So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
I can only imagine the vehemence you'll rain down on AV when it shuts down Darkfall.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
So you like the new flying ships feature added?
Btw, people miss you on the thread about that ship, 11 pages of people bashing darkfall and you not there to defend it
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
I can only imagine the vehemence you'll rain down on AV when it shuts down Darkfall.
I'm sure they will miss you.
Carry on.
Yeah,
I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years.
I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
It is clear that DF have some very interesting parts.
It is however clear that it do have a lot of issues, like bugs, lag, and cheaters (and a head dev that makes Barnett sounds like a cool and calm guy).
If all those things get fixed the game might become great, but it really needs a free trial so people knows what they are buying, all MMOs needs that. DF should have waited with the release until it was really finnished.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
So you like the new flying ships feature added?
Btw, people miss you on the thread about that ship, 11 pages of people bashing darkfall and you not there to defend it
I have posted in that thread. I cant contribute to a discussion of something i never experienced.
In 2 months i have people miss if i dodge, dont come out of nothing, no superspeed opponent, and i can escape fights. I did not had to use gm_report yet.
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I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years. I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE-------------------------------------------------- $OE - eternal enemy of online gaming -We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years. I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Those things have never ever claimed to be a sandbox. Darkfall is not a sandbox.
/discuss
wow you just described every mmorpg ever except for world of warcraft, with your unfinished product statement.
hehehe I would say WoW was unfinished too at release... GW was more "complete" at release, imo. But I would think the degree of unfinished is the important part. In that department, DF is very very very unfinished. Most of what was promised (and dont forget the promised of featured completed and all the blah blah) is just not in game.
Originally posted by rhinok It's those kind of ignorant statements that make the debate relevant. What's really interesting is that javac completely missed the entire point of devour's debate with ghost and, utlimately, implicitly refutes ghost.Originally posted by Keeper2000
... The fact that DFO is or not a sandbox is irrelevant. ...
I disagree with this particular statement, but only because the debate is relevant as long as fans keep saying what a great sandbox Darkfall is, justify poor design decisions with sandbox arguments and dismiss critics as being carebears for being fans of themepark games, not sandbox games. There are a couple of examples in this very thread:
(examples)
Interestingly enough, neither ghost nor javac have responded to my detailed post with several examples of why Darkfall isn't a sandbox. They just spend time flinging mud at devour (he's a good meatshield - draws heavy aggro).
I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years. I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Darth doesnt actually play DF you know. Over the time since DF released Ive asked him time and time again to post a screenshit of him actually in game, with a message to prove its him and not a random screeny. he has NEVER been able to do so, just ignore him, as said, he doesnt actually play
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years. I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Darth doesnt actually play DF you know. Over the time since DF released Ive asked him time and time again to post a screenshit of him actually in game, with a message to prove its him and not a random screeny. he has NEVER been able to do so, just ignore him, as said, he doesnt actually play
I don't read every shitty post on MMORPG.com forums. So i don't know of any such of request.
provide a link.
btw your handle is not even recognized by me. Do you use multiple accounts ?
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"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
nope, and youve read many of them. youve actually quoted them too. so uh, chop chop?
still, you spend much more time here than playing, so it would seem. oh right thats because to get anywhere you have to macro instead of, like, playing yeah. lmfao
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
nope, and youve read many of them. youve actually quoted them too. so uh, chop chop?
still, you spend much more time here than playing, so it would seem. oh right thats because to get anywhere you have to macro instead of, like, playing yeah. lmfao
There is a lengthy clan event in the evening. For now i do some homework and correcting peoples wrong attitudes on the intranets.
Why you not playing some game you enjoy and instead stalking me ?
There is no deny, i can quote you your post where you admit you love me lol
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE-------------------------------------------------- $OE - eternal enemy of online gaming -We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
Originally posted by DarthRaiden btw your handle is not even recognized by me. Do you use multiple accounts ?
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There is no deny, i can quote you your post where you admit you love me lol
Sooo you do know me....yes I DO love you, I love you more than all the fan-trollbots ive ever encountered. You entertain me greatly and its not stalking when your inane postage is everywhere I look
That said, go do your homework? Being on a forum is failpath straight to shit grades. After that get me a screen shot of your event because nobody manages to actually show shit happening only pretty lame screenies. Itd be grand if you could include one which says 'warty you naaaaaaaabcakearootangtang'
exactly like that mind you
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
There is no timed blocking. Some people can say yes there is all they want, they are lying.
Blocking is usefull as far as shield tanking. One guy holds block while someone else beats on the target. Whether that be in PvE or PvP, the tactic is the same.
