Leveling perks enabled during early access?

[RUSTIK]

Just wanted to know if perk leveling will be enabled or disabled during early access?

 

[Dub]

Enabled, of course. I'm sure it'll all transfer over to the full release too.

 

[Curunir]

I'm pretty certain there will be a stat wipe on final release, no?

 

[RUSTIK]

I'm pretty certain there will be a stat wipe on final release, no?

Yeah, that is a possibility. What if someone finds a way to cheat the perk system and it gets abused?

 

[poosh]

RO2 did reset perk stats even after the official release due to exploits (there was no Early Access however). It would be logical to reset them to put "early accessers" in line with regular customers. Maybe add x2 perk progress for a couple of weeks for those who participated in EA, like it was done in RO2 (INB4RESET).

 

[Dub]

RO2 did reset perk stats even after the official release due to exploits (there was no Early Access however). It would be logical to reset them to put "early accessers" in line with regular customers. Maybe add x2 perk progress for a couple of weeks for those who participated in EA, like it was done in RO2 (INB4RESET).

Seems like the best solution to me.

 

[Curunir]

If that could be done, it would make sense, a short-term boost for EAccess participants is a nice way to compliment them without breaking balance or buffing them too much.

 

[Azukki]

I think they should do a stat reset upon release even if early access never gets exploitably fast leveling. It'll make the launch feel much more like a beginning event. A temporary experience multiplier for early accessors could be okay, I guess.


And if they're gonna wipe anyways, they could have multiplied experience during the early access, if they want more people to test out the different levels. I guess the need for that depends on how long the early access period will be, and how intensely the average early accessors will be playing.

 

[C_Gibby]

RO2 only "reset" perks because the RO2 beta and RO2 release were both separate launchable steam apps.

Early access wasn't a thing back then, so chances are there won't be a required perk reset.

 

[RUSTIK]

I think they should do a stat reset upon release even if early access never gets exploitably fast leveling. It'll make the launch feel much more like a beginning event. A temporary experience multiplier for early accessors could be okay, I guess.

This.

I could do without the experience multiplier, the practice should be enough of an advantage over the people who buy it at official launch. I am all in favor of a reset at launch.

 

[KFMods]

I`m gonna play this game for so many hours I won`t even be bothered if my stats get reseted every 2 months....

 

[Yoshiro]

We will likely have stats resets (multiple) during early access as we make changes and or notice issues that need to be corrected.

 

[Chimpster]

Yeah there will definitely need to be a stat wipe on full release. I don't even want an exp multiplier either. I don't want to rush through leveling, even if I have to do it all again on release.

 

[Rattler]

We will likely have stats resets (multiple) during early access as we make changes and or notice issues that need to be corrected.

You should increase the XP gain for the duration of the EA then. Like 100% increase. If our stats are reset every 2-3 weeks, how the people are gonna test the higher diffs?

 

[Yoshiro]

When we lock everybody to a set perk level for a week and let them hammer away at it? (That is how we do it internally)

 

[Rattler]

This is actually pretty good idea. I am sure I experienced that before in other alpha test but I can't remember what game was that.

 

[KFMods]

When we lock everybody to a set perk level for a week and let them hammer away at it? (That is how we do it internally)

This is the best way by far

 

[DMN666]

We will likely have stats resets (multiple) during early access as we make changes and or notice issues that need to be corrected.

So will all the perks have to reset or is it just the one offending perk?

 

[jalex3]

Honestly resets are to be expected. In a multiplayer game they are a must.

 

[GeneticArmor]

I think they should do a stat reset upon release even if early access never gets exploitably fast leveling. It'll make the launch feel much more like a beginning event. A temporary experience multiplier for early accessors could be okay, I guess.

This sounds great to me. I want to grind my perks from release, not from some testing phase where the game isn't tweaked right yet. Anything else would feel like cheating.