Lif3bring3r
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- Michael Lif3bring3r Johnson
WARNING: This is a whining thread. If you don't like those, read no further.
I heavily generalise the term *noob*, so please, no need to feel offended.
I've been keeping up with the idiocy of the loot system for a very long time. Of course all other players (that are still active) did too, so you know what I mean. But I'm writing this post in hopes that some MA official browsing EF will notice it and take some time to read.
I was camping fresco for the past month, as many of you know. I did it, because it was obvious from a short analysis using entropiatracker, that there will be several uber loots on fresco in a short time. So yes, same as on chompers, I was chasing those uber loots. And with same fruitless results.
After today's 25k ped fresco my hands dropped yet again, and the air left me like a punctured tyre.
I did some calcs on my hunting returns. 252k ped burnt last month on fresco, 830 ped loss (after markup). Over 1 million ped burnt since the CE2 implementation, and the balance is round ZERO, after markup. And there was plenty of markup, since I hunt mobs that drop good items. Hundreds of L guns with 150-200% mu, small ESIs, big ESIs, even oils, wools and components. I don't tt anything I can stack up and sell at auction, squeezing the max value for my loots. It includes even 3 uber SGA armor parts (2 Eon and 1 Sentinel), without which I would suffer heavy losses.
So there you go, all of you who are jealous about all the globals and hofs I get - I have wasted 7 last months of my life, for no gain except some skills, which are worth less and less each day. And I'm ashamed of myself. With so much determination and ambition I have, I should have pursued a real life career, and not play this game. Game, that is clearly gambling. Even worse - rigged gambling.
Oh, it's not, really? Then why so many big hunters camping a mob watch in sadness and disappointment, how a casual hunter comes, killes a handful and gets an uber loot, while they were working their ass off for weeks, with no results? It looks as if the more mobs one kills, the lesser his chance of getting an uber. Because he's already hooked on, so no need to motivate him further, right? So lets give the uber to a noob, to hook him on, and to make another bunch of noobs dream about the same, so they too start gambling?
And the uber SGA loots, that were only possible after they were implemented. So many people camped mobs from the clues that were given at the beginning, killed countless thousands, only to see someone kill a few after a new version update and get the item. Not to mention those lucky players who get 2, 3 or sometimes even more 10k ped + loots in a short period of time, even though their ped turnover is 10 times smaller than that of the biggest players. Is there a better proof neccessary to show that the game is rigged?!
But I was stupid, didn't have strong character enough to keep doing an honest job irl, and dreamt of easy money instead. Sure many people play EU for fun, but as many play in hopes of getting rich.
So here we are, after countless disappointments, not just loot, but also events (total failure of SGA and Marry Mayhem rules). Many whining threads of big players had an effect in the past, so I'm writing my own hoping something will change very soon.
If it doesn't, MA will lose the currently biggest hunter in EU.
My best regards to all those who do their job well, may the sun shine upon you,
and to all players having fun in EU, may it never stop,
Lif3bring3r
I heavily generalise the term *noob*, so please, no need to feel offended.
I've been keeping up with the idiocy of the loot system for a very long time. Of course all other players (that are still active) did too, so you know what I mean. But I'm writing this post in hopes that some MA official browsing EF will notice it and take some time to read.
I was camping fresco for the past month, as many of you know. I did it, because it was obvious from a short analysis using entropiatracker, that there will be several uber loots on fresco in a short time. So yes, same as on chompers, I was chasing those uber loots. And with same fruitless results.
After today's 25k ped fresco my hands dropped yet again, and the air left me like a punctured tyre.
I did some calcs on my hunting returns. 252k ped burnt last month on fresco, 830 ped loss (after markup). Over 1 million ped burnt since the CE2 implementation, and the balance is round ZERO, after markup. And there was plenty of markup, since I hunt mobs that drop good items. Hundreds of L guns with 150-200% mu, small ESIs, big ESIs, even oils, wools and components. I don't tt anything I can stack up and sell at auction, squeezing the max value for my loots. It includes even 3 uber SGA armor parts (2 Eon and 1 Sentinel), without which I would suffer heavy losses.
So there you go, all of you who are jealous about all the globals and hofs I get - I have wasted 7 last months of my life, for no gain except some skills, which are worth less and less each day. And I'm ashamed of myself. With so much determination and ambition I have, I should have pursued a real life career, and not play this game. Game, that is clearly gambling. Even worse - rigged gambling.
Oh, it's not, really? Then why so many big hunters camping a mob watch in sadness and disappointment, how a casual hunter comes, killes a handful and gets an uber loot, while they were working their ass off for weeks, with no results? It looks as if the more mobs one kills, the lesser his chance of getting an uber. Because he's already hooked on, so no need to motivate him further, right? So lets give the uber to a noob, to hook him on, and to make another bunch of noobs dream about the same, so they too start gambling?
And the uber SGA loots, that were only possible after they were implemented. So many people camped mobs from the clues that were given at the beginning, killed countless thousands, only to see someone kill a few after a new version update and get the item. Not to mention those lucky players who get 2, 3 or sometimes even more 10k ped + loots in a short period of time, even though their ped turnover is 10 times smaller than that of the biggest players. Is there a better proof neccessary to show that the game is rigged?!
But I was stupid, didn't have strong character enough to keep doing an honest job irl, and dreamt of easy money instead. Sure many people play EU for fun, but as many play in hopes of getting rich.
So here we are, after countless disappointments, not just loot, but also events (total failure of SGA and Marry Mayhem rules). Many whining threads of big players had an effect in the past, so I'm writing my own hoping something will change very soon.
If it doesn't, MA will lose the currently biggest hunter in EU.
My best regards to all those who do their job well, may the sun shine upon you,
and to all players having fun in EU, may it never stop,
Lif3bring3r