Enchanting and Spec vs Level (2002-03-08)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:00 pm
Previously: http://www.camelotherald.com/more/259.shtml
It's Friday, So This Must Be the Grab Bag
Posted By: Sanya Thomas 2002-03-08 18:55:20
Here it is - got a ton o' stuff for you tonight.
Q: Why are the “flights” to the frontier zones every fifteen minutes?
A: The idea behind that design choice was so that if you die in battle and have no rezz, you’re out of that engagement, and the other combatants don’t have to kill you over and over. It brings more tactics into play besides the zerg rush – wars of attrition are possible with the delay in the return to the field. We would prefer that the engagements last longer, which brings us to the next question:
Q: About patch 1.48 – it seems like a good step, but as it stands now, is having a big effect on certain classes. When is this patch going live?
A: We’ve been keeping tabs on the boards and email, as that patch has some pretty big concepts in it. There has been quite a lot of commentary generated! Many like it, some hate it, and just about everyone agrees that bringing it live early next week would, well, suck. “Everyone” includes your favorite dev team. This patch is NOT going live on Tuesday – it needs a lot of testing and discussion. I have a lot of love going out to OfCamelot.com and their related community sites, the Safehouse, the Drunken Friar, Catacombs, and a few other sites for their thoughtful discussions on the new patch. Even the Vault has some useful threads
But the biggest appreciation goes to the Pendragon players, who will be the biggest help to us in tuning this patch. Which leads us to:
Q: I really want to copy my character to Pendragon. Are you guys ready to do that yet?
A: Not yet
Q: The salvage feature seems to be inconsistent in terms of how much value you can strip from some items. Is it bugged?
A: It is not bugged, but it is inconsistent. In the future, we will be overhauling the equations, and adding features such as being able to salvage more items – tree branches for their wood, for a possible example.
Q: How important is it that I have my weapon enchanted?
A: Well, the game assumes you will take advantage of every possible self-improvement available to you, and enchanting your armor and weapons (steel or better materials) is part of that. It doesn’t matter so much at lower levels, but by your 40s, you would be at a pretty big disadvantage in PVE if you have not at least somewhat improved your gear via enchantments. The disadvantage in RVR, of course, depends on what the other players have done.
Q: I know rez effects lower your concentration point pool, but sometimes the rez effect wears off but I don’t get my conc points back. What’s up with that?
A: That is a known bug we will be fixing soon – the temporary work around is to log out and log back in.
Q: If I sprint, and then go into stealth mode, my stamina keeps reducing as if I were still sprinting. If I tap the sprint key to turn it off I get a message saying “You can’t sprint while stealthed.”
A: That is a display bug – tapping the key DOES turn sprint off, but it gives you the “you can’t” message.
Q: For once and for all, do spec points over level make a difference?
A: Sometimes. It does not affect all skills and specializations evenly. And for the ones that ARE impacted, the differences should be small – spec points drastically improve your performance up to a certain point, and then level off so that further improvements are minute but present up to your level. Again, past your level, not all skills are affected by points. Someday, there will be a list out saying which are so affected. But if in your experience, a given skill improves however minor the result, you’re probably not crazy.
I, on the other hand, am definitely crazy. Y’all have a good weekend.
It's Friday, So This Must Be the Grab Bag
Posted By: Sanya Thomas 2002-03-08 18:55:20
Here it is - got a ton o' stuff for you tonight.
Q: Why are the “flights” to the frontier zones every fifteen minutes?
A: The idea behind that design choice was so that if you die in battle and have no rezz, you’re out of that engagement, and the other combatants don’t have to kill you over and over. It brings more tactics into play besides the zerg rush – wars of attrition are possible with the delay in the return to the field. We would prefer that the engagements last longer, which brings us to the next question:
Q: About patch 1.48 – it seems like a good step, but as it stands now, is having a big effect on certain classes. When is this patch going live?
A: We’ve been keeping tabs on the boards and email, as that patch has some pretty big concepts in it. There has been quite a lot of commentary generated! Many like it, some hate it, and just about everyone agrees that bringing it live early next week would, well, suck. “Everyone” includes your favorite dev team. This patch is NOT going live on Tuesday – it needs a lot of testing and discussion. I have a lot of love going out to OfCamelot.com and their related community sites, the Safehouse, the Drunken Friar, Catacombs, and a few other sites for their thoughtful discussions on the new patch. Even the Vault has some useful threads
But the biggest appreciation goes to the Pendragon players, who will be the biggest help to us in tuning this patch. Which leads us to:Q: I really want to copy my character to Pendragon. Are you guys ready to do that yet?
A: Not yet
Q: The salvage feature seems to be inconsistent in terms of how much value you can strip from some items. Is it bugged?
A: It is not bugged, but it is inconsistent. In the future, we will be overhauling the equations, and adding features such as being able to salvage more items – tree branches for their wood, for a possible example.
Q: How important is it that I have my weapon enchanted?
A: Well, the game assumes you will take advantage of every possible self-improvement available to you, and enchanting your armor and weapons (steel or better materials) is part of that. It doesn’t matter so much at lower levels, but by your 40s, you would be at a pretty big disadvantage in PVE if you have not at least somewhat improved your gear via enchantments. The disadvantage in RVR, of course, depends on what the other players have done.
Q: I know rez effects lower your concentration point pool, but sometimes the rez effect wears off but I don’t get my conc points back. What’s up with that?
A: That is a known bug we will be fixing soon – the temporary work around is to log out and log back in.
Q: If I sprint, and then go into stealth mode, my stamina keeps reducing as if I were still sprinting. If I tap the sprint key to turn it off I get a message saying “You can’t sprint while stealthed.”
A: That is a display bug – tapping the key DOES turn sprint off, but it gives you the “you can’t” message.
Q: For once and for all, do spec points over level make a difference?
A: Sometimes. It does not affect all skills and specializations evenly. And for the ones that ARE impacted, the differences should be small – spec points drastically improve your performance up to a certain point, and then level off so that further improvements are minute but present up to your level. Again, past your level, not all skills are affected by points. Someday, there will be a list out saying which are so affected. But if in your experience, a given skill improves however minor the result, you’re probably not crazy.
I, on the other hand, am definitely crazy. Y’all have a good weekend.