You can't actually watch another players and then press block and actually parry the blow. The animations and rate of attacks just doesn't allow it.
I just made an account to simply say that you're full of shit. It's very easy to focus block someone, as soon as he starts swinging his weapon, you press V. It's that simple. If he tries to sprint and hit you in the back, you just turn your back at him and he has already wasted more stamina. The only case that you might have problems to do that is if he is using daggers and you have a ping over 500.
So, in my book you're now just a noob whose opinion counts for nothing. Like like MANY people in these forums. It's pretty sad really, usually game forums supposed to be FAN forums.
These forums are filled with haters and ex-vaportrolls, and have become probably the least reliable source of information about Darkfall. Even less than DF's outdated website. Why these same people keep posting and spewing hate over and over... is just baffling to me. I even see some people who were posting similar crap on IGN forums, about how much the game sux, how much they get owned in pvp etc, saying they have quit the game for many months and they are now going to quit posting too. Well, I'll be damned... they have just moved over to these forums! Semi-proffesional trolling?
It is very rare that you get to read some refreshing post like the OP's. OP, I'm looking forward to meet you in game... Either to kill you, or kill with you. keep it up
There is no timed blocking. Some people can say yes there is all they want, they are lying.
Blocking is usefull as far as shield tanking. One guy holds block while someone else beats on the target. Whether that be in PvE or PvP, the tactic is the same.
You can't actually watch another players and then press block and actually parry the blow. The animations and rate of attacks just doesn't allow it.
I just made an account to simply say that you're full of shit. It's very easy to focus block someone, as soon as he starts swinging his weapon, you press V. It's that simple. If he tries to sprint and hit you in the back, you just turn your back at him and he has already wasted more stamina. The only case that you might have problems to do that is if he is using daggers and you have a ping over 500.
So, in my book you're now just a noob whose opinion counts for nothing. Like like MANY people in these forums. It's pretty sad really, usually game forums supposed to be FAN forums.
These forums are filled with haters and ex-vaportrolls, and have become probably the least reliable source of information about Darkfall. Even less than DF's outdated website. Why these same people keep posting and spewing hate over and over... is just baffling to me. I even see some people who were posting similar crap on IGN forums, about how much the game sux, how much they get owned in pvp etc, saying they have quit the game for many months and they are now going to quit posting too. Well, I'll be damned... they have just moved over to these forums! Semi-proffesional trolling?
It is very rare that you get to read some refreshing post like the OP's. OP, I'm looking forward to meet you in game... Either to kill you, or kill with you. keep it up
Perhaps you don't understand what timing means.
Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
First of all the OP is NOT an experienced gamer,because it looks like you lean towards PVP as you have not played FFXI/EQ or VG,the three games i feel are the best efforts in the MMORPG industry.
Ok that is out of the way,now back to calling DF EPIC?come on now,i am happy you found a game that is fun for yourself,but DF could NEVER be confused with the word epic,because it does not have content,it is merely a PVP game that is all,nothing amazing therePVE players will not even give it the time of day,so it misses out on half the population right off the hop.
An EPIC game has to be one that is full of not only content but has to also have UN IQUE ideas like VG card game,EQ introduced tons of new ideas FFXI we know of for its brilliant sub class system and elemental Magic bursts/renkai system.
Df actually has a few ideas that i personally consider cheap,one being the inability to see your mobs at all times,they will always get the jump first,that is VERY unrealistic.Trying to use stealth mechanics in PVP is a great idea,but you need to actually draw several player model animation to coincide with the stealth .Example you can only see 30% of a player model when laying down in grass,or you can only see 20% of a player model in the dark,perhaps 50% of the mdel when camoflague in it's environment,PVP should not be a simple cut and dry mechanic,witch is the way ALL games do it.There should be a distinct advantage and a distinct damage causing difference in armour and weapons.
If you are going to make a serious contender to the PVP market ,your game must have tons of elemental damage,distinct class system that each go in their own direction ,this givews PVP diversity,of course a sub class system would make it that much better.You need to introduce splash damage weapons or anything resembling UT99 weaponry.You need to have an environment that caters to skillful PVP,not players jumping/strafing always in the open.Think about it,if you were in a fight to the death scenario,would you walk around in the open fields?lol of course not,you would be looking for cover at all times,or a way to ambush.
