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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
MMO Veteran's Take. Player-made abilities.
This post here said a lot if what i wanted to say already: https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/is-the-mmo-drought-finally-over-optimistic/
So i will add my personal to it. Just read the mmorpg.com interview and to agree, you're right; mmo's have all missed the mark when playing. WoW almost had it. GW2 almost had it. DDO almost had it. TESO almost had it.
Everyone wants their own twists, tweaks and every developer wants their own spin on things. If i were you, I'd give the players some tweaking (or modding) tools to adjust the combat to their own liking. And use the data of the most commonly averaged settings as the goal point on how they want combat to feel. Particularly, their own skills.
Since i wont talk exact builds, i will talk about my personal favorite across all games. Tanking (or sword and shield). Why are all blocks in the beginning if the game just 15 to 25%? I mean why? Everytime i play WoW i just want to edit the settings and give myself a boost to 75% for 6 seconds or something similar. Sure there are balancing issues, but its always fun when something is out of balance even for just a short time. I advise aiming all classes for the feeling of fun first before balancing them.
My particular favorites in combat skills in my build would be like *Power Strike (×2 damage), Cleave (hit 3 enemies), Shield Block (75% for 6 seconds), Shield Strike (knockdown or hit 3 enemies), Counter strike (after being hit by a critical or something).
GW2 made combat feel great. They had dodging / siderolling. That was a whole lot of fun. DDO and TESO had manual blocking. Also fun but not that greatly used. (Seriously what is wrong with TESOs animations?). At least until my thumbs got sore on my gamepad. Wanted an auto attack / auto block system instead.
Mobility is great in a game until all you're doing is running in combat. In a real fight, people dont do that. Its dumb.
Ok im too tired to think of anything else. But in summary, i advise giving some tools to the player. Let them make their own fun. Their own skills and use that data.
So i will add my personal to it. Just read the mmorpg.com interview and to agree, you're right; mmo's have all missed the mark when playing. WoW almost had it. GW2 almost had it. DDO almost had it. TESO almost had it.
Everyone wants their own twists, tweaks and every developer wants their own spin on things. If i were you, I'd give the players some tweaking (or modding) tools to adjust the combat to their own liking. And use the data of the most commonly averaged settings as the goal point on how they want combat to feel. Particularly, their own skills.
Since i wont talk exact builds, i will talk about my personal favorite across all games. Tanking (or sword and shield). Why are all blocks in the beginning if the game just 15 to 25%? I mean why? Everytime i play WoW i just want to edit the settings and give myself a boost to 75% for 6 seconds or something similar. Sure there are balancing issues, but its always fun when something is out of balance even for just a short time. I advise aiming all classes for the feeling of fun first before balancing them.
My particular favorites in combat skills in my build would be like *Power Strike (×2 damage), Cleave (hit 3 enemies), Shield Block (75% for 6 seconds), Shield Strike (knockdown or hit 3 enemies), Counter strike (after being hit by a critical or something).
GW2 made combat feel great. They had dodging / siderolling. That was a whole lot of fun. DDO and TESO had manual blocking. Also fun but not that greatly used. (Seriously what is wrong with TESOs animations?). At least until my thumbs got sore on my gamepad. Wanted an auto attack / auto block system instead.
Mobility is great in a game until all you're doing is running in combat. In a real fight, people dont do that. Its dumb.
Ok im too tired to think of anything else. But in summary, i advise giving some tools to the player. Let them make their own fun. Their own skills and use that data.
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I agree with @Archangelus, The game wouldn't last very long if the community was able to make their own abilities, the last thing we want is people roaming around with godlike abilities and making it so they can't die, infinite xp bonus skills.
Perhaps if there were a super-mega-sandbox game where people could just play with that stuff and a developer pulls the best ideas....maybe that'd be a good idea.