And wow, in the time it took me to unsub, more posts actually congratulating the way this was handled. Best part of this is I only actually crafted on one character who never obtained an amount of points worth worrying about anyway, but f'k it, have fun folks, until the whining hits onto something you enjoy and it gets nerfed into the ground!!

It really shocks me how many people are behind this change when there were so many other ways to address the botting without penalising legitimate players. Its just short sited, it may not affect you this time, but this will absolutely impact more legitimate players than botters. People need to stop and consider that the next time the whiners start up, an activity which you enjoy may be caught up and nerfed when alternative solutions are available. I had been giving the devs the benefit of the doubt following the way they listened to us during the last points rebalance, then hiring Jackie to provide a real presence in the forums; it seemed that things were changing... but I think I am done, there truly is no point discussing improvements and trying to provide feedback when we are straight back to problems being handled like this again.

We did raise this during the conquest changes, and as expected, it did lead to more afk players. TBH though, I don't think the afk players outweigh the amount of new participating players by a long shot, leaving us in a better place overall. While I was a supporter of earning x medals rather than being on the winning team, not sure I would change it at this point.

Very disappointed with this. While I am sure this will address the botting that a minority of guilds apparently use, it also just killed crafting conquest for all of the legitimate players. There were much better ways that this could have been handled.

Absolutely agree in regards to gearing, I would kill to have the EQ2 housing here though!

Oh I wouldn't worry, I long ago past the age where I take anything on the internet personally

I am normally against changing things which legitimate players use due to a few exploiting (As said in as many posts already, you wont ever completely stop them anyway). That said, I actually like this idea on its own merit. The big problem I could see is that it would probably be a daily I, II, III situation, which would make it much more of a pain to organise if you craft on multiple characters, so I don't think I would support the change unless it could be made per character rather than legacy wide. As to fairness, its not possible, what we should be aiming for is making the game as accessible as possible to as many players as possible, which is why I think the position we are in with the top 10 should be used as an opportunity to implement something which more people will have a stake in rather than just slapping a band-aid on it and calling it good.

TBH, I wish I had put a bit more thought into the title of this thread; I agree that the core system is in a good place right now and does not need to be overhauled. What I had hoped is that we could suggest enhancements or smaller changes for quality of life, or to make the system overall more inclusive of play styles which are not currently represented. More of an x.1 update rather than full overhaul.

It actually would be really nice if the bonuses were always available, at least the basic ones like conquest bonus. On the botting for point's, I still believe we need to address the problem by targetting the exploiters rather than having a knee-jerk reaction and impacting legit players when there are alternatives.

To be fair, the fact that Jackie is aware the GSF forum exists is still kind of a step up from where we were before

Query for you all, I know its unlikely, but if we were to have a new, somewhat simplified GSF mode, specifically aimed towards a "dogfight" type of combat, would those of you already into GSF find it of any interest? I am thinking set pre-configured ships, perhaps a choice between a couple of scouts or strike's, no lock-on missiles, engine abilities or power-ups on the map. It would put everyone on the same footing, and we could probably lower the amount of players needed for a match to, say a squad of 5 or 6 per side? Other than the fact I just think it would be fun, the thinking is that it may get more players involved as the most common complaints seem to be the difficulty getting ships upgraded and death by gunship wall or missile spam. I know for those who have experience these are not so much of an issue, but they do seem to be problematic for new players.

Personally I don't really bother with titles, which I am sure influences my opinion here; but I think we should just move away from the original purpose in favour of something which is more accessible by the wider player base, i.e. different tiers to hit on each planet. There was an idea which went a bit further than this, which was to require your guild to hit the highest tier for a given planet, but then weigh the republic vs imperial overall points for the planet, and award the titles to the guild's on the winning side which hit the max tier. I liked this as it kept some competition as well as made the system available to everyone, and actually made a bit more sense IMO as far as a combined faction conquering planets as opposed to single guilds.

At this point, I honestly think it would be best just to remove the guild vs guild aspect and work it into a system where each planet has different tiers of reward which can be achieved, the highest level giving the titles. Now what the tiers would be and how many points they would require, that would be a discussion all of its own, but I think opening things up to the wider player base would be beneficial, it would certainly add a whole new level to conquest for guilds who could never beat the big conquest guilds as things stand now.

I thought the description text was pretty clear TBH.

Ah, I see. Then aye, I agree, that is something which should be resolved.

Pretty sure you can if you use the launch option in the GSF hanger window. I used to queue solo unranked and GSF and do whichever popped up first.

Really pleased with these changes, and the overall way that the conquest has been handled recently. I would still like to see a few improvements in regards to players who do not play many alt's and how the top 10 is managed. I do however believe they are changes which we can wait for so long as the Dev's continue working on including all play styles in the conquest without screwing over one group to satisfy another, or listening to those crying for nerfs which will screw over legit players, just because someone perceive an issue with another play style, which does not really affect them anyway. Honestly, I wish the Devs would listen to our feedback the way they have been in regards to conquest recently in regards to other areas of the game, such as the current PvP situation!

I'm fairly sure the discipline selector works for opening boxes and the like as well, I switch it around sometimes if looking for different gear for an alt.

That's a rather strong response to a difference of opinion over GPU monitoring software... but I'll bite; There is a big difference between warning someone off of using afterburner and choosing to recommend GPU-Z specifically in regards to novice users. I not only believe is safer for novice users, as over the years I have seen my share components bricked by people incorrectly configuring things which they should not have be messing about with in the first place, but it is also my personal preference if only monitoring as you can view everything in one simple list, rather than afterburners very graphics heavy GUI.

I do use afterburner if actually OC'ing, but don't normally recommend it to people who are unfamiliar with OC'ing themselves. Just a wee tad to easy to change things you shouldn't if you don't know what you are doing with it IMO.

This is an excellent idea and should not be a major change as far as implementation, 100% want this.

I agree! This is something that always gets me when I load up another game after playing FFXIV, which has proper, no messing about, you kill it and the loot is automatically in your inventory type auto loot.

Just to throw in that I have stopped playing ground PvP altogether at this point, largely due to the removal of points for a loss. I could deal with all the unbalance, premade's in reg's, numbers farmers, ignoring objectives, etc, etc, etc. when I would at least get a point for the loss. Its high time that BW actually listen to what the players are telling them in regards to PvP before it dies completely IMO.

Agree that I prefer the current view where we have two stat dropdowns, it is vastly more useful and informative than a slightly bigger character model.

What I would do next is install GPU-Z or preferred GPU monitoring app (I would set it to log all the info from the sensors), then play until it cuts out the video again. This will give you more info specific to the GPU such as power draw, mem usage, etc. (I seem to remember the 970 had 512MB of ram on a different controller or something like that, which could cause issues at times?).