Known Requests- OFFICIAL RESPONSES (24)

[Bj_Knows]

LEVELS, UNLIMITED
2012-Apr-07

When we envisioned Book of Heroes, one of our goals was to be more of a light MMO than a pretty spreadsheet game. I think with the typical unbounded leveling of those games, it makes it pretty hard to present deeper content in terms of quests and world development. Also, keeping the game balanced is a lot more challenging for when we introduce features like PvP (which we plan on doing.) So we chose to go with the level cap with the expectation we'd be able to address the weak areas which you pointed out with regular content updates and new features.

I think the big problem right now is that

cont. https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=155

[Bj_Knows]

MERCS, SABOTAGE
PARTIALLY RESOLVED
2016-Jun-29
While Guild system is being overhauled (especially Favors), the penalty for switching guilds is removed, you lose no guild loyalty points for switching (-0% guild loyalty points. this may change at *any* time).
If you run out of merc slots, you can invite some players to temporarily join your guild. If you need to you can make room by temporarily kicking offline or innactive members after notifying them of the situation via BoH mail.

2013-May-10

There are also some common complaints such as the skunk merc issue. We will implement something in the next client update (v1.6.1) to mitigate this issue. We recommend only opening up merc slots when absolutely necessary since mercs generally have a lower efficiency. You can also password protect your raid so only people you want can join your raid. https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=14933#p14933

Note: Unknown if v1.6.1 is a temporary fix (inreasing Raid Caps from 20, 40, 60 to 100 for all Raids), or Venan's last word on Merc Sabotage (Server Log shows a pattern of deliberate Raid sabotage). All Sabotage Mercs are Low RPP Mercs, but Low RPP Mercs are not all Sabatoge Mercs.

[Bj_Knows]

OFF LINE MODE

Cool idea [Off-line mode], but unfortunately due to a lot of technical limitations with the way we implemented the game, this is unlikely to ever happen. Sorry about that .
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=31241#p31241
and
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=2057797#post2057797

[Bj_Knows]

PETS/ MOUNTS/ ANIMALS
2013-July-11

It's been discussed quite a few times. We really want to do pets. Can't say much else at this point except it's something that I'm a fan of!
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=18222#p18222
&
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=18321#p18321

[Bj_Knows]

TRADE
2013-Apr-19

Trade/Player Economy is one of the most requested features.

It's something we'd like to do but it requires a large development cycle and design commitment. Not in the works for 1.6 but you never know for the future .
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=13618#p13618

[Bj_Knows]

TRAIN ABILITIES SHOW CURRENT DAMAGE
2013-Nov-06

The Descriptions in the Train Abilities and the Abilities Screens do not update with your current stats/equipment.
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=22781#p22781

[Bj_Knows]

DROP RATE, ENCHANT MATERIALS
2014-Jul-03

I certainly appreciate how difficult and time consuming it is. That is partially the point. Enchantments were not meant to be gained overnight. Some aspects of character progression are supposed to be easily obtained and gained quickly (levels for example). Some aspects of character progression are supposed to take a moderate amount of time (new tier gear, some gems, low level enchants, some hero training). Some aspects are supposed to be a longer and slower form of improving characters for those that really want to put in the time and dedication (full gems, high level enchants, high levels of hero training).

If the game balance dictates that we increase drops, we will do so. These are things we review quite regularly.
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=31996#p31996

[Bj_Knows]

WORKBENCH COSTS
2014-Jul-03

Lately we've been evaluating the work bench pricing. I won't make any guarantees, but just know that we're looking at it and understand the concern.
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=31998#p31998

[Bj_Knows]

INVENTORY SIZE, INCREASE
2014-Jul-8

We're looking into inventory constraints and possible solutions in a future release. It's not necessarily as simple as "you now get 200 instead of 100" for technical reasons.
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=32321#p32321

Note
2016-Jun-28
Inventory size was increased again

[Bj_Knows]

BANK ALL GOLD SHIELDS or TRANSFER GOLD SHIELDS
2013-May-20

(edit: Bank all Gold Shields is) a good idea in theory, but unfortunately I don't think we will do this. The reason being it would be very easy to exploit the system with a large number of characters. https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?p=15870#p15870

Note: Discussion among players have pointed out that Guardian Valor Items can be used by a Level 1 character and Hero Tokens are most useful at Level 1, the Official Response to Gold Shields probably applies to all currency in the game.
Related see Trade.

see also

https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3788
and
https://www.venan.com/boh_forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7421