This is a step in the right direction.

I've gone from not playing the game at all, to maybe booting it up some time today. I've spent money on the game, and if updates continue to be positive like this one, I will most likely spend more. Atelier, just communicate with us. Make it possible that if people want to spend the time grinding, they can earn what they want. Right now, the time to do that is very offputting. More ways to earn reputation is a great change.

IDGAF what anyone says; you guys are awesome!

I cant link E-mail to my steam account.

please fix this

@Ina_ohmy I spent my time finishing a few clothing sets by grinding and using levels to get sewing kits. Now I can safely say I wasted my time and levels to acquire something that I could've spent on permanent stat allocations. I've bought fraises and supported this game, so your last passive aggressive remark doesn't stand up to the idea of wasted time on a grind that now can be bought with money instead of hard work.

I'd be less salty if I could replace sewing kit levels with other rewards, but that'd be almost impossible to achieve especially with some accounts at level 700+.

I feel like no one said anything about them changing the way zombies interact with walls. Too caught up on this clothes crap. GJ fixing the wall bug, but please don't let the trackers and avengers come from all the way inside the maze...

@Jasren..my main account which is my steam account Ella_Love so not hiding. I just cant log into the forums here with my steam name. I am level 120++ and wasted on kits also. but there is no level cap ~ so I just need to grind more. The game says early access for a reason, things will change. Just like other MMOs where I had to grind for gear, then things changed and newer players get the gear easy. It's fine to me personally since it makes it more inviting for new players. Sucks most of us picked kits leveling~ but until their is a level cap I don't think we lost any stats.

Well, I guess this is better than before.

The only thing I don't like is the exchange thing, I mean... Come on, it isn't too hard to see what kind of things can give you an especific resource. Even in an adventure or just exploring maps you can find things that may give you the resource you need.

@Ina_ohmy Fair enough. But those're stats by the dozens we could've had. It's not worth pitching a fit over max water/food/rest I'll admit, but passing up on 3%+ crit chance, damage, etc. is painful to think about. But you're right, the road ahead is limitless as far as levels go. It's just a shame we couldn't have a heads up about a change this dramatic. There is time wasted in that aspect - stats I could have now I'll have to get weeks later. While players half my level will be ahead.

TLDR;
Missed out on stats but can make up for it, minimal salt in the form of frustration.

I agree it does suck, but my comment was directed more at the people claiming the sky is falling and unbalance. I do feel peoples pain on missing leveling and missing stats. Cause I focus on healing and had to pass up on + healing skill for kits >.<

That's legit; you'll always have the panicked few running in circles screaming fire with changes like these. The dust will settle and the sun will come out as shown by Atelier releasing more ways to get your clothes and skills that you need. Where now you can pay money to finish clothes you can also rep/fraise free find clothes on enemies as a drop. At least they gave some give and take with it, so hopefully those who are stressing can see the good with the bad.

Always keep in mind that this is a free game run by a company. And companies NEED money. They weren't pulling in what they needed so changes were necessary. At least they're thoughtful enough to find workarounds for those who can't afford to support them but enjoy the gameplay. Good talk, Ina.

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Also to the ones who complain about balance and certain changes. I bet all my precious (since I can trade it now yay and I have 95 saved) that you are the people who dash past others stuck in a mob fight, sit at the chest in a SP and wait for others to kill things and generally just don't do jack all to help anyone but yourselves.

I definitely stop to help others if they seem to need it. Sadly I can't take your ore. I like the changes.

Good changes! Me and my friends made our decision to quit the game a few days ago, but I think we'll return now. Hope this step in the right direction continues. I'm excited about the possibilities moving forward.

I just realize so if you a buy a piece of clothing it is 500 rep and then to fully upgrade one you need at least 1000 rep total 1500 rep lol it is still expensive .

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Also to the ones who complain about balance and certain changes. I bet all my precious (since I can trade it now yay and I have 95 saved) that you are the people who dash past others stuck in a mob fight, sit at the chest in a SP and wait for others to kill things and generally just don't do jack all to help anyone but yourselves.

I have played the game since beta, and I still have yet to see someone doing that.

Btw this is the exact update we need! Kudos to dev for listening.

@Frostynox what server do you play on? I stay on E2 as I am from the US. I see a whole lot of people just dash and ditch people so they can get a chest, then dash out~ or go sit at a chest and wait for it to be opened by others doing the killing. Actually just today saw a guy swarmed in the store SP and like 5 people couldn't take two minuets to help him. Thankfully we can heal others through walls and I also learned you get loot just for healing people.

What a pleasant surprise!


I found Dead Maze 4 weeks ago and enjoyed it very much.

Then, last week update v1.18 ruined the game for me.
No more managing my resources and getting rewarded the clothes i want from the shop.
Now i had to get lucky with RNGesus and grind like every other p2w boring mmo

I thought: "Oh well, gg another potentially awesome game bites the dust."
"Alrighty, lets check the Dev tracker one last time. Lets see, how the ship is sinking."


BOOM Update v.1.19
The constructive feedback was utilized.

Everything rolled back to before, but better


Gj Devs, you did the 180° turn and saved the game.
That is pretty rare these days. Thank You.

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@Frostynox what server do you play on? I stay on E2 as I am from the US. I see a whole lot of people just dash and ditch people so they can get a chest, then dash out~ or go sit at a chest and wait for it to be opened by others doing the killing. Actually just today saw a guy swarmed in the store SP and like 5 people couldn't take two minuets to help him. Thankfully we can heal others through walls and I also learned you get loot just for healing people.

Only once people left me in sp, and it's because they could barely save themselves. Honestly, I would rather be left alone than having more dying people trying to save me, as I always keep my hunger and thirst bar high so I can resurrect myself.

In fact, I actually prefer that; if they run, they will bait the zombies away from me, giving me more space to move around.

@All, quite frankly, if you picked sewing equipment over permanent stats, you're a strange person. You could always get sewing kits from recycling upgrade kits and doing research, in fact, the research ones were better than the level ones since you got 4 instead of 2-3.

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@All, quite frankly, if you picked sewing equipment over permanent stats, you're a strange person. You could always get sewing kits from recycling upgrade kits and doing research, in fact, the research ones were better than the level ones since you got 4 instead of 2-3.

I'm not bothered to do all those salvaging, especially since most of them takes so much resources altogether and is actually taking a lot of time (also because I'm super lazy, bad side is on me in this one).
Upgrading kits that are salvageable are rare (only 10% chance of acquiring amongst all kits, which is already rare as heck in the first place), making it a very unreliable source for sewing kits.

Along with that, even if you pick permanent stats, there's stil maximum amount of permanent stats you can get. If you can get more slots for clothes for better performance earlier, I'd stick to that.