Recent content by Xanian

I think you have mode a very good point in that the low level game is rough. In my opinion, fighters have it best at low level, but that doesn't mean they have it good. I would like to see more things that empower new players, but that is very hard to balance without forbidding high level...

They are effectively the same thing, the only question is whether it is worthwhile for you to keep going once you've unlocked formal.

I see your point and agree, but also agree that our particular game/system is built around the combat side with those RP skills being a long afterthought (we aren't Dystopia Rising with social combat and gathering being main archetypes). Do you have ideas on what type of skills or abilities...

I understand. Can you give some examples of the other skills that classes have access to outside of fighting that you are referring to? Even with this change, melee/weapons still do a majority of the raw damage in the game due to the unlimited repetitive passives they have access to.

When looking to balance burst damage specifically (which is the point of this change), looking at status attacks is largely broadening the scope. We do have a potential problem in the system when it comes to those (statuses/save or die effects), but trying to bring that into this discussion...

I understand you may be upset with the decision, but that isn't helping to elicit positive change.

I think bringing the availability of defenses in when we are talking about the balance of burst damage skills is not really relevant. To your point, you said the mere threat of the ability changes how some NPCs fought. That leads more to the point that the ability was not in line with other...

Taking a different angle on the conversation, I would have liked to see taunt be less along the lines of controlling what something was doing and more along the lines of what you were saying (Do what I want you to do, or else). I think it could have been fun to have taunt be something like...

Maybe it would help to try and explain how I approach looking at our game's balance, because we have one very fundamental difference in our approach which is skewing the results. In my view, our game has 5 primary skill sets, and then uses different combinations of costs on those skill sets to...

I do think tone via text is a problem, and I apologize if my tone was seen as dismissive. I was attempting to counterpoint something said previously (that there was no positive feelings from the player base) that was false. The nature of forums means that we are always hearing only from the...

You say things like 'fighter crash' and 'scout spike' but fail to take the next analytical step. The exact thing you are showing there is something many experienced players suggest other people do. Hell, two of my best friends who play this game (and played NERO for decades previously) did this...

The AI analysis above missing some super key details. First, it treats all scholars as one lump, which is a misnomer. Second, without earth scholars/healing, events aren't successful as we need healing to keep things moving. Players know this, and more people play earth casters to account for...

There are positives on the player side. You are hearing a vocal minority.

Given the general philosophy of magic items not creating power, but giving different ways to use existing skills, I have a question regarding the enchant ritual. If I am casting the enchant ritual at a higher difficulty and getting more than one charge of the spell being stored, do I need to...

Great event. Really enjoyed getting to meet new people, adventure more closely with some people I had only met in passing, and spend some more time among a couple of my favorite groups of people. Thank you to everyone who took the time and resources to travel and come together for this. Plot...