I can only speak for myself. I couldn't complete a dungeon like Vault or Ohdar without receiving the message that my gear was broken prior to reaching the last boss. My bloodied crossbow would always be on zero at last boss and all armor flashing needing repair. I was wearing full Vault ranger gear at the time (except for helm) while at Ohdar. Also want to add that I was never being directly hit by any of the npc's we were fighting since our tank was taking all the hits, so my armor shouldn't have been deteriorating at such a high rate in my opinion. Having to repair at nearly 4 gold per trip is excessive. There were no weapon drops at all at Ohdar instances except the ranger daggar, I'm sure there were weapon drops there before this final beta test.
One thing that troubled me in the final beta test was the lowering of drop rates and removal of certain drops totally from nearly all areas. This was my first reset and prior to the final test I was able to keep up monetarily although I didn't make a lot I could sustain my characters needs, but then again I was getting drops that I could sell back also to pay for my crafting and continued play. I think this is a very large part of the problem. I love to craft and due to the high prices for the secondary ingredients in shops I had to give crafting up because I couldn't make enough to continue, which forced me to attempt to find coins in other ways like fighting, there too the coins just didn't come. I was fortunate that friends who actually quit the game gave me coins to finish beta testing. On the final day of testing I had only 3 gold and some change with taking into account the 15 gold that was leant to me.
Also, ty for looking into 'stealth shot' talent. Is it also possible to raise the 5/10/15 on that talent to match what other classes receive on similar talents?
And would still love to see an epic bow or crossbow for rangers to fight the plagued. Ranger class is overlooked in some aspects of the game. The bow at Nidaros Arena evened our odds there and was a complete success when it was introduced (yes I tested it at level and completed for the first time). Please consider an epic bow for plagued also?
Edited by Sage, 26 November 2013 - 14:59.