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It's certainly not stats heavy
Is there a single MMO that is?
They all follow the same formula for stats to keep everything streamlined as much as possible. You've got a stat tied to health, one tied to reducing incoming damage, one that increases outgoing damage, one for healing power, and one for crit chance. I'd say most if not all MMO's follow that design as well.Well I tried Dungeons and Dragons online yesterday - not much to look at it, animation is decent, but the gameplay and stats, mechanics are pretty detailed
...and don't forget good old EQ, that's pretty stat heavy
, something I still pop on to occasionally for a bit of old school fun.Everquest Next is looking good, next gen MMO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgPuEl5Nuk
But why is everyone going "cartoony" these days? Looks like a Walt Disney character art style!
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It's certainly not stats heavy
Is there a single MMO that is?
They all follow the same formula for stats to keep everything streamlined as much as possible. You've got a stat tied to health, one tied to reducing incoming damage, one that increases outgoing damage, one for healing power, and one for crit chance. I'd say most if not all MMO's follow that design as well.Well I tried Dungeons and Dragons online yesterday - not much to look at it, animation is decent, but the gameplay and stats, mechanics are pretty detailed
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trying it now
edit - judging by the patch notes as it's updating now while I install, it has been patched a ton since release!
edit 2 - also trying out DC Universe online - LOL
Which seems more open, design your own hero etc and can be played on PS3
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The good old days of remote mines+ totems - pity I missed that fun
Turret defense style!
Is this your video? That's so cool! (Awesome Fate Stay reference as well
)Sorry not my video - I joined too late to experience that many totems! :/
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It's Ok I guess
Combat is fun, but the game feels very Japanese style shallow gameplay
Not much RPG style depth, like you want. It's certainly not stats heavy
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Ugh servers happen to be under maintenance just when I install it
edit - read that to avoid the Crawler west server, more people but inflated prices due to bots...
How many servers are there now? During beta they only had 4
Still 4 US based servers
still having issues logging in due to not getting it to recognise my username/PW grrrr
edit - this seems to be the issue - sigh
Note that most new accounts will have its registered email for an account name, and you will need to log in using that as the username. Games which cannot take email addresses as logins are: RaiderZ, Rusty Hearts. You will have to create a new account from those games' front pages to receive an email username instead of an email address login.
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Ugh servers happen to be under maintenance just when I install it
edit - read that to avoid the Crawler west server, more people but inflated prices due to bots...
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The good old days of remote mines+ totems - pity I missed that fun
Turret defense style!
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anyone try using remote mine gem activated totems and traps?
The remote adds more damage, so you can negate the totem damage nerf of gems
Only thing is that the remote mine gets dropped at your feet and has to be activated manually
If you link a trap to a remote mine and also to a totem - then lay remote mine, activate it, which sets the trap, trap triggers/explodes from enemy contact, which then triggers the totem
Remote Mine, the support gem. It lets you lay a mine that detonates using a spell or ranged weapon attack gem you link it too, and comes with a "X% more damage" modifier with a value range of 30%-59% (gem quality provides +0.5% More Mine Damage per 1% quality). You can lay up to 5 mines at a time, and can be done so extremely quickly because of a somewhat recent speed buff. When you detonate, all laid mines will initiate their skills at the same time
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decided to give Tera a miss, but then came across RaiderZ
A free to play MMO
It looks good and has nice ARPG combat, but also has more depth than Tera, and there are no classes per se. You can create your own by picking skills from the different trees etc
Anyone playing it? I'm checking it out now
Kinda reminds me of Monster Hunter + Sacred 2 in a way
It has an open world without instancing. But dungeons are somewhat instanced
boss fight
First looks - alpha/beta
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Do you guys prefer Fire or Bear Traps for bosses? I can never decide which one feels better, especially because Fire Traps you can kite them in, but the bear ones can immobilize while you fire from range.
Bear traps do more raw damage, and you add support gems like "added Fire damage" to boost it.
