@Xzoviac said in Min/Max'ing and crafting/fighting:
Every game of LOL has progression(...)
While a single game in a MOBA has progression, non of that persists to the next match (other than your skill gain as a player).
I was referring to the claim of 'lack of long term profession as a goal of keeping player playing a game'.
@Jetah said in Min/Max'ing and crafting/fighting:
I can give you an example of Eve Online(...)
League of Legends (LoL) would be another example that has been on the market for years on end and knows no vertical progression. Actually, the developers stated that they want Fractured to be MOBA influenced (early on).
@Jetah said in Min/Max'ing and crafting/fighting:
being that gear, attributes, skills is just a formula there will be a 'best', that's why min-maxers exist(...)
I think the point was that while there is a 'best' for a specific build, opponent and environment, the 'best build' can drastically change from character to character from opponent to opponent and from environment to environment and at one point there are so many 'best builds' that it's tricky to keep track 
(Example being that your coat of heat might protect you against the effects of cold in the snow while fighting an ice elemental, it would be stupid in the desert fighting a dragon)
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@Farlander said in Min/Max'ing and crafting/fighting:
It might actually be easier to find formulas because certain parts are not added in yet(...)
The problem is not in finding the formula, the problem is that the formula is very likely going to change drastically. There's plenty of features that are going to influence gameplay (and the algorithm) that aren't implemented yet and thus programmers use a simple placeholder instead until these features exist.
@Jetah said in Min/Max'ing and crafting/fighting:
i'd say min-max is best done closer to the release because systems and formulas can change.
Pity that I could only upvote that once.
Trying to min max the game now is completely moot. It's about getting the features working for the developers right now, not balancing them, or even setting proper values.
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@Gothix said in Game availability once Beta Starts??:
I don't know if you can only rent a server for 3 hours here, and 4 hours there? And if you can, would that we worth it (...)
SpatialOS is a SaaS, which means you are not 'renting a server', you are 'paying for resources'.
Actually, unless they managed to score a special deal, you simply look it up at Improbable. 'Prices are shown on a “per hour” basis for simplicity, but you will be invoiced a prorated amount based on the duration you use the template for, to the nearest minute (rounded up). The duration is measured as the difference between when the deployment is created and when it is terminated. The minimum duration is 10 minutes'
And no, there is no special discount for using the service longer (since running a 10 minute test server would be somewhat pointless).
@Xzoviac said in Game availability once Beta Starts??:
(...)Having the game up 24/7 will produce money as well as more people will purchase a game they can actually play regularly
Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to them running the service 24/7, I just wanted to point out that it requires money. There's certainly some gain in there, but I'm not sure on the retention rate, do you happen to have statistics?
@Jetah said in Game availability once Beta Starts??:
(...) and the developers/publishers.
And the available funding. Hosting the game is going to cost money, that's something people often forget about. I do hope that they can manage and afford 24/7, but I wouldn't be shocked if not.
@Farlander said in Communication between the worlds:
(...)SWG had it and it didn't add anything to the game in my opinion. The first couple of weeks people were annoyed having to learn the language before they could type to their friends in spatial chat. Eventually I'm pretty sure they removed it altogether.
It's a matter of target audience. The more 'QoL'-'fast consuming content, no effort' audience is going to hate the feature, so if that's the people the game aims for, it's a bad design decision. The more 'immersion'-'let me seat and bleed for my achievements' audience is going to love it. If that's the people you're aiming for, it's a good design decision.
@islesofurth said in Communication between the worlds:
(...)So instead of creating multiple channels & adding a little flavour text to mitigate any chaos (the sensible option)
You are inviting everyone to come to spam city (Runescape)(...)
I doubt that you could ever prevent spam, in a MMO where your message can be seen by a large group of people, regardless on the flavor text and how you set up channels.
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@Xzait said in Communication between the worlds:
(...)i dont think that would be very viable... would be frustrating to go and learn another species language... only to have the person you end up communicating with not speaking the same language as u do in reality... learn a language to not understand someone anyways(...)
It's not completely unrealistic, another indie game currently in development is aiming to do exactly that. I doubt Fractured is going to, but I wanted to point out that it's far from unrealistic.
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