The new March Producer’s Letter (and Bruce Ferguson’s final, as acting producer) is posted.
Some highlights:
- “We’ve discovered that with the items that we released with The Shadow Odyssey, that proc additional damage, the amount of damage being caused has grown considerably, and we need to adjust it.”
- “The first change of note is that we’re removing critical damage from the item’s base proc.”
- “The next thing you’ll see in this update is that the values of the procs can no longer be modified, with a few notable exceptions …”
- “Predators … to refocus the combat art back to improved poison damage, rather than the spell crit damage it has been doing.”
“We recognize that these are substantial changes. We wouldn’t be making them if we didn’t feel that things were currently unbalanced, and becoming more so as the game continues to grow. These changes will bring the item procs and spells back to a reasonable standard.“
Other stuff:
- “… a brand new x2 raid, two single group instances, lots of overland solo content, player created books, a whole new and more efficient shadow system, and research assistants to help you study up for your next spell upgrade.”
Expect the live date to be sometime in late June. Although it will be on Test sometime by next week.
And no, he did not say who the new Producer would be. I’m totally guessing here, but I’d suppose it to be Kirstie.
The new Senior Producer is Brenlo … who has been around for quite some time, after all. Hopefully he is as passionate about the game, and his job, as the previous producers.
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