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[quote="LUPISCUS"]hardly any weps, troll rings and otm's dropping at trolls.... 2 epic stingers in 30k + mags and very few tabs cept a few ct's More rubies and bones from somewhere woud be helpful? 1 week at mags for maybe 1 stinger craft..2 if lucky per week !! Could be im only doing 50 hours a week + and getting a little lightweight , but things seeming tougher recently? Also.. crafted tagged weps were increased, linked to craft skill last year, and was a noticeable improvement. Though, this ' perk' seems to have disappeared ? Possibly a few buffs of a few extra tems and drops might help with motivation ? Usercount seems to have dipped a little since xmas event, must be other ideas ppl have and a wishlist of things to add. [/quote]

[quote="ADONYIIX"]I have felt what you said for past year easily When rare stingers used to sell for 2-3 small dias they actually dropped more consistently back then than what they do now , I used to get an epic and a rare stinger or at least couple rares and now I barely get a hardened in a couple days. Drops have been tougher to get I do 4 hours at devil fish didn't even get 1 or a ct I literally got nothing. I miss the days when I got more than a tab every 3 days at mags lol It's what puts me off making bows or using anvil atm ,This is a new character but for dex I got no choice since I want dexy Mage [/quote]

[quote="DEAMOND"]Have personally just spent about nearly 2 hours at mags (150) and i got 1 ct and 3 frogs and 1LL aka not worth my time, but yeah i have noticed poor drops too but i think its because of CTF [/quote]

[quote="ADONYIIX"]Tbh even with it I just notice more drops .... but I see more untag drops with ctf but similar luck to without it [/quote]

[quote="MAZOKU"]Seems to be just how soma works Last week I got a few rubys at wbm, this week iv had nothing[/quote]

[quote="DR_EVIL"]I’ll be honest - this game is too hardcore for me, I’m near on 30 years old and to be spending even 10+ hours a week to really get nowhere (gear wise or level wise - I’m a level 113 mage with average gear) it’s just plain stupid tbh. There’s a very select few willing to spend the time required to actually progress and the numbers on the server are reflecting that more and more. In my eyes this is like seeing a company that’s going into liquidation and then going and putting in overtime/trying to get promoted there, it feels pointless. Drop rate’s are too low, Nega is pointless, levelling at Wasps is stupidly slow - the grind is approaching Esoma levels and I’m not 12 anymore, I have 100x more productive things to be pursuing in life and like all the others who quit most likely, I’ll be prioritising them. I’m not trying to be negative but just putting across how I feel and how I assume a lot of others feel - this game is meant to be fun, yes there should be some grind but this is way too much. I understand it’s all about selling rested pots (impossible for me to even use) for the most part, but it’s gonna end up just like 10 PVE players all loving spending 6 months to gain 10 levels while everyone else slowly disappears. IMO levelling should be a lot faster and start selling x2 drops for an hour pots that only work with normal mobs - not bosses. I bet numbers on the server would fly up, there would be more PVP and bigger numbers at GVW/WOTW etc.[/quote]

[quote="LUPISCUS"]make these pots £5 each to last for 12 hours ! Or just more drops ..no pots required ;p[/quote]

[quote="DEAMOND"][quote="DR_EVIL"]I’ll be honest - this game is too hardcore for me, I’m near on 30 years old and to be spending even 10+ hours a week to really get nowhere (gear wise or level wise - I’m a level 113 mage with average gear) it’s just plain stupid tbh. There’s a very select few willing to spend the time required to actually progress and the numbers on the server are reflecting that more and more. In my eyes this is like seeing a company that’s going into liquidation and then going and putting in overtime/trying to get promoted there, it feels pointless. Drop rate’s are too low, Nega is pointless, levelling at Wasps is stupidly slow - the grind is approaching Esoma levels and I’m not 12 anymore, I have 100x more productive things to be pursuing in life and like all the others who quit most likely, I’ll be prioritising them. I’m not trying to be negative but just putting across how I feel and how I assume a lot of others feel - this game is meant to be fun, yes there should be some grind but this is way too much. I understand it’s all about selling rested pots (impossible for me to even use) for the most part, but it’s gonna end up just like 10 PVE players all loving spending 6 months to gain 10 levels while everyone else slowly disappears. IMO levelling should be a lot faster and start selling x2 drops for an hour pots that only work with normal mobs - not bosses. I bet numbers on the server would fly up, there would be more PVP and bigger numbers at GVW/WOTW etc.[/quote] Have to agree on multiple points, as i am now capped i have been going to mags for about 2 hours every night however cba anymore. Last night spent an hour and a half with somawizard, so we where smashing through mags like nobody's business and came away with 3 frogs, Previous night spend 2 hours on my own and had 1 ct and couple of frogs. Just not worth my time can be spent better elsewhere. Also in regards to nega, China now turns up with 4 characters so your chances are ultra slim at getting last hit Initially i thought lvling at trolls was wayy to slow and planned to stop playing there where changes made which where great so it wasn't as bad. Issue is exactly what you sum up, 90% of the player base have lives other commitments all in our late 20's + At the moment i don't believe the server is catering for these players which is a shame because it will lose the player count and as you mentioned it seems to be dwindling at the moment and with a lack of presence from Isylver/Finito probably has people talking. I know the GM's have lives too and are busy, But it would be nice to see them on more often to know the game isn't dead and that nobody have given up. A new GM/Someone that can spawn bosses and host events such as quizzes etc would be good. New Mag type mobs need to be introduced to drop shak weps etc So much time was put into CTF, it would be nice to see these mobs in the CTF map or castle. People like change,People like new things, a different scenery a different mob to look at a different map to hunt on these small changes make all the difference. [/quote]

