Posts made by Ladyrowan

@kellewic I like how POE has done several packages over the years in different levels for their expansions and theme releases. I like having the option on how much I want to spend they typically had a basic level with an armor skin and some cash store credit and each level you go up costs more but also includes the items from the last level.

I've purchased several over the years just because I liked the armor skins. I usually opt out of any physical items but I did get a jacket on one of the packages.

I remember looking at the one package they had to work with the Devs on creating a monster. I never went for it but I thought about it

@cursedreaper Maybe the alignment specific stats could be an enchantment. So you could have the sword or scythe as you please but then you would have an enchantment placed on the weapon by a trade skill that would be for your alignment. That way people can choose which ever weapon they want and add on the appropriate enchantment if their alignment changes over time.

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@nelchael

I guess I'm just going to need to see it in a spotlight or development corner discussion. To my mind different types of characters would need different gear.

In general: A tank type character would need high armor and the ability to soak up damage; A ranger or assassin based character would need lighter armor to facilitate movement and speed; a caster would take light armor and be hard as Hades at lower levels but a force at higher levels.

When I read through the posts I get trade skills are important but gear is not which doesn't add up in my mind.
Different gear will affect character survival in different situations in a given based on resistances, stats, etc of the gear in question.

I'm just not sure how it plays into the overall game play of this game.
If people or guilds can get better gear from MOB X then there is not incentive to help crafters level for persons or guilds. It's always been easier to go kill MOB X several dozen times to gear up a group then level trade skills.

That's what I'm waiting to see. Even in games I've played in the past both PVE and PVP where they claimed trade skills would supply the best gear eventually the game developers caved to the players and had better gear drop from mobs.

After many games that have changed their tunes after the launch I'm so skeptical there's not enough salt in the world to demonstrate my disbelief. @kellewic had an uphill battle just to get me to look at the game let alone sign up to these forums. (like seriously uphill both ways in neg 30 weather with only a hot potato to keep warm )

Basically, if trade skills are going to matter in this game then let them matter and make it worth while for people and guilds to dedicate time and resources to players that will create items - weapons, armor, food, etc for them. If they are not going to matter and just as good or better gear will drop then let us know now so we can move on.

@kellewic EQ had PVP specific servers where everyone was PVP. Otherwise it was flagged only.

But yea, to your point it wasn't hard to either pull a kill or wait until they failed and then kill whatever it was.

I'm not sure where the porn comes in nor do I care but I'd probably blame Friday happy hours. Take that to off-topic

I do have to say I hope gear does matter otherwise there is no point to trade skills and if there is not point to trade skills there is nothing for me to differentiate this game from many others out there.

If gear doesn't matter except for whether it's purple or red or green etc for cosmetics than it doesn't matter if you run about punching opponents (PVE or PVP) or using a sword or a hammer.
If gear is only cosmetic related then trade skills are not worth doing. Everyone can run about naked and get the same damage, resistance, etc as someone with a weapon and armor.

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• Crafting area where items can be created for those that can't be carried i.e forge, tanning rack, loom, etc
• Storage for personal and guilds

@jetah I can understand that. Right now I'm playing on my laptop which is nice for a laptop but was not bought with gaming in mind so I run everything on the lowest graphics. Even those with a gaming system may not want to see non-combative pets since they really don't add anything to the game and that would give them the option of not loading the pets.

I could also see using invisible friends/pets not in the cash store but something to work for in game with very, very minor buffs. But again not for the cash store so off topic for this thread.

Typically I'll play a Healer or Caster type first.
It really depends on what I think I'll like for the game....

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@jetah I think some ideas could be worked around having invisible pets. I could also see some application to role playing in creating an invisible friend that you speak to with others not being able to see it. I'm not sure about googles to be able to see them; a spell for a short period or a buff to see invisible I think should work. Not sure if anything like that would be in the game so I'm making a guess.

I always like those companion pets. Not ones that would fight but ones that would follow you about and just be amusing. Little mini-bosses that run about saying their catch phrases and such. I've done many a quest to get these as rewards or drops but I have to admit to purchasing a few as well.

I think like a lot of people that answered I had a friend send me the link.

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@Finland as @kellewic said I like to craft and merchant. I'll do PVP as part of guild activities and such and enjoy them but it's not the main thing I look for in a game. I'm not fond of killing everyone 20+ levels below me because I can style of playing that seems to get a foot hold in most games. Even that though I could probably deal with and work around if the reward was there for tradeskills. Straight out PVP or even PVE games just are not compelling to play long term.

Most of the time though I find the tradeskills are way down the list and when it comes down to it better gear is dropped from mobs making tradeskills useless for game play. We've played in several games that started strong with tradeskills needed to get to the best gear but then usually the community complains and that is all changed. So when he tells me now look at this game tradeskills will be important it's hard to take that at face value.

What I want ultimately will probably never happen
I want a core group of people that I can play through the game functions with PVP and PVE and I want Tradeskill to have relevant value to the game play for players and guilds.

I think any character in a game like this requires a bit of role play.
It's part of the reason to play games like this to immerse yourself into a different world where other races or magic can exist. Not everyone will want to do a deep role play changing speech or such but I think all have to role play a bit.

I'd like to see characters develop over the course of the game play as well. It's fine to create a back story for your character but the experiences in game should also affect the development.

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