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War dec's are just a way to circumvent the corruption mechanic. A short warning, and maybe a longer timer on it to allow retaliation, would be very easy ways to help regulate the abuse.

Let me set the stage. My guild and I decide to take an 8-man to Forge today. No particular goal in mind, just exploring and getting some XP. Things are good for a while. We're clearing mobs and getting deeper into the dungeon. We get done with a fight and are taking a rest on our way down a staircase.

Suddenly I turn around and see about 14 players from a guild known for being hardcore PvPers about to come down the same stairs. I notify my party and boom! The PvP guild declares war on us. before I can say "ah shit" we're all dead. It felt like we had been smited by some mysterious force. There was no fight, no back and forth, just instant ash piles. Literally an entire 8-man party killed in probably less than 2 seconds.

I'll be the first to admit to not being good at PvP. It's never been my focus in MMO's. I don't mind losing. However, this kind of loss just feels bad. I worry that moments like this will turn too many players off of the game and lead hardcore PvP guilds being kings of a dying game.

Suggestions:
- TTK obviously still needs work and I know Intrepid is still looking at it.
- War declarations should come with a little bit of warning. I'm just talking about 5 minutes or so. Enough time for my party in this instance to either prepare ourselves (without having enough time to call for reinforcements) or decide to surrender to the dominant force and leave the area.

One is lvl 10 item, another lvl 20. There is no lvl 12, 14 or 18 gear. Higher rarity lvl 10 gear, plus enchanting allow you to steadily increase your power level until you hit the level 20 milestone. I see nothing wrong with that approach or stats.

Xherra wrote: »

As a crafter who was excited for phase 3, this change made me happy and depressed. I finally get to prioritize certain stat builds, but all my crafting plans are trashed. What can I make and sell? A dropped green lvl 20 earring will easily dwarf anything I want to sell. I can't even make profit or craft worthwhile gear until 2 months into p3.

When it comes to gear dropped by mobs, I would personally prefer if mobs only dropped gear mats, and recipes. Yes even bosses. That addresses most of the crafting / economy concerns, at least when it comes to mob drops...

pvpgate wrote: »

Ludullu wrote: »

But getting proper base-lvl mechanics and features working is waaaay more important, because THAT is what people play.

I can’t think of anything more "base-lvl" than movement and combat mechanics

That is probably because you have no idea about game development.

The way movement feels is literally a last minute adjustment. It could be made between the beta servers going down and the head start servers going live.

While it is a last minute thing, it can't (or shouldnt) be made until literally every aspect of all character models has been created, polished and finalized. It is literally the last thing to be done in regards to characters.

An alpha test is less about how movement feels, and more about "does your character actually move around the game world?".

This is why your expectations are so out of whack.

pvpgate wrote: »

Ludullu wrote: »

But getting proper base-lvl mechanics and features working is waaaay more important, because THAT is what people play.

I can’t think of anything more "base-lvl" than movement and combat mechanics

But you did not talk about mechanics in your Initial post, but animations. And polishing existing animations at a stage when your focus is to design new animations for archetypes, races, monsters, weapons, etc. which are under active development and need to be released for testing wouldn't make much sense.

Polishing starts when the foundation has been layed, and animations are either way not of any mechanical significance at this stage of development. I would starting to get concerned if I got the impression that Intrepid is pleased with the current state of the character animations - or even character design, which looks horrible (the faces!) - but I don't have that impression, because we're still so early in development, despite the game being under active development for quite some time.