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I'm so sorry everyone

You see, I am a notorious jinx when it comes to buffs and xp-getting activities.  As soon as I discover a cool way to get a buff or xp, it's hardly more than a couple of weeks (at most) before the devs nerf it.

I finally figured out about rookswort a little bit over a week ago (yes, I've been playing more than year, but I really don't play attention to all the different bits of gameplay).

And see!  They nerfed it.  In fact, when I discovered it, I think I may have mentioned to someone that I hope I didn't jinx the buff.  But I did have a sinking feeling in my gut at the time.

So, I'm sorry.  I'm evil.  I should just give away all my stuff away and stop playing.

Waaaaaah! 

Posted 6 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • There, there. *pat pat*  It's not your fault.
    Posted 6 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hugs Tibbi don't go away! 
    Posted 6 months ago by Dotcom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have no idea what you're talking about, because I tend to miss half of what goes on in Glitch (especially in the forums), but I'd like to give you lots of hugs D:
    Posted 6 months ago by Lilu Cheng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • N'awwww, don't feel bad. *RKs*
    Posted 6 months ago by Wrenlet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *pat* Yea, it was a sad change. :( I'd have rather the duration reduced and a debuff of a few minutes than to lose the 0 mood loss. C'est la vie.
    Posted 6 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To me its almost useless to munch the rookswort now because your mood keeps dropping which it would regardless if you ate it =/
    Posted 6 months ago by Polly Nomial Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It was inevitable, Tibbi. You are not to blame! *hugs*
    Posted 6 months ago by Mollie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nerf? What nerf? *clueless* somebody please tell me how it was nerfed?
    Posted 6 months ago by Fernstream Subscriber! | Permalink
  • grrrrr....I'm still upset about losing the ability to plant strawberries grrrrrrr....the only pretty fruit we had to plant : ( The rubeweed nerf is pretty hmmmmm too.  Although I've already obtained the upgrade cards slowing mood loss so wondering if it will affect me at all? Not much point in growing other than to donate or feed to pigs then :?
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's not you, Tibbi!

    Whenever I see someone mention that they found a great way to do something, I hear the Imperial March in my head and I see Darth Barfield (Stoot Vader?) firing up the ol' nerf saber. 

    So, uh. Rebellion? Information smuggling? 
    Posted 6 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fernstream, it now only reduces your mood loss by half for 5 minutes.
    Posted 6 months ago by KatGamer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nerf?
    Posted 6 months ago by Abbey Rhode Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well I guess 5 minutes is better than nothing.  But still. It's not doing anything for my mood right now. {{arrrggghhhh}}
    Posted 6 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Herder!

    Oh, wait.  We're not playing that game here.

    ETA:  Dang, took me too long to type that for it to be funny.  I'll go back to my hooch.
    Posted 6 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This destroyed my entire game play style -- and the huge tank I've built is now a disadvantage instead of an advantage. I probably will stop playing ... :(
    Posted 6 months ago by Watson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't feel bad. There's still going to be bacon!
    Posted 6 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  
    Posted 6 months ago by Goodnight Groddle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So i've come across 2 mood loss limiting upgrade cards so far. Are there more? How do they compare to the 5 minute nerfing?
    Posted 6 months ago by Joe Blow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really cannot believe they nerfed the only thing the rookswort was good for.  WHY on earth would they change that.. I just don't even understand.  Especially with how much mood loss affects iMG now.  UGH.  :: shakes head ::

    They seem to take away lots of things like this for no reason other than to make the game harder.

    There have been a LOT of changes I really really don't like lately and this is just one among many others but this one seems really major.  :(  And I only just recently started using rookswort too.  It's just crap.  Devs please change it back.
    Posted 6 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't worry tibbi , it's not you - hugs!
    and darn , i havent experienced the nerf yet- (been buy in RL . sigh). but I am not going to be happy about it . as the rooksowrt was beneficial to when you are trying to stay healthy while messing about in your house (yes i know i can use the deco mode- but that isn't always handy for mucking about in the house ) . also it was REALLY beneficial for just hanging out and chatting with friends ... ;(
    Posted 6 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's a plot to drive up prices of Savory Smoothies at auction.

