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Alexander DeLarge posted:Isn't it "soft-launching" Fixed SweetBro posted:Good thing Crowfall is not being marketed or designed as a competitive MMO or I'd have one more thing to not give a poo poo about. we esports now
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When I said competitive I don't mean eSports. I meant any game that pits players against each other, even more so in one with consequences to loss. Losing all your stuff because the RNG gods frowned on you is bad.
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eSporks posted:When I said competitive I don't mean eSports. I meant any game that pits players against each other, even more so in one with consequences to loss. DotA has plenty of RNG in it, and it's arguably the most competitive game second only to SCII (which is pretty much dead now anyways). The key to it is to have just enough RNG. Too little and the game becomes stale and unwelcoming. Too much and it feels cheap and unrewarding. Anyways, in games like this you're probably going to lose all your stuff because the enemy chose to focus fire instead of the guy next to you a lot more often and a lot more directly than an ability proc. Also, back to DotA "Learning to account for the possibilities of RNG is a player skill."
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Oct 21, 2016 07:42
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That sounds reasonable, it still feel to me like this implementation means the entire classes play style relies on a roll of the dice.
