Patch Note: On Weapons not being Purchaseable from NPCs. (Game Design)
After talking to many testers and heavy reflection we have decided during the entirety of Dura, at Launch and after,
Weapons above 17 attack, including Bows and Crossbows though excluding Spears, will not be purchaseable in shop. We understand this is an integral part of the game and consequentially will be frustrating for many players but it is for that exact reason we are removing them. As it stands now, no matter what the vocation the optimal strategy/route for every character in 7.4, if he cannot receive a weapon from another player for free, is always to make enough gold to buy a weapon from the NPC shop. We believe this to be far too easy and therefore makes it so there is no decision-making/strategy involved in the process of your characters journey, there is no choice as to should you hunt this spawn for this weapon or that spawn for that weapon, should you look instead to level and buy a weapon later, should you hunt to loot to sell to others -- instead there is ONLY: grind gold and buy NPC weapon(s).
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This goes against what Dura is about. Making the game challenging and exciting again requiring constant strategic thinking. Secondly by purchasing weapons in shop which at one makes the game too easy and two nullifies all decision-variation, these both combine to ensure boredom and non-fun game-play. And our Vision for Dura has always been at end to make the game Fun again by making it challenging and multi-layered.
In counterbalance to this decision we have implemented various new quests which allow you acquire these weapons. You already have things like Battle Hammer and Battle Axe etc. But we've added more, so no matter what vocation you are you will have ways to advance your character at a reasonable rate. We also slightly modified loot tables so there would be a more even distribution of lootable weapons for the four vocations as otherwise certain vocations would have had a disproportionate edge compared to Authentic 7.4.
Of course nothing is final until the day of Release, we welcome all feedback to try to make the best game possible.
Thanks, Zown
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