumulate and new players are useing theirs for mod slots so its not a big letdown for them. when guns come with 4 slots open, u start building AS and can worry about rerolls. know they wont do it, but it would solve that issue.

i have a fun idea for consideration: add WM to Incursions. this is how i see it. for first 10 levels its the same. at level 11 it spawns a WM who behaves like our normal one, except when he hangs off stuff and summons friends and bombs us, his friends dont despawn till we kill them. this goes on till timer runs out and they port away or we kill them. would be fun to have obsticles for him and us. new strategies and tactics. bathhouse would be crazy. just some ideas...

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Originally Posted by SandDune

the arksalvage issue is a concern, why not let us use it for rerolls, say 1mil per try. not too hard to acumulate and new players are useing theirs for mod slots so its not a big letdown for them. when guns come with 4 slots open, u start building AS and can worry about rerolls. know they wont do it, but it would solve that issue.

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Interesting idea, but a million ark salvage for a reroll is way too high. The chances of getting what you want from the first time (sometimes the first few times) you make any sort of reroll are slim and this doesn't solve the problem of what we're supposed to do with anything below 1 million AS... all it does is make the wait to accumulate 1 million more after blowing it all and not getting what you wanted that much more frustrating. If you lowered that to, say, 100,000, I'd be on board.

As for this topic... well, I don't really like doing WM because I can't use any of the loot and it's a big waste of time standing around until the people who summoned the arkfall are ready. So I have no opinion on this.

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Originally Posted by Soul Binder

The game is an MMO, private instances are not a basic game feature for such.

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LMAO

To quote 'Christmas Vacation'.. "You serious, Clark?"

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Originally Posted by Soul Binder

The game is an MMO, private instances are not a basic game feature for such..

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I mean, technically every time you enter an instanced dungeon in an MMO, like in WoW for example, that's a private instance. No one else can join unless you want them to.