[Responded] Air's Embrace giving incorrect bonus

09/21/2019 18:54
Title: Air's Embrace giving incorrect bonus
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? No.
Details: With 160 air attunement, Air's Embrace (level 140) provides 45.9 dexterity on R69. With the same attunement and skill level, Air's Embrace on R70 QA provides 44.3 dexterity.
Steps to Reproduce: Just compare the difference between QA and live.
User Specs:
OS: Linux 5.0 Ubuntu 19.04 64bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor (8) System RAM: 32160
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 GPU RAM: 8192
SotA.QA.Linux.64.872.Date.09.20.19
Area: BasementSceneDungeonVillage_1Floor
Area Display Name: Village Stone 1-Story Basement
Loc: (13.3, 5.0, 8.5)
Debug: QmFzZW1lbnRTY2VuZUR1bmdlb25WaWxsYWdlXzFGbG9vcnx8KDEzLjMxMiwgNS4wMDUsIDguNTE1KXwoMCwgLTAuODE1LCAwLCAwLjU3OSl8MjU4LjU4MnwxNi4xMDYxM3w0LjkxNjA3

 

I guess that since nobody at Portalarium cares, this bug will go live tomorrow.

 

Yup, it made it to R70 live. Here's the skill description on R69:




Here's R70:



Note that the skill level and attunement are the same. I perceive this as yet another nerf piled on top of all the other recent nerfs.

 

So... nothing?

 

My buffs went down as well enlightenment I lost like int, I agree this was do to the attunement change.

Also my damage across all spells is a little lower.

 

So it really was another nerf... bummer.

I'm not using anything but indestructible gear BTW.

 

Why can't we have nice things?
As soon as we start having fun it gets nerfed and usually it is a 'math' change.
My avatar does not do math but it can tell the difference in the ability to have fun.

One day I can kill every creature I meet and am loving it, BOOM a new patch and I die killing a tree.

[end of rant]

 

We're talking about 1-2 points stat/attunement. Seriously talking, can this thing really influence your performance in pve or even in pvp? We're at the point that people can reach 300-500 points in a single stat and crazy attunement, i'm glad they're looking at some revision if this was necessary.

It all depends on what nice things, if an immune character able to kill end game bosses in few dozens of hits was a nice thing, well i'm happy they got rid of it.

I still remember the 30 pages thread about the archers nerf to then prove that archer is still the best damage dealer in game, i got some 2k+ aimed and 1k+ piercing and charged shot with subpar gear and average skills level (and shared it publicly).

I'm afraid the nerf word is really being used inappropriately most of the time, sometimes the best term is "fixed" or "changed", especially when is something that affects all builds/weapons like the DR boost, which influenced all physical classes and was inteded by some archers as another nerf over the nerf.

 

I must be careful here. I do not wish to offend or appear to be attacking you.

I don't want to beat a dead horse but seems I remember a lot of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth when your skills were not 'adjusted' to your satisfaction a few months ago and a threat to rage quit. Did I misunderstand those actions?

I've never considered quitting even though I don't agree with many things done by the devs.
I'm simply expressing my thoughts about these constant changes.
It seems that a little more forethought and testing would be used when initially setting these parameters.​

 

At some point, I decided to base my avatar on skills only and not gear, so every point of dexterity is hard-won. This change literally killed weeks of work for me.

 

Likely you remember badly enough, this thing is perhaps the result of word of mouth from some haters or I don't know where it comes from.

I never had a single skill adjusted to my satisfaction (I wish it happened, probably I would not be tired of using a weapon that i don't like at all), the contrary I received nerf to my skills for 3 years without saying a single word.

I've never done a rage quit thread with regards to a nerf, feeling this I'm really thinking you're confusing me with some other user, i did a goodbye thread almost 1 year ago for the lack of pvp contents that is my only playstyle.

And yea to be honest it doens't just sound as an attack but rather a defamation without a foundation prey to a moment of anger I believe.

Thanks for this awesome contribution! these are for sure nice things.

 

@Antrax Artek
I actually admire your abilities in the game and your skill.
I'm not angry, never was and I was trying to not offend you.
Obviously what I said did.

I apologize for the offense.

The purpose of my post was to say that continual 'balancing' even in small increments is discouraging to players. With a large player base this is not as much of an issue, but SOTA needs everyone to stay and play. Anything that drives players to other 'fun' is not