Ambiturner
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So then everyone switch to magic on this boss, or magic wait until melee have built up a good amount of aggro before starting.
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Grumpus
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You could have some kind of weird enrage mechanic built in to avoid this.
Say at 50% health the monsters armor pops off from magic damage taken and then the monster becomes enraged and obliterates everyone who used magic on him.
Gravel
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I still haven't figured out the timeline of EQN, but I swear someone said it was Combine empire time period. According to the timeline thing I saw, it looks like 65 years before Combine, Ro desert was the Eldarr Forest. So it literally could be that situation, where the tunnel isn't there yet.
Big Flex
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Rogosh
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Or they could bring back " You have been summoned by Avatar of war!" Summoning could really be used as more than just, you can't run away from me. It could be used by smart ai on low health targets, someone casting specific spells etc..
Basically there needs to be a new take on npcs, especially bosses and how they react in this " new ai" environment.
Basically there needs to be a new take on npcs, especially bosses and how they react in this " new ai" environment.
Randin
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Doesn't really work to use the EQ1 timeline to figure things out for EQN; they don't match up like that.
Equal rights for all races! Except for Kerran, because f them.Would you take this face and say, yeah he can play a mage!
tad10
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Mr Creed
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Unfortunately, that logic applies to any game. Hell even EVE is certainly getting easier and removing tedium to become more accessible. So I guess, imagine SOE's point of view in say 5 years, when they have a running EQN production cycle and are actually just then releasing EQ3 and billing it as a sequel to EQ1 (trinity, difficult, grouping required from the teens onward). Isnt what you wrote in my quote there going to apply just as much to that EQ3 game? They are going to make it more accessible for the Timmys of 2018, and we're back to the start waiting for a true sequel to EQ1.
Big Flex
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Randin
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Don't know yet.
However, I had a thought I'd like to toss out: just because characters in-game don't worship Inny and Cazic as gods doesn't mean they don't fear them as demons. No clue if that's actually the route they're going here, but I wouldn't rule it out yet.
Well, her favorite quote comes from Disney himself, and she referenced Disney at least a couple of times during the presentation. She reminds me more of a college/school art teacher than any kind of gamer. Humans and various other art assets look awesome to me though, so I can't complain too much. I just hope Kerrans remain the most toonish thing we see coming from her, and she kind of lays off the look a little for mostly everything else.
This is exactly what I don't want. I do not want hot-swappable classes, armor, and abilities. I do NOT want the WoW talent system.
If you want to change your class, it must be a pain in the ass every single time. Make players med and stare at a spellbook for half an hour, then you can become a druid.
Mr Creed
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Nothing against you but I sure hope you cannot do that. That's the attitude that is driving this genre isnt the ground right there. Must Have Now, skip as much of the game as possible, invalidate as much content as possible.
Without trying to be offensive but you're asking for the equivalent of max AA / level cap characters to be buyable, and that in a game that may or may not have significant content beyond getting your classes (kinda depends on crafting/itemization wether getting the classes or getting the fitting gear is bigger task). I mean I could be wrong and they reveal some big AA system on top of the current character advancement, but from what we know, the game is about adventuring in order to acquire a mix of classes you like and equipment that suits the skills you pick.
Erronius
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I think most MMOs have had this to some degree; EQ1 had AC/HP/AA checks for example. But you also have stuff like groups not wanting to taking multiples of the same classes for loot reasons (why take another class who will want the same loot that you do) not to mention that most people want the single most efficient group makeup possible (I remember people refusing to do groups in Magisters Terrace IIRC w/o a mage for sheep). The way they are talking about doing roles though, it might address this to some degree: maybe in your example you're a "T4" base tank and they already have a "T5" tank, they can have you change to some range class or whatever to stay back and DPS. And if the difference between T4 and T5 is minimal statwise and is mostly ability options, T4 might be 'good enough'.
I agree with you but we prob see it a little differently. I see crafted gear as purely non-magical yet serviceable gear. For example, I could put on some monstrously heavy crafted field plate that has very good mit but is heavy and has no other real benefit (serviceable but not fancy or magical). Opposed to this I see magical gear not so much as an upgrade over whatever crafted gear you could wear as an alternative (same mit/AC or possibly less), but it would bring a different set of utility to the plate. So say for example, crafted plate versus Cobalt Plate. Crafted Plate might give you comparable tanking ability to a set of dropped Cobalt, but you get BP clicky invigorate (balanced so better for soloing and marginal benefit in groups when taking more damage), cobalt helm with serpent sight, bracers with clicky shrink and so on. Dropped gear could have other benefits like being lighter (if carry weight is a game factor) but on paper crafted armor shouldn't be worse as far as tanking goes than dropped, you just don't have any unique "magical" benefit from wearing it. Hell, maybe your buddy levels up his blacksmithing and gets to where he can make you some really high quality crafted plate that has better mit than your Cobalt, but you keep your Cobalt in your bags (like EQ1) just for the clickys that are on them.
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