HappyG wrote:1337 speak? MMORPGs come from RPGs, and those had skill and equipment advancment as a core part of the game, since ZX Spectrum on. Must have been many 1337 people at that time, huh?
DAoC is a competition game, it's similar to olympics you see. Do you call your olimpic comitee "1337 speakers" because they dont change rules in a way, you could participate on next summer olympics?
Problem with MMOs is, player input is somehow limited. In a FPS there is always space to improve your aiming, and game itself offers enough diversity so fighting with equal characters doesn't matter at all.
Yes, because equally equipped Berszerker beating equally equipped Ranger with ease is more fair, than good equipped Ranger hardly beating poor equipped Berserker.
Sorry Happyg all I see here is an inconsistent discussion and any direct reply to these points is only going to multiply that confusion. Of course the game is about competition but surely that should be equitable and fair?
You mention the IOC - well the reason why we have an olympics committee is to regulate things like performance enhancing drugs and stuff like that. So I am all for somethign that regulates unfairness if that is what they do. So in DaoC when a player in a game like this gets a major 'performance enhancing arti' its like taking EPO in cycling or steroids for weight lifting. So your analogy hardly supports your claim to be frank. Things like the Malice Axe level 10 overpowered ability simply because they can camp sites and get the scrolls over someone
who pays exactly the same money but has a very busy family life. Why allow that imbalance?
I am all for open and fair competition and a fairly level playing field, not only this but allowing artis to go to the person who has scrolls and credit promotes a very important co-operative approach to getting the artis. people can now go - hey Gov is up who all needs credit? Then form a BG and hey presto - no crap about arti theft and nonsense like that. It helps to promote the community side of the game - that side that ToA destroyed.
HappyG wrote:Oh, and one more thing - good equipment helps when solo stealther encounters Marsh Horde stealthzerg on Agramon bridges, is that what bothers you?
nope not at all I think you will find that stealth zerg already has the items you speak of
Maybe this will give more to others to be able to counter them? If so good job as far as I am concerned.
Besides I very seldom go out there I only really have time for one character and she has a nice pet called Goggy.
Any time I have been there and they have been fighting other stealth zergs it has been really good fun - so not sure what your point is. Yes there are soloers who get ganked by groups of stealthers but that is no worse than soloers getting ganked by FG's tbh. That whole discussion has gone nowhere on FH for around 8 months now and it is not likely to improve.
Ankh Morpork wrote:I've played pen & papers rpg's for 20 years and tbh your earlier comment about daoc being all about RvR doesnt really sound like rpg to me
cos rpg isnt all about getting the best items OR chainkilling, it's much more than that. Hell i've had loads of 'adventures' where we didnt fight at all. And the groups i've played with havent competed against each other ]
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You cant say a specific % for what you don't know! (but ofc there is a chance it actually IS 90%)
