phantasystarved
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Hi, guys. Thank you for making the suggestion forums public, again.
This is a really difficult topic to discuss sometimes, because the purist/LotL/SSF mentality is difficult to understand for those who play mainstream PSO. But this need for understanding matters, which is why I'm leading off the thread this way instead of just asking for the game mechanic that I'd like to adjust.
When the removal of PSO2 drop penalties happened, an oft-repeated comment I read was, "Thank goodness, now there's no penalty for other people joining. Now there's no reason to avoid multiplayer games." The irony is, for your purists, it was the exact opposite. To us, we don't see it as everyone getting their own drop table so much as each monster now gets double, triple, and quadruple drop rates as players join. And the only way to avoid this is to play solo.
Again, I lay this out only to hopefully increase understanding on where I'm coming from, not to convince anyone that I'm "right" or to pass judgement on the PSO2 drop changes. That change is done and over with, the vast majority is happy with it, and I'm glad you all are having fun with it. It would be greatly appreciated if you would toss the purists a bone, however.
A quick and dirty method would be to just bring the option for Classic drops back, but I think the better long-term solution is to also finally give purists their own character mode. "Separation of community" doesn't apply since we separate ourselves anyway, and having our own economy is a huge help, actually. Purist characters would have server bonuses disabled, would not be able to make or enter PSO2 drop rooms and get a spiffy new color for character names. That would be all that's necessary. Please, please consider implementing this.
Thanks again to the staff for all that they do.
This is a really difficult topic to discuss sometimes, because the purist/LotL/SSF mentality is difficult to understand for those who play mainstream PSO. But this need for understanding matters, which is why I'm leading off the thread this way instead of just asking for the game mechanic that I'd like to adjust.
When the removal of PSO2 drop penalties happened, an oft-repeated comment I read was, "Thank goodness, now there's no penalty for other people joining. Now there's no reason to avoid multiplayer games." The irony is, for your purists, it was the exact opposite. To us, we don't see it as everyone getting their own drop table so much as each monster now gets double, triple, and quadruple drop rates as players join. And the only way to avoid this is to play solo.
Again, I lay this out only to hopefully increase understanding on where I'm coming from, not to convince anyone that I'm "right" or to pass judgement on the PSO2 drop changes. That change is done and over with, the vast majority is happy with it, and I'm glad you all are having fun with it. It would be greatly appreciated if you would toss the purists a bone, however.
A quick and dirty method would be to just bring the option for Classic drops back, but I think the better long-term solution is to also finally give purists their own character mode. "Separation of community" doesn't apply since we separate ourselves anyway, and having our own economy is a huge help, actually. Purist characters would have server bonuses disabled, would not be able to make or enter PSO2 drop rooms and get a spiffy new color for character names. That would be all that's necessary. Please, please consider implementing this.
Thanks again to the staff for all that they do.
