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My question / concern is are the Assassins a carbon copy of every other rogue/ thief / assassin class in every RPG and MMORPG to date?
Meaning at whatever level you are does the battle you enter always go like this:
*Cloak*
*Sneak within melee range of enemy*
*Attack out of cloak for obscene bakcstab damage multiplier *
*Finish off enemy with various attacks, combos, or abilities*
Re cloak, find the next enemy rinse and repeat 500 times.
As far as you can see is that all there is to Assassin? If not what how do your battles go besides that as an AoC assassin?
"What is it that the gamers want from these games and why is it not given to them? We were playing these games ourselves, that's why we know it was not being done. So we moved in the opposite direction. We thought about what the users wanted, what we wanted, and why it wasn't happening and how it could happen." - Tasos Flambouras
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"What is it that the gamers want from these games and why is it not given to them? We were playing these games ourselves, that's why we know it was not being done. So we moved in the opposite direction. We thought about what the users wanted, what we wanted, and why it wasn't happening and how it could happen." - Tasos Flambouras
Well there has to be an easy mode class, no? People who want a challange don't whine as much as people who want easy mode.
Assasins 2/3 shot my necro at this moment
You failed to answer the question of is that all there is to Assassin or are there more routes of attack at his disposal?
"What is it that the gamers want from these games and why is it not given to them? We were playing these games ourselves, that's why we know it was not being done. So we moved in the opposite direction. We thought about what the users wanted, what we wanted, and why it wasn't happening and how it could happen." - Tasos Flambouras
I'm sorry, thought you were making a statement.
I couldn't answer to your question. But I think that's the way an assasin work in AoC, haven't seen any assasin do it diffirently.
Its different. The stealth is not a concrete skill. You never know who sees you and who not. Its depending on gear and daylight/shadow as well. I dont PvP but i could imagine that a player with low perception has a problem with burts damage.. dunno.. In PvE you cant trust your stealth to 100%. There is always some risc in it. You have to deal with adds many times in AoC. Key is much more positioning of mobs and combos. Asssassins in AoC are also ranged fighters. They can use crossbows. I think he no carbon copy...
rogue does what rogues does.. dish out some sneak attacks combos and such. warriors tank and dishout some dps. healers heal, mages burn stuff.. same as every other mmo out there.. you pretty much answered your own question..
Fuck that in no way helps me decide what class to play because now assassin sounds like its full of fail. I played WoW for one month and got up to about level 15ish on my rogue and it made me realize that I love the ability to me stealth but I got so tired of the repetitive cloak back stab do it all over again combat.
And I could go barbarian but thats probably the fotm right now, and I could go ranger but primarily shooting arrows sounds like it would get boring after ahwile to, and ranger also sounds like the fotm.
"What is it that the gamers want from these games and why is it not given to them? We were playing these games ourselves, that's why we know it was not being done. So we moved in the opposite direction. We thought about what the users wanted, what we wanted, and why it wasn't happening and how it could happen." - Tasos Flambouras
You have to also consider the HUGE benefits assassins will be in siege and battleground PVP. Off the top of my head i can think of a few Scouting will be the main asset knowing where enemy's are on the Playing field and where they appear to be focusing to attack. Infiltrating enemy forts causing problems forcing troops to return home and protect the home front. Focused fire with 2-3 assassins teaming up and making sure certain classes are eliminated IE: healers, crusaders, nasty casters the melee classes cant reach. Now I've yet to reach a high enuf level on my assassin to back any of this but I'm level 49 and I'm starting to see how minuscule the open world combat is compared to the siege/battleground PvP.
Assassins attack very carefully lol
People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.
I don't know much about the class but this blog might help you out some.
http://aoaevii.blogspot.com/