@Gothix said in Upgradable Pets:
@Jetah said in Upgradable Pets:
a horse with a side saddles would move as fast as one without
If they are empty... sure
but if they are heavy, I don't think so. Weight certainly affects speed in some amount.
i assume the weight limit on a mount will assume either they can still trot, or walk, or the mount just can't move because stupid player put too much weight.
@asspirin said in Attacks speeds depending on armor ?:
@Jetah Then it´s ok i guess, didn´t really play WoW since Burning Crusade so haven´t met those
wow has horrible pve vs pvp balance. 1v1 my dk can do pretty good in dps spec and tank spec but it's a much longer fight in tank spec. i just looked it up and unholy dk is 13 while frost is last at 24 in pve damage meters. but any balance patch can change that.
i wouldn't mind mage tanks (as a spec so to speak) but casters in plate, i'm wanting to say crusaders and some form of paladin was just that (usually with just holy though). they typically had a spell that increased their armor.
i know ultima online has issues with casters in mage-plate in that they were nearly unkillable. i can see the theory of trying to prevent that.
@Jairone
the idea of someone in full plate running equal to someone in cloth or leather is horrible too. it depends on the era of armor we're talking about too. which i wouldn't mind seeing an evolution of gear over the years. plate can be bulky, heavy and not really a good thing for a melee person to have. over time the techniques can improve and new metal can be found which can make the metal thinner but still as strong.
i highly suggest the NEWS page on the main site.
and the FAQ
oh i agree that their dps shouldn't be great. those i listed are usually the hardest to kill but almost tickle for dps. but i know that playstyle is enjoyed. i enjoy my dps DK in wow and my crusader, at times, in diablo 3.
i just hope taunt actually works in pvp!
@asspirin
i could see portraits using customization. there you could see facial features, hair, eyes (maybe), etc. they could even sell portrait borders similar to Path of Exile.
I could see character customization on the character select screen but other than the portrait i wont be looking at my characters close enough to remember what color their eyes are or even what, if any, piercings they have.
@Basileus said in Rhykker Mention of "Pay for Convenience":
You might have heard of a recent indie game called Mordhau, which is completely free after the initial payment, with free cosmetics, free weapons, free progression and etc. That game was at the top of Steam's charts, but has now fallen down to the wayside, simply because of the fact that it is no longer reasonable for the devs to keep investing all their time into a product with little return, and therefore the updates come very slowly. If that game had a standard modern business model (pay for convenience, such as quickly buying new weapons that might otherwise take 24 hours of gameplay to grind, and cosmetics), they would have had access to more revenue, which in turn would allow the devs to invest more money into creating more content. The gaming world worships the idea of returning to the old days of buying a game once and never paying again while having full content at low time investment. This used to work when games were not a service, when they were mostly singleplayer, were never patched, never updated, and there was little competition. This no longer applies to modern games. If Fractured is to thrive in the modern world, it needs to adopt modern business models so it can compete with all the other great alternatives out there.
problem is when you have everything you become bored. then you leave the game and wait a few years or never return because you can just 'buy the gear whenever'.
what i hate is when your game development is worked around how long it takes to earn something with the idea that 'someone can just buy it'. then the whole idea in creating the game is to make the grind long enough so that people just buy it. then they can create an economy where 'grinding will make about 1-2$ per hour' or you can get a part time job at a fast food place and just buy it.
Diablo, Warcraft (rts), starcraft were all developed and expanded upon without anything beyond the buy to play and expansions. path of exile exist with majority of it's revenue from cosmetics and supporter packs. PoE hit 100m in revenue last year! warframe helps those that cant buy things with the ability to trade with those that do buy so there's a trickle down economy.
problem is convenience items are great for short term cash fountains but they dont continue.
@Gothix said in Upgradable Pets:
There should be a drawback to mounts with inventory space too. They should move slower for example.
It would be fun if we was able to customize mounts like characters with "mount points" that would be limited to same number for all mounts and then we could be able to assign these points to:
- riding speed
- inventory space
- amount of armor (how much you can be hit before being dismounted)
- perhaps something else
a horse with a side saddles would move as fast as one without. but really there's no sprint every where thing so a walk/gallop should be normal speed.
@asspirin said in Attacks speeds depending on armor ?:
One can´t be both tank and dps.
death knights, crusader, and ret paladins say you can.
@Yitra said in Upgradable Pets:
@Daz said in Upgradable Pets:
Pets start as cosmetic, but u can upgrade it to also be a combat pet, then upgrade it further to allow access to your vault etc the list goes on.
