Make Beacon / Instances fun to run again.

[ChairmanEdgewise]

Looking back today at an old clip,

Why has beacons been limited in their payout these days?

I think most of the people running beacons/other instances with this mechanic, lots of kills and all loot at the end, know that they have a "fixed" TT return.

Make them more interesting,
Promote team efforts... I love the new Spina Cave.

This might result in a higher demand for beacons and similar items for instances (Arkadia Keys etc) ... AFter all, we do play a MMORPGRCE but some of these changes makes it feel like team efforts are a bad thing.


While we are at it, even more types of beacons could be fun. Not just robots, imagine looting a secret map to a Feffox cave that is based on the same idea, clear out the place and loot some boxes in the end.



Maybe not for CryEngine, but something to think about for the new UE5.

 

[BobehZ Live on Kick.com]

I had lots of fun live today looting Lion (F) today on my first beacon

https://kick.com/video/0d04d003-2450-4b48-bf09-fa2a1e240df5 (about 2 hours 15 mins in...)

 

[Rimmer]

I had lots of fun live today looting Lion (F) today on my first beacon

https://kick.com/video/0d04d003-2450-4b48-bf09-fa2a1e240df5 (about 2 hours 15 mins in...)

Not as fun after you've done 20 in a row without any ul armor drops.

Add some interesting loot, a new higher lvl tt50 with a cool reward.

 

[ChairmanEdgewise]

I had lots of fun live today looting Lion (F) today on my first beacon

https://kick.com/video/0d04d003-2450-4b48-bf09-fa2a1e240df5 (about 2 hours 15 mins in...)

Congratz, that's very nice.

The con about these beacons are the fixed TT returns.

Without the Lion part that drops, you're pretty much screwed. Sure, a beacon strongbox or a (L) Sweeper will help, but... you can always count on that 80-85% fixed return (can't remember the exact %)

 

[Angela Draniie Cloud]

Not as fun after you've done 20 in a row without any ul armor drops.

Add some interesting loot, a new higher lvl tt50 with a cool reward.

That’s fine, people run dungeons in other games for smaller chances. But the dungeons are interactive, exciting either way and getting a good drop is Yes the goal, but getting to that goal is fun anyway

 

[Hijacker27]

That’s fine, people run dungeons in other games for smaller chances. But the dungeons are interactive, exciting either way and getting a good drop is Yes the goal, but getting to that goal is fun anyway

Except in other games you're not losing $30 per run you don't get a good item like happens in 39 and 42 ped beacons..

 

[Angela Draniie Cloud]

Except in other games you're not losing $30 per run you don't get a good item like happens in 39 and 42 ped beacons..

Correct, but that wouldn’t be as much of an issue if they weren’t TT capped so low. If they had other smaller mu drops and then the big payout being the UL armor piece.

They could definitely tweak the drop rates or the drops themselves though.

 

[ChairmanEdgewise]

Except in other games you're not losing $30 per run you don't get a good item like happens in 39 and 42 ped beacons..

Is $30 even enough after the fixed return and MU of the beacon?

Beacon alone must be closer to $15 or $20 now, right?

 

[Hijacker27]

Is $30 even enough after the fixed return and MU of the beacon?

Beacon alone must be closer to $15 or $20 now, right?

100 PED markup per beacon, and at 85% average tt return (ranges 70-100% randomly) and 1200-2400 ped to run loses you an average 180 to 360 on tt as well.