I always use a combo of both against bosses - Bear Trap to lock them down and then fire trap to roast them
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If you watch some expert Racers, they use the combo I described above, since you can drop traps and poison arrow clouds and keep moving while the monsters die
The combo will kill bosses as well, I usually go up to level 30 or so and then switch to my build. I keep the gems I need in my alternate weapon slot to level them as I go, so when I switch builds they are ready.
I usually farm the monkey area before you hit the forest encampment a bit around to the 20+ level markr. Tons of mobs and Area of Effect DOT of firetrap and poison arrow cloud = fast leveling. I just stand in my firetraps and poison clouds while they surround me
And it's a short level, that you end up at the encampment and then you can jump on the teleport , control click on the level and start a new instance to respawn - repeat as needed
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Or just Imgur to host images, no fuss, drag and drop, ad free
You should be using firetraps, bear traps and poison arrow to level anyway regardless of the build. Since these skills depend entirely on the gem level for raw damage rather than build stats. And you will clear maps fast with these 3!
I always have 2 firetraps (to get around the recharge time), 1 bear trap and a poison arrow and bow (with +2 to bow gems) for all my new characters. I just create a Shadow to get these gems to put in the stash
Pure DOT carnage!
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I believe is free to play MMO now.
Anyone here play it? Just from looking at vids, it's looks good, and has ARPG style combat
edit - requires 35GB.... gulp - although you can do a streaming download and play as you go
Beta - all classes at level 4 - reminds me of Sacred 2 in a way
review of earlier version, it's different now
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They have updated it quite a bit, the upcoming update 6 should make it much better
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OK.. So let's say you map the W key to forward/attack, whenever you push the W key, you wind up moving to wherever the mouse is pointing... But in order to do anything, you STILL have to move the mouse - so it's pointing to where you want to go. Do I have it right?
Yes correct.
It works like the move key in TorchLight 2, except it will also attack (left click attack), without moving if the mouse cursor is on an enemy. But it will continously update as you move the mouse and keep the key held.
It feels seamless
Make is much more enjoyable when you travelling a lot...
There is a way to make a script to act more like WSAD. Someone made one at the AutoHotkey forum for TitanQuest, so you will have to edit the winactive bit of the script to Sacred instead. In any case if just moves the mouse a bit and clicks it when you press a key in that direction
; ; WASD Movement For Titan Quest Series v3.1 ; Author: Desi Quintans <me@desiquintans.com> ; Website: http://www.desiquintans.com ; ; Script Function: ; Enables WASD controls in the Titan Quest series of RPGs. Works across all resolutions, and in both ; Windowed and Full-Screen modes. Does not mess up your typing outside the game. ; #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases. #Persistent #MaxHotkeysPerInterval, 200 SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory. SetDefaultMouseSpeed, 0 SetTitleMatchMode, 3 ; Initialise variables. final_x_coord = 0 final_y_coord = 0 are_coordinates_initialised = 0 SetTimer, Button_Pressed, 1 return Button_Pressed: if WinActive("Titan Quest") || WinActive("Titan Quest: Immortal Throne") { if (are_coordinates_initialised != 1) { ; Set coordinate offsets specific to the game. This only runs once, when the script first detects the game window ; as active. If the user changes game resolutions the script will need to be reloaded, but this is still much better ; than performing the same calculations to set the same variables with the same values every 1 millisecond. WinGetPos,,, total_width, total_height, A ; In case of running a Window, or in a resolution not matching the Desktop's. x_axis_centre := round(total_width//2) y_axis_centre := round(total_height*0.575) ; This is corrected for true horizontal movement. up_coord := y_axis_centre-round(total_height*0.095) down_coord := y_axis_centre+round(total_height*0.16) left_coord := x_axis_centre-round(total_width*0.07) right_coord := x_axis_centre+round(total_width*0.07) are_coordinates_initialised = 1 } if GetKeyState("w", "P") || GetKeyState("s", "P") || GetKeyState("a", "P") || GetKeyState("d", "P") { ; Remember the position of the mouse pointer before the WASD keys were pressed. MouseGetPos, prior_x_pos, prior_y_pos ; Use the chosen coordinates as their respective keys get pressed to direct the mouse pointer. if GetKeyState("w", "P") { final_y_coord := up_coord } else if GetKeyState("s", "P") { final_y_coord := down_coord } else { final_y_coord := y_axis_centre } if GetKeyState("a", "P") { final_x_coord := left_coord } else if GetKeyState("d", "P") { final_x_coord := right_coord } else { final_x_coord := x_axis_centre } ; Perform the directed click. This is a click-hold that immediately gets released. ; Click-hold is necessary as some games don't register a single click. Click down %final_x_coord% %final_y_coord% Click up ; Put the mouse pointer back in its original place. Sleep, 40 Click, %prior_x_pos% %prior_y_pos% Left 0 } } return -
Here is a script file for Autohotkey that maps any key you want to the left mouse click in Sacred 2, but I do use variations of this script with other games, just change the winactive bit
Script will only activate when Sacred 2 is in front
So when you press the up arrow key, the character will move/attack where the mouse is pointed to. Saves your mouse finger!
