varietasplus Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Core problem: fragment limit is 5.000. Goal: players must not mitigate the precious RNG factor of gearing. Problem: a QoL change (refundable gear) implemented a long time ago made it possible to overcame this limit (yet it was not an exploit!) Fair solution: increase limit. Malitious solution: remove the QoL and hide it in a patch note made of approximately 200 lines. Consequence: players can no longer try out different tacticals in a 2-hours window, neither can they undo a mistake upon exchanging gear, increasing the workload on Customer Support. Players lose tremendous ammount of fragments before they notice the change. Affection loss on the player base: unmeasurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 That was not what it was stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varietasplus Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 That was not what it was stopping. OMG, if that's the case, I have to say the situation is even worse. Here is how a real program designer would have eliminated this issue: exchanged shell comes with an unidentified amplifier that is only revealed once item becomes bound. Seriously. Removing one of the most useful QoL without giving it a second thought? Still can't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unperson Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Also fixing the seed would have worked. But doing it this way also stops you from circumventing the TF cap, so two birds with one stone and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwer Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Core problem: fragment limit is 5.000. Goal: players must not mitigate the precious RNG factor of gearing. Problem: a QoL change (refundable gear) implemented a long time ago made it possible to overcame this limit (yet it was not an exploit!) Fair solution: increase limit. Malitious solution: remove the QoL and hide it in a patch note made of approximately 200 lines. Consequence: players can no longer try out different tacticals in a 2-hours window, neither can they undo a mistake upon exchanging gear, increasing the workload on Customer Support. Players lose tremendous ammount of fragments before they notice the change. Affection loss on the player base: unmeasurable. Very easily: Limit to 10,000 and offer in the Kartell Market Unlocks in 5,000 steps. In the meantime I open the boxers only when Zykken is there. -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NogueiraA Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 OMG, if that's the case, I have to say the situation is even worse. Here is how a real program designer would have eliminated this issue: exchanged shell comes with an unidentified amplifier that is only revealed once item becomes bound. Seriously. Removing one of the most useful QoL without giving it a second thought? Still can't believe it. You expect such intelligence from Bioware engineers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK-ULTRA Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 You expect such intelligence from Bioware engineers? behind every engineer is a pencil pusher, just like the soviet union Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 behind every engineer is a pencil pusher, just like the soviet union Wow, that’s a good analogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmorrisson Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I see that "MK-ULTRA" is a free-thinking person much like myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 In the meantime I open the boxers only when Zykken is there. -.- Oops. "open the boxes"? "Open the boxers" means something very, very different... Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Oops. "open the boxes"? "Open the boxers" means something very, very different... Sorry. Aye, opening ya boxers when Kai Zyken is in there may lead to unforeseen consequences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzsi Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Aye, opening ya boxers when Kai Zyken is in there may lead to unforeseen consequences Maybe that was the point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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