Significantly increase HP from Event Gear until HP Challenges are complete

Maybe only claimable by characters who have completed at least one challenge, to make sure there's 0 effect on the non-challenge population?

 

I would support this decision if the balance team thought it would let players who have enrolled into the challenges engage in certain problematic bosses while they're waiting for the final tiers of the challenges to be released.

 

I believe this could be a good bet, only those who did the challenge can get a team that gives the HP and upload it, this could have been from the beginning to get feedback I believe this could be a good bet, only those who did the challenge can get some equipment that gives HP and upgrade this item tier by tier, this could have been from the beginning to get feedback about hp and quest difficulty

 

would be good if players understand it as temporary since it'll inevitably result in a forum post to make it permanent

 

how do you know? :eyes:

 

exactly, lets not make any improvements to the game at all since people will complain /s

 

I think the elephant in the room is how horribly HP challenges have been handled. Not only has it been a while since the were announced, the mystery and lack of communication regarding them has only increased. I just don't understand creating such a complex system if there is not an ability to implement it (in a timely manner). You'd probably be able to take a fresh account, start voting, and wash a whole character before the complete release of the HP challenges. It's just unfortunate.

Back on topic, I think that the staff has most likely talked through all various HP alternatives before announcing the challenges. This is probably the only solution that met all their needs. So i'm not sure they'd endorse a temporary solution which pulls manpower away from the main system. Tho I do think a temporary solution is needed

 

Please save the poor souls trapped in low hp purgatory

 

Although I agree completely its something very custom which I highly doubt would ever get pushed through. Like some others have mentioned since the challenge was announced I've nearly washed out a 30k NL, and my 220 int 30k/5.3k Paladin will be int free next month, yet my BM still can't do really anything it couldn't already do before even with tier 1+2

 

It would have been nice I think if you were say 180, and only tier 1 was released, you could claim the full HP allowing you the tier 9 @ level 180 HP, but as a requirement with each release you had xx amount of time to do the quests before the hp "expired" somehow it gets more complicated the more fair you try to make it.

 

they are furiously writing code next to a black hole

jokes aside, probably better to save much criticism until after the anniversary patch

 

Agree, sounds like non-vacation people problems

 

I'm not opposed to a transitional solution while the challenges are still being developed, but I am little confused.

If the suggested temporary solution is to add significant HP increases to the upcoming event gear: Wouldn't that mean all players participating in the event have access to said gear and HP? Instead of it only being accessible to the players who specifically opted into the HP challenges, forfeited the option of washing, and worked to complete the available tiers?

 

I agree that the hp gained from challenges doesn't need to be gate kept, and I am for this suggestion to resolve the issue. However, I also think its unlikely staff will do anything about this problem because it will be resolved by itself once they finish their challenge work. So, the hp challenged have two options.

1) Wait for challenges and do what they can with their low hp characters
2) Remake a washed character like sweatlord

I think number 2 has consistently been the correct decision throughout the entire history of hp challenge, and i still do not think its too late to start a washed character. Furthermore, when the hp challenges are completed, you can do them on your old character and continue as normal.

 

This is why I suggest only making it claimable by challenge characters. Maybe using quest flags. I won't pretend to know how easy or difficult it would be, but I wouldn't anticipate that being a Herculean task.

 

couldn't people just MP wash then hyperwash to 30k hp?
took me only 1 year honestly (and 3 years of hiatus offline voting)