If someone is wearing full plate armour,how exctly is your sword doing damage?PVP also needs to have area of location damage,such as limbs causing slower movement or decapitation or losing an arm so they cannot swing their sword,and have to switch arms.So much needs to be done in a PVP game and the effort it takes is too much for a serious game,so PVP will always be CHEAP and never get any consideration to being an EPIC game.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Are there any mods on this site? Over half of this thread consists of nothing more then personal attacks, most of them openly admit they only posted for the entertainment of annoying others. Why can't you stick to the OP?
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Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
I understand very well what timing means. You don't have to have BLOCK pressed in order to block. You can watch the animation starting, and then press V...that's it. You're calling it "impossible", but I do it on a daily basis. And I consider myself an average/casual player.
Anyway..Put any semi-decent player toe to toe with someone who attacks him at random times. I'm telling you he can block 9/10 of his attacks. Just by pressing V when the attack animation starts. It's so simple really.. but it requires 1 thing -> You should not suck.
I have played more than you (over a longer span), but still that should not be an excuse for you not able to time your blocks. I have heard many many lies and slander about the game, but this is even beyond that. It approaches Ed Zitron's Level of skill. I kinda feel sorry for you, that your skill keeps you back from enjoying a truly great game.
Anyway your posts have confirmed to me another thing:
People LIE about the game mechanics and blame the game for their shortcomings.
BTW Korrigan weren't you "done with the game"?
let me quote you from IGN forums:
"But no worries, I'm done with this game, I just removed this forum from my daily bookmarks."
Spending time on something you don't like...how can some people enjoy that?
Just FYI, a 100~200 ping is not a killer. Even a FPS should be playable until the 300s, but higher than that it gets retarded and not possible to "get used to" (you'd get used with the 0,1~0,3 second-delay in time), especially with a crosshair system. I'm used to that, as the majority of western MMOs have servers either North America or Europe.
The wonders of geographical latency, blame technology for not allowing direct and perfectly routed connections all over the world yet, someday we might see the world in under 100 ms of latency and latency not being a factor for separating servers per region.
Just FYI, a 100~200 ping is not a killer. Even a FPS should be playable until the 300s, but higher than that it gets retarded and not possible to "get used to" (you'd get used with the 0,1~0,3 second-delay in time), especially with a crosshair system. I'm used to that, as the majority of western MMOs have servers either North America or Europe. The wonders of geographical latency, blame technology for not allowing direct and perfectly routed connections all over the world yet, someday we might see the world in under 100 ms of latency and latency not being a factor for separating servers per region.
Lol, I get better ping on EQ2s US servers than EU servers.
I am afraid that you can't expect a EU server to have great ping from US for most games however. The technology is getting better however so in a few years we might get that low ping from all over the world, now it is really expensive to fix and I get the feeling that Avi is kinda short on cash. CCP does however have 1 big worldwide server in Eve so it is possible today.
They really needs to open up a US server too. And how much ping that is a killer depends a little on the game, generally you can have a little worse FPS in a MMO since they are turnbased still but in a fast PvP game like DF (or even Guildwars) you need a quite good ping, I think youll be in problem over 250.
Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
I understand very well what timing means. You don't have to have BLOCK pressed in order to block. You can watch the animation starting, and then press V...that's it. You're calling it "impossible", but I do it on a daily basis. And I consider myself an average/casual player.
Anyway..Put any semi-decent player toe to toe with someone who attacks him at random times. I'm telling you he can block 9/10 of his attacks. Just by pressing V when the attack animation starts. It's so simple really.. but it requires 1 thing -> You should not suck.
I have played more than you (over a longer span), but still that should not be an excuse for you not able to time your blocks. I have heard many many lies and slander about the game, but this is even beyond that. It approaches Ed Zitron's Level of skill. I kinda feel sorry for you, that your skill keeps you back from enjoying a truly great game.
Anyway your posts have confirmed to me another thing:
People LIE about the game mechanics and blame the game for their shortcomings.
BTW Korrigan weren't you "done with the game"?
let me quote you from IGN forums:
"But no worries, I'm done with this game, I just removed this forum from my daily bookmarks."
Spending time on something you don't like...how can some people enjoy that?
I'm just going to say it.
You're lying.
Once again the animations don't allow you to do that.
I didn't JUST create an account and start playing to figure it out.
I created my account a couple of months ago and then spent hundreds of hours actually TESTING the dif. mechanics of a game.
Like when I grouped with a friend and tested syncing. Where was he in releation to me. When I fired an arrow, or swung my axe what was the result based on his possition to mine. When he swung at the same time as I blocked what was the result.
