Nordinvasion's aim

[Fighting Phil]

May i suggest dumping the balance and bringing some fun and new features into mod. Too much stale gameplay as for me, little replayability, basicly shieldwall and grinding. You can browse older topics for inspiration, there were plenty of ideas

[Barristan]

For clarification, we are not giving people a full reset. This is not our plan and it has never been our plan.

[Kip]

For clarification, we are not giving people a full reset. This is not our plan and it has never been our plan.

I thought that was the case but it was fun to debate as a hypothetical.

[Mr_Awesome]

I am a bit surprise by how much I would actually consider a full reset.  I have started my 5th character and I must say it reminds me of the time I started my first character more than eight months ago and it has been fun playing on it.  As things are now, however, a full reset would only be a temporary solution.  It is quite possible that in another eight months I would be starting my 5th character again.

I am sure many people would be upset to lose their progress but I also understand why things cannot be left as they are.  I have my doubts that simply making the game more difficult will solve things.  For example, if hard mode is made more difficult for existing high-level players, I imagine it would be frustratingly difficult for players who are just now entering hard mode.  I do not see ultra-hard mode as a solution because that means adding more servers and more cost.

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.

To summarize, I find the idea of a full reset interesting but does have its disadvantages.  As I see it, it is just a possible option.  I am interested in seeing what is in the next big patch and definitely think we should wait until after its release before making any decisions.  I have heard of bits and pieces about it and hope that it will satisfy both the high-level players who are losing interest and the low-level players who are still working their way up.

It is a long post but I felt I had to express my thoughts on the subject.
Kip

Coming from one of the players who has a bunch of legendary's  and other fun stuff, I think a full re-set would be a welcome addition. + 1 for what kip said.

[Sphinx]

Like I was saying on IRC, I'd like to get rid of all my legendaries (temptation) and start over, but I'd be joining a server and guess what, I'd be stuck behind a shieldwall leeching and not feeling the thrill of fighting Nords. That's why we come up with ideas like Defend the Redshirt and such, because after being lvl 52 for 6+ months , it gets quite repetitive and boring

[Balaur]

Degrade the armors and weapons -> character and player skills matter more.

I would also reduce the healing-range

And yes, I know, less endurance for shields and less range for healing makes my multiboxing with automagic harder - and that is the purpose =)

[evildan]

All that was changed was the Thor cavalry wave removed, jotne and Valkyries  crush through was removed, Royal shields added, cade,tome and barel fixes implemented and easier maps. In my opinion just nerf all maps and give jotne and Valkyries crush through again...then people will be begging for the mod to be easy again.

[Kip]

That is the problem.  It is easy to overcompensate and make the mod incredibly difficult.  The challenge is to find the right balance.  I believe it is a challenge worth attempting.  It sounds like the next patch will be making some changes and I look forward to seeing what they are.

[evildan]

Also would be great if we could remove pink/unicorn banners from the game.

[YuriTheRed]

Also would be great if we could remove pink/unicorn banners from the game.

+ over 9000