Release Notes - 1.26.40/1

[Bryan James]

Yes, please.

Don't really need to have a few ego-faulty basement kids particle-affecting my paid gaming experience.

[Geoff13]

I would vote for an option on the Settings page to turn off display of the leaderboard podium in town.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Yes, it was considered. No, it will not be implemented.

[Nua]

Any consideration to having the Everbound affect weapon sets as well as armor?

[Arawn]

ROFL! This is the only time I'll ever see this

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[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Grand_Wazoo Update to game version 1.26.106.

[Grand_Wazoo]

I'm sorry but I don't like this new display of the leaderboard. It's terribly confusing. The old rankings at least gave us an indication of our position in the rankings. At the moment it is just a confusing mess..

[Arawn]

It most likely won't matter much as everyone will end up maxing out their season level eventually, but it's probably best to just use one criterion

[John Welch | CEO]

Why are players at lower trial levels ranked above players at higher trial levels on the leaderboard? What'd I miss?

Season LBs now rank people first by Season level then by Trial level. We did this to enable more people to participate in the top of the LBs who are playing regularly. We expect that by the end of the season (or sooner) anyone who cares can be at level 60, so the end result will still be most skilled players dominating.

We are shooting for a balance where leaderboards are fun for and accessible to the widest array of people and not instantly dominated by people who are not active players. We know this change was not universally appreciated, including by players who are active but who do not care to grind season bounties. To address this, we will add juicy Season XP bounties into future events, allowing performance in events to replace season level grinding.

Curious for feedback on this.

John

[Bryan James]

Season > Trial

[Arawn]

Why are players at lower trial levels ranked above players at higher trial levels on the leaderboard? What'd I miss?

[papa jim]

If you were not already aware, you should buy all recipes for gold when they appear. Trying to refresh or wait for a specific is a losing proposition.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

The players who jumped to the top are just using Gems to max out their Season level quickly.

[Bryan James]

Season Level establishing the baseline of your competition? Perfect. If you've acquired things, you can transmute them. Or live a while, play the game, and accomplish just as much.

How high you rank based on the TL and Speed within your current strata? No brainer.

Time taken by itself, though, is a problem. It is unheralded, and the Constant Cookies have largely Cut its value by neglect or eating too much Blue Chew.

Most players have never seen a 24s anything. I've never gotten a 23s.

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Ok, maybe I have, twice somehow, but that doesn't count to me. Although I saved it, go figure. I shouldn't have to save it (another thread explores such).

There's currently a Season 60 TL 1 dude (looks like a very established character) with 22 seconds. Yes, Trial Level 1....but still, having enough variables fall into place, possessing a particular skillset, and being awake enough when many factors align is a pretty neat thing. Or, you know, 4Havoc2DemoCritCrit.

[Thanatos67]

A question about season leveling. I noticed there are 32 players already at max season level (60). I am wondering if I am missing something. I thought that the only way to acquire points was to complete the daily bounties (4 total), the season bounties (8) that change every few days, as well as the 3 ANB bounties during events. Also, one can pay 100 jems per level. Are there additional means in aquirering Seasonal Points (other than the above mentioned, or the paying of 100 jems per level, which is a no bueno for me?!