Newsfiend
10-01-2009, 09:21 AM
We have definitely considered going to a "rating" system.
The issue being that it would be a "perceived" nerf to a large majority of players to change to such a system.
It is definitely something we continue to discuss. It is also of course a monumental project http://www.mapfiend.net/eq/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif One we may have to buckle down and do.
There are others who can explain the rating system better... but essentially as a "stat" gets better, NPC's have a corresponding "counter stat" that gets better... requiring that you continue to increase that stat just to have equivalent results against the "new" NPC. That is a simplification of the system, but a general outline.
More... (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=156102&post_id=2300860#2300860)
The issue being that it would be a "perceived" nerf to a large majority of players to change to such a system.
It is definitely something we continue to discuss. It is also of course a monumental project http://www.mapfiend.net/eq/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif One we may have to buckle down and do.
There are others who can explain the rating system better... but essentially as a "stat" gets better, NPC's have a corresponding "counter stat" that gets better... requiring that you continue to increase that stat just to have equivalent results against the "new" NPC. That is a simplification of the system, but a general outline.
More... (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=156102&post_id=2300860#2300860)