Calista-DN

Thank you again for such a helpful post!! amazing job

Agreed- that a very high amount for the ancient. Especially disappointing considering nothing was done for transform contracts in the GS shop

Considering you really provide only one update a week- how about some additional information on: - major concerns we're waiting on? example- Gold Sand Shop update ? - updates on bug fixes? - upcoming event schedule - upcoming patch schedule Just a few things that come to mind if we want to keep this game healthy.

Yes . Because they would buy their ranks. No need for that. And (speaking for DN) having asmo transforms for a day, or even a few days or even a wee k is fine. A lot of them waste their transforms, and the longer they hold the fort, the better the buff for the Elyos, so the fort will flip, and the Elyos get their own transforms (which most of them, in turn, will end up wasting).

I was quite happy with the compensation, especially once I found out how to open the bundles a bit faster. Ancient level stones are extremely easy to get. Ultimate are not. If someone can't use ultimate right away, they will need them at some point, at which time they will be happy to have them. Mind you, to keep people happy, I'm looking forwards to a response soon to our requests for GP compensation in the Gold Sand shop, now that the bug above has has been fixed.

Your math is simple. TOO simple. Just based upon my own observations, I can site a number of people who haven't received the number of contracts you claim we "should" receive i.e the 294. Just based upon my owen experience, I frequently run instances and not seen a contract. I typically get white contracts and almost never get green-. - and that happens to numerous people that I know. It gives the impression that you may be calling everyone else lazy because you paid what what could well have been a significant amount of money for your transformation. At this point in the patch, it should be common for a large number of people to have a legendary transform by consistently running instances and combining contracts. They should thus be able to get one fairly easily through the event- this was the approach taken in other regions. Other regions also are more generous with their event frequency and the player base doesn't seem to suffer for it- quite the contrary- it's healthier than NA.

A afir number of the people who post here have asked for fair prices, not free items, since there's still a number of people who have either paid subscription for years and/or pay Prestige. They also buy off the BCM. So stating that everyone expects a free handout isn't accurate. Somehow, EU and other regions have managed to run events that give out legendary transforms without the need for such effort. Don't forget, this is no longer a new patch. If people have consistently run instances and combined contracts and even bought them, it isn't unrealistic to expect that an event gives a reasonable way to get legendary transforms without the need to spend over $100 (US) dollars and run an instance every single day (at least) for a month at the highest grade multiple times.

The question isn't "when" it's "what" - as in what will be rewarded , and to whom.

A number of people decided not to waste their time, I can understand their logic. If NCSoft wanted to grant them some minimal compensation, I'm fine with that- but then go through the extra step of evaluating whether someone actually did instances and sieged and grant them extra compensation. They shouldn't be put on an equal footing with people who put in no effort.

They were lazy and greedy or maybe they didn't get the resources the needed, who knows.. They likely didn't have the developers , or maybe they rushed them, or they lacked some time to do analysis, and/or the QA and did a half--assed job, which is very risky in any complex system with live data.

Bless you. This is the best post I've seen this they screwed the pooch on this patch.

Why do this now when we don't have any answers yet? Why not delay this until there is something worth buying in the shop- like every other region did. In fact, they added special (temporary) items recognizing that this hard reset deserved some compensation. You haven't even returned with a response confirming you CAN do it (which should be a "yes" considering every other region can) nor a date in which you can make the change in the shop- which should be a reasonable time frame (read no more than a few weeks at most). I'm fine (happy even) that these instances award will reward GP but please confirm that luna resets will be removed as of this maintenance.

I agree completely. NCSoft likely saw this as an untapped source of revenue since EK dried up. We all know how long that lasted.

1) why - unless you are planning a server merge? Are you planning one? EU used this but it was warranted due to mergers 2) there is absolutely nothing of any value on the gold ingot shop and the one item of value is way overpriced ( Daeva skill). It still in no way compensated me for the time I spent participating in segues and other activities. No I did not spend a significant cash nor did I AFK my way to my rank- so this is very much a slap in the face. 3) it it very much a loss since we are literally getting useless gold ingots- the only thing worse I think of is prestige coin, since that’s the only worse shop due to its exchange rate- although it’s items are better. Other regions supplied legendary transform contracts in their shop and other USEFUL items. This is in essence otherwise going to demotivate some of your most loyal players - exactly the segment you do NOT want to lose.

It's about bloody time we got bind.