Recent content by camelCase

Two threads over 10 pages long could've been avoided if it was communicated in the patch notes what their intentions were. They've had two opportunities to correct this since and haven't bothered. This latest change leads me to believe all the things that Roland told us is the case, but I don't...

Gosh, I'm not that melodramatic!! I'm more referring to a games company operating early access in the manner in which the person I replied to used as example. Doing early access properly does wonders for reputation, and for argument's sake I think TFPs have done a great job so far but I see the...

It's also very rare for a mod to do exactly what you want. It's normally more the case of finding a cool mod and using it, rather than finding one completely fit for your purpose. Mods tend to unbalance the game and be unstable with updates. They should enhance the game, not fix it. I mean...

I actually really like this idea. There's too much RnG with the weapons themselves and the mods... if it were restricted to RnG on just the mods the crafters would have little to complain about. Not sure if I prefer it to legendary super rare items (not in trader/quests) though.

I consider myself quite informed and this isn't clear to me. It's not that I've been avoiding receiving that information either. I'm glad to hear it, this probably needs to be communicated by them better. I played because A17 isn't an enjoyable experience for me. I'm also playing because I'd...

Hmm, I'm glad that isn't an opinion shared by the devs and the principles of early access. I've found you to be quite rational in your responses on this issue to date, but I really disagree with that sentiment. If they want a commercial failure then they're free to ignore a significant portion...

If that is accrate then that's a big OOF for me. One guy takes issue with it and steers the conversation amongst his paid employees. Unless this owner has experience in game design and not just a fat wallet with an urge to micro-manage then this certainly explains things post A16. [Edit] My bad...

And where's the incentive to go out and loot when you've got purple for each slot? The solution is to provide good end-game content (very rare legendary items perhaps, or awesome quests) not artificially inflate the importance of one aspect of the game by screwing up the others.

No, because you won't get enough parts to craft it again. For some reason a highly skilled artisan crafter simply cannot better what has been rusting away in a post-apocalyptic world even with the machined parts to work with. Surely these items were made by the gods themselves... /s

And this is fine. It's when shooter/looters feel as if their game is being attacked when the argument really breaks down. This change doesn't affect them and I've yet to see a valid argument as to why is does. Perhaps if crafting was able to produce better items than looting I could see their...

Well, what I mean by that is that there was some basis for allowing T6 crafting... some rationale. To me it seemed to be quite well-received (certainly was by me, but I'm trying to be as objective as I can) and to reverse it as if it was some kind of unintended change or bug does make me...

Well, I wouldn't go that far. I think what TFPs have achieved with a small studio is nothing short of an extremely rare and commendable achievement. I would say that making two HUGE changes to the gameplay in a very short space of time is very confusing and worrying though.

Hehe yes. And don't forget most games have taken the route that finding a weapon at the bottom of a wrecked house is likely to be poor quality. The looters in here are just plain lucky that crafting isn't T6 and looting is T5. The real kicker is that we aren't even asking for that; just a fair...

Ok, I think TFP should really sit up and take notice of this whole thread. Not only is it a popular subject, but it's a controversial one with most people sitting on one side or the other. When the change was introduced to allow T6 quality, what happened? Not much... most people figured since...

Pretty much has saved A18 for me. This keeps looting strong but bridges the huge gap with crafting without really diminishing anything. I'd also be fine with legendary items provided it's a reward for doing a particularly hard POI- if it gets implemented RNG based, however, that puts us right...