Pets being able to give you some extra inventory on the road, by carrying a bag for you is something that would fit the game.
But as there is no worldwide access to your vault/bank/storage or whatever, getting access through a pet would not make sense then.
Black Desert has the mount with cargo space and it's pretty neat. also it doesn't have instant access to all storage so each town/bank is unique storage.
@Gothix said in Fog of War:
Cartography as profession would only make sense if we would never be able to see the "map of territories" when we press M button UNLESS we charted out areas we visited ourselves, or bought a map from someone else who has that profession and has charted it.
it'd be blank when you open the map. you'd have to wander around a little to get a sense of where you are. it would make invasions much harder too because you'd appear and have no idea where you were. now if you stole a map from someone (just making a copy) then you'd have more information to invade with.
However, I reckon there would be a blow back from the "mainstream" part of the community who wouldn't like not being able to see the map at all without significant time / money investment.
i'm open to both. it'd be neat to have a profession that creates maps and way points, point of interest, etc. it can be used as a way to show others intentions, like how to get to a mine or where a city is to invade. (basically it could be a notepad in game but with annotations on a map).
it's kind of ironic that a year+ ago i wanted it fog but now not so much. at least on the planet i start on. having invaders with fog would be neat.
@Farlander said in Guilds?:
Sometimes it's easier to and quicker to post and wait for a reply. As more information is compiled the search becomes harder to find the answer you are looking for. However, those people who have been around on the forums since the beginning usually can post a link to where the information is you are looking for. Plus it does open up more dialogue on the forums lol.
the older people would just search the forums.. i dont have any url memorized for these forums.
@Znirf said in Attacks speeds depending on armor ?:
@Farlander said in Attacks speeds depending on armor ?:
What about movement speeds? Will someone in lighter armor move faster around the screen than someone in heavier armor? Will this affect your mount speed also?
No, we'd like to avoid numerical malus for the armors.
so heavy armor can't stealth but can sprint as fast as someone in cloth or leather armor... that's putting their defense up and keeping their speed up. maybe consider .9 speed instead of 1.0.
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yeah, it happens. this was one example that happened to me. not to mention plenty of people buy items and it goes on sale for a cheaper price in a few months.
@Gothix
that usually happens. i know people stop farming old content when they get the things they want but until then!! i just want some cosmetics for those that can't buy them. which is why i suggest play-wall cosmetics and a way to trade items for cash shop currency (even if it's a separate currency).
@Pluto said in Fog of War:
Have not read the entire thread yet, but I kind of like the idea... But for night time/darkness. It would make raids at night pretty interesting. However, there would probably just be a meta of spam light sources everywhere
fog is only good with RTS because of the amount of sight one has over the battlefield. Fractured can't zoom out to see the whole world in real time, so it isn't really needed. our sigh is limited by the resolution limits placed by the developers. unless there's a type of planetary defense (like the invasions on the beast planet) i dont think the same karma people need FoW.
@Pluto said in Optimistic, but Hesitant:
Hahaha, the naivity here is asasine. A manufacturer does not pre sale a coat for $50 and then offer that coat on pre sale sale for $40.
In any case I have made my point and you are just going in circles for the sake of argument.
i purchased a headset through kickstarter and when it was sold retail, it was cheaper than i bought it.
@Xzait
it was a persons art work, so completely separate from Fractured.
i played destiny 2 (on pc) and the one problem it had was no meaniful gameplay behind doing things once. the reason why was every cosmetic was behind a pay wall (eververse). you could get lootboxes every level beyond cap that that wasn't helping.
one of the content updates was to put some cosmetics behind game play walls. there was a mount you could get when you shot certain items then found the chest containing the mount. there were special cosmetics lootable from the raid. special cosmetics, aside from the tier gear, from PvP. the game became alive with players because there was reasons to do the world events and to run the raid multiple times.
putting cosmetics behind boss walls is one thing that's kept old content 'alive' in world of warcraft. there are people still running ICC for 1 mount, 11 years later. there are still people running a dungeon for a mount. people still run old content for weapon enchants, weapon transmog.
i'm always for putting free cosmetics in the game so that it's a privilege to obtain and see.
@Farlander said in Fog of War:
I like the blank map idea. That way I know where I have been before lol. Hopefully we get the option to pin locations on the map so we can mark stuff for coming back later.
a cartographer profession would be great too! i dont like fog of war though. this isn't an rts game.
i dont want highly generalized characters. i believe highly specialized should be bad too so that many people are between jack of all trades and specialist.
