Communication Regarding Fractals Reset
I don’t know why anyone was expecting any actual dialogue about fractals. People have been telling them exactly what is broken / not fun / badly designed about them for over a year now and they haven’t paid attention to any of it so far.
I was expecting the dialogue because Chris Whiteside said it was coming. Previously, Chris was someone who went out of his way to do the right thing. I figured I could rely on him for this. I’m clearly not the only one who has been disappointed here. Regardless, I won’t be making this mistake again.
Jaya! Congrats on the car! (I missed it earlier!)
Thanks! I r excitedddddd
Also I am happy with the way the conversation has been going lately in the CDI. Even if it isn’t communication on the reset.
And all who stood by and did nothing, who are they to criticize the sacrifices of others?
Our blood has bought their lives.
Resetting fractal levels and removing glory boosters without compensation proves that some day they can remove other things like karma, pvp ranks and who knows what else, maybe titles? maybe they decide to make them more hard to obtain like in GW1 and they will remove those titles that took couple of hours to get.
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By the way, I totally misread Chris’s post. Did he edit it? I thought he was saying he needed more time to think. Really he just said what Izzy said three months ago stands.
Edit: Yep, Chris edited his post 21 minutes after the original. Not sure if he added anything or I just read it wrong the first time.
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By the way, I totally misread Chris’s post. Did he edit it? I thought he was saying he needed more time to think. Really he just said what Izzy said three months ago stands.
Edit: Yep, Chris edited his post 21 minutes after the original. Not sure if he added anything or I just read it wrong the first time.
Haven’t read it in a while so maybe he edited.
Edit: yes it was definitely changed. Now it’s very clear they will not talk to us about it. It’s over.
I’m not leveling my fractals anymore, that’s for sure. sigh
And all who stood by and did nothing, who are they to criticize the sacrifices of others?
Our blood has bought their lives.
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By the way, I totally misread Chris’s post. Did he edit it? I thought he was saying he needed more time to think. Really he just said what Izzy said three months ago stands.
Edit: Yep, Chris edited his post 21 minutes after the original. Not sure if he added anything or I just read it wrong the first time.
Haven’t read it in a while so maybe he edited.
Edit: yes it was definitely changed. Now it’s very clear they will not talk to us about it. It’s over.
I’m not leveling my fractals anymore, that’s for sure. sigh
Yeah, I’m done too.
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Previously, Chris was someone who went out of his way to do the right thing. I figured I could rely on him for this.
Don’t.
To know if the company will relate to a certain issue, check against the checklist:
- Is it related to China release?
- Is it related to Scarlet / LS (“Villain Sue did it”)?
- Is it related to poor lore (“Commander, to me”)?
- Is it related to adding RNG?…No?
So no.
Yep and IMHO there’s a pattern appearing of discussing difficult issues but then then avoiding doing anything about them, almost like the discussion is a distraction. It really goes right back to Nov 2012 when fractals were introduced.
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
If they gonna reset it and all are lvl 1 I will not have no proplem with that as long they give some unique title for unlocking 50befor reset and maybe a lvl 50 fract chest(all get chest based on fract lvl).
Just be fun starting over again if you ask me but title and some rewards for getting lvl50 so some people dont think there time was a wast should do it
By the way, I totally misread Chris’s post. Did he edit it? I thought he was saying he needed more time to think. Really he just said what Izzy said three months ago stands.
Edit: Yep, Chris edited his post 21 minutes after the original. Not sure if he added anything or I just read it wrong the first time.
Yeah, the first time I read it was specifically sating that he will not be engaging in discussion about it at this time. It was edited so he will not engage at all. Thanks Chris. For nothing.
If they gonna reset it and all are lvl 1 I will not have no proplem with that as long they give some unique title for unlocking 50befor reset and maybe a lvl 50 fract chest(all get chest based on fract lvl).
Just be fun starting over again if you ask me but title and some rewards for getting lvl50 so some people dont think there time was a wast should do it
You might not have a problem. I will. And many other people will as well. I did not get my character to 50 again just to get it reset because someone wants to start again.
