(07-05-2025, 10:47 PM)Hamsterino Wrote: Before the update, I was stuck with the dragon axe as well, I could *maybe* trade it for like 500k. However, before the update, 500k got you a lot closer to a good (or usable, for that matter) weapon than the single essence does now (I'm talking about 500k steel stinger, 1mil dragon breath, 2mil legacy etc.).
This isn't solely due to essences:
(07-05-2025, 04:50 PM)Malong Wrote: And the issue isn't directly related to Legendary Essences anyway. Before legendary upgrades, gold was only used for training hero classes and house crafted items, and best-in-slot items sold for tens of millions of gold (NKA bought an Imperial for 30 million). We're back towards the game state where gold isn't as useful anymore, probably exacerbated by the fact that Orichalcum, Relic Fragments, and Phoenix Feathers drop a lot more often from bosses. This isn't new.
(08-05-2025, 10:22 AM)Jaxer Wrote: As a relatively new player, the thing that seems unfair to me is the price of upgrading certain items. For example: distilling Typhoon gives you 6 essence, while upgrading it costs 9 essence + masterwork toolkit + huntress which makes upgrading this item cost more than twice its worth just for you to get +3dmg and +2 speed which is a joke. The upgrade price makes awakening certain items not worth it at all while pre-update upgrades were almost free compared to what the requirements are now.
I wouldn't classify you as new. Anyway, awakened legendaries are meant to have high costs for slight improvements. These types of diminishing returns are quite common in online games. See this post addressing that, and even the games he cited are quite new for online games:
(03-10-2016, 06:08 AM)Winter Wrote: Most games have a "fun" ramp up of resources required for the top tier - see Champion 160 gear in ESO that is literally 10 times as expensive as the previous tier. As in it is exactly 10 times the materials to craft. People that don't feel it is necessary for the +2p or +1% armor simply don't buy it, and there is definitely no shortage of that in ESO. Don't even get me started on the grind in TERA.
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