Initial thoughts on the updates?!

[HHHope]

Hey fella's, I'm at work now and I'm wondering what you guys think? Any questions we can keep in this thread! 

I got a few, how's the incursion ??! 

The gear level, how does it work? Will my current gear get a level or do I need new stuff?? 

Anyone try any new weapons ?! 

 

[ADK-Joker]

Hey fella's, I'm at work now and I'm wondering what you guys think? Any questions we can keep in this thread! 

I got a few, how's the incursion ??! 

The gear level, how does it work? Will my current gear get a level or do I need new stuff?? 

Anyone try any new weapons ?! 

The new  Drop rates/crafting system is really disappointing. They basically replaced the 3 Superior items that used to drop from a boss to 1 HE item, and really put a screeching halt on the mass craft to create an item with perfect stats method, which i really enjoyed.

The new sets are cool and all, but I just spent easily over 30 HE Electronic parts (and 75k normal credits) to create a sub par Striker's Mask. which hurts me overall (But will most likely level out once I have obtained the whole set for the bonus)

My overall 'Gear Score' might be higher, but it hurt my total HP severely, so be careful when crafting and replacing gear.

 

[Xeromaus]

I spent the entire time in game today farming Lexington event center on challenge...because the boss was dropping nothing but yellows and set pieces! Set pieces were a rare find, but literally 4 yellows dropped on each run for each player. I took a few friends from abysmal gear scores into the low 170's in just a few runs, and found quite a few yellow items I'd been looking for. They're currently fixing it with the server restart as I type this, but MAN...what a day lmfao.

 

[PropaneCrazy]

Yellow is the new Purple :grin:
I've been running round DZ all day picked up over 60 HE of various items, very few usable items. Also managed to pick up 2 Limes both for the Nomad  :wink:  

PxC are a lot easier to come by too, which is good but everything's gone up in price.

I really like the fact it costs regular credits to re-roll.

 

[Xeromaus]

I really like the fact it costs regular credits to re-roll.

and only 74k to reroll a green. I have a feeling that'll be increased in the future.

 

[HHHope]

I got a question, can you get the new gear anywhere?? Or does it have to be during the falcon lost incursion??!

 

[TheDarkZone]

I feel like they just rolled dice to come up with prices for a lot of things. I think it was a stamina mod I was looking at in one of the DZ vendors. There were two of them, one slightly better than the other. One cost something like 18,000 DZ credits while the other was 275,000 DZ credits. 

The two guns in the BOO vendors are both around 900 Phoenix credits. I think it is a Classic M44 and a SCAR assault rifle. They both look good, but nothing that special.

There is a lot of weird stuff like that for prices.

I'm not sure how I like the new gear drops and crafting ratios yet. The excitement of seeing a gold drop is completely gone. Yet, the gold gear I'm finding is mostly useless compared to what I already have. I extracted about 50-60 HE items yesterday. I think I kept 2. I found a pair of the Nomad gear gloves (the only gear set that I have zero interest in of course). The HE gloves I already have that I crafted are a lot better.

The boost in Phoenix credits and different tasks for getting more credits is nice. Definitely noticeable. Without even running any missions I snagged about 160 credits yesterday.

 

[MichFan]

I feel like they just rolled dice to come up with prices for a lot of things. I think it was a stamina mod I was looking at in one of the DZ vendors. There were two of them, one slightly better than the other. One cost something like 18,000 DZ credits while the other was 275,000 DZ credits. 

The two guns in the BOO vendors are both around 900 Phoenix credits. I think it is a Classic M44 and a SCAR assault rifle. They both look good, but nothing that special.

There is a lot of weird stuff like that for prices.

I'm not sure how I like the new gear drops and crafting ratios yet. The excitement of seeing a gold drop is completely gone. Yet, the gold gear I'm finding is mostly useless compared to what I already have. I extracted about 50-60 HE items yesterday. I think I kept 2. I found a pair of the Nomad gear gloves (the only gear set that I have zero interest in of course). The HE gloves I already have that I crafted are a lot better.

The boost in Phoenix credits and different tasks for getting more credits is nice. Definitely noticeable. Without even running any missions I snagged about 160 credits yesterday.

I noticed that the prices seemed really random at first as well but then if you compare the gear score to the prices I think they all make sense. Gear rating 182 is still pretty reasonable for cost but once you make the jump to anything higher that is when things get really expensive. 

 

[TheDarkZone]

Yeah, but for a stamina mod that was slightly better there should be a difference of over 200,000 DZ credits? That seems like a big jump, especially considering how much is involved in getting that many DZ credits. I think I am level 61 right now, which takes quite a bit of time. I have about 600,000 DZ credits. 

If that is the price, then that is the price. There just seems to be a disconnect on a lot of items that seem pretty close in effectiveness, but are really far apart in price.

Also the gear scores are a little odd too. Everything HE that I have seen is 163, 182, or 202. Everything. So why have numbers like that if there is nothing in between? Just go with 1,2,3,4... 

Maybe it has to do with future plans. I don't know.

 

[g1nt3r]

I got a question, can you get the new gear anywhere?? Or does it have to be during the falcon lost incursion??!

From the looks of it yes, it can drop elsewhere.

 

[HHHope]

Alright,Thank you 

 

[Xeromaus]

I got a question, can you get the new gear anywhere?? Or does it have to be during the falcon lost incursion??!

Challenge runs (boss drop, very rare chance), Named elites in the DZ (very rare chance), Incursion boss (always drops one, hard mode gets you a 191 piece, challenge gets you a 214 piece each time), and weekly completion of challenge run nets you a piece.

 

[HHHope]

Challenge runs (boss drop, very rare chance), Named elites in the DZ (very rare chance), Incursion boss (always drops one, hard mode gets you a 191 piece, challenge gets you a 214 piece each time), and weekly completion of challenge run nets you a piece.

Awesome,Thanks!  What's the weekly challenge runs?? Like the Dailys?? 

 

[Xeromaus]

Awesome,Thanks!  What's the weekly challenge runs?? Like the Dailys?? 

incursion on challenge mode. (meant to write hard AND challenge)

 

[HHHope]

incursion on challenge mode. (meant to write hard AND challenge)

Thanks dude! Appreciate it 

 

[Yurika889]

I spent the entire time in game today farming Lexington event center on challenge...because the boss was dropping nothing but yellows and set pieces! Set pieces were a rare find, but literally 4 yellows dropped on each run for each player. I took a few friends from abysmal gear scores into the low 170's in just a few runs, and found quite a few yellow items I'd been looking for. They're currently fixing it with the server restart as I type this, but MAN...what a day lmfao.

What part are they fixing? any more info on this would be appreciated.

 

[Xeromaus]

What part are they fixing? any more info on this would be appreciated.

The part about challenge mode bosses dropping 4 pieces of HE and a possible green per kill...it's down to one HE and a purple usually, but it could be a set piece and a purple or a set piece and an HE.

 

[Yurika889]

The part about challenge mode bosses dropping 4 pieces of HE and a possible green per kill...it's down to one HE and a purple usually, but it could be a set piece and a purple or a set piece and an HE.

I see. Thank you. Hard modes still drop HE right?

 

[Xeromaus]

I see. Thank you. Hard modes still drop HE right?

every named elite drops an HE now, hard mode, challenge mode, open world, or DZ.

 

[Xeromaus]

every named elite drops an HE now, hard mode, challenge mode, open world, or DZ. The levels will vary though, some are as low as 163.

not sure why this double posted, and with a quote at that....was supposed to be an edit...