Thread: New Upcoming Game: Crystal Maidens

You know, it's not even all about PvP or ideas for catching up or missing events...I'm simply losing interest in playing the game.

But still...'ideas?' They've spent all this time dicking around and putting off the global release, and they haven't progressed past the idea phase for dealing with the difference between normal and pre-release play? When I lead a group effort, if I can't finish on time, I need more than ideas to explain the situation to my customers. I need a plan. That plan needs to be communicated to those waiting for me to finish, not just some vague 'oh, you'll see' crap. And the plan needs to be fair both to those who have helped me work out the issues keeping the release from happening on time and to those who have been waiting for so long to try it. The longer the delay goes on, the harder it becomes to balance these competing interests, and the more involved and detailed the plan needs to be.

But brushing off the question with 'we have ideas' really just means 'we have no idea.'

Personally, what i find the most annoying is the crafting chance. The way it's set up, they have you literally grind for days to have a chance to get pretty much anything useful.

Take the icon for example. That's 15 bugs and 10 torches. Best drop rate for torches is 25% on Stage 11, and Stage 9 has 80% bugs and 10% torches.

So, here goes:

Okay, we'll go for the bugs first. 15 bugs equals (15/0.8) 18,75, or 19 runs. Let's round up and say we get 2 torches along the way as well.

Next are the remaining torches. 8 of those, another (8/0.25) 32 runs. Total: 51 runs, for a total of 306 energy.

And THEN you get a 30% to actually get it, so that's an average of (306/0.3) 1.020 energy, or a player no-lifing it for 5.100 minutes, or 85 hours straight.

Yeeeaahhhh....