The Wildcards

[Copperpot]

Duke - I was having a super cool time tonight, but that last dc I just couldn't be bothered to reconnect. I hope you guys understood right away. I wouldn't want you to be waiting around for me.

[Duke Slater]

No worries. I've done the ... I was going to call it a rage quit, but it's more of a frustration quit when you dc one time too many and decide to call it a night. We'll try again another time.

[Overwatch]

Duke Thank Med for me for the OJ's he gave me. After reading all the complaints about the new DLC I think I will be out for quit some time. Let me know if he would like them back or even some others. I am sure with this new DLC the game will be unplayable for me. I think I am going back to World of Warplanes where I can do some real damage. I will check back next Tuesday when I get back into town and if he wants them back or if anyone else needs OJ's I would rather give them away than them go to waste.

[Copperpot]

I think that due to my experience yesterday that I won't be joining groups anymore. I don't have the ego, let alone the time, to pair up with anyone higher ego than me. I will still play, but mostly work on my side missions solo, until I figure out how to play with others. Who knows? Maybe I won't be playing I don't know. I think it's pretty stupid to have to shoot something 10,000 times in order to kill it. I know this game is fantasy, and I like that about the game (and show), but come on..... If you shoot anything that many times it would become a pile of goo.

[Duke Slater]

I am going to officially cancel this weekend's clan event. I think that we all need time to figure out the new DLC. So far my experience with it has been less than favorable. With some experience, some changes in perks, some different weapons, etc., it might get better. Or Trion could roll back the strength of the enemies a little to make them not quite so invincible. But with the current level of damage and the current limitation on ammo, it's just not fun making so many trips to reload while all the enemies stand around and laugh at you. On the other hand, I mastered six detonators in about 25 minutes because the enemies were able to soak up a near-infinite amount of damage before dying. So there's that.

Copper, Overwatch: I understand why you would want to play the game less and work with others less. Check back now and then, and maybe things will get better. I'd hate to see you two go because you are two of the more active people in the clan. On the other hand, the game was fun on Monday. It's not fun today.

[Copperpot]

I need to get some more time in with the game/DLC. I've been really busy lately with work, school, life, etc. I'll play some more solo and see how it goes. Maybe I can figure out how they expected us to group up with different ego levels. I also leveled up some weapons last night, which was pretty cool.

[Overwatch]

I will check back in in about a week, see if things have settled

[Duke Slater]

Trion has dialed back the difficulty of the enemies in the Mount Tam region to give the newbies a better shot at survival. I'm guessing that more adjustments are on the way.

I've found that at threat level 1 (for example on the old co-op maps), my character is ridiculously overpowered. A group of us killed the final boss on a co-op map in about 20 seconds. Maybe less. Threat level 4 puts the difficultly at about what it was before the DLC. Threat level 10 is somewhat ridiculous.

I got a new shield that is higher ego, and it offers about twice the protection of my old shield. That was a big help.

Also, the color of your weapons is pretty much meaningless now. For example, I am ego 4200. My favorite weapon is an orange smg with an ego of 3100. It has all the rolls and synergy and nano that I like. But I can go to any vendor and buy a blue smg at ego 4200 and it will do far more damage than my orange smg at 3100. Obviously Trion wants me to pay to upgrade my orange smg, but I'm not sure I see the point. For 2000 script I can have a blue weapon that works now, or I can pay for the DLC, farm the currency needed for upgrades, and then have an orange weapon that works. Seems like an easy choice to me.

[Copperpot]

I had fun last night. I just need to stay out of any expert level stuff. I played an incursion which lasted seemingly forever though. I was dying to find a way to hit the restroom and refill my cup. Luckily (sarcasm) I DC'd and got my chance, lol. I was able to get back though because I noticed a clan member there that I could jump too. I got an OJ sniper too.

As for weapons, I upgraded a few but I'm still using the new stuff I pick up off the ground because they are better and I can work on mastering them and hopefully gain some EGO quicker. I think that's how it works anyhow. I'm still working on getting a better shield.

I still think it's stupid to shoot something 10,000 times and it not be dead, or a gooey pile of guts.

[Duke Slater]

I was dying to find a way to hit the restroom and refill my cup.

I REALLY hope that these were two separate things that you wanted to do, not that you were peeing into a cup. But, hey, if that's what makes you happy. Just don't invite me over for drinks.

I agree with you about the game. Lately whenever I play I feel like some crazy homeless guy picking through the trash. I'll equip whatever weapons or shields I can find because they are high ego and better than the oj's I've been using for weeks. Right now whatever resources I do manage to get my hands on go straight to bumping up my best orange shield. Someday I'll be able to use it again once it's ego is high enough.

I don't hate the DLC any more, but I'm still not sure it's an improvement. When I think of all of the cool things that they could have done, or the basic upgrades to server stability that they still haven't done, I just shake my head.