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Guest Interview Part 2: Talking Embers Adrift With Stormhaven Studios | MMORPG.com
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Guest Interview Part 2: Talking Embers Adrift With Stormhaven Studios | MMORPG.com
Here is part two of the English translation of the interview with Stormhaven Studios by our friends and colleagues over at MMOZG.net.
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I was very pleasantly surprised to see a wall of text. I don't want to take four times as long watching a video or listening to a podcast you read much faster. So all credit to "Rigeborod" I think it is.
I won't address the complexity of what Toval said about the crafting, just that the best gear should never some from drops that is just barmy in my eyes.
I haven't read the review yet so not clear on the context, but isn't that what Lineage 2 did? People could craft but they could also raid and get gear drops.
I thought it worked quite well. Of course, the game had a system where gear could be removed so there was a constant need to raid and craft.
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You can learn 2 crafting professions. I picked up Hunter(skinning) and Outfitter(armor crafting). I found gear crafting while leveling to be unrewarding and unsatisfying. Especially the way the weight system works. So I can create all this armor but can only wear maybe 1-3 pieces of it at level 12 due to weight restrictions. If players go over weight restriction then it really slows movement speed of character.
Then there's the fact that mob drops are better and faster to obtain. At level 10, I went up to North New Haven and grind mobs at Exile Camp with a full group. Within about 2 hours, I gained 2 levels and replaced all my gear. So now I'm not very inspired to craft my own gear.
Are there magic items or just things like upgraded metals for armor or weapons?
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Thats the only reason I haven't bought in yet. I prefer to play casters/hybrid casters. Something akin to a Shaman or Druid. But this game appears to have no spellcasters whatsoever. Everything appears to be melee only save for bows. Their hybrid classes are all hybrid melee's. Whether thats melee/healer/ melee/buffer melee/debuffer etc. which for me is a major turn off.
I like this idea, however their is a lot of people that like to play merchants and crafting is part of that.
Personally I would do similar to what you are suggesting with automation except make it where merchant/crafters can set up non AFK stalls right on the spot. Then the player can open a window and do exactly as you say.
I would also add a mechanic that autopays the crafter 50% what an NPC would cost. Additionally I would setup where there was a small chance the crafter could "save" a random component which would drop into the crafters pack as a reward.
So essentially if you want to save money vs NPC you use a player crafter at a 50% savings although NPC is available at higher cost. Process is automated so no hassle to player. Player doesn't even have to pay the crafter as the pay/reward is built into the system.
The same class could be defensive or offensive or support or all three, if geared properly. Some dropped items or artifacts could have a higher proc rate or a larger proc value than player crafted gear but player crafted gear was very necessary to fill in any gaps that dropped gear left.
I don't know why this type of system hasn't been replicated.