In the case of blocking, I or him would deliver full damage on the first swing and block and then the next swing while blocking would register partial damage. You can not time a block based by pressing and releasing when fighting another player or NPC. Whether on purpose or by design, blocking is used as a means of tanking. I'm of the opinion that Av did it by design. Group combat is no dif. then combat in a "themepark" MMO.
One guy is the tank for as long as the mob will attack. He tanks by HOLDING block while the rest of the group spanks the mob. When the mob changes target, the new target takes over the tanking, and the privious tank starts spanking the mob. The only time anyone is able to time a block by pressing and releasing is by shear, dumb luck.
You're just like the guy that insisted on arguing with me that magic did as much, if not more, dps then archery.
No matter how much I pointed out fact he continued to tell me I was wrong because he WITNESSED it. Because his friend was a mage and he was an archer.
Oddly enough 2 consecutive patches upped magic damage, ruduced cooldowns or removed them completely, and increased dot duration to increase magic damage. I wonder who was telling the truth and who was lying.
Just because a fanatic says no, doesn't make it correct.
I have no need to lie about a mechanic in game. The mechanics themself support everything I say.
Once again the animations don't allow you to do that.
I didn't JUST create an account and start playing to figure it out.
I created my account a couple of months ago and then spent hundreds of hours actually TESTING the dif. mechanics of a game.
Like when I grouped with a friend and tested syncing. Where was he in releation to me. When I fired an arrow, or swung my axe what was the result based on his possition to mine. When he swung at the same time as I blocked what was the result.
In the case of blocking, I or him would deliver full damage on the first swing and block and then the next swing while blocking would register partial damage. You can not time a block based by pressing and releasing when fighting another player or NPC. Whether on purpose or by design, blocking is used as a means of tanking. I'm of the opinion that Av did it by design. Group combat is no dif. then combat in a "themepark" MMO.
One guy is the tank for as long as the mob will attack. He tanks by HOLDING block while the rest of the group spanks the mob. When the mob changes target, the new target takes over the tanking, and the privious tank starts spanking the mob. The only time anyone is able to time a block by pressing and releasing is by shear, dumb luck.
You're just like the guy that insisted on arguing with me that magic did as much, if not more, dps then archery.
No matter how much I pointed out fact he continued to tell me I was wrong because he WITNESSED it. Because his friend was a mage and he was an archer.
Oddly enough 2 consecutive patches upped magic damage, ruduced cooldowns or removed them completely, and increased dot duration to increase magic damage. I wonder who was telling the truth and who was lying.
Just because a fanatic says no, doesn't make it correct.
I have no need to lie about a mechanic in game. The mechanics themself support everything I say.
What is your character's name (assuming you are still playing)? I'll show you how to do it.
You can also just ask any shield user in the in-game chat.
When I mentioned "I just made an account", i meant an account here in MMORPG forums btw. (just so there is no misunderstanding)
Also, magic DID do more ->dps<- than archery. As long as you were not using mana missile of course, and had some elemental school decently skilled up. The problem with magic was that most spells cost a lot of mana, and mages were going OOM after 10 nukes or so. Notice they reduced mana cost twice and increased mana regeneration during their patches. They increased the damage of some spells that were clearly broken like Thunderstorm etc that were doing half the damage of their other school equivalents. Or Blast, that was doing less damage than mana missile or something weird like that.
LOL did you even read my reply? I said there is no linear path. If you want to you can avoid fighting all together and simply gather and craft your way to max craft stats. You are not confined by your level or your place on the darkfall map. You can also decide which skills you want to work on, I do very little work on my magic skill yet i can still use magic, I mostly shoot arrows but does that make me an Archer class? No, actually I consider myself more of a trader/crafter type. I also use a great axe does that make me a 2 handed warrior? nope certinly does not. I can go wherever I want and focus on whatever I want... Its a sandbox
You can do that in the majority of games, in WoW and WAR at least. So, yeah, your argument fails yet again.
( By the way, a skill system does not a sandbox make, especially since you will always end up with the same skills in the end run anyway, as the 99 cap in every skill means that every player will presumably end up with 99 in every skill, therefore giving the same progression path. K? )
Ok, so by your retarded definition of a sandbox, this game doesn't fit. Thanx for clearing that up for us.
Now, as for many other defintions of sandbox, used throughout these forums, this game certainly seems to fit.
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Yes is sad picture haters present.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
I can only imagine the vehemence you'll rain down on AV when it shuts down Darkfall.
I'm sure they will miss you.
Carry on.
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Yes is sad picture haters present.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
So you like the new flying ships feature added?
Btw, people miss you on the thread about that ship, 11 pages of people bashing darkfall and you not there to defend it
Yes is sad picture haters present.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
I can only imagine the vehemence you'll rain down on AV when it shuts down Darkfall.
