Anything of note changed in the last 3 years?

[Mobius1]

I only came back here because I realized evil Comcast took my Rogue Guild site down. But now I'm debating on reactivating Midgar, because it's so damn hard to quit Gemstone 4 for good.

I got married and thus quit GS for the last 3 years because my wife isn't the most keen on video games. But I do have some time for games.

But I'm curious what, if anything, has changed in game.

[SonoftheNorth]

You can enchant crit weighting/padding now.

[Mobius1]

Interesting. How expensive is ensorcelling these days?

[Palcron]

1.5-2.5m week, but with silvers being cheaper, it isn’t bad. And yeah, being able to enchant padding/weighting is awesome. Adding both has also become more common, with 3 or 4 opportunities a year being obtainable.

[Tgo01]

There is a paid event about every month now, that's something to look forward to.

[Gelston]

You can put damage weighting on crit weighted items and the other way around. You can do a lot of shit now. Check out https://gswiki.play.net/Item_properties

[Mobius1]

So far I don't like a single one of those changes, lol. Crit AND damage padding? I guess that's why they are milking people every month with paid events? Do they at least have some unpaid events anymore?

Now if they made weighted/flared weapons blessable, then I'd be happy...

And do brawling weapons still suck with UAC? I guess it would be nice to get some crit weighting on my knuckle dusters, for some good old school ambushing.

[Gelston]

So far I don't like a single one of those changes, lol. Crit AND damage padding? I guess that's why they are milking people every month with paid events? Do they at least have some unpaid events anymore?

Look at mr negative here.

[Amerek]

IMO, the game is mechanically more fun than it's ever been. They still need to attract more people to the game.

[Mobius1]

Look at mr negative here.

Well, my problem is those are pretty much paid service things. Sounds like they added them to make more $$$ off of us, and not so much to actually improve the game.

I mean, it's freaking awesome to be able to add weighting/padding as easily as you can now, but it still feels cheap to me.