If you can't beat a trader, so why challenge him?
I fought myself through the that monster discussion for at least half an hour, only to see that none of you has a real free mind here, If you like to pvp - than challenge someone that might offer a fair fight. So if you think Traders or whatever are to strong for you don't challenge him - or if they challenge you refuse. It is a RPG you can play your Character any way you want to.
To the monsters, if you cant fight them on their ground alone - maybe you are to low in lvl to do that, so seek another place to hunt and come back if you are stronger. If you can't make a mission on a certain lvl of difficulty - reduce it or team up with someone that is willing to help you. And so on...
Use your brains!!!!! Noone will make you absolete, noone will rob you of your fun... There are more options to do that what you want. Maybe the difficulty level rises, but that is the ****e of it - team up, join organizations, that can help you and so one. Again use your brains!
Re: Impact on PvP and RPG
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Originally posted by Airri
Second... this IP Reset is just a joke on AO, isn't it? This removes a big aspect of RPG from the game. We all will end up with the same commonly accepted "ideal" Char per Prof. bah... And again, the whiners, not able to develop their chars wisely won. I would accept an IP Reset, if it comes only one time, to give players the chance to rework their Char after this many changes of the game rules FC has done. But as part of the game, this means only, that FC is preparing themselves for more chances of game rules... " Hey, you can reset your skills!"
Airri
Airri, I am willing to bed you Havent been playing this game that long. I dont think you would have made such a comment if you had been playing since day 1.
As I see it, it's Funcoms way of saying they are going to keep messing up the game mechanics for all the people who cry bout Traders ect that you are going to need to reset IP because your gonna be so screwed. This way they dont have to deal with it ;-)
-Koyote
Re: Impact on PvP and RPG
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Originally posted by Airri
First... PvP will be dead after the OE-Patch in its actual form. After the OE-Patch (more then it is actual already true): See a Trader... run or die. What a cool PvP... wow. The only Prof with a chance against Traders are Pet Profs then.
Solution: Make Nano Resist working and/or lower time and amout of debuff significantly. (With maxed Nano Resist since 3 months and I countered 2 - two! - Nanos in this time. rofl)
On the topic of Nanoresist, I have a question: were they nanos from players or from mobs? And what kind of nanos were they? I have a su****ion that root/snare nanos have been intentionally made difficult to resist. Where as other type of nanos are more easily resisted. And has anyone actually gotten hit by a trader's divest/plunder combo in PvP? The whole thing may be moot.
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Originally posted by Airri
Second... this IP Reset is just a joke on AO, isn't it? This removes a big aspect of RPG from the game. We all will end up with the same commonly accepted "ideal" Char per Prof. bah... And again, the whiners, not able to develop their chars wisely won. I would accept an IP Reset, if it comes only one time, to give players the chance to rework their Char after this many changes of the game rules FC has done. But as part of the game, this means only, that FC is preparing themselves for more chances of game rules... " Hey, you can reset your skills!"
Conclusion: OE - good idea, but will extremly over-power any Debuff-Prof in PvP. IPR simply a failure, not needed and will introduce some nice bugs.
PS: I lost yesterday almost all of my Armor and some Imps during a time warp, as I was swapping imps. "Sorry, can't help you." lol This will be funny to see, when all this people, who using the IPR loosing almost anything in such a case. - Its all part of the game.
Airri [/B]
I personally think the IP reset sucks. Those little flaws in my character are part of my character. And some of those flaws have helped me significantly (mostly round the lower levels, true). For example, when I though being a MA trader would be a good idea and poured IP into MA, Brawl, Dimach, and PhysInit. Then later after switching over to shotguns and running out of ammo. Or removing my shotgun when the fight is down to the wire and hitting with a Dimach. I almost wish I could sell IPR to other players. I won't be using them.
If I've got to live with IPR then I wish there was a penalty to it. Such as using an IPR point returns 90% of the IP of that skill. That would make people really consider whether or not it's worth completely changing who their character is around ;)
Your Cheescake Sucks too!
I know I'm not in the majority here, but as an Engineer, yes twinked within the rules of the game and created well after the 13.6 patch, I am outraged and disgusted by this OE and IP reset. How is it "over-equipping" a bot? Last time I checked the damn bot came out of my inventory when I spawned it. Shouldn't it be a Psychic check (safe from trader debuffs) to see whether I control my hunk-o-tin or not? I mean really, use common sense and don't call it a fix - say it straight - A nerfing of pet professions 100%. I worked my butt off to level my Engineer high enough to create a slayer-droid (accomplished at level 106 with max buffs). Now what? I have to try to blitz to 150 so I can keep control of it? BS! I didn't read any fine print when I started my Engineer that pets were over-equippable OR have potential to lose control. Hell, why don't you have them run a check and have the pet attack the Engineer once in a while - screw it, we have no heals, roots, calms, debuffs or charms ( oh wait Traders have ALL of those! ) let us just die quicker. PvP = Death for all pet classes.
As far as the IP reset goes - BAH ACK ARGH UGH ICK BLAH POO!
If you are going to allow IP resets, then allow me to be able to ONE TIME - change professions. Why not? You are basically allowing players to create a new character anyways, let us change professions too. I'll gladly drop my Engineer into a Trader class, at least I'll still be able to play the game :( Gaute, really, play the game or follow a twinked character around and find out that the real problems in the game are from so many patches ago that you can't really do anything to those players. As far as the newer twinks in the game go - GOOD FOR YOU!!! You obviously learned the game, used every buff, item and nano to the UTMOST advantage and made yourself powerful - to the exploiters - THANK YOU FOR CAUSING FC TO RUIN THE GAME FOR EVERYONE. You 1% or so out there are causing the other 99% to get pissed off. Anyways my 2 cents worth and I'll stick around to see what happens with the new patch, but probably not long after that.
Anxicor - 123 Engineer
Aaleji - 100 NT
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