Well I just started the game up this morning to find AGAIN that there is no level with a BP drop, again. This is the second day in a row where I don't even have the CHANCE to get a BP. I only got it one time i believe, it was Thursday. And I queued up for it with randos because I didn't understand that this was my only way to get BP. I thought that the missions with BP only INCREASED or guaranteed a BP, and that you got random drop chance like normal on any level. Then I realized, like you all, what we do now. So I waited for the next cycle, mine is 8 hours, and each time I never received a BP mission.
I can't believe the devs would think this is reasonable. Think about how long it would take to get BP for all the characters us veterans have BP for now? Think of how no one would ever EVER spend money on forge until level 150. This means you have nothing to spend gold on really. Think of being a new player and trying to max out ONE character with decent weapons? Think of the same player down the line and he wants to try a new character but can't because all his other characters are gimped with unforged weapons.
The onld system you could use the gold to buy all the characters and when a random weapon drops for a semi-random character (the maps had a set for specific characters) you could then spend your gold on that weapon and try out the new character. Prior to the patch I would NEVER touch a character I had, even if I bought them, that didn't have a BP. They were useless without the BP going against AI with an MMR above 40% (before you laugh at me consider your forged weapons, you think 45% and higher is easy because your weapons are maxed out, think of zero forged weapons now). I got schnieder and didn't tough him, because he was weak, until I got BP for him. No go back to the new player coming to this game and how this situation plays out.
Another day with ZEEEROOOO possibility of BP. I only play now because I am grinding out 5th Council faction in order to get Valeria's RARE Zero Point Energy card (Which is another issue, hardly any faction rewards compared to before). After I get this...what do I have to play for? I have enough gold for a BP or 2, you don't get BP often enough to care to get more than that, I won't need faction, I am not going to get a BP in this 8 hour period. So what incentive is there to play? The old system there was always progress to be made, in the new system they LITERALLY STIFLE PROGRESS, they make it impossible and de-incentivise it.
So off I go, to frind 5th council faction. After that I will only play when I see a BP mission, wich judging by the last few days I will hardly ever be playing. Which will lessen my drive for the game in general, and I will care less and less. I, as many others, will get disillusioned and no longer care and move on to other games.
My hope is that MSE responds to us stating that they realize the issue, and they have something in the works. They don't have to even tell me when, or what exactly, just that they understand the BP issue was a mistake and that they plan on fixing it. THAT ALONE would keep me going, let alone just a fix for it out of the blue.
