Tweeks and Mod commentary
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:41 pm
My reactions to the upcoming patch notes
What can I say, they're all good changes. They should make combat a lot less frustrating. The magic changes are very good.
It seems the Devs are still too prideful to apologize or admit a mistake. Which is of course their option, it costs them players for sure. People want reassurance that Nevrax still has a vision of the fun game they wanted. I've seen no more vision of story, solo-ability, wide range grouping, etc. Just crippling tinkering with gameplay that isn't broken.
Frankly combat will still be too short for me to want to team much. The high paced kill-or-die combat that is a result of high damage and lower HP makes it more effective for me to just kill things solo, unless I desperately want magic SP in non-elemental. We want the feeling that Ryzom is a finished game where new content is debugged, tweaked and balanced on the test server... not for a week of live gameplay.
I miss my guild mates that Nevrax decided they'd rather chase away and encourage to play other MMOs. I want them back and my confidence that Nevrax is a smart company with an inspiring vision of how to make a game fun, not just produce another static level-grind with better graphics. Realize that making the game longer and more of a grind to level, doesn't make the fun last longer... it often just makes it less fun. People will slow leveling when there is something other than leveling to do (quests, exploring, PvP, roleplay, raids, etc)
To this end I still think that two things desperately need to be added. One an apology from Nevrax itself to all the players who were driven away. Unless of course this is Nevrax's intentional goal. Second to revert the mob HP/Damage to the way it was before (keeping other patch changes both current and adapt future patch as needed) to where more people were having fun. It will greatly improve the reputation of Nevrax and Ryzom as well, make more subscriptions (=more money), and maybe make the mood on the forums a positive one rather than just a war between the bitter people who feel abused and the rabid fanbois
What can I say, they're all good changes. They should make combat a lot less frustrating. The magic changes are very good.
It seems the Devs are still too prideful to apologize or admit a mistake. Which is of course their option, it costs them players for sure. People want reassurance that Nevrax still has a vision of the fun game they wanted. I've seen no more vision of story, solo-ability, wide range grouping, etc. Just crippling tinkering with gameplay that isn't broken.
Frankly combat will still be too short for me to want to team much. The high paced kill-or-die combat that is a result of high damage and lower HP makes it more effective for me to just kill things solo, unless I desperately want magic SP in non-elemental. We want the feeling that Ryzom is a finished game where new content is debugged, tweaked and balanced on the test server... not for a week of live gameplay.
I miss my guild mates that Nevrax decided they'd rather chase away and encourage to play other MMOs. I want them back and my confidence that Nevrax is a smart company with an inspiring vision of how to make a game fun, not just produce another static level-grind with better graphics. Realize that making the game longer and more of a grind to level, doesn't make the fun last longer... it often just makes it less fun. People will slow leveling when there is something other than leveling to do (quests, exploring, PvP, roleplay, raids, etc)
To this end I still think that two things desperately need to be added. One an apology from Nevrax itself to all the players who were driven away. Unless of course this is Nevrax's intentional goal. Second to revert the mob HP/Damage to the way it was before (keeping other patch changes both current and adapt future patch as needed) to where more people were having fun. It will greatly improve the reputation of Nevrax and Ryzom as well, make more subscriptions (=more money), and maybe make the mood on the forums a positive one rather than just a war between the bitter people who feel abused and the rabid fanbois