Will we keep our fractal reward levels when these changes go live?
Yes. We won't be resetting your personal fractal scale
Just a small clarification on what word you can use to refer to each fractal map.
You could use the terms "single fractal", "single map", or "single island" to all mean the same thing. We usually call them islands, but every now and then I jumble up my dev terms and my live terms. Sorry for the confusion.
About fractal boss islands.
They are islands and will be mixed into the new 'static schedule'.
Clarification on the "static list" of fractals.
Each fractal scale is a pre-determined island and mistlock instability pairing. Fractal 20 will always be the same island and the same mistlock instability.
Clarification on whether Fractal 20 will have instabilities.
This is just a random example. Design will determine the best scale to introduce features at.
In response to the mention of a "static list" of fractals, someone asked if different fractals will be open at specific times, like world bosses.
The 'static schedule' is the pre-determined island/mistlock ibstability pairing I mentioned above. There is no time component like worldbosses have.
Rewards
The rewards you get from an island will scale based on the island type. So an island that is typically longer (cliffside) will give more rewards then one that is typically shorter (swamp). This will discourage you from just farming swamp forever.
The new daily achievements are similar to the daily fractal bouncy chests you get right now on live. There will be multiple reward systems in the new feature.
The new daily achievements will require you complete different fractal scales. You won't be able to just do swamp X times to complete the achievements.
This might mean a group picks their favorite set of scales (3 to 9 or so islands) to clear each day, but repeatedly farming the same scale or same island will not be as beneficial.
Pristines will come from the new daily achievements being added. We will be removing the current, daily-gated bouncy chests that you get per 10-level tier of fractal scale.
Clarification on fractal reward levels/personal scale and farming them.
Your fractal scale will increase with each island. Not the 4 it takes now. You still have to complete a high enough fractal to increase your personal scale.
We aren't changing the requirements for increasing your personal scale. "you still level up your personal fractal level by completing any Fractal level that is above yours"
Yes, you could could farm that, theoretical, level 92 swamp to get your personal scale up to 92. However, just because it's swamp doesn't mean it will be easy to grind from 1 to 92. Level 92 is no joke.
It's more likely that players will advance through chunks of scales. You could farm the next-highest swamp to advance your personal scale, however only the first run will advance your daily achievements. You would be doing yourself a disservice this way.
Someone on the forums mentioned that 50 fractal levels is the equivalent of 12 old fractals
The difficulty curves are being changed a lot. Lower level fractal scales might end up being easier then they are on Live right now, and 51+ is going to be much more challenging. You can't really just divide by 4 and consider them the same anymore. (
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