The Nerfing

[Seret Sajet]

Ok, so you might not get my vague refrence to the Nothing from Neverending Story but what you will probably notice is a silent nerfage swept through the game.

Now maybe I just haven't read every detail of the patch notes or maybe you've all known about these for a while. What I want to know is what silent nerfs have you noticed?

First for me was a single person's ability to take down the Ackley. Many have told me how it took their whole group to take it down and some say their group of 5 or more were still killed. This seems like a silent nerf to me.

Second is the Hermit's Quest. The most tedious quest in the game because they all rely on random spawns. So random that people have spent weeks looking for them. Accordin to Jabe it took him 10 days to find the Pirate Leader that starts off the Mark of Honor quest. Last night we found him by accident. The nerfing parts comes when we noticed he respawned three more times in the same exact spot. That was never the case before. Now it seems he spawns in one spot only and that is most certainly a nerf to that quest (ask Jabe how long he spent to get the Hero of Tatooine badge).

So what have you noticed that is a lot easier or less tedious lately without it being in a patch notice? Any silent nerfs come across you path?

[Skarr]

the pirate leader, or boar, or whichever spawn for the Hero quests have ALWAYS been that way...just like any other spawn in the game, they will respawn 3 times in the same spot before moving on...

[Dwilah]

Maybe Dooo just rocks? I've only noticed small, unannounced things getting a little harder. Like silent nerfing of surveying (or maybe it was announced?)--you can't make a macro to survey through the night any longer. You have to be attentive to your surveying in order to grind through that tree.

[Seret Sajet]

the pirate leader, or boar, or whichever spawn for the Hero quests have ALWAYS been that way...just like any other spawn in the game, they will respawn 3 times in the same spot before moving on...

Maybe they were supposed to always be that way but after they fixed the hero of tattooine quests (and rumors were spread that the Jedi revamp required you to have that badge to become a jedi) countless players began using planetary chat to find the pirate leader, boar, moisture farmer and bounty hunter. From watching this chat along with Jabe it showed the pirate leader wasn't spawning in the same place three times but rather just once.

This could of been a bug and rather than a nerfing it was a bug fix but who knows. The way SOE has been modifying the has been in the favor of keeping current account holders from leaving by making this easier and more convenient for them. That seems to be their focus lately, rather than the push to get new subscribers. A blanket nerfing would be just the way to shave down the complaint list and keep those monthly subscriptions moving in.

[Ekade]

The way SOE has been modifying the has been in the favor of keeping current account holders from leaving by making this easier and more convenient for them. That seems to be their focus lately, rather than the push to get new subscribers. A blanket nerfing would be just the way to shave down the complaint list and keep those monthly subscriptions moving in.

Yeah, I have commented before that my theory is they are trying to knock off the little things quickly to keep people happy while working on the bigger stuff. Many of these changes lately seem like "changing a setting" kind of thing.. shuttle wait times, entertainer buff time reduction, etc.

I'm not saying this is a bad thing. Just an observation.

[Sai'nu]

I'm sure all of our hands have or at least have thought about cancelling at one point. We may yet again. I think the best we can hope for is that these silent nerfs are in some way helping. Within the past month or two especially I've felt a different feel to the game entirely with the additions and fixes they've been making. Whereas a few months back I was completely dissatisfied with things. I still don't like some of the grinding; but you'll have that in any game. I just hope we don't see another nerf on top of nerf trend with the professions again.