[Update] - The Story Behind It
Here is the story behind this. First the facts:
What does that means for players:
Possible Options
Bottom Line
At the end some players can upgrade their gear to higher gear levels than intended.
Some might disagree on how the CG/EA team handled this, but basically the other option, to not allow ANY pre-crafted materials would have been worse for most of the players and a complete waste of resources. Why ANY? Otherwise it would have been an advantage for some players who had pre-crafted the "right" materials. Also the idea to disassemble is good, but not practical as it needs time and resources to implement this new feature.
Conclusion
CG/EA had choosen the best possible solution appropriate to their intensions.
- A level increase to level 80 was implemented.
- Also the Holo Lens to upgrade gear was introduced.
- The "Omega" will be available and visible only for player who reached level 80
- The Holo Lens will be available when Guild Wars are introduced.
What does that means for players:
- - It is possible to increase to level 80
- - Some minor characters in arena can upgrade to gear level 9
- - For all other characters gear level 8 is maximum unless Guild Wars are introduced.
Possible Options
- Allow pre-crafted items to be used.
- Not allow ANY pre-crafted items to be used.
- Disassemble certain pre-crafted items
Bottom Line
At the end some players can upgrade their gear to higher gear levels than intended.
Some might disagree on how the CG/EA team handled this, but basically the other option, to not allow ANY pre-crafted materials would have been worse for most of the players and a complete waste of resources. Why ANY? Otherwise it would have been an advantage for some players who had pre-crafted the "right" materials. Also the idea to disassemble is good, but not practical as it needs time and resources to implement this new feature.
Conclusion
CG/EA had choosen the best possible solution appropriate to their intensions.
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That way ppl can't complain they didn't get a chance/notice.
48 hours isn't enough for some of that gear. A week at least
With this thinking, why not a month? Why not a year? Come on.
Won't be fair to new players
Start a new account and u will be surprised how many new players are playing this game
1) CG looks at player base and startled at how many player base hit the lv 70 cap and shards reach their saturated point
2) CG decides to increase level cap with new refining gameplay (fortitude)
3) CG decides to just increase level cap since the new gameplay isnt ready
4) CG takes a look again at consequences of increasing lv cap to 80 and decides the game will be way too mature if they do not introduce those gold purple mats and new gears
5) CG finds an AHA moment "why don't we link these new items to new content that these bunch of rascals have been asking for"
6) But the new content isnt ready yet
7) Decides to introduce new items along with lvl cap increase anyway even without the new content which lead a certain player base furious, but not me (imo it's a good decision esp. to lift the saturating point of too many players hitting lv 70, but could be a terrible one if new content does not follow suit in timely manner, i.e. taking too long that all players hit lv cap again)
In overall, I think CG definitely has a designed plan along with timeline to go with it. But because of one thing or another (lack of human resources, either quality or quantity maybe?) they always lag far behind the schedule and always need to go with plan B, just like how this whole thing turns out
New content and gear will be available by the time the new players need it. For those of us already above lvl 70, we are locked out of gear progression for a month.
Those that pre crafted are not...
Not ideal.
This is probably pretty close to what the reality is. What's lost on so many people is that programming isn't easy. There are so many aspects that go into this game. Take a moment to relish in just the design. The detail in the stages are fantastic. The characters look amazingly accurate. The animation is awesome too. If any of those lacked, people would be complaining about it even more.
On Reddit, a retired programmer explained how much goes into just simple coding. This game is still relatively adolescent. People are complaining like it's been out for over a year.