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• • Atlantica Online: Dev Journal - On the Combat System

  • hmm

    actually id love to see a mmo do turnbased combat right biut from watching the youtube video this doesnt seem good to me. for me the real reason to do turn based combat would be to have controll over the position of the players (similar to chess) as in the old snes or fallout  times.

    actually turnbased done right (with movement, facing direction, formation) would be a good step back from the holy trinity where the tank taunts monsters to him.

    turn based combat could have wizards raising walls of fire, rogues attack and vanish into darkness and a ton of other strategic elements rather then making 2 rows of players waiting till the other guys finished their move.

  • Posted: 7/04/08 9:34 AM
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• • Age of Conan: Conan Claims #1 PC Sales Position

  • yep septembre to decembre will hopefully be very busy mmo month

    i alreaddy pitty the people from chronicles of spellborne or ddo making beutifull games that have to watch from the sidelines when wow dukes it out with war

    also i wouldnt want to be in the skin of the war guys because the pressure and expectation after the so-so conan launch must be immense. to me all of their concepts look brilliant and seem to evolve the mmo genre a good step forward but simple details like ui and controlls, the atmosphere or technical issues can really be only evaluated after the launch.

     

  • Posted: 7/03/08 2:30 AM
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• • General: Zboard - Standard and Age of Conan

  • hmmm

    im still heavily undecided what i should use for conan

    i have

    nostromo (wich i use now)
    im used to using it but im running out of keys to initiate combos and abilities.
    also since im moving with the direction pad at the side its not that easy to doubletap movement

    z-board gaming (wich i dont like because i want all 1-0 more or less close at fingertips)
    i dint try it really its just setting dust. i should give it a try again to see if its better then nostromo

    a logitech gamepad (im fighting to configure right so i have more then 4 attacks)
    it would be my prefered controller if id overcome some issues

    im really exited about the xbox launch to see how they do the controller layout
    the biggest hinderance for me atm is the lower left and lower right attacks when i try to setup a gaming pad to play

  • Posted: 6/26/08 2:47 AM
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• • General: D&D 4th Edition - Learning from MMOs

  • Originally posted by Hexxeity
    

    LOL at the people who are saying 4E brings the dreaded "trinity" to tabletop RPGs.

    It is NOT a rule that every party MUST contain a character for each role.  It is a suggestion, intended mainly for people who are new to RPGs.

    If you want to have a game where the players are all Rangers, I'm sure you can manage just fine.  If the campaign requires some finessing or modification to make this viable, so be it.

    That is what the DM is for.

    It is the DM's job to make the game fun for the players, no matter how they choose to play.

    That is the difference between a DM and a computer, and why tabletop games have the potential to be so much more entertaining.

    If your DM runs his campaign like a computer, maybe you should find a new DM.

    
     

    /agreed

    but the problem is that new players will get the impression they are limited and i dont want people believing that bilbo beutlin stood in the rain for hours shouting "lf tank and healer to make a ring run"

  • Posted: 6/23/08 10:51 PM
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• • General: D&D 4th Edition - Learning from MMOs

  • omg this is the end..................

    5th edition will have an option to walk away from the table and let a bot handle the grind....
    5th adition will let you pay 5$ to wotc for powerleveling your character from 1 to 26
    5th edition will have a petition queque for your gm

     

    in all honesty the "features" described by the author came from limitations that computer games have in contrast to pen and paper.

    the reason why each mmo and their siblings use standard grp layout of tank,healer, dps (and buffer) is because the quests/ encounters relay on linear, scripted computer ai. in pen&paper its totally ok and challenging for 2 mages and a clerik or a group of thieves to do an adventure.

    the origin of pen&paper rpg for me is not some ruleset but to tell an interactive story by the gm with an audience of players. the rules are only there to ensure that the actions are some kind of limited and fun to play out. in that aspect computer mmorpgs have still years to catch up to classic p&p

  • Posted: 6/23/08 2:51 AM
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