About Padme’s Gear Update Today…
I want to start out by giving CG some praise today. This was a very quick turnaround in addressing yet another self-inflicted blunder. Realizing the contradictory nature of Padme’s kit compared to previous statements around diversifying gear requirements and coming up with the solution proposed is very much appreciated.
After reading today’s solution to the issue though, I’m not sure we’re being told the whole story still:
Quote 1 - "This was due to an error in the gear creation tool we use to design characters, which has been rectified."
Quote 2 - "To that end, we will not be changing any of Padmé Amidala’s gear as currently published. She’s tuned the way we’d like (using her current gear and stats)"
I could be wrong here (and if so please help me understand), but how are these not contradictory statements? On one hand, the tool used to create her kit was not working properly, but on the other hand her kit will not be altered because her kit is fine according to the testing process. Sounds fishy to me. How can she be over-geared due to an error in the gear building tool while at the same her kit is working as expected?
I can’t help but feel this has nothing to do with a tool not working properly, and is merely a face-saving statement plus a freebie after being called out once again for overly predatory practices.
Am I missing something here?
After reading today’s solution to the issue though, I’m not sure we’re being told the whole story still:
Quote 1 - "This was due to an error in the gear creation tool we use to design characters, which has been rectified."
Quote 2 - "To that end, we will not be changing any of Padmé Amidala’s gear as currently published. She’s tuned the way we’d like (using her current gear and stats)"
I could be wrong here (and if so please help me understand), but how are these not contradictory statements? On one hand, the tool used to create her kit was not working properly, but on the other hand her kit will not be altered because her kit is fine according to the testing process. Sounds fishy to me. How can she be over-geared due to an error in the gear building tool while at the same her kit is working as expected?
I can’t help but feel this has nothing to do with a tool not working properly, and is merely a face-saving statement plus a freebie after being called out once again for overly predatory practices.
Am I missing something here?
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Quote 2 - with that in mind, we've tested her with the current gear and like how it works. Rather than delay the release to allow a rework of gear we're going to give you gear in the event
That's the way I read it.
Nope, its easy to get all the stats that these harder to farm gear give from other pieces of gear, plus if you adjust her bast stats even easier. Everything a stun gun gives can be given elsewhere, you seen the tiny amount of strength a eyeball gives? Easy to give that on another piece of gear.
Thanks for clarifying for this noob.
Only if that strength already exists on a piece of gear. Otherwise they have to make new gear.
Granted, adjusting the base stats should be simple enough, but they might have been balancing her across multiple gear levels. Providing us with the "excessive" gear is a simple, yet very effective solution to the problem, that could be done very quickly.