[quote="YUKA"]People been talking about earning double exp / rates bonus etc for working hard... So I've been thinking, why don't people who get to lvl 120 get a permanent 100% drop boost rate? Getting to 120 is an achievement by itself. Also, more bosses should spawn, or at least all people going to a boss should get a token for killing it so they can buy the items after like going there 10 times. Fact is, Soma's end game always been the boring part. [/quote]

[quote="CHOJINE"][quote="DR_EVIL"]I’ll be honest - this game is too hardcore for me, I’m near on 30 years old and to be spending even 10+ hours a week to really get nowhere (gear wise or level wise - I’m a level 113 mage with average gear) it’s just plain stupid tbh. There’s a very select few willing to spend the time required to actually progress and the numbers on the server are reflecting that more and more. In my eyes this is like seeing a company that’s going into liquidation and then going and putting in overtime/trying to get promoted there, it feels pointless. Drop rate’s are too low, Nega is pointless, levelling at Wasps is stupidly slow - the grind is approaching Esoma levels and I’m not 12 anymore, I have 100x more productive things to be pursuing in life and like all the others who quit most likely, I’ll be prioritising them. I’m not trying to be negative but just putting across how I feel and how I assume a lot of others feel - this game is meant to be fun, yes there should be some grind but this is way too much. I understand it’s all about selling rested pots (impossible for me to even use) for the most part, but it’s gonna end up just like 10 PVE players all loving spending 6 months to gain 10 levels while everyone else slowly disappears. IMO levelling should be a lot faster and start selling x2 drops for an hour pots that only work with normal mobs - not bosses. I bet numbers on the server would fly up, there would be more PVP and bigger numbers at GVW/WOTW etc.[/quote] The feeling is mutual, I think Wasps are actually good for xp / hour now, but work has picked up pace and between RE2 remake, my mates starting Dark Souls 3 again and my family / social life, I just have been unable to justify playing for 25 hours for 1 level up and a few tabs at best. I love Soma, but me thinks we shall be parting ways for a while, you definitely need a lot of spare time to commit to Soma, and at the present moment, I don't have 30 hours a week.[/quote]

[quote="BRAINSTORM"]its the same on dsoma too[/quote]

[quote="DR_EVIL"]Yuka I have to disagree endgame was always boring, all I ever wanted to be was capped to either fully focus on gear or just do all the fun bits (PK/WOTW/GVW/T6 etc). Tbf Chojine I haven’t been to Wasps since the changes, but I know what a 25% boost feels like and that is still way too slow, as you said 30 hours for a level? That’d take me 3 weeks at the spare time I have currently and tbh if I’m gonna spend 10 hours a week playing a game I wanna at least get somewhere a lot faster than that! I play COD probably 4/5 hours a week, the entirety of that time is spent having fun and I never log off thinking wtf am I doing wasting so much time on this? I can’t say the same for Soma, hence I haven’t logged on for weeks (people use my char for GVW/SR and stuff). Something has gotta give if you ask me, rates need a big increase and you’d see a lot of people coming back I believe. People have lives/families/work commitments and all sorts of other things, we all love this game in the good times but who has the time they had 16 odd years ago these days? Very few - if this was catered to then you’d probably upset a small minority who love the grind, but please all the old PVP players who don’t care for that boring ****, personally I hate the grind - especially with next to no drops and making major losses per hunt at level 113.[/quote]

[quote="FOXTRCK"]Go play lineage 2. They released classic servers in October. A hard core game but more consistent. That's where I'm at these days.[/quote]

[quote="CARNAGE"]Soma has never had an end game because all you do is farm, the same thing you're able to do during the previous levels if you decide lol. [/quote]

[quote="AMOEBA"]The 5k mag quest for new weps... is endgame stuff... it aint easy, but when everything seems to break way too early at the anvil, it soon loses its appeal. Farming trolls for shak weps doesnt seem to give many rewards.. so the endgame is farming the nega .. If u you dont do bosses that means very little to do until a new cap + As said above, a few rubies maybe to make some accessories or a few more drops here n there would help..atm they just don't seem to happening enough for the hours spent playing.[/quote]