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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
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You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
action bar instead as mouse targeting?
Instead of hitting a button on the action bar for melee characters, how about instead it places a small reticule somewhere on their body and you must mouse over it either within x time, or at a certain time, so its like you are swinging for a weakness you noticed while fighting them? Feels more thematic, keeps your eyes on the screen and opponents, and you are moving the mouse naturally to look around in combat. I imagine that will fix the main gripes with the keypress, you will actually feel you are hitting critical areas on enemies, and keeps the balance between skill and build. I imagine this would make some dodgy characters very difficult for some classes to land a critical on, so may be a balance issue if you change that. Sorry if anyone suggested already, this forum really needs search.
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Tho with this system ppl would be forced to play in 1st person in combat
(The closer the camera, the bigger the targets)
Would also make melee professions by default better than ranged, tho I can agree that it would make sense in that kind of way, a lot of people would not like such a system that makes class preferences.
Not to mention what about giant enemies?
Would the recticle be at their shoulder 3 meters up in the air where you cannot reach?
When the the minigame popup appears it's just some condition to mindlessly fulfill. It's not like the bar (or suggested mouse driven replacement) has in it different states that have merits in different circumstances. It's one specific task that asks from the player that if done correctly adds a bit more damage.
That's just tedious.
I'm not opposed to the idea of adding a skill component to landing damage, or augmenting said damage in some way. Skill shots to land, abilities to detonate, ect. In fact I'm all for it.
The golden rule should be though that it allows for player choice, rather then just a blanket succeed or fail state.
So I'm pro more involved combat, but that involvement should be less a quick time event (as we all know how popular those are) and more something that tied to the function and identity of the ability.
Fictional example. I have an ability called Slam. Slam does y damage and that damage is amplified by x charge. I gain more charge by holding down the ability for up to 5 seconds.
Me and an enemy are brawling it out. I move into position to land my slam. Now I know that holding that the slam longer deals more damage, but we also know the enemy will try to do everything in his power to avoid being slammed. So now that I'm in range I have to decide, do I let go of the slam early and get the guaranteed damage, do I hold it longer in an attempt to land the big hit, or can I possibly cc him and then land a full slam.
This is a good way to add depth to a combat system, make it more action orientated, but also not distract from the players attention for the sake of adding another layer.
I'd like abilities to have different hit boxes and mechanics that give the players options on how to use them. I want mastery of my class to come from me learning how to use my abilities. I'm hoping skills are designed in a way that spamming them when they are off cooldown isn't the best way to use them.
...if this hit box isn't based on target size, but its floats around where cca your target is and in between oval.
This oval would be placed cca where your target is, but since there could be many targets, oval could appear only at target closest to your cross hair in middle of screen, and when your cross hair approaches different target that becomes closer, it would show on that target.
This would be a bit of pain to develop though.
Some adjustments to the 3rd person might be necessary, since fighting several enemies in 1st person would be hard and if you were looking around in 3rd person, you might not be able to see the oppenent with the target at all.
This system in general is not optimized for crowds, but when fighting few enemies or maybe when PvPing, it would be really cool.