Please move 3hr shield to 4 hrs.

wymtime
wymtime Posts: 3,762 Chairperson of the Boards
edited March 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
So when shields first came out around 1 year ago it was suppose to let you shield and save your points at the end of PVP. The 3 hr shield was perfect as you could spend 75 hp and save your score and usually place well. Then people figured out how to shield hop and the 3hr shield was used as a mini break. Shield for 10-30 min while you got hit then hop again.
Now we have shield cool downs. D3 said they made the cool down 8 hrs because they don't want people waking up in the middle of the night to play MPQ for 2-3 matches then shield again. Instead we now have a system where people place a 3hr shield then an 8 hr shield then another 3hr shield. Players are still hopping every 8 hrs and some are even using the all day shield for this as well. This also creates a real life issue for those people who work and play MPQ. If you play in the morning before work and place a 3hr shield you go to work and have to take a break 2hrs into work to play MPQ then shield for 8 hrs. You then need to rush home to play, or sit in your car no play for 2-3 matches before you go home and use a 3hr shield. This does not even think about playing PVE as well.
If you move the 3hr shield to 4 hrs it might let people wait till there lunch break to actually play the game. It might actually let people focus on work instead of worrying about a shield running out. Shielding is no longer about the end of PVP it is about how to score high. So d3 if you are truly concerned about players health, you should be looking at how a player can play and do well at work, since players jobs is how they can buy HP. A 4hr shield will allow someone to take an early lunch to play MPQ instead of disappearing from work for a "break". Players will be better with a 4 hr shield and players employers will be happier with players because they will not be disappearing in the middle of the morning when they are suppose to be working.

Comments

  • As a steam player there is no option to play at work and an 8 hour shield is too short to cover the workday. I will support your suggestion to increase the 3-->4 if we can also increase the 8 -->10 hours. Keep the cooldowns at 8 hours for all I care I just want a 10 hour shield.
  • Chirus
    Chirus Posts: 191 Tile Toppler
    The cooldown isn't the "give" for the "take" here, I don't think. It'll probably be the HP cost to throw one shield up. Even if such a change were to happen, we also won't know if D3 would increase the cost proportionately or disproportionately to the time increase. So a few things to keep in mind.
  • konannfriends
    konannfriends Posts: 246 Tile Toppler
    i wish they got rid of cool downs. i can afford to hop twice using the 3 and 8hr but im not spending 300 coins for 24 hours if there only 10 hours left in the event
  • Kelbris
    Kelbris Posts: 1,051
    Don't you get it? This encourages people to buy an 8 hour shield over a 3 hour shield if there's x > 3 hours left in PvP. It's making people buy something that costs twice as much real currency.

    Why would they change that?
  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,762 Chairperson of the Boards
    i wish they got rid of cool downs. i can afford to hop twice using the 3 and 8hr but im not spending 300 coins for 24 hours if there only 10 hours left in the event
    They are not going to get rid of the cooldowns because they, don't want people scoring 5000 points in PVP. I do think there can be an adjustment to the times of the shields. 3hrs is just too short for an 8hr cool down and a 24 hour cool down is just too long. A 4hr shield for 75, 8 hr shield for 150, and a 12hr shield for 200. This way you are not using 300 HP for 10 hrs worth of shield.