lol..i kept wanting to zoom out, and open the map for him... and give the guy GSF!
awesome
lol..i kept wanting to zoom out, and open the map for him... and give the guy GSF!
awesome
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Renamed (jeycihn) 220/30(so sexy, so Borealis...I miss it the most...still melee <3 thnx for all your help Scum!
Giit 200/30 NM NT(THE most dangerous, and bitchy thing I ever created)
Sixunder 158/21 NM Tra (158+SMG=Atomic bomb? Feather pillow? meh, depends on what mood she's in oO)
Eightup 158/21 Opi Fix (perfect, maxed twink, definitive "FUN")
Xerrrox 17X Opi Fix (GA4 fr00b...buff prostitute...reason to log in)
Enjey 60/6 NM Eng (high maintenance OP'ness)
Nanimated New NM Agent (no patience for it...sigh)
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Maybe its about time the skills get a major overhaul. Only suggestion I have is giving every profession primary and secondary skills, where the secondary ones would include swimming map nav etc etc and non combat tradeskills, which you should be able to rest every 48 hours like perks and put em how ever you like it.
My bits, very nice video and commercial for AO from Massive.com, when you think about what a dev team with dubble the people there is now, could have made of this game the last 5 years, good or bad, it still makes me shudder to think, what it would be like to enter AO for the first time right now with no foreknowledge, I must admit, I would probably quit almost immidiatly simply cause of the complexity and lack of help from the interface etc.
Nm its an elitist game for now, lets see where we are in two years, new engine much?
Cheers,
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when i joined ao (almost 6 years ago) it was like this for me,i started with no knowledge,made an engi(fex ^^) and killed some mobs...was boring and i left the game. if i hadn't had a friend who showed me the basics i wouldn't have started the game ever again
it's too complex to be an instant start game where you can achieve anything if you don't have a clue about what you are doing(wow anyone? run to every guy with an exclemation mark above the head,do what he wants,use the basic skills,get better)
there really has to be done something about the introduction to ao...maybe a short intro trailer showing new players how to do what,explain the skillsystem(i mean explain,not show them how to skill with one button cause at lvl 20 you won't know anything real about the game)
my 2 cents
Ya, the startup experience is wayyy more important than the engine at this point imo. I hope its getting the right amount of attention. I think a single player introduction to the game would be best, with a proper step by step on how your skills work and stuff, then unleash teh newbs into a newbie social zone before they make their way to RK.
I remember when I first joined not having a clue and quitting for a while
I still dont have a clue..
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It's not like the ones who's working on the engine, are working on the startup experience too A team of developpers do manage to do multiple things at the same time.
As for how the newbie startup experience is now.. It's similar to tossing the equation which describes the size of the universe into the face of a 8 year old, expecting them to solve it. (IIRC, the brightest minds on earth have not succeeded at solving this equation yet.)
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Guys... are you silly? You can't post in this subforum on a friday afternoon before Means has posted. A huge amount of forum readers have a heart attack because of this now.
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So they move to better camping time? More contesting now?
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Lainbr - 220/30/70 Meta-Physicist Nanomage - E / Spirals - 220/30/70 Enforcer Solitus - E / Kokusho - 201/22/55 Fixer Nanomage - Equip Soon ;o
Traderbr - 180/0/0 Trader Nanomage - / Kaoru - 60/0/0 Meta-Physicist Nanomage - totw semitwink
Proud veteran of Spartans
To devs: You failed redesigning MPs as NTs with pets. I want my debuffer back.
Dreamer: Basically - I wish THIS much effort was put in to ALL profs rebalance docs.
Kintaii: Genele is more hardcore than you, your guildmates, and anyone else you've ever played with
Anarrina: Trust me, I'm not that scary in real life.
Ekarona 220/30 Female Solitus Engineer, long term member of Northern Star and proper "poor" gimp.
Ekaslave 220/low Female Solitus Trader, FLAT(TM) pricing TS, almost all can do!
Ekaros almost there/almost there too Male Solitus Martial-Artist.
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