    Never mind, they're all sold out.
    Posted 6 months ago by bumblepuppy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is quite bad for those with high energy tanks. And I'm also curious about the effect of it on the mood loser cards, since that maxes at 50% decrease in mood loss. I hope it stacks and we get 0 mood loss when having those three cards and rookswort on at the same time.
    Posted 6 months ago by Scarf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I cant believe it!! TS don't you want us to play Glitch ?? Not satisfied with nerfing it back to 5 mins even - oh no, 'lets kick them in the guts and make it work 50% less'

    Not happy TS, not happy at all! 
    .

    ETA: So far despite buying a total of 255 upgrade cards I have only seen (and bought) one card that reduces mood loss by 1/6 slower. 
    Posted 6 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In this game, sometimes your favorite feature is a bug, and your least favorite bug is a feature. ;)
    Posted 6 months ago by Spineless Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oi... This nerf hits me hard. I've been munching Rooksworth for a while now and this will entail a "lifestyle" change.
    Posted 6 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wouldn't mind so much if they did something about the LAG issue. I sometimes lose 5% of my mood just waiting for the lag to subside whenever I enter my house :p
    Posted 6 months ago by UrgleBurger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sheesh Tibbi!  (j/k)....(((hugs)))

    Got milk?!
    Posted 6 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exactly UrgleBurger, it wouldn't be so bad if mood/energy went on hold while its in lag, but no we just wait while it drops..
    Posted 6 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well damn! What did we do to deserve this?! I'm pissed to say the least...
    Posted 6 months ago by PittyPat is sad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Most great things in the game are eventually watered down so they're only moderately useful.  I was fortunate to find three mood-stabilizing cards, and the third seems to have mostly fixed the depression we've all been in since the imagination reset; however, I was still using rookswort and will miss its benefits.
    Posted 6 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am hating this! 
    BOOOOOOOOOO!

    Big frowny face looking your way Tiny speck.
    Posted 6 months ago by Jope Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I cant seem to find the 2nd/3rd mood cards to help, so I guess I will just play long enough each day to collect my iMG, shuffle cards and feed piggies.  Sigh... 
    Posted 6 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why devs why???????
    So sorry you're leaving Tibbi :(
    Posted 6 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, the mood decrease rate seems to be way out of whack. I've had times where I entered the game after a new day and my mood dropped from 100 to 96 within about 25 seconds or so.

    Also, what's the deal with the red background and frowny face when mood is at 66%??? 66% still seems fairly high to me; I can't imagine why my character looks like she's at death's door or something.

    I vote for fiddling with mood loss, slowing the rate down and making the "desperation face" appear around 30-40% (more appropriate IMO).
    Posted 6 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's a crappy move because 10 mins was just the right amount of time for the buff to last.  Of course because it was a perfect amount of time, it was bound to be nerfed. Oh well.  That's life in the Ur.

    And now what other buff do I not know?  One's that's perfect.  So I can jinx it into being nerfed.  Bwhahahaha.
    Posted 6 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am holding out hope that TS will introduce a potion that will protect against mood loss, a buffed up version of the Tincture of Rooksworth for use outside of Rook Attacks.
    Posted 6 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aleph Zero -- "I hear the Imperial March in my head and I see Darth Barfield (Stoot Vader?) firing up the ol' nerf saber"

    bwah haahaaahh ha   oh man, that image is stuck in my head now.   
    Guess I'll see you guys at the Rookswort Recovery Center.  I'll miss munching some 'wort and talking with friends the most.   *sigh*  
    Posted 6 months ago by Ooola Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd love Rookswort effects to go back to the way they were, but If Rookswort is going be nerfed, I'd like to suggest a semi-nerf. Sure, make our mood drop at a slower rate while we're on it, but if it could go back to a 10-min buff instead of 5, that would be great.

    I spend a lot of time doing HRR curation duties and cooking, and these aren't activities that lend themselves to natural boosting of mood. As others have mentioned, 10 mins goes by really fast. Five mins seems like a hiccup of time.

