(08-01-2013, 07:38 PM)Kip link Wrote: If the developers chose to use the full reset, it would not be "just because some big-whigs were restless." It is because as high-level players get more equipment, more legendaries, and more gold, there is less incentive to play the game. A large part of the appeal of this mod for me is that you can improve your character. Once all the improvements have been gotten, there is little else to do.The people who have the fancy equipment, legendaries, and gold are the big-whigs. For the people who don't have all those toys, they've been struggling to get them for months. Heck, my only legendary came from a tournament. I'm sure there are many people who have been playing this mod longer than I have, and they still don't have any legendaries. They're still trying to get their first one to enjoy.
To be generous, I'll say that 25% of players have at least one legendary and/or have multiple level 52 characters. (I'd estimate fewer, because legendaries tend to be looted by only a small ring of players.) The other 75% don't. If the 25% decides to reset all the characters because they've experienced a lot of fun, the other 75% will be left out in the cold. They never got to have those legendaries, that fancy armor, and all that gold. And now, all that that they did manage to gather together would be thrown away by that 25%.
Bitter feelings would result, a fair amount of players and donators would leave, and fewer players would join the community. After all, why would they invest months of playing in the mod if they're only going to lose it all by the time they've reached top tier?
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