Should Lootscaling be removed after the new Rtm policy?

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I get plenty of loot, solo. Without lootscaling I'd make 50k an hour just selling to a merchant. 50k that wouldn't be worth anything.

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I miss the old fun of farming for something I really wan't and when lootscalling came in it made it even harder
for the "average player" just so they could try and stop bots
WELL it didn't work did it? was just as many running around even lately in Shing Jea all the eles.
Now there trying this RTM thingy lets hope this is sucesfull I hope it is and they change Lootscaling.

I highly doubt the new "policy" will do anything to deter gold sellers. As a result, I'm pretty sure any hopes of removing loot scaling are just those...hopes.

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To all of you saying LS is better for new players I say BS. Prove it. I have.

I have been playing on my Primary account since the beta weekends. I have my inventory full 1000k and 12 character slots full 100k. I dont "need" any money. Dont really buy vanity weapons or armor ... And I still farm because it is what I like to do.

But just for grins, and taking advantage of CompUSA going out of business sale and Targets 9.99 EotN. I have started a new secondary account. I have not tranfered ANY money, runes, mods, weapons, insignias, etc. I have 5 characters that are between lvl 10-14. I have not bought ANYTHING other than ident and salvage kits.

I have not been able to buy armor/runes/insignias to properly equip myself. I was able to go to EotN (at lvl 10), to grab some lvl 20 Heros to use instead of Henchies, and I cant equip them with runes and insignias.

The point is, that the game IS NOT FUN like this. I have played it when money was easy to make, and with my primary account I dont need money, so it contimues to be somewhat fun.

But my Secondary account is like any other "new" player. It just isnt fun to have to scrape by... To not be able to afford an energy storage minor for your Ele, or not be able to afford a minor Vig for your Warrior.

So you can say all you want that this is better for the "new" players, but I call BS. I am playing both extremes, and it isn't better at all.

LS came, bots still existed.

Give this new update a month or two and I would not be surprised to see bots still roaming in GW1. Maybe less bots, yes but bots none the less.

As most EULA abiding players would agree, bots are bad period but they are like cockroaches. As long as there is still interest in GW1, there will be bots.

Lootscaling has no point other to keep the bots (and players) from getting cash.

Now that there are no more bots, the whole purpose of the scaling is gone (Except for players becoming rich... So what if that happens?)


I have never supported the lootscaling and now that it's purpose is gone it should really go in my opinion.

So, /signed.

No, but the hope is that they don;t want to make business in GW because it's not rentable for them. These guys want to make loads of money very fast, put obstacles in the middle and they'll think twice before putting money to bypass them.

And to those that suggest "LS shall stay and people should farm ... like I do". I hope you realise that there are other ways to play the game than farming, but they're not "rentable" (so to say) because of LS.

Corrected it for you. Anet shot themselves in the foot, like I mentioned elsewhere. If lazy people don't have an easy way to make gold, they turn to the gold companies. Earning gold took longer, so the gold companies bought more bot accounts, and needed to raise the price of gold. More people buy gold now too- so either way, the gold companies win.

Not worth anything? Tired of repeating myself and others but:

1 Normal armor + Elite armor have a fixed price.
2 Skill points are 1K each.
3 Consumables have a fixed price.
4 Runes + Insignia's now have a steady price (And this will only change drastically if new armor is added to the game, which is highly wishful thinking).

As because of the sudden influx Rare items becoming more expensive. Most people all ready have all the rare items they want, and the market is flooded with perfect rares. This is doubtfull to rise soon. Only the High ballers will perhaps see an increase in prices. (Rare mini's, Zaishen Chest drops, HOH drops)

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Drop the loot nerf

Nuff said

Let's see how this reduces the bots. Do you really think the people who program the bots are dumb enough not to adapt? They'll find another end route and get their gold. Anet is just keeping up in the fight against bots. Neither this nor any other method is going to stop gold farming bots, or even cut them down 80%.

/unsigned. I can see it now. After a month of no loot scaling: "WTS purple 15^50 12 Marks ivory bow.... 50k." A bit extreme, but you get the idea.

Which other ways to play are you talking about and how are they affected by lootscaling? Not trying to be a wise-ass here, I'm really only familiar with 2 basic ways to play: 1) 'normal' full party play, which is unaffected by lootscaling and 2) farming, which works perfectly fine if you ask me.

This is totally true. How was making gold harder to farm supposed to stop people buying from gold sites? People can only farm for limited time whereas bots can farm 24/7

Personally i think Anet got a cut off the gold selling sites for the loots scaling deal

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For an altered form of loot scaling which can benefit the modest gamer.

I was more thinking of "playing the game", following the storyline (for the Nth time of course), completing missions, bonuses and quests, exploring areas, etc. I guess it's somewhere in-between the 1) and 2) you propose,

Yes... fixed prices which seem perfectly fine to me in the light of how lootscaling works.

It's you who doesn't get it. If I make 50k per hour, that gold wouldn't be worth anything because I can't even spend it on those things you mention. A person only needs so many armors, skill points, consumables or runes. (Or none at all in the case of consumables, meh.) If I could buy an elite armor every 2 hours, what the hell do I do after I got them all?

Remove Loot Scaling > Easy Gold For Players > No Need For Bots > Much Less Gold Selling

Who cares? Elite Armour will still cost the same and so be easier to get.

As for getting max items, maybe more people will be encouraged to buy the BMP, which means more business for ArenaNet. But no loot scaling would mean more items anyways, so max golds would be easier to get just by farming.

Yep is needs to go, A-net didnt realise loot scaleng was a god send for the old bots, im sure you can understand why...

Anything that means i can have a life, go to Uni, work AND play GW's. I used to log on for a couple of hours when i had no other work and mates were busy and play a couple of areas till i noticed i had nothing more afterward than before. Whats the point in playing then?

(For people that are about to say "for fun, why else would you play a game" the answers here to save space; When I play a game I like to progress through it, once you hit level 20 the only progress you can make is in the gold you make and the titles you get. Loot scaling removes this progress and thus my motivation to play)

Not for nothing but who really wants to complete prophecies or factions for the 100th time? I know I sure don't!

You might get lucky every once in while by doing that but some players are looking for a more steady income of plat. which would most likely not be met by doing what you stated.