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White Lion Career Profile: http://www.warhammeronline.com/armiesofWAR/highelves/WhiteLion.php

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Thanks a lot vmoped, That crafting podcast was awesome as hell,and it is only a preliminary  view of the total system.  I am really  starting to believe  Mythic  when they say they are not releasing this game until it  is great,and it is  well on its way to being just that at this point in time.

Thanks for the info!

Cheers & thanks Vmoped for all your spare time you took on bringing those links, news and infos before May newsletter!



Edit: Oh and we finally have a chance to see Mark Jacobs (Lead  Designer) speaking, hehehe... and yeah awesome podcast.

OMG Hellz Yeah!  Now thats what I call an awesome crafting system! 

Also I don't plan to play Order anytime soon, but that White Lion class is the first pet system that actually sounds like I could enjoy!

I am a little disappointed that they do not have armor or weapon crafting in the game (they could add it in the future) because those were the two professions I always took.  However, the "new" craftign system does seem to be fresh and different enough to be entertaining.  I hope that when a gathering profession is chosen you automatically get a pack for that gathering profession to store stuff, and also that your pots to mix ingredients will be a container seperate from you bags and will not waste gear inventory space.  Very cool info!

*gazes at the crow and shakes head* im pretty sure whatever is in the video is just a sneak peek / minor taste of the crafting system.  They've never in all their podcasts given the whole shebang away in one go.  Especially considering this is the first time ever they've released any detailed information besides a mini video a few months ago.

Originally posted by Thecrow12345

I am a little disappointed that they do not have armor or weapon crafting in the game

The guy specifically said in the beginning of the video that this is what they have so far, and more could come or changes to all that!  They wanted to get the crafting idea out there for their fan base to see what its about.

Mythic has also said on countless times that their game isn't going to be heavily gear based, so what u get from quests, scenarios, PQs, instances and city seiges will prolly be more than enough then you use the Talismon Making craft and upgrade the gear...maybe!

Purely awesome, a game i ll want to craft in, i can t wait.

Guys... crafting is almost exactly like WOW. I know I will be flamed because of this, but it's the naked truth. Big disappointment and a sad surprise... couldn't they make something better? God...

Uh...WoW crafting is Recipe / Grind based...they're nothing alike.  In wow you buy a pattern and follow it...they've been pretty clear you don't do that you experiment to see what you get in WAR...thats a pretty huge difference...not to mention you don't GROW your own plans..you have ot go out and 'farm' areas and beat off players for plants.   

You certaintly don't Brew potions in WoW either you plug n the farmed ingredients and go..there's no trial and error or possibilities of failure at all.  Infact WoW you can't fail ever...well sometimes you can but its pretty rare.

LOL, so very true elvenangel.....I think the poster before you is just scared of change and actually having to think or be slightly challenged is too much so everything must be false!

Nice carrot... I am interested to see how the crafting develops over time and to see a demonstration of it in action.

It sounds promising.

Thanks for the info vmoped. And Altair probably wont be happy until he can bend the elements and create god weapons and armor from the blood and souls of thousands of slain foes, then laugh as his god-gear causes the servers to crash.

I think the crafting system will be good, just by seeing what I have so far...

i kind of understand why there is not weapon and armor crafting (yet?) Armor and weapon smiths takes years to train (i know i may sound like i am being to realist and how weapon and armor smithing are easier then making magical items) but think about this is WAR you are trained to fight not craft  before the DEVs have also stated (was in a video early this year) about how you would only make things useful to the war effort. no you would ask "how weapons and armor are not useful in times of war" well  lets think about it...in DAoC you got the best weapons and items from PVE and crafting...and then using enchanting (forget what it is called in DAoC, spell something... i think). In WAR you get the best gear from RVR  and then use talismans  but you just can't craft the weapons because it takes RVR to get them and they don't want to take that away just by crafting...They want their players to RVR   so they want to give them as much incentives as possible and getting the best gear is just one of them. Sure i would like them to add a few more crafting skills but all and all i understand why they didn't put armor and weapon crafting in (yet?)

but so far its looking to be a great system... Mark Jacobs knows what he is doing so far and im glad to here about crafting

Nice to see a video of Mark Jacobs, he gets to the point and is determined to make this game FUN.

