@TekNicTerror said in This game will it be free to play someday?:
Yes, it is always bad, and sad, when a B2P (buy to play) game goes f2p.
it's pivot or die. more gamers are expecting free games with mtx in some form. Warframe actually did better by switching to f2p and allowing their mtx currency to be traded.
@Psymantis said in Is this game using these Unity Asset Store assets and why?:
It makes sense to use graphical placeholders at this stage while they work on the mechanics. Standard practise.
Now If they became like Shroud of the Avatar and sold expensive houses that are from the Unity Asset Store then that'd feel shady to me.
why put the resources into the art team to create a 'unique' login screen when you can get that pack linked above for 35$. there's no way a hired artist can do that for that cheap. they can use the salary for that person to do other things that'll work out better for us.
and i completely read the statement wrong. that does feel pretty pathetic if that's what Shroud did.
I'd prefer they stop and let new accounts catch up.
@Razvan said in Primitive weapons:
some people advocate for basically no grind.
the developers put that claim out!
@Shivashanti said in Primitive weapons:
@asspirin said in Primitive weapons:
Imo Fractured is basically Albion with less grind, why would it be niche game. (.....)
Basically every full loot pvp game is a niche game and most sanboxes are too, so you have a double niche game here
i typically see sandbox that are full loot. i know they're separate but they seem to be the same too.
and they can always be changed or updated later.
if you place limits on guild size then mega guilds will just create sub-guilds to fit all of their members.
isometric has the benefit that you can't fit 400 people on the screen so zergs will be small.
i'm not going to think of all that when the combat/spell spotlight hasn't been released. the cap can be race dependent, weapon dependent, skill dependent, armor, etc. it could just be a straight cap.
@Xzoviac said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
Next time a 13 year old in any game you play tells you they did your mum, because you killed them.
Are you gonna ring your mum and ask about your new stepdad?... no
i report them. i take it seriously.
there could be a cap of how much leech per second can be obtained.
i'd prefer leech be more spells than an attribute you can apply to a weapon. now it be interesting for a necro to place a 'buff' on friendlies where their damage heals the necro then the necro can use their HP to heal summons.
@Xzoviac said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
@Jetah said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
@Razvan said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
However, I think the real-life threats and in-game threats should be treated differently because in the latter case it's basically just stupid kids whose mouths talk without their brains but are harmless otherwise.
so we should treat swatting lightly too? threats to the player should be taken seriously. I will report them all. if the player continues then i'll press further for some type of action to happen.
at no point should a threat be passed on.
Why should it be taken seriously?
Why cant you just block them and move on?
It's just words... they have as much meaning as you give themWhy let some pleb have so much power over you, actually feel threatened by these scrubs?
if you dont feel threatened then you are just abusing a system to try get someone who's actions you dont like banned.
Wich is a waste of gm time.
Deal with it in game.Block PK move on
Also not sure what calling the police in real life declareing a fake crime to scare a person has to do with abuse in a game
https://wtvr.com/2019/08/21/at-least-27-people-have-been-arrested-over-threats-to-commit-mass-attacks-since-the-el-paso-and-dayton-shootings/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/20/rape-and-death-threats-are-terrorizing-female-gamers-why-havent-men-in-tech-spoken-out/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting
the main reason is you dont know for a fact when someone is 'joking' and being serious. it's better to take it all as being serious than to just pretend it's a joke.
besides you wouldn't take a physical threat while being in public, the same should apply in games.
video games shouldn't be a way for bullies to threaten others.
@Razvan said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
However, I think the real-life threats and in-game threats should be treated differently because in the latter case it's basically just stupid kids whose mouths talk without their brains but are harmless otherwise.
so we should treat swatting lightly too? threats to the player should be taken seriously. I will report them all. if the player continues then i'll press further for some type of action to happen.
at no point should a threat be passed on.
@Gothix said in Life leech on spells / enchants / buff abilities:
If it's channeled spell with fix channel time, then attack speed isn't a factor.
Or if it's somehow capped how much you can maximum drain in time period. For example, life can be drained only once per 2 seconds, and if your weapon attacks faster, then hits that land in between those 2 seconds do not drain anything.
Or if weapons drain based on attack speed, and faster weapons drain less per hit then slow weapons, so it's balanced.
So for example, if draining is a spell, it could be channeled and drain a fixed amount, during channeling time.
If draining is enchant on weapon, then it could drain fixed amounts based on weapon attack speed, with each hit.
this is why i keep begging for a combat/spell spotlight.
@Farlander said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
It's been my experience in most mmos that is someone uses vulgar or hate speech those are bannable. Vulgar usually gets a warning and hate speech is usually auto. It's not hard for a gm to pull speech logs either.
only exception, and it's a fine line to walk, is on RP servers. a messed up word can be the different between ban or not.
the game shouldn't encourage personal threats. no other game i know lets them slide.
stating that someone will do physical harm to your family isn't allowable under most TOS. the great companies will actually press charges or pass the threat over to the police and let them handle it.
@Gothix said in How will be decided which group takes a farming spot on Arboreus (animal planet)?:
Yep, GMs should only react if:
- hacking / exploiting = player ban (no mercy)
- botting = player ban (no mercy)
- gold seller messages = player ban (no mercy)
- extensive normal player (non whisper) public spam = player muted for certain period (this can be progressive for repeated offenses)
i was thinking more personal threats but yeah that too.
@Razvan said in Upgradable Pets:
@Jetah
FPS drop is cause by client's hardware (so, it can be solve by upgrading your PC or lowering graphics), while lag is caused by the server: think of games going f2p and getting a huge influx of players that the server can't handle. As a client, there's nothing you can do to make it better.
i'm aware. i'm just saying that i rarely experience latency issues unless the servers are being ddox. i remember 15-20 years ago where this was a problem. um.. so I remember 25 years ago when this was a problem because of dialup.
@Razvan said in Upgradable Pets:
@Jetah Well, you said yourself: that's fps drop, not lag.
to me they're the same when they happen! i've never had latency issues with games, i've only had fps issues which to me is much worse. in regard to particle effects being an issue.
