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Thread: Friday with Means - Light at the end of the tunnel - February 26th, 2010

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    Funcom employee Friday with Means - Light at the end of the tunnel - February 26th, 2010

    With a few bad weeks behind us...and the entire team slowly returning from the grips of another bout of seasonal plague...it is great to see some light at the end of the tunnel (See image below!)

    Progress this week has included really getting close to the finish line with transfer for the German dimension, further light implementation in the new engine, more polish applied to the daily missions (new version coming to TestLive today...assuming no disasters), and a first look at our intention "in general terms" for the hated "nemesis nanos"...with the first two to be adjusted coming to TestLive in today's version: GTH and Borrow Reflect.

    The general strategy going forward for work to be done on the Nemesis Nanos is a simple one. The nanos are currently either of little use...or generally an overly effective tool against one profession. It is the intention that all of these nanos will be redesigned to be usefull against ALL professions (perhaps more effective on some than others due to the nature of professions) but NOT an overpowering factor in the outcome between profession X and Y.

    Borrow Reflect:

    This nano in its current state simply removes the reflect (entire defense) of the soldier and enables God-Mode for the Trader for 30 seconds (100% reflect.)

    The adjusted version of this nano going to TestLive today has been altered in a few ways:

    1. This nano is now usable on ANY profession who currently has more than 24 ReflectMeleeAC at the current moment. (Has reflect to "borrow")
    2. The Debuff component of this nano is now -30 to all Reflect types. The Duration is now also reduced to 15 seconds. Significant...but not the complete removal of a professions defense that it was before.
    3. The Buff component of the nano now grants +30 to all reflect types to the Trader for a period of 60 seconds. Again...significant and nice to have...but not the god mode the previous encounter offered. With the opening up for more professions this should be generally more usefull and less situational.

    Grand Theft Humidity:

    Current Live versio of this nano has the victim stripped of all nano (multiple times) for an extended period of 60 seconds. This nano can be cast repeatedly without respite for the victim. This nano ends if the Trader dies as the "Buff" and the "Debuff" are linked.

    The adjusted version of this nano going to TestLive today has been altered in a few ways:

    1. The victim (regardless of profession) will now be drained of 15%/second of their total Nanopool for a duration of 15 seconds.
    2. The Trader will regain 10%/second of their nanopool for the 15 seconds of the duration of the effect.
    3. Casting this nano will be subject to a 60 second local cooldown preventing this nano from being repeatedly cast.
    4. The debuff component of this nano will stop if the Trader dies during the altercation.

    These are first steps in making these nanos again more generally usefull without making them the most important aspects of combat. I look forward to sharing the progress on other members of the "nemesis nano" group as they become available. These two nanos in particular seemed to be a good place to start as they have generated the most heated conversations in this area...and were clearly an area that needed focus to restore the "fun" to certain areas of PvP content. Thank you to all who offered their views on how these nanos should be adjusted to restore overall balance in this area. While I don't expect everyone to agree with the exact direction we have taken with these I hope everyone can at least agree with the general "feel" we are going for.

    Have a great weekend! I'm looking forward to seeing some of our German players on RK1 and RK2 early next week
    Colin Cragg
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    First!
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    Second!

    Nice pic

    Good changes to BR and GTH.
    Last edited by Manicmouse; Feb 26th, 2010 at 16:02:03.
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    Wow it's early today!

    Image looks great btw!
    Last edited by Ebondevil; Feb 26th, 2010 at 15:59:35.
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    Cool pic
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    Yay

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    Will Borrow reflect have a cooldown before it can be used again?
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    yay! thx for giving rk3-transfer a high priority!

    im happy to have my toons on rk1 next week

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    Re: BR/GTH.

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    Heh, fun times.

    If soldiers want to team me from now on, they'll need to cast no higher than Empowered Major Reflective Field or **** off.

    GTH changes look alright, more so if combined with planned changes to have healing dip into nanopool more heavily.
    Last edited by crattey; Feb 26th, 2010 at 16:08:38.

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    Great picture and the changes to GTH and Borrow Reflect seem reasonable to me Good job.
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    First page again.

    That could not look prettier if it tried. I am in awe. Good job, team I really can't wait for this to hit the servers.

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    Love that screen shot tbh!


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    Is it just me or does that screenshot have "bloom"? It seems to have that slightly "fuzzy" quality that bloom effect gives in environments with bright lighting.
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    Great stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wrangeline View Post
    Will Borrow reflect have a cooldown before it can be used again?
    Should be yes. Otherwise the Trader will have +60 reflects all the time since everyone has RRFE running. Imo that still is OP.
    Actually it sounds like a complete new nano. Give it a 5 minute cooldown at least.
    Last edited by lordran; Feb 26th, 2010 at 16:17:37.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lordran View Post
    Should be yes. Otherwise the Trader will have +60 reflects all the time since everyine has RRFE running. Imo that still is OP.
    Naaah perma-tms on a trader is perfectly reasonable!
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