I got a nice HOF the other day, it made me feel really good; however now that I’ve had a chance to think about I have some second thoughts. I wonder how much more fun would it have been if i would have got a 120 5 ped loots instead of the 120 no loots while trying to get it. This goes back to much of the “whining” that has been done in this forum about the mega hof’s and poor loot. I’ve only been playing about a year but I have spent a lot of time in the game. I think I’ve worked my way to a point where I’m a fairly decent player and I really enjoy the game. I’ve worked my way through all the changes and I really feel that I do well for myself. I’ve met some really cool people and the soc I joined is the greatest. This brings me back to what the game was like when I started. I was a freelancer for the first few months and did nothing but try to make myself familiar with the game until I felt comfortable about dealing with people that had played the game for awhile. The game was a lot different then, most of the mobs had at least some loot (even though I felt they didn’t drop the things I needed to go forward in the game), but I sweated and earned the ped I needed to advance myself. After deciding I liked the game and I thought it was worthwhile to deposit I continued. I knew that I was not going to Make a “living” off the game; but it was worthwhile putting in my fair share to play. Loot then was fairly regular and you got something back from most of the mobs - most of the time not what you put into them - but something back. Globals were probably just as common as they are now, not as much value wise but something bigger then 50 ped was awesome. I find myself wondering why I got this giant payoff instead of a nice small global payoff that seemed huge in tangent with a whole bunch of little payoffs that made me feel good while I played. After getting this hof I did in fact kill tons of mobs with no loot and actually felt bored - there was no excitement of waiting to see what the next loot window was going to be because there was none. I really think MA might have lost their focus and have lost the idea that makes this such a great game. We used to get that little window to come up with almost every mob killed - and the excitement waiting to see what we got - be it 1 pec or some uber item made this game what it is. Now we see tons of no loot messages in the chat window but we don’t see the loot window come up anymore; bring back the 1 pec loot for every mob and cut back on the uber loot. I think this will make the game much more enjoyable for all of us. No more heart attacks with giant loots (not all the time 
) but a little adrenaline rush with every mob killed.
If you think this is a rant - sorry - just some thoughts.
I totally agree! I barely hunt anymore because of the loot.
wow nice post 
I agree with you 100% +Rep 
I have cut back alot on hunting these days 
I cant say that loot have been any different over the last 11 moths or so .. sure, back in the old days loot was prolly better, but I do remember that it took me maybe one and a half month to get my first global (a 56 ped prancer with a A&P King)..
We often fool ourself with our selective memory.. we do tend to only remember the good stuff..
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I cant say that loot have been any different over the last 11 moths or so .. sure, back in the old days loot was prolly better, but I do remember that it took me maybe one and a half month to get my first global (a 56 ped prancer with a A&P King)..
We often fool ourself with our selective memory.. we do tend to only remember the good stuff..
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I wasn’t trying to say whether loot was any better or worse - just trying to say it was different.
If loot was steadly dropped everyone would loose always - loot is ur fellow hunters ammo and urself - best case u all make ur ammo back but MA still getting the decay
Uber players deposits uber money! They need maybe 10peds to kill one mob! Thats why, i guess, uber hofs will stay..
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Uber players deposits uber money! They need maybe 10peds to kill one mob! Thats why, i guess, uber hofs will stay..
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Take a 100 ped off a 40K loot makes a lot of 1 pec mobs.
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Uber players deposits uber money! They need maybe 10peds to kill one mob! Thats why, i guess, uber hofs will stay..
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Most of the ubers haven’t deposited squad in ages. They came in early and have been able to cash the uber items they got back then.
Granted, I do believe they are entitled to something for doing beta testing etc, but come on. They have uber skills, uber equipment, AND they get ATHs? There will have to come a point at which MA will have to face that they repaid those guys more than enough. If not, soon it will just be MA staff and the ubers roaming around on Calypso.
I agree aswell! +Rep
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Uber players deposits uber money! They need maybe 10peds to kill one mob! Thats why, i guess, uber hofs will stay..
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No with more skills and better the equipment the cost is less to kill so this is totally wrong. If we go for the same mob the cost is less in decay, ammo etc. with good skills/gear.
cool point there hawk +rep =)
Thanks all - glad to know I’m not the only one that feels this way.
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Most of the ubers haven’t deposited squad in ages. They came in early and have been able to cash the uber items they got back then.
Granted, I do believe they are entitled to something for doing beta testing etc, but come on. They have uber skills, uber equipment, AND they get ATHs? There will have to come a point at which MA will have to face that they repaid those guys more than enough. If not, soon it will just be MA staff and the ubers roaming around on Calypso.
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This is so true..the ATH ,s should go to medium players now ,the pro s allready got the biggest piece of the pie…reppin.. :wise:
you named the reasons why i stopped hunting +rep
Yeah the problems for MA are:
- Big ATHs/HoFs all the time gets people to depo because they think they can get one.
- Many smaller loots instead would (probably) cause more people to profit, and maybe withdraw some money. Therefore, there would be less money ingame.
wow very good post and excellent responses in here! your getting +repped again when i can Hawk
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2005 post rising from the dead …
The pro’s wasted the most cash to get that piece of the pie :rolleyes:
This is kinda like comparing:
Guy A pays 5$ for pizza, and he gets one slice that is rather boring in taste.
Guy B pays 20$ for pizza and gets a whole, big pizza with lots of nice toppings.
The reason this post is being resurrected is because it was used to respond to this current thread https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/general-economy-discussion/118373-daily-aths-good-entropia-universe-economy.html