Ryzom

It seems more like an exploit than anything, the way it is now. I can run directly away from my target and still fire at it, even though all other attacks require proper facing. The firing animation doesn't even go off, suggesting that it's not supposed to work. Ah well, if you enjoy prancing around ...

If we must stand toe to toe, we willl need them dodge/parry/crit skills to really matter. My point about rifle combat was that the whole point of a gun is to kill something before it gets to you in the first place. Maybe 5 years as a soldier and 3 more as a cop have biased me on how ranged combat ...

I pretty much agree with everything you said about the other games you've played, so I feel like we're on the same page there. Seems to me like a couple things you're specifically looking for haven't been addressed: Combat--More involved than FFXI (ignoring skillchains) but not by a lot ...

If your just standing there, uh yeah your gonna get mauled. You can run and shoot... I recommend nice big circles. Never occurred to me to try running...didn't expect to be able to shoot at something behind me while running away from it, but for some reason it works. That just...isn't right. That's ...

naratuul wrote:lol when you can blast an enemy squad into dust from 60M using your q250 damage ammo in a max range q250 launcher

...So you're saying it won't resemble explosive ranged combat until I've got the skill capped?

Well, after getting ranged weapon crafting to 50 and doing some experimentation I have to say that it isn't. Maybe it feels more worthwhile at higher levels, but from what I've tried so far I don't feel like a gunner at all. I tried the autolauncher first, under the assumption that since the ...