Hecate Essence was added two, nearly three months ago.
When it has released and now, it has been found exclusively found in the far reaches at a 1/12 chance to generate on an island.
It has a very small render range and is surrounded by enemies 4-5 times our level in the rare chance you find it, as the 1/12 is the chance it spawns in a single location on a typically unbelievably large island. This has led players, including myself, to spend more hours than we’re willing to go back and count trying to find a single one.
We aren’t even supposed to be in the far reaches at our current level, and yet this is the one singular way to change your file’s first magic. It has reached a point where people have completely given up and have either deleted and remade their files to get the new magic they want or outright quit the game.
Since this has happened, very very few people have had anything good to say whatsoever about how its been implemented, and yet vetex has stayed completely silent on the matter, not even saying the words “hecate” or “essence” in ANY publicly accessible space since the update except for once in the trello referencing essence type potions.
Don’t believe me? Look for yourself.
Balance trello notes attempting to alleviate the issues with it have been veto’d.
An update has released and not a word.
I need answers, Vetex, why are you sticking to making this mechanic as horribly miserable to interact with as humanly possible?
3/4 of classes in the game can switch around their builds at a moment’s notice, but magic takes hours, or in some cases, tens of hours to change a single time. Why is magic different?
You retconned minds and said mages could freely learn magics just before the update dropped, which I get why it can’t be that easy, but this is too far.
I hate doing shit like this but I’m so tired of waiting for an answer that’s very clearly not coming unless I take it here. I’ve tried quieter methods, but it seems that I’m not getting a response until I start yelling. So I’ll yell.
I love AO, I think it has so much potential to be something incredible, otherwise I wouldn’t have stuck with it for the last 4 years.
However, with stuff like this happening, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay positive.
So, I ask, what’s the reason?
Is it a case of being misinformed and believing people like this?
Do you hate this community and implemented it this way out of spite?
Is lore accuracy just that important to you?
Is it something else that I just haven’t considered yet?
I understand that you don’t particularly like interacting with this, at times, very toxic and demanding community, but in cases like this, the silence isn’t doing anyone any favors.
We’ve all done this song and dance before with deckhands, I am certain that none of us particularly want to do it again.
1: Feature releases in a bad state.
2: Community complains.
3: The problem is ignored.
4: The complaints get louder.
5: Repeat 3/4 until problem is addressed.
That’s how it happened before and that is how it is happening again, so please, end this.