I'm sure they will miss you.
Carry on.
Yeah,
I was gonna point out that I dought he'll ever get the chance to play for years.
I fully expect to see him in MO when it launches.
Along with the remaining handful of DFO fanatics. That is if they're hardcore enogh to handle full FPV, god knows they weren't in DFO. After all, it was those same hardcore gamers that QQ'ed for Av to put in 3rd person, and destroyed the combat.
It is clear that DF have some very interesting parts.
It is however clear that it do have a lot of issues, like bugs, lag, and cheaters (and a head dev that makes Barnett sounds like a cool and calm guy).
If all those things get fixed the game might become great, but it really needs a free trial so people knows what they are buying, all MMOs needs that. DF should have waited with the release until it was really finnished.
Yes is sad picture haters present.
So why YOU love Darkfall and visiting the forums daily ? try to be a bit constructive man.
i visit the forums because of the sheer hypocrisy.....take a look at your own sig for example. You constantly post about "haters" and people who don't like a game, yet your sig spouts "hater" every time you post.
How hateworthy must a company like $OE be to mess up with a fan like me ask yourself that.
i loved pre cu, they took my money to destroy a great game.
Thats the difference to Aventurine. You did good to remember me my sig and how i left tha hateworthy assmonkey's like $OE behind me and have something to love again.
Again... prior $OE destroying the game i loved the SWG and the company. There must be really human waste and moneydriven whores to mess with such a loyal fan like me, who loves developers who have build a good game, care about it and them and defend it.
I would still have an active subscription and play it, because i tebnd to play only one MMO at a time and for years. But they whores and they decided to fuck me in mobster manner and i don't like that, hence my terms of use.
Aventurine on the other hand delivered something i like. The patches are great, it seems they care about my playstyle.
So you like the new flying ships feature added?
Btw, people miss you on the thread about that ship, 11 pages of people bashing darkfall and you not there to defend it
I have posted in that thread. I cant contribute to a discussion of something i never experienced.
In 2 months i have people miss if i dodge, dont come out of nothing, no superspeed opponent, and i can escape fights. I did not had to use gm_report yet.
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Those things have never ever claimed to be a sandbox. Darkfall is not a sandbox.
/discuss
wow you just described every mmorpg ever except for world of warcraft, with your unfinished product statement.
hehehe I would say WoW was unfinished too at release... GW was more "complete" at release, imo. But I would think the degree of unfinished is the important part. In that department, DF is very very very unfinished. Most of what was promised (and dont forget the promised of featured completed and all the blah blah) is just not in game.
I disagree with this particular statement, but only because the debate is relevant as long as fans keep saying what a great sandbox Darkfall is, justify poor design decisions with sandbox arguments and dismiss critics as being carebears for being fans of themepark games, not sandbox games. There are a couple of examples in this very thread:
(examples)Interestingly enough, neither ghost nor javac have responded to my detailed post with several examples of why Darkfall isn't a sandbox. They just spend time flinging mud at devour (he's a good meatshield - draws heavy aggro).
~Ripper
Nods. I agree.
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Darth doesnt actually play DF you know. Over the time since DF released Ive asked him time and time again to post a screenshit of him actually in game, with a message to prove its him and not a random screeny. he has NEVER been able to do so, just ignore him, as said, he doesnt actually play
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
3rd person mellee was intended by the devs and wasnt something fans pushed them to.
More fanatical delusion.
Av originally intended for full FPV. They changed melee to 3rd person during the course of thier still ongoing development process at the behest of the fans that constantly cried on the forums that they wouldn't be able to see if someone was sneaking up behind them.
You're not the only person that followed the game for several years Darth.
Shouldn't you be in game now, raiding an empty city?
Darth doesnt actually play DF you know. Over the time since DF released Ive asked him time and time again to post a screenshit of him actually in game, with a message to prove its him and not a random screeny. he has NEVER been able to do so, just ignore him, as said, he doesnt actually play
I don't read every shitty post on MMORPG.com forums. So i don't know of any such of request.
provide a link.
btw your handle is not even recognized by me. Do you use multiple accounts ?
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
nope, and youve read many of them. youve actually quoted them too. so uh, chop chop?
still, you spend much more time here than playing, so it would seem. oh right thats because to get anywhere you have to macro instead of, like, playing yeah. lmfao
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
There is a lengthy clan event in the evening. For now i do some homework and correcting peoples wrong attitudes on the intranets.
Why you not playing some game you enjoy and instead stalking me ?