Edit the key as needed
#SingleInstance #InstallKeybdHook #InstallMouseHook SetTimer, MoveTimer, 256 return MoveTimer: IfWinActive, Sacred { GetKeyState, state, uP ; or what button you want it to be if state = D { MouseClick, left } } return -
Steam vs normal version ?
I think normal would be more convenient for modding etc?
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Just a note I also have SC5
I wish I took Mass Effect 3 as my free game instead of BF3... which I've only played for 20 mins...
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only $5 difference, so not gonna quibble too much
picked another one yesterday, just to use as temp storage while I get things organised!
I wish each character had their own personal stash.... sure gets confusing after a while
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Just beat Carnach - 58% chance to hit, and 63 for him
Was fairly easy, only used 2 potions
He could barely hit me and when he did I reflected back his attacks to himself almost half the time - 45% for melee and 35% chance to reflect spells
Still did good damage with fists, and I was leeching an extra 20hp per hit
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I just took on the first dragon - no problems
Took about 2-3 mins.
I had to chug down 5 or so potions, but even then he wasn't doing that much damage to my SW.
Looking at my last opponent stats - at level 54 he had 47,000+HP and I had a 90% chance to hit him, and 65% chance for him to hit me. Thanks to dumping all points into strength.
I've socket some of my gear with minus % for opponent to evade, so that helps.
Unarmed was doing good damage to him. With my combo dual wield fist weapons a little quicker.
I had 5000 HP, at level 48, and 1300 armour - 764 physical and 130 magic, plus the rest of the other elements. 182 fire.
Grim Resilience at 25 sure adds a lot of HP, and I have Reflect Em. at 22, modded for broad range reflect
My combo of leap+ FR + demonic blow did manage to stun him sometimes, from the leap gold mod.
Plus the combo was modded to leach some life, so I was getting a small amount per hit, 14hp unarmed and with fist weapons
Opponent level for death blow of 42% with fist weapons and 32% unarmed
Raw unarmed damage = 161
Dual fist weapons = 516-619
But it does get scaled up a ton when you make the actual attacks. I've seen between 300-800+ unarmed damage
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True.. It's been my philosophy with games like this - the faster you kill them, the less chance they have to damage you - so DPS is definitely important.
Just for grins and giggles - try a 2H hammer or axe..
I haven't found a 2 handed weapon yet that does as much damage/DPS as dual wielding one sword and one hafted weapon, in terms of burst damage
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pity I bought 2 packs at 200 points a month ago....
EverQuest Next
in New Games General Discussion
Posted · Edited by CoolColJ
Everquest Next is looking good, next gen MMO
I applied for Beta access
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgPuEl5Nuk
But why is everyone going "cartoony" these days? Looks like a Walt Disney character art style!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh_0neHhR0k
Forget crafting, you can build now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVBAreJ6zuY