12-15-2007, 08:52 AM
I feel that Manson has made a lot of very good points. Players do not use other weapons because the best ones atm are Bardiche and elvens. Even then, I don't ever see weapons being used because frankly, why? Why use a bardiche that has a chance of hitting when you can cast FS from a scroll that will hit? DPS man DPS...
It is also true that all you need is mage, NOT even GM mage, but just mage and eval int. That's it...doesn't take skill to drink a pot.
Since we have a staff member posting in this type of thread, a suggestion. Test some of our ideas out. Test the whole fizzle when hit idea. At the moment for pvp, it's mage and eval int that are needed. If spells fizzle when hit then you will need the following. Mage, Eval int, tactics, (a combat skill), healing. No longer will people PK naked. Since melee will be involved, armor will be required along with a decent weapon. This would also have people go out more to find weapons because of the weapons DPS. Even though a bardiche hits hard, it's slow. Now another weapon might hit fast, but do less damage, but now that you are requiring to use mellee a player might no longer care. The bardiche hits hard and a player at the moment is hoping it hits their opponent hard enough so they can use a scroll. But that's it, if the hit fails, more then likely the weapon will not be used again, but instead the player will result in FS dumping.
It is also true that all you need is mage, NOT even GM mage, but just mage and eval int. That's it...doesn't take skill to drink a pot.
Since we have a staff member posting in this type of thread, a suggestion. Test some of our ideas out. Test the whole fizzle when hit idea. At the moment for pvp, it's mage and eval int that are needed. If spells fizzle when hit then you will need the following. Mage, Eval int, tactics, (a combat skill), healing. No longer will people PK naked. Since melee will be involved, armor will be required along with a decent weapon. This would also have people go out more to find weapons because of the weapons DPS. Even though a bardiche hits hard, it's slow. Now another weapon might hit fast, but do less damage, but now that you are requiring to use mellee a player might no longer care. The bardiche hits hard and a player at the moment is hoping it hits their opponent hard enough so they can use a scroll. But that's it, if the hit fails, more then likely the weapon will not be used again, but instead the player will result in FS dumping.