i'll assume that any race outside of planet origins or alignment are seen as targets you can attack, ie they're always flagged for pvp.
so beast and good humans can freely target evil humans and evil demons on all planets. A beast and good human should be seen as friendly to each other.
there can be only so many before you have duplicates with different names.
out of 400, 100 could be unique abilities that require 2 or more base abilities to unlock.
it's usually setup so that the game uses a new voice channel usually similar to a private message for the group. I'm not sure how the text chat works. but I'd assume that anytime you change your character or name it'd change in discord.
they've said 200 or 400 skills, so i'd imagine there'd be some advanced skills in there.
i tossed the idea about having a rotating camera. https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/1351/rotatable-camera
Discord has been up for about 2 years, so i'm not sure what security issues you had. I'm curious but if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine.
Yes, developers are using it because it's faster way to tell players about things happening and it's free! (at least I believe so for developers). It's a great way to get the community together and interacting with each other without needing to hit F5 on a forum.
Fractured also has a server on Discord. https://fracturedmmo.com/discord
One great thing about a sandbox is making rules that aren't programmed. So get some people and guard those inside!
If I had to guess or speculate the invasion to Arboreus will happen weekly or bi-monthly. I can't see invasions happening more often than that. that gives the beastkin plenty of time to themselves.
I can see the eclipse happening between tartaros and syndesia happening every day for 2-5 hours. I believe this will be offset so that eventually every night or day player has a chance to invade.
@luccheno said in Fog of War:
I can see fog of war being a thing in certain maps.
In the Demon World there might be a zone filled with toxic mist, and in arboreus maybe a rich swamp with a dense wet mist that would make it harder to see.
Dunno about the actual effects of that on the gameplay, but might be a nice experiment i figure. At least if we embrace the RPG side of the MMORPG
I'd love to try it. Although I'm thinking more with RTS fog instead of everyone can't see fog.
that's the game i have posted in the twitch link.
fog of war, nope and moveable camera, depends, i've only known of 2 so far. Wolcen and the other one mentioned here. Rest have been a locked camera with zoom.
not all games have in game chat and out of game chat, the Discord API can do that. I'd rather not see animation for voice chat in game, those resources should be spent elsewhere. Odd are you wont even notice the mouths moving.
what do you hate/dislike about discord?
if it's within the rules of the game it isn't bullying. just because it's unwanted doesn't mean it's bullying.
I've stated my desire plenty of times. I want the challenge of fighting on the beast planet because there's a penalty. If they want to be left alone then they'll stay in the safe areas where demons and evil humans can't go.
I believe there will be plenty of beast there to play with us at the gate. Don't make it sound like every beastkin doesn't want to pvp.
I’m wondering if Fractured will use Discord’s API to create Rich Presence?
Rich Presence allows chat to be simultaneously on Discord and in game. It also allows users to join a party directly from Discord. It can state where the player is, although I’d love for this to be optional.
We can use Discord as an in game voice chat also. This removes the need to develop an in house version.
One thing I like about Eves API is website authentication without the need to create a username/password. I also like it to authenticate users on teamspeak although I’d love a way for Discord to have it.
snipers job is to camp. they aren't ganking they're doing their job. although i'd believe they should get a kill or 2 then move.
pvp is killing that's the point. there isn't a difference between killing gatherers or in an arena.
you say bullying but it's part of the game. We also don't know the how often and how long the demons can get to arboreus. it could be once a real month for 4 hours or it could be every 9 hours for 1 hour or every 2 hours for 30 minutes. For me it'll be a challenge to overcome because of the reduced stats or penalties to invade.
@Finland you were correct when you said pvpers. I find it disrespectable to call all pvpers gankers/pkers. it would be similar if we called all pve'ers carebears. PvP is about player vs player, it doesn't distinguish between instanced or open world just like PvE doesn't distinguish between gathering or raids.
yes, it's easier to kill and steal than it is to work for something.
as for your PS, if you hate 7 of 10 core elements of a game then i don't see how you'll enjoy just 3 core elements.
ideas are easy to think of but you also need to think on how it can be exploited and whether the exploits can be mitigated, accepted or completely removed.
problem is most of the people that are pro-pve believe that the beast planet should be 100% pve, which isn't how the developers are designing the game. They expect all pvp to happen on the human and demon planets during the eclipse or whenever.
