0.4.0c Hotfix 13

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noza2004#3149 wrote:

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1421709232#5780 wrote:

For players who have already completed their temples, they only need to upgrade and lock the rooms at the end of the chains to keep farming, with almost no impact on them. In contrast, for those still building their temples, expansion has become nearly impossible. This is because each step now requires upgrading and locking rooms, along with far more stringent room combination rules. For example, previously you could add Rooms A and B in one go and then lock Room B, but now you must follow the sequence of A-B-A to upgrade the final room to Level 2 before you can upgrade and lock it. Players who lack Intelligence Rooms will gradually lose all their rooms due to a shortage of locks.
Ironically, this nerf to room rewards has actually boosted the gains of players with fully completed temples. This is because profits stem from disparities. As everyone floods the market with Currency D, it in turn erodes their individual purchasing power. Players with completed temples can still rake in substantial profits (compared to regular map farming). For instance, Fubgun can still earn over 30 units of Currency D plus several rare Unique items per run, while the average player’s earnings will dwindle to zero. Previously, the dynamic might have been 80% of players earning 10 Currency Units each and 20% earning 50—with the latter group making five times as much as the former. Now, it has shifted to 80% of players earning a mere 1 Currency Unit and 20% earning 20.
In the end, players who have finished building their temples can keep farming because their profits are still far higher than those who haven’t, while the majority of incomplete temple owners end up as the losers. It’s safe to say that this patch—especially the mechanic that restricts locks to only Level 3 rooms—fully exposes GGG’s lack of understanding of the gameplay they themselves designed.

You summed it up perfectly.