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  1. Xanian

    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    I think you have mode a very good point in that the low level game is rough. In my opinion, fighters have it best at low level, but that doesn't mean they have it good. I would like to see more things that empower new players, but that is very hard to balance without forbidding high level...
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    Caster build

    They are effectively the same thing, the only question is whether it is worthwhile for you to keep going once you've unlocked formal.
  3. Xanian

    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    I see your point and agree, but also agree that our particular game/system is built around the combat side with those RP skills being a long afterthought (we aren't Dystopia Rising with social combat and gathering being main archetypes). Do you have ideas on what type of skills or abilities...
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    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    I understand. Can you give some examples of the other skills that classes have access to outside of fighting that you are referring to? Even with this change, melee/weapons still do a majority of the raw damage in the game due to the unlimited repetitive passives they have access to.
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    Upcoming Removal of Eviscerating Blow and Spirit Temper Options for Affected Players

    When looking to balance burst damage specifically (which is the point of this change), looking at status attacks is largely broadening the scope. We do have a potential problem in the system when it comes to those (statuses/save or die effects), but trying to bring that into this discussion...
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    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    I understand you may be upset with the decision, but that isn't helping to elicit positive change.
  7. Xanian

    Upcoming Removal of Eviscerating Blow and Spirit Temper Options for Affected Players

    I think bringing the availability of defenses in when we are talking about the balance of burst damage skills is not really relevant. To your point, you said the mere threat of the ability changes how some NPCs fought. That leads more to the point that the ability was not in line with other...
  8. Xanian

    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    Taking a different angle on the conversation, I would have liked to see taunt be less along the lines of controlling what something was doing and more along the lines of what you were saying (Do what I want you to do, or else). I think it could have been fun to have taunt be something like...
  9. Xanian

    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    Maybe it would help to try and explain how I approach looking at our game's balance, because we have one very fundamental difference in our approach which is skewing the results. In my view, our game has 5 primary skill sets, and then uses different combinations of costs on those skill sets to...
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    Upcoming Removal of Eviscerating Blow and Spirit Temper Options for Affected Players

    I do think tone via text is a problem, and I apologize if my tone was seen as dismissive. I was attempting to counterpoint something said previously (that there was no positive feelings from the player base) that was false. The nature of forums means that we are always hearing only from the...
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    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    You say things like 'fighter crash' and 'scout spike' but fail to take the next analytical step. The exact thing you are showing there is something many experienced players suggest other people do. Hell, two of my best friends who play this game (and played NERO for decades previously) did this...
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    Melee Game Design Path Forward?

    The AI analysis above missing some super key details. First, it treats all scholars as one lump, which is a misnomer. Second, without earth scholars/healing, events aren't successful as we need healing to keep things moving. Players know this, and more people play earth casters to account for...
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    Upcoming Removal of Eviscerating Blow and Spirit Temper Options for Affected Players

    There are positives on the player side. You are hearing a vocal minority.
  14. Xanian

    Enchant Spell Casting Requirements

    Given the general philosophy of magic items not creating power, but giving different ways to use existing skills, I have a question regarding the enchant ritual. If I am casting the enchant ritual at a higher difficulty and getting more than one charge of the spell being stored, do I need to...
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    2025 Nationals Event Favorites!

    Great event. Really enjoyed getting to meet new people, adventure more closely with some people I had only met in passing, and spend some more time among a couple of my favorite groups of people. Thank you to everyone who took the time and resources to travel and come together for this. Plot...
  16. Xanian

    The Avatars of Power and You: Ongoing Notes of Avatars of Power in Rathfall

    It may be important to note that, at least for the MF, his power and place is held in a mantle. The mantle seemed a physical thing he actually has to don in order to assume his role. I assume the others are similar. I would guess that awakening a 'dead' avatar would be to have someone else...
  17. Xanian

    Casino Heist After Action Report Request

    I may be incorrect, but I believe the idea and planning for the heist was spearheaded by Tizzy Tang. I know he provided me a strong outline of the 4 things we absolutely needed to be successful and stated parts were already in motion when I spoke with him Saturday Morning. Binar
  18. Xanian

    My Return to Kaida Sanu

    Hey Tarikk, Good to see ya, buddy. So uh, since you were gone we killed a dracolich. That was fun. And the orcs won the annual hunt between them and the ogres, which was probably for the best (and I can explain why in person). And uh, some people have started to learn how to manipulate the...
  19. Xanian

    Mend Armor Spell

    In regard to the Mend Armor spell: There is some confusion about how this spell works, so I have some situations that I am look for a ruling on. 1. Greg is wearing a 40 suit of armor (with mystic smith) and is hit with a shatter spell targeting the armor. His friend Wanda casts a mend spell...
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    Adventurers Participation in The Great Hunt (Ikari's Hope Poll)

    Before I would cast a vote in any direction, I would like to at least touch base with the High Orc settlement. I've heard from the High Ogres, who seem to be happy, healthy, and who hold themselves to a large responsibility in Kaida Sanu as a whole (engaging undead where they arise in the main...
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