gear progression.

From what I have heard and correct me if I'm wrong but gear is going to be more of the traditional vertical progression in ashes but just with a kind of soft cap where progressing gear past that point is kinda meh and not really needed but more of a humble brag type idea. Personally I feel that this wouldnt be the best idea in light of another system that a different game currently. This game is of course ESO where while I would say its gear system doesnt shine in that game, I would argue its cause the combat at its core is flawed for a mmo in that game as the game is build around the idea that you should be able to do almost everything solo to the point that people make 'invinicible builds' of all types to complete the hardest veteran content like it was nothing. The point is that the way that ESO does their gear progression is entirly horizontal as once gear reaches legendary and has max enchants placed on it than there isnt antyhing you can do to increase it further with the few options that do exist are either cp point passives for more armor or things like traits like infused that boost the enchants however at the cost that you can only have 11 infused traits maxed. This idea at its core without anything else would be bad but eso manages to make it very intresting which is set bonus's that boost your stats in certain ways and can even full blown give you massive new effects at a full set completetion that can REALLY change the way you play.

Personally i feel a system like this would work very well in ashes especially in light of the more special types of gear called monster sets and more importantly, mythics. monster helms are 2 piece sets that only have, well, 2 pieces in each set as you would expect and come often with set effects that MASSIVELY change how you play if you have the full on and mythics not just changing how you play but alterting how the core mechanics of the game apply to you like the snow treaders making you immune to immobilizations and snares but at the cost of being able to sprint and sets like the gaze of sithis or the soon to release oakenshield or the shield dodge ring that all 3 full blown disable a system of the game for you while giving you massive benefits with the shield dodge ring being the most intresting that doesnt just boost your stats massively like the oakenshield ring and gaze of sithis but full blown changing the way you dodge from actually dodging to producing a really damn big 20k dmg shield at base that last for 1 second and appears whenever you dodge.

At the end of the day im sure no matter what intrepid decides to do on this front, they will make it great but i feel that at least with the resources you get to make gear from things like end game world bosses like dragons at least could be used to replicate at least the monster helm set and or mythic system from eso of getting to wear legendary gear made from truly mythic materials and providing awe inspired changes to how you interact with the world around you to help give those who choose to really interact with the endgame something to try hard to make and fight for and especially give us ways to take on challenges with it could be really cool if certain mythics are great for certain areas but not others like how the harpooner's wading kilt for example is great if your playing in a group but not if your going to be playing solo as in a group you can avoid taking any damage and get the full buff without issue as the tank takes it all for you but if your solo than its almost as if you just took off a piece of armor with how worthless it would be with if ashes has mythics like this than it could be cool of what sort of stats open up depending on what mythics your raid group has or doesnt have and could alllow for RIDICULUS challenges for the hardcore guilds to have to do that requires you having put in enough time and research to get the right mythics to be able to take on the challenge that your guild wants to take on.

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Dygz

George_Black wrote: »

Lv5 nodes will prevent nearby nodes from becoming lv5 (unless the dominant falls in a siege).
The population of the nearby nodes will interract with the lv5 areas for higher lv mobs, not their own nodes. Their nodes will remain places for low-mid lv adventuring.

L5 Nodes cause new content to appear in other Nodes far across the map. Changes aren’t always local.

In Ashes, players won’t need to shift their homes to new islands. They can adventure in the new Isles and return home. Old areas won’t be inherently stuck with Stage 6 Nodes when an expansion makes Stage 7 possible.

Noaani

superhero6785 wrote: »

Noaani wrote: »

You aren't supposed to end up with more content, you aresupposed to end up with content you've not yet done.

Sure, all the previous max level content isn't worth doing, but this is only an issue if you're the kind of person that wants new content when they are ready for it, and not a moment earlier.

Developers need to add new content as soon as the games top end players have completed the existing content (ideally). If that means you miss out on some top end content, start getting through it faster instead of complaining.

Woah, now that's an interesting take. An expansion is supposed to - Expand - the game.

I didn't say the game isn't supposed to end up with more content, I said *you* aren't.

While all players are obviously welcome to all content, not all content is designed for all players. Solo content is not designed fornplayers that raid, as an example.

Any one individual can look at the entirety of a games content and identify content that suits them. This is *thier* content - in a non- facetious, applicable to this discussion kind of way.

You have a specific type of content that you consider *yours*, which for me is top end raid content, for some is group content st the level cap, or quests at the level cap, whatever. When an expansion hits, the idea isn't to expand the amount of content that is *yours*. The idea is to give you new content that is *yours*, that replaces the old content that you have probably done to death by then.

The net result is not supposed to be an expansion of *your* content - rather it is supposed to be a replacement of it.

George_Black

Otr wrote: »

MMOs usually restrict capability to use armor, weapon and gear until you reach the appropriate level.
I would like equipping gear to depend on skills, like strength, intelligence, agility...
These could be increased by:
self cast spells

buffs from other players (asking them nicely for buffs or after missions, while still active)

buffs due to some places owned or visited (temples in cities, magic places in the wild...)

buffing gear: armor, weapons, rings which buff the primary attributes like strength and intelligence

This would open the possibility to equip higher level armor and weapons or be able to cast high level spells a bit sooner than intended.
You could also swap buffing gear with higher buffing gear like on a Tower of Hanoi game.

But what should happen when buffs wear off or buffing items are removed?
Would it be acceptable to be able to use a weapon which requires 100 strength but you have only 90 strength?

This has been discused and the devs said a very simple "no" to it.

George_Black

They gave a reason. Maybe somebody can find you the link to that months dev update.

bloodprophet

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Armor
There are no stat requirements for equipping gear, but there are affiliation requirements.[16]

mcstackerson

Otr wrote: »

Can devs comment and give a reason to that?
Instead of "a very simple no"?

The reason probably is because we don't designate stat points.

Our stats are seeded by our race and grown by our class. The kind of system you mentioned is good in a game where you choose to put points into stats like strength or dex. When you can't choose, the system is almost the same as one that just has level requirements since everyone will hit stat thresholds at around the same level.

George_Black

Not sure why my name is in that quote

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