Fatshark please rethink the weapon lock change

[Ralendil]

@derpherp

A. You misread the commlink… The “unrestricted” comment is referring to the changes they outlined, aka, just being able to pick all perks and blessings you want with zero RNG or grind or resource cost. Also: “and we want to explore different paths further down the line.” can applicably refer to the options I outlined because they are both heavily costed and restricted.

True.
As I said, soft link could be something that could be done in the current system… however, if they did not do it, I think it is cause they don’t want it for now.

@derpherp

B. We can only speculate on what they are doing with red weapons so there is no “obviously”, like, at all. The “and we want to explore different paths further down the line.” may be that they are just waiting to implement the options I outlined alongside red weapons. But who knows.

True. Maybe I missed a “in my opinion”.
But what I wanted to say is that if they think to something similar to red weapons, they won’t implement now something that would ruin this plan.

@derpherp

You can say that the system is tolerable and easy as much as you want, it doesn’t change the fact that so many players from casual to lategame feel they are having a poor player experience with it.

totally agree.
Said it numerous times… let’s just quote this message.
I fully agree with you and said it numerous times that FS need to address the problem of the time needed to craft something.
However, such problem can receive multiple answers…

@derpherp

Players do not seem to find that it ‘feels’ good to sit in a shop rolling a dice, navigating menus, churning through hundreds of weapons that feel impersonal, getting bricked weapons, and having limited control over outcomes. There is no ‘fanfare’ or sense of accomplishment like getting a sick loot drop from a difficult boss in other games because this is an isolated experience separate from the games actual game loop.

And they listened… about interface they will permit us to choose the perk with the next update. This was a proposition made on this forum.
Clear problem identified → good proposition → good chance to see it implemented

About bricked weapon… here I would like to know what you call bricked. It seems we are coming back here to the wish of a perfect weapon… Numerous tries are needed to craft an excellent weapon… In my opinion, if we could craft more weapons (more resources), the frustration would decrease.
This a matter of probability. If you have 20% chances to get something excellent, you will need 3 to 8 (if you’re really unlucky) before finding it. Actually, you can get excellent weapons. But, the system forces you to craft several times to find what you will be able to use.
With the update, you will be able to test any blessing combo, and that’s great.
However, to get an excellent weapon, you need at least 1 good perk, and 1 excellent blessing. With the update, in my opinion, it won’t change this as only a weapon with two excellent blessings (like T4) could be transformed in a… perfect weapon. But it happens rarely.
So, it is a matter of tries. And this takes too much times in my opinion. Spending 2 hours to just craft one weapon, is not player friendly (especially cause we can’t salvage weapons or buy/sell resources). they are ways to mitigate this and, more weapons you will be able to craft, more chances you have to get an excellent weapon.

@BongoSkaggs

But coming into threads just to repeatedly tell people “Don’t complain about X, it’s Y that is the real issue” is just straight up trolling mate.

You can disagree with me, and I am fine with it, however I don’t go off topic. Thread is about weapon locks, isn’t it?
Also, I did not say don’t complain. I said “please try to explain your problem with the game”.
Actually I don’t really see a clear complain. I only see an other thread about locks.