There is no deny, i can quote you your post where you admit you love me lol
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
Sooo you do know me....yes I DO love you, I love you more than all the fan-trollbots ive ever encountered. You entertain me greatly and its not stalking when your inane postage is everywhere I look
That said, go do your homework? Being on a forum is failpath straight to shit grades. After that get me a screen shot of your event because nobody manages to actually show shit happening only pretty lame screenies. Itd be grand if you could include one which says 'warty you naaaaaaaabcakearootangtang'
exactly like that mind you
Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!
I just made an account to simply say that you're full of shit. It's very easy to focus block someone, as soon as he starts swinging his weapon, you press V. It's that simple. If he tries to sprint and hit you in the back, you just turn your back at him and he has already wasted more stamina. The only case that you might have problems to do that is if he is using daggers and you have a ping over 500.
So, in my book you're now just a noob whose opinion counts for nothing. Like like MANY people in these forums. It's pretty sad really, usually game forums supposed to be FAN forums.
These forums are filled with haters and ex-vaportrolls, and have become probably the least reliable source of information about Darkfall. Even less than DF's outdated website. Why these same people keep posting and spewing hate over and over... is just baffling to me. I even see some people who were posting similar crap on IGN forums, about how much the game sux, how much they get owned in pvp etc, saying they have quit the game for many months and they are now going to quit posting too. Well, I'll be damned... they have just moved over to these forums! Semi-proffesional trolling?
It is very rare that you get to read some refreshing post like the OP's. OP, I'm looking forward to meet you in game... Either to kill you, or kill with you. keep it up
I just made an account to simply say that you're full of shit. It's very easy to focus block someone, as soon as he starts swinging his weapon, you press V. It's that simple. If he tries to sprint and hit you in the back, you just turn your back at him and he has already wasted more stamina. The only case that you might have problems to do that is if he is using daggers and you have a ping over 500.
So, in my book you're now just a noob whose opinion counts for nothing. Like like MANY people in these forums. It's pretty sad really, usually game forums supposed to be FAN forums.
These forums are filled with haters and ex-vaportrolls, and have become probably the least reliable source of information about Darkfall. Even less than DF's outdated website. Why these same people keep posting and spewing hate over and over... is just baffling to me. I even see some people who were posting similar crap on IGN forums, about how much the game sux, how much they get owned in pvp etc, saying they have quit the game for many months and they are now going to quit posting too. Well, I'll be damned... they have just moved over to these forums! Semi-proffesional trolling?
It is very rare that you get to read some refreshing post like the OP's. OP, I'm looking forward to meet you in game... Either to kill you, or kill with you. keep it up
Perhaps you don't understand what timing means.
Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
Best definition I've seen so far of the average darkfall fanboi.
Respect, walk
Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?
- PANTERA at HELLFEST 2023
First of all the OP is NOT an experienced gamer,because it looks like you lean towards PVP as you have not played FFXI/EQ or VG,the three games i feel are the best efforts in the MMORPG industry.
Ok that is out of the way,now back to calling DF EPIC?come on now,i am happy you found a game that is fun for yourself,but DF could NEVER be confused with the word epic,because it does not have content,it is merely a PVP game that is all,nothing amazing therePVE players will not even give it the time of day,so it misses out on half the population right off the hop.
An EPIC game has to be one that is full of not only content but has to also have UN IQUE ideas like VG card game,EQ introduced tons of new ideas FFXI we know of for its brilliant sub class system and elemental Magic bursts/renkai system.
Df actually has a few ideas that i personally consider cheap,one being the inability to see your mobs at all times,they will always get the jump first,that is VERY unrealistic.Trying to use stealth mechanics in PVP is a great idea,but you need to actually draw several player model animation to coincide with the stealth .Example you can only see 30% of a player model when laying down in grass,or you can only see 20% of a player model in the dark,perhaps 50% of the mdel when camoflague in it's environment,PVP should not be a simple cut and dry mechanic,witch is the way ALL games do it.There should be a distinct advantage and a distinct damage causing difference in armour and weapons.
If you are going to make a serious contender to the PVP market ,your game must have tons of elemental damage,distinct class system that each go in their own direction ,this givews PVP diversity,of course a sub class system would make it that much better.You need to introduce splash damage weapons or anything resembling UT99 weaponry.You need to have an environment that caters to skillful PVP,not players jumping/strafing always in the open.Think about it,if you were in a fight to the death scenario,would you walk around in the open fields?lol of course not,you would be looking for cover at all times,or a way to ambush.
