Posts made by Gothix

From the viewpoint of a player that wants to play as evil aligned character, I can see 2 choices.

Play as demon, get access to extra bonuses that come with demon races, eclipse raid fun time, and other demon gimmicks.

Other choice is play as human, go evil, but have bit more freedom about where you live, and an option to join guilds that can control cities on Syndesia, a planet that will be most busy with traffic, as all races will often travel to there. Also you can have good human and evil human in guild, which can lead to some nifty commerce tactics, working with Tartaros and Arboreus.

So I see demons as a great choice for (evil) solo PvPers, and (evil) guilds that mostly want to raid and pillage. Meanwhile I see evil humans as a better choice for (evil) guilds that enjoy GvG combined with control of the lands, more developed commerce and things like that.

(I don't know a lot of details about abominations yet, so for now I'm not considering them)

I really don't like how guild locking system works, heavily restricting who can join your guild. Demons seem specially disadvantaged in this aspect.

"Demons cannot conquer and/or control cities on Syndesia." -- Also demons seem disadvantaged here.

From what I see so far, if one wants to play evil, it's a lot better got go human, drop your karma and be evil, then play as demon. You get a lot more freedom like that.

Also rangers wouldn't be able to take advantage of that.

Short stun on someone, and then run 100 yards around him to get to his back xD meanwhile stun ends 50 times over

Rangers would need something else then, for example, attacking from higher ground gives you damage bonus.

Not really sure if Fractured will have higher grounds though... or at least many of those, maps seamed relatively flat.

@specter said in I want to get excited but...:

@kellewic Beastmen cannot change their good alignment to anything else while on Arboreus.

Oh, i missed that piece of info as well.

1. You mentioned there are zones on Arboreus only good aligned players can enter. Can a good alligned player that is already in such "good zone" switch his alignment to evil inside there and then attack other players there?

2. There are rummors guilds will be alignment locked and game is supposed to be sandbox. What happens if players alignment changes while in such guild?

3. Will demons with their guilds be able to control cities in human world and if they are will they be able to remain there indefinitely?

Thank you.

@vengu said in I want to get excited but...:

The gankers have an extreme hate for PvE players

Actually no. Gankers don't hate anyone, they are just playing and having fun (not that I'm defending ganking as way of fun). But them killing other players does not mean they hate them.

Actually it's those sensitive PvEers that have an extreme hate, and not only for gankers but for PvP players in general. And it doesn't matter if it's a gank or equal level attack.

It's them that roam around the forums, even long before game is even released (visible from examples here) and talk against all PvP and PvP players, often even insulting them. Furthermore, they lie and twist truth in every way, trying to push the devs to make the game as PvE as possible so they would be "protected" and have their "safe spaces".

Note: In Fractured ganking will not be possible in 1 vs 1, as everyone starts with access to full stats and there is no levels. Extra knowledge only offers more alternate builds, so we could say it offers mild advantage over player that recently started, but nothing more. Nothing close to gank.

Ganking will only be possible in form of greatly outnumbering your target(s).

@JackBinimbul you need to understand that not every MMO can be PvE.

Sometimes there is open PvP danger involved (yes, that includes attacks even when you don't want them to happen, that's the point, otherwise there is no danger), like in case of Fractured.

In the end everyone has a choice and can decide which MMO he wants to play. Asking for a whole MMO to change, just to fit a personal desires is not the way to go.

@prometheus said in First Fractured Gameplay Video Released!:

That being said, the Asteroids system will be a constant source of new maps and procedural generation will be very useful there

I'm hoping asteroid wont hit my guilds settlement.

Perhaps we should pray to our god often to reduce the chance of that happening.

I don't think guilds should be locked by any factor.

What happens if some guild member changes alignment for a while? HE is auto kicked from guild? That would be stupid.

There shouldn't be any locking on guilds if the game is sandbox. Sandbox means that community decides stuff.

I'm genuinely curious if devs in various companies nowdays just stick to their plans, or do they sometimes say "oh look at this nice suggestion in this thread, lets implement it".

I haven't seen this yet. At least I haven't heard any dev in any company say, we implemented X by suggestion from players. Not before a game is developed anyway.

I only heared they balance things later on, after the game is live if players complain about something.

It's something I could see them putting to CS.

Mount that aesthetically changes based on your current amount of Karma.

-10k to -5k first skin
-5k to +5k second skin
5k to 10k third skin

I enjoy sipping Bull-Pelin (mix). Can't sip too much of this though, cause too much of Red Bull is not good for ya. So I only sip this on occasion.

I prefer neutral evil.

Evil, from the aspect of fighting for your own progress, and not letting your competition get in the way. No problem with stealing and killing to get yourself ahead.

Neutral, since I prefer to use a brain and tactics rather then just go on chaotic murder spree. Know when it's opportune to get yourself involved, and chose targets that are worth for you to kill or steal from (no point in just killing random people). Also use guild, and alliances for tactical advantage when large fights are needed (land control).

@fibs said in I want to get excited but...:

PKers are not legitimate players, they are parasites just like bots, and their desires should not be considered when designing a game.

I'd say that about all those sensitive players. I guess it's a point of view.

Double seated mount pls, so I can pick up chicks and take them for a ride. :blond-haired_woman_tone2:

Instanced PvP is "PvP for fun". Objectives, chill, fun stuff.

Open world PvP is "PvP that carries meaning and weight". It's PvP for land control, for resources, for guild prestige and influence.

Yes open world PvP has a small amount of "ganking" included, but this does in no way make the majority of open world PvP unimportant and meaningless.

That small part of ganking can be remedied by:

• "sandbox way", social organisation and carrying of your "lowbies", helping out guildies that are leveling, pointing out who the gankers are, and making sure they have social consequences (trades refuse to trade with them, raids refuse to invite them to boss fights, etc.)
• "theme park fix where levels exist", making players of level X only being able to attack players up to X-4 levels lower then them.

Since this game is sandbox, and without levels, and people are able to start playing with access to full stats, "theme park fix" isn't needed. "Social fix" can still be applied, that is up to community.

What is NOT the way to deal with it is "mechanically prevent open PvP from happening, or punishing it", because that would:

• make game "not sandbox"
• ruin the game that's obviously based on open PvP fights for resources and land control (spotlights)

So people will just have to live with open world PvP, because this game relies on open PvP as it's major component. Punishing that would just instantly kill the game all together.

@jetah said in Can you be a thief?:

@gothix

if someone is dead they don't need their gear.

I'm merely repeating what devs said.

@Finland

Fishers should pay monthly for sports license to even be allowed to fish. And to be allowed to fish in larger amounts they should pay for monthly full fishing license, and then a tax, depending on how many fish they catch, to a guild controlling an area where they were fishing.

This is also valid for hunters.

Zoology must be protected from extinction, and some order must be maintained.

I know what i do NOT want.

I do NOT want "out of place" cosmetic circus mounts, like huge puppet kittens with giant ribbons on then, I do NOT want Teletubbie mounts, and all that sort of Korean style cosmetic crap.

I also do NOT want such costumes.