Game Design Gigantic Balance Shakeup. Too Far This Time.

you are right, i was wrong, there is exactly 447 items changed due to health regen% and or health regen raw, so in reality theres roughly 53 items changed due to balancing, i should have said 95%

 

A. IMO it really did; great health, good indirect damage and general buffs like soul point regen+walk speed made it extremely good for pretty much any build, as it both boosted health for more glassy builds, and gave more damage options for tankier builds. All of this, for NO requirements, making it extremely splashable. It was also fun to use; the combination of poison+exploding was fun to use, especially against hordes like in the orange wybel fight.
B. Even if it didn't, completely reworking it was not the right choice; not only is the new one less practical than items like the Clock Amulet and Diamond Fusion Necklace, but there is NO replacement for the old contrast in place. This essentially means you traded a unique item for just another rainbow necklace, of which we already had SIX endgame options (gigabyte, Dia Fusion, Cosmium (which is now more or less useless), Jeweled Broach (which is also overshadowed by Contrast), Stellar, and the Clock Amulet), while leaving users of the old Contrast with literally no substitutes.

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Except that, again, you traded a unique, one-of-a-kind, spashable item with no replacement option for a generic rainbow necklace, of which there were already SIX endgame options, two of which are now completely overshadowed by Contrast.

 

Contrast is confirmed to be reverting and receiving a buff.

Feedbacks are appreciated in general, we do listen. But we would appreciate more if they are conveyed in a less “you guys screwed up” tone.

 

Sorry, I'll try to be nicer. And thank you.

 

Hey @AmbassadorArt
I'm not going to reply to your concerns since others already did, and I don't want to make it seem like we are ganging up on you, but I want to address this part:

We are listening to the community. Before the item team there was barely, if at all, any communication between CT team and community members. I know situation between IM and community isn't ideal, but we are a new team and still learning how to handle everything.

The reason why we do things "behind closed doors" is because we aren't allowed to talk about upcoming changes nor hint them, and that's not our decision. Regarding items that were in the game, we did ask people how they feel about certain items, and while some were legit feedback, bunch were just spams and salty remarks, so you can at least see why we aren't keen on asking the community about every single decision we make.

Once again, we are literally not allowed to hint things cause that is gonna get us banned. If you want that changed you will have to talk with the higher-ups.

 

This is the one I find hard to believe. The amount of skill points heavily outweighed the measly 18% defense boost it now gives. It’s easier to find rainbow elemental items than it is to find a necklace that gives more skill points than gigabyte. The change probably broke more builds by removing the skill points.

 

literally please scroll down a few more comments before making one thanks

 

Skill point...? Contrast never had skill points...?

 

He's confusing Prowess and Contrast

 

discoverer was actuallr really bad before, you could notice a little diffence at a 100lb one and you could see more uniques all the time with a 150lb but now that its 200 you can tell its for real this time and this is what the mythic was meant for (still doesnt make a massive difference its just there is always a drop)
and hen did this happen? because the thread where they nerf everything you like and is all about items says nothing about this

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you have never used discoverer before, its 50% more loot bonus which reall doesnt get you allot and using disco for loot running is worthless because only the first 80% counts and the 120% goes to 10% I guess thats just because jp wanted you to not use loot builds on loot runs I guess

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yet I never noticed a massive difference that you keep referencing or it being super op and every 10 mobs I kill theres a legendary drop, its not that way and I dont know who told you it is but they were either really lucky and only told you of one time they used it or didnt know what they were taling about either

 

Only skillpoint/req changes are in special warning.

 

Oh, nvm.