We definately need more MJ. Good video about crafting, it will definately be a revolutionary change.

This system looks amazing for crafting. What I hope wont happen is a thottbot type website for combos.

Also the white lion looks great and i might just play it. I liked the idea of a hunter in wow but I would have rather fight side by side then at a distance. Something like Drizzt and the panter whos name I cant spell.

Lets see, you can have one gathering skill and one crafting skill max... where did I see this.. oh yes WOW, only they allow you to have two gathering or two crafting, so they were even ahead of WAR 4 years ago!

Then.. i can extract magic from items and get magical essence! My god this is brillilant! Yes like in WOW. But, really, what can be better than extracting magic from the items. I'm sure I can't think of a better way. Oh yes I can, if I spend a couple of days thinking about it, but hey, if WOW has it and it works, why should I???

But wait.. they don't have recepies, this is so great, you will get everything from the trainers. So it's a simplification of WOW system. This is so INNOVATIVE. These guys really earn they money, they are awsome thinkers!

Now it's very clear WAR = WOW2

Originally posted by altairzq

Lets see, you can have one gathering skill and one crafting skill max... where did I see this.. oh yes WOW, only they allow you to have two gathering or two crafting, so they were even ahead of WAR 4 years ago!

Limiting the player to one of each is good for the game economy because it forces the player to trade for the resources that cannot be harvested. Regardless, the idea of crafting and gathering was in no way created by WoW. 

Then.. i can extract magic from items and get magical essence! My god this is brillilant! Yes like in WOW. But, really, what can be better than extracting magic from the items. I'm sure I can't think of a better way. Oh yes I can, if I spend a couple of days thinking about it, but hey, if WOW has it and it works, why should I???

What makes you think Blizzard thought up the idea of magic items being dechanted into essences and shards?

But wait.. they don't have recepies, this is so great, you will get everything from the trainers. So it's a simplification of WOW system. This is so INNOVATIVE. These guys really earn they money, they are awsome thinkers!

You seem to have misunderstood, you get things such as basic seeds and tools from the trainers (most likely not a trainer but a merchant). More important ingredients are obtained through killing, looting, and scavenging. (Edit: aka. Gathering)

Now it's very clear WAR = WOW2

 

Watching the video - Take 2  *click*

Originally posted by TheSheikh

 

Originally posted by altairzq

Lets see, you can have one gathering skill and one crafting skill max... where did I see this.. oh yes WOW, only they allow you to have two gathering or two crafting, so they were even ahead of WAR 4 years ago!

Limiting the player to one of each is good for the game economy because it forces the player to trade for the resources that cannot be harvested. Regardless, the idea of crafting and gathering was in no way created by WoW. 

Then.. i can extract magic from items and get magical essence! My god this is brillilant! Yes like in WOW. But, really, what can be better than extracting magic from the items. I'm sure I can't think of a better way. Oh yes I can, if I spend a couple of days thinking about it, but hey, if WOW has it and it works, why should I???

What makes you think Blizzard thought up the idea of magic items being dechanted into essences and shards?

But wait.. they don't have recepies, this is so great, you will get everything from the trainers. So it's a simplification of WOW system. This is so INNOVATIVE. These guys really earn they money, they are awsome thinkers!

You seem to have misunderstood, you get things such as basic seeds and tools from the trainers (most likely not a trainer but a merchant). More important ingredients are obtained through killing, looting, and scavenging. (Edit: aka. Gathering)

Now it's very clear WAR = WOW2

 

Watching the video - Take 2  *click*

Well I didn't say the idea of crafting and gathering was created by WOW.  I also didn't say Blizzard thought up the idea of disenchanting, I said it is in WOW. They are doing something almost exactly as WOW. I knew they wanted to do the nex WOW but I thought they'd be more talented to create something innovative. So far we have BG with steroids and a simplified WOW crafting system. Great.