Please! Add some melee weapons with a block feature! Let us also change our appearance!
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Please! Add some melee weapons with a block feature! Let us also change our appearance!
The lack of scaling is actually something that appeals to me. In pretty much every other MMO there's a "treadmill" to get equipment that makes some content playable and other content trivial. It's actually pretty refreshing that I can go back to the "starting" areas, and still have some challenge. That said, there is a decent difference between the various "tiers" of equipment -- not in the "base" stats, but in the secondary stats and number of bonuses that are available. The same can be said about widely varying levels of EGO, as when your power rating goes up, you have access to more perk slots, and most perks aren't trivial in the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mindset
I have to agree with the OP thoughts in this game ... I would like to add a little of my flavor to the topic on hand ..
1..There needs to be a main city style hubs and and towns more marketed to were players can migrate to and form up hunting parties and meet new people and exapand there buddy list ...
2.. The current chat system is way beyond horrid its damm awfull ... no one uses it cause it hardly works half the time .. and frankkily alot of the console players this is a MMO marketed shooter not just a solo game ... So there needs to be alot more leaning towards groupin up and doin missions togethers ..The solo instances for main missions have to go you should be able to take your group into any and all missions to keep the game and story running smooth .. Thats how MMO's work ya dont disband the group just to do the mission the reform the group after thats ******ed..
3...PVP is a good sellin point of if you can keep a good percentage of your player base cause some people just play online games for the pvp combat ... so there needs to be more modes activated in the game like the capture and hold maps and more ways to get shadow wars started no one cues up cause the freakin game crashes most of the time if ya cue for shadow war .. so no one bothers .. and there should be warzone ranked and unranked in pvp and a tier weapon and armor system put in for this as well ..
4.. Voice acting ... every character in the game has voice acting but the character you play .I think there should be some recorded voice acters that can be subbed into the current characters we play that would really pull ya into the cutscenes and story alot more instead of everyone talkin plannin the mission and you just stand there silent as the wind ...
5... Raids ... there really isnt a end game in the game so far i know its just launched so cant have everything at once .. but what we all mmo vets know the best loot comes from raiding .. So I really hope you do plan on puttin raidin content in .. and yes you can set up it to were ya have phases and ya have to do various sequenses etc etc to pull it off.. i know people are *****in dont make it like wow please or i will leave..World of warcraft is the most succesful mmo of all time it currently has a player base of over 5 million people at 14 bucks a month do the math ... and how many expansions have they done .. SO dont hate world of warcraft is the benchmark of success when it comes to makin a MMO last and understandin there player base and community and drawin them into the lore story line and givin them content that keeps the game pushing .. So ya dont have to make night elves and taurens in the game but you can look at what has worked for them in the how many years have they been crushing all pc mmo's that have tried to come out and over take then .. i will mention swtor said they were gonna trounce wow what happened the game failed and its f2p now and wow is still crushing .. other succesfull mmo franchises like everquest aion and even rift ... these games all had in depth content raids and stuff that you really had to bust your *** to earn it and when ya pull it off you are damm proud ... So I hope trion can take a look of all the mmo past and present and see what works and what doesnt work and incorporate it into this game cause i think this game is something that has never been done before I just want to see it go on and on and on ..
just some comments i wanted to share ..
Thanks Hemorrhage.
The game does not have these features because it is not intended to be a MMORPG. It is a shooter first based on Trion's own public statements. It is closer to games like Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2. Do they have these things? No. These features that you think are missing are not because they could not make it by launch date. Except for things they said are coming, the left out those things intentionally because it does not fit within their design vision. Raids? Same comments were made about GW2. It has not raids and it is a MMORPG. Arenanet stated that it does not fit within their design approach and so far they have stuck by that. Hopefully, Trion will stick with their original vision.
Trion should not have used the designation MMO. They should have advertised it the way BF3 did - online shooter that can support massive battles. They also added in 4 person co-op mode similar to Borderlands. And finally like many shooters the open world is their version of the single player campaign. They took all of those elements and put them into a more integrated environment. This is the reason that Shadow Wars occurs within the open world. You can opt in or just watch.
This is not a traditional MMORPG and therefore, does not need many of those features you find in WOW or Rift.
wow i can post video after video from trion devs .. publicy stating this is Massive multiplayer online game ... not a freakin solo shooter... so when we comment about hay addin things that are what is all about being involved in a MMO dont toss the hate broQuote:
Originally Posted by dalendria
MMO is massively multiplayer online. It does not imply having to add rpg elements or the same things that every other traditional MMORPG has. They are trying to offer something different. Guild Wars 2 did the same thing and yet there were people trying to change their core design. Example - people also asked for raids despite the fact that for years, the GW2 said it was not a part of their vision for their product.
This is one of the few MMOTPS to be released in years. Some think APB is the closest thing to it. I want Trion to improve the game but focus on improving what is there and represents their design approach. Not totally overall their core design.
Massively? Yes, it has large open world. Despite server issues, it appears to be able to support a large number of concurrent users.
Multiplayer? Yes
Online? Yes
Third Person Shooter? Yes. Even has horizontal progression.
Where or when did Trion say that this was intended to be a RPG?
nothing i said had it to be a rpg just cause i as well as other used wow as a example here comes the flamers that ****** up forums cause they are sick of wow ... the point i am tryin as well as others is bringin up things that we feel would make the game more involved and add longetivy to the game ... cause lets be honest how many posts on the forums do you see people crying wah wah about i didnt sleep since the last and did all the missions and side mission everything why should i grind until more content comes out give mea refund crap ... its people like that that ruin a play community .. so i would suggest you take a look back through alot of the posting dalendria were not askin for role playin **** ...were layin out ideas for content like RAIDING!!! .. raidin is not rpg ... raidin is a staple of MMO"s PEROID!!!
already had a thread made (in signature) and is in proceess of being submitted to developers
all i know is when i hit something with a rocket launcher i want it to go BOOM!!!! thats the tradeoff to its low ammo i would think.....also it would be nice if enemies got more of a knockup/back when they get hit with any explosive wep (i would assume it would be tweaked for pvp so they dont ***** lol)
Guild Wars 2 is a MMO and it does not have raiding. Raiding is not a staple. But if Trion wants to add it, that is their right. My point is that these things were not there at launch because it was not a part of their original design. Can they add them? Sure. But why add them? There are tons of games with these elements. Why not be different?
Battlefield 3 is a popular game still being played. Has none of the traditional MMO elements but is a great team-based shooter. Borderlands 2 has more difficult group boss encounters (not large 10-man raids) but those fit within their existing co-op mode. Trion can add more difficult content or hard modes for those that want challenge. It could add more pvp modes. Why does it need to add things that tons of other traditional MMOs have in order to "keep people playing."
There is a market of gamers that play games like BF3 and Borderlands 2 months/years later. These are online, multiplayer experiences without traditional mmo features. If this is the market Trion is going for, they should focus on improving the features that appeal to this market segment. Not turn Defiance into a product like every other MMO out there.