Re: Racial Abilities, Patch 2 Discussion
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:14 pm
This is copied from the patch thread. Seems that thread is overflowing with commentary on channels. This thread is much more central to the topic so I believe it is more appropriate here.
Well that worries me. There's no details on what this means,
Maybe I'm dense but I don't get the "hint".
In game people are talking about racial bonuses towards ranged weapons and magic and such. Someone is saying that Trykers will have advantages to ranged combat and Fryos will have advantages to melee combat. I don't know where they are getting this information. I sure don't see it on the boards. But this makes me worried.
For example, I'm planning on spending hundreds of skill points towards ranged and ammo crafting. If what fellow players are saying, that will leave me up a creek without a paddle because my community of buyers could potentiall dry up if Fryos have advantages to melee and not ranged after this patch. (this is just an example, but based on someone else's information in game, or their own pure conjecture)
I dont' want to spend hundreds of skill points towards ranged crafting only to see my community of buyers dry up because "Who wants a ranged weapon? We're better at melee!" Especially given that you can not trade those skill points in one they are spent. If we could change skill points out then I'd be more likely to accept changes to the system. But since we can't... changing the system would be like yanking the rug out from under the players would it not?
Can you (Nevrax) clarify what racial changes are being planned? Specifically am I in danger of facing a scenario that would make me want to restart again?
And to be clear, I have little interest in listening to all the speculation going on in this thread. None of you really know for certain what they mean by this "hint" do you? So I can't base any of my decisions on those speculations.
You will start to see some divergence among the races abilities. (big hint here)
Well that worries me. There's no details on what this means,
Maybe I'm dense but I don't get the "hint".
In game people are talking about racial bonuses towards ranged weapons and magic and such. Someone is saying that Trykers will have advantages to ranged combat and Fryos will have advantages to melee combat. I don't know where they are getting this information. I sure don't see it on the boards. But this makes me worried.
For example, I'm planning on spending hundreds of skill points towards ranged and ammo crafting. If what fellow players are saying, that will leave me up a creek without a paddle because my community of buyers could potentiall dry up if Fryos have advantages to melee and not ranged after this patch. (this is just an example, but based on someone else's information in game, or their own pure conjecture)
I dont' want to spend hundreds of skill points towards ranged crafting only to see my community of buyers dry up because "Who wants a ranged weapon? We're better at melee!" Especially given that you can not trade those skill points in one they are spent. If we could change skill points out then I'd be more likely to accept changes to the system. But since we can't... changing the system would be like yanking the rug out from under the players would it not?
Can you (Nevrax) clarify what racial changes are being planned? Specifically am I in danger of facing a scenario that would make me want to restart again?
And to be clear, I have little interest in listening to all the speculation going on in this thread. None of you really know for certain what they mean by this "hint" do you? So I can't base any of my decisions on those speculations.