Chris, why has your post been edited so instead of you not engaging at the current time was changed to not engaging at all, ever. Are you stating it’s over?
I am.
Chris
Yup. So I’m done with ever trying anything on these forums again. Been a great ride you guys.
We love you Romo…. I’m on my way out too, I think.
And all who stood by and did nothing, who are they to criticize the sacrifices of others?
Our blood has bought their lives.
almost like the discussion is a distraction
Yeah, there’s a lot more interest in saying they’re working with the community than actually doing it. CDIs haven’t actually led to anything and probably never will. Most of them are about topics that Anet could get the information they wanted from reading these very forums already.
I agree Fractals is dead for me too. Romo you’re not alone.
What happened to Fractal Leader boards?
Chris, why has your post been edited so instead of you not engaging at the current time was changed to not engaging at all, ever. Are you stating it’s over?
I am.
Chris
Yup. So I’m done with ever trying anything on these forums again. Been a great ride you guys.
I’ve been out of town, so I just now saw this. Man. I really don’t have the words to say how much of a gut-punch that is.
I’ll still defend Josh Foreman and Gaile Gray, but I’m done defending the rest of ANET in any capacity. (I’m not saying I’m going to trash anyone, to be clear, but I make an effort to defend those I feel have worked hard for the community and I just…. no longer feel I can do that.)
And I am so done with buying gems.
I am, frankly, appalled right now. I kind of wish I could just scrub my forum presence entirely.
I’m sorry, you guys. I really thought he’d do the right thing. I guess that’s that.
-Mike O’Brien
Because we can’t be angry about both?
I don’t really get this thing. What’s so hard with saying “I’m sorry guys but that had to be done” or “I’m sorry guys but we didn’t really think about it”?
Just words, took me max 30 secs to write. Not a big effort.
Are we that kitten customers?
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Romo just so you’d know – after reading your reply I went over to the CDI thread and posted your quote with my text:
“Chris this is a mistake.”
Forum moderator deleted my post. Just FYI.
This is just sad. To on one hand claim to be interested in engaging players via the CDI and on the other essentially pretend to be deaf regarding some player concerns (and this is not the only one) is, well, I guess the most forum-appropriate term would be “disrespectful.”
4: Level Reset:
- Do not do a reset moving forward.
Hey, it’s something— an acknowledgement that they shouldn’t do it again. Some other nice points in the summary too, like emphasis that new lore shouldn’t impact gameplay (using unskippable cutscenes as an example of something to avoid).
Hooray~
What happened to Fractal Leader boards?
They were used as an excuse to reset fractal levels and never implemented.
Yeah.
They made it pretty clear that high level Fractal players were not going to be compensated in any way, shape, or form, and that Arena.net was not going to be swayed on that score.
Anyone who hung around this long hoping for them to change their mind was fooling themselves. What really was left to be said other than, “Nope. Still haven’t changed our mind. Our answer is going to be the same no matter how many times you ask”?
What answer?
They made it pretty clear that high level Fractal players were not going to be compensated in any way, shape, or form, and that Arena.net was not going to be swayed on that score.
Anyone who hung around this long hoping for them to change their mind was fooling themselves. What really was left to be said other than, “Nope. Still haven’t changed our mind. Our answer is going to be the same no matter how many times you ask”?
Read the entire thread and then come back informed.
No one expected compensation this late in the game. We’ve said that about a million times in this thread. We were promised, by Chris, an open conversation about it. We were then shrugged off and lied to.
And all who stood by and did nothing, who are they to criticize the sacrifices of others?
Our blood has bought their lives.
So… any news on fractal leaderboards?
So… any news on fractal leaderboards?
Sometimes they say no news is good news.
And the good news is that they’ve promised to try real hard to avoid resetting our fractal levels again.
Fractal reset… never forget.
So… Any news about the fabled leaderboards?
Coming soon, just around the corner, we’re working on it.
The news is that there’s no way to objectively measure variable fractal runs and sort that into a rankings system. Of course, this isn’t news to the player base.
-Mike O’Brien
Because we can’t be angry about both?