    I'm hoping, TS, that you'll perhaps entertain the thought of re-adjusting this, even if only partway back to what it was before. It's nice to have a challenge and/or to not have things handed to us on a silver platter--i.e., yeah, it's good that we have to work for things--but the existing nerf draws my focus out of my activities now such that it's going to take me a while to figure out how to work within this. It's a little more of a challenge to have fun. Not a game-breaker--not even close--but it does make me feel as if I just munched some nerfed Rookswort.
    Posted 6 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One or the other would definitely have been better. Drop down to 5 minutes with no natural mood loss OR 10 minutes with some natural mood loss. But not both :( ... I've been pretty good about rolling with the changes, with only very few making me unhappy but this one... such a big hit.
    Posted 6 months ago by Viresse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so tempted to block; so very angry.

    :)

    No really, stop it, Tibbi.
    Just enjoy the pudding.
    Posted 6 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Noooooo...not the rookswort!! Gah!!
    And all I get is energy tank cards to add to the pain! *deep sobs*
    Posted 6 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think the fundamental issue is that mood is not a fun game mechanic.  This is just ripping off the scab.
    Posted 6 months ago by Meromorphic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It would be slightly better if there were more things to do with a huge img pile than build a huge tank.

    More upgrade cards!  Every constant in the game should have an associated upgrade card.  Need more?  One for each Giant.  That's one of the primary ways EVE Online keeps you from running out of things to train ever -- 4 empires worth of variation.  Glitch could turn that up to 11, at the possible risk of a certain factionalism that they may not want to even suggest.

    *blinks*  Sorry, goes in Ideas rather than this thread.  Ignore me.
    Posted 6 months ago by Meromorphic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nerfs are always at least a little annoying; otherwise, they wouldn't be nerfs.  

    I think we had turned rookswort into an "I pwn mood" button, an instant way to ignore mood.  In retrospect, given how cheap and easy it is to acquire, I'm not surprised at all.  I do see the person above saying mood isn't fun, but I really don't think it's going anywhere -- I think that might almost be so ingrained into the structure of the game and our items that it's nearly the equivalent of saying "hit points aren't fun" 

    But if the point was to make mood have meaning again, just nerfing the effect would accomplish that goal.  I'm not sure I understand why the length of time needed to be nerfed too.  I'm with VS.  
    Posted 6 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I rarely complain about changes.
    But this nerfing seriously sucks.
    I could see nerfing GRADUALLY?
    But, Stoot, dude, you HALVED it.
    Means I can chat less; means I have to watch the mood meter like a hawk.
    Means I swig butterfly milk every 5 minutes or so, and munch much rookswort every 5 minutes.
    I can't even step out for a second to go to the bathroom.

    I agree that the game should not be TOO easy?

    But damn.

    This nerf totally sucks.

    And you know what a fan I am.

    This is a misstep.  May I constructively suggest an un-nerf to 7.5 minutes?  That's long enough for a visit to the loo.
    Posted 6 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For what little it's worth, although I have plenty of rookswort (and have known about it for a long time)  I have been using focused mood meditation to keep my mood up.   I am glad I've been passing up those energy tank cards though, my tank is only 2000. 
    Posted 6 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I try not to buy the energy tank cards but when all I ever seem to roll are those, it gets very frustrating and no fun at all!!
    Posted 6 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks everyone for understanding.  I also don't usually mind changes, but this mood one is one of the two changes I have absolutely hate (the other was nerfing the xp gotten from oaty cakes).  Esp since they happen right after I learned about the goodness.

    Btw, I refused to believe Savory Smoothies exist.  That way I can't jinx those.

    And if they get nerfed I'll be really really really depressed.
    Posted 6 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmm. I play for 4-5 hours a night. That works out to munching 48-60 Rookswort per play session. (Assuming 12 times per hour, every 5 mins.) That, my friends, is a metric efftonne of munching. Could we maybe munch a bunch at once? Like, give us a "Munch a Bunch" card, or something?

    *gibbers quietly in a corner*
    Posted 6 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tibbi, I am going to be Forced to unfriend you due to this Horrible Nerf!!

    I am saddened by the nerf and hope it will be reconsidered. I do enlarged my energy tank and felt the fact we have to grow or buy the herb was equitable for the benifit.
    Posted 6 months ago by Anya Karenya Subscriber! | Permalink
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