If someone is wearing full plate armour,how exctly is your sword doing damage?PVP also needs to have area of location damage,such as limbs causing slower movement or decapitation or losing an arm so they cannot swing their sword,and have to switch arms.So much needs to be done in a PVP game and the effort it takes is too much for a serious game,so PVP will always be CHEAP and never get any consideration to being an EPIC game.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Are there any mods on this site? Over half of this thread consists of nothing more then personal attacks, most of them openly admit they only posted for the entertainment of annoying others. Why can't you stick to the OP?
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The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
I understand very well what timing means. You don't have to have BLOCK pressed in order to block. You can watch the animation starting, and then press V...that's it. You're calling it "impossible", but I do it on a daily basis. And I consider myself an average/casual player.
Anyway..Put any semi-decent player toe to toe with someone who attacks him at random times. I'm telling you he can block 9/10 of his attacks. Just by pressing V when the attack animation starts. It's so simple really.. but it requires 1 thing -> You should not suck.
I have played more than you (over a longer span), but still that should not be an excuse for you not able to time your blocks. I have heard many many lies and slander about the game, but this is even beyond that. It approaches Ed Zitron's Level of skill. I kinda feel sorry for you, that your skill keeps you back from enjoying a truly great game.
Anyway your posts have confirmed to me another thing:
People LIE about the game mechanics and blame the game for their shortcomings.
BTW Korrigan weren't you "done with the game"?
let me quote you from IGN forums:
"But no worries, I'm done with this game, I just removed this forum from my daily bookmarks."
Spending time on something you don't like...how can some people enjoy that?
Just FYI, a 100~200 ping is not a killer. Even a FPS should be playable until the 300s, but higher than that it gets retarded and not possible to "get used to" (you'd get used with the 0,1~0,3 second-delay in time), especially with a crosshair system. I'm used to that, as the majority of western MMOs have servers either North America or Europe.
The wonders of geographical latency, blame technology for not allowing direct and perfectly routed connections all over the world yet, someday we might see the world in under 100 ms of latency and latency not being a factor for separating servers per region.
Lol, I get better ping on EQ2s US servers than EU servers.
I am afraid that you can't expect a EU server to have great ping from US for most games however. The technology is getting better however so in a few years we might get that low ping from all over the world, now it is really expensive to fix and I get the feeling that Avi is kinda short on cash. CCP does however have 1 big worldwide server in Eve so it is possible today.
They really needs to open up a US server too. And how much ping that is a killer depends a little on the game, generally you can have a little worse FPS in a MMO since they are turnbased still but in a fast PvP game like DF (or even Guildwars) you need a quite good ping, I think youll be in problem over 250.
Like I said, some people will say yes you can, but they're lying.
When someone starts to swing it is IMPOSSIBLE to press block and actually block THAT swing.
The animations don't allow it.
Therefore you can not time blocks.
All blocking is done by HOLDING block, not pressing and releasing.
There is a dif. between timing by pressing and just standing there and holding.
DFO mechanics are such that blocking is used as a group tactic. You hold block while something beats on you, and your teammate beats on it.
I spent two months and around 300 hours or more actually playing all aspect of the game. From solo pve, group pve, solo/ group pvp, seiging, crafting, and harvesting.
You JUST created an account to prove me wrong?
So you played for a few minutes. Figured out that you can stand there holding block and think that proves my point wrong.
NO,
It doesn't.
You just confirmed what I've been saying.
People LIE about the mechanics because they refuse to face the truth.
You think these forums are the least reliable source of information?
Maybe you should read the official forums more.
You'll notice that many of the die hard supports of the game are actually stating the EXACT same things I keep saying here. The official forums are looking an awful lot like this site here.
Fanatics are hardly a good source of info.
Most of them are lying. That doesn't sound like good info to me.
I understand very well what timing means. You don't have to have BLOCK pressed in order to block. You can watch the animation starting, and then press V...that's it. You're calling it "impossible", but I do it on a daily basis. And I consider myself an average/casual player.
Anyway..Put any semi-decent player toe to toe with someone who attacks him at random times. I'm telling you he can block 9/10 of his attacks. Just by pressing V when the attack animation starts. It's so simple really.. but it requires 1 thing -> You should not suck.
I have played more than you (over a longer span), but still that should not be an excuse for you not able to time your blocks. I have heard many many lies and slander about the game, but this is even beyond that. It approaches Ed Zitron's Level of skill. I kinda feel sorry for you, that your skill keeps you back from enjoying a truly great game.
Anyway your posts have confirmed to me another thing:
People LIE about the game mechanics and blame the game for their shortcomings.
BTW Korrigan weren't you "done with the game"?
let me quote you from IGN forums:
"But no worries, I'm done with this game, I just removed this forum from my daily bookmarks."
Spending time on something you don't like...how can some people enjoy that?
I'm just going to say it.
You're lying.
Once again the animations don't allow you to do that.
I didn't JUST create an account and start playing to figure it out.
I created my account a couple of months ago and then spent hundreds of hours actually TESTING the dif. mechanics of a game.
Like when I grouped with a friend and tested syncing. Where was he in releation to me. When I fired an arrow, or swung my axe what was the result based on his possition to mine. When he swung at the same time as I blocked what was the result.
In the case of blocking, I or him would deliver full damage on the first swing and block and then the next swing while blocking would register partial damage. You can not time a block based by pressing and releasing when fighting another player or NPC. Whether on purpose or by design, blocking is used as a means of tanking. I'm of the opinion that Av did it by design. Group combat is no dif. then combat in a "themepark" MMO.
One guy is the tank for as long as the mob will attack. He tanks by HOLDING block while the rest of the group spanks the mob. When the mob changes target, the new target takes over the tanking, and the privious tank starts spanking the mob. The only time anyone is able to time a block by pressing and releasing is by shear, dumb luck.
You're just like the guy that insisted on arguing with me that magic did as much, if not more, dps then archery.
No matter how much I pointed out fact he continued to tell me I was wrong because he WITNESSED it. Because his friend was a mage and he was an archer.
Oddly enough 2 consecutive patches upped magic damage, ruduced cooldowns or removed them completely, and increased dot duration to increase magic damage. I wonder who was telling the truth and who was lying.
Just because a fanatic says no, doesn't make it correct.
I have no need to lie about a mechanic in game. The mechanics themself support everything I say.
I'm just going to say it.
You're lying.
Once again the animations don't allow you to do that.
I didn't JUST create an account and start playing to figure it out.
I created my account a couple of months ago and then spent hundreds of hours actually TESTING the dif. mechanics of a game.
Like when I grouped with a friend and tested syncing. Where was he in releation to me. When I fired an arrow, or swung my axe what was the result based on his possition to mine. When he swung at the same time as I blocked what was the result.
In the case of blocking, I or him would deliver full damage on the first swing and block and then the next swing while blocking would register partial damage. You can not time a block based by pressing and releasing when fighting another player or NPC. Whether on purpose or by design, blocking is used as a means of tanking. I'm of the opinion that Av did it by design. Group combat is no dif. then combat in a "themepark" MMO.
One guy is the tank for as long as the mob will attack. He tanks by HOLDING block while the rest of the group spanks the mob. When the mob changes target, the new target takes over the tanking, and the privious tank starts spanking the mob. The only time anyone is able to time a block by pressing and releasing is by shear, dumb luck.
You're just like the guy that insisted on arguing with me that magic did as much, if not more, dps then archery.
No matter how much I pointed out fact he continued to tell me I was wrong because he WITNESSED it. Because his friend was a mage and he was an archer.
Oddly enough 2 consecutive patches upped magic damage, ruduced cooldowns or removed them completely, and increased dot duration to increase magic damage. I wonder who was telling the truth and who was lying.
Just because a fanatic says no, doesn't make it correct.
I have no need to lie about a mechanic in game. The mechanics themself support everything I say.
What is your character's name (assuming you are still playing)? I'll show you how to do it.
You can also just ask any shield user in the in-game chat.
When I mentioned "I just made an account", i meant an account here in MMORPG forums btw. (just so there is no misunderstanding)
Also, magic DID do more ->dps<- than archery. As long as you were not using mana missile of course, and had some elemental school decently skilled up. The problem with magic was that most spells cost a lot of mana, and mages were going OOM after 10 nukes or so. Notice they reduced mana cost twice and increased mana regeneration during their patches. They increased the damage of some spells that were clearly broken like Thunderstorm etc that were doing half the damage of their other school equivalents. Or Blast, that was doing less damage than mana missile or something weird like that.
You can do that in the majority of games, in WoW and WAR at least. So, yeah, your argument fails yet again.
( By the way, a skill system does not a sandbox make, especially since you will always end up with the same skills in the end run anyway, as the 99 cap in every skill means that every player will presumably end up with 99 in every skill, therefore giving the same progression path. K? )
Ok, so by your retarded definition of a sandbox, this game doesn't fit. Thanx for clearing that up for us.
Now, as for many other defintions of sandbox, used throughout these forums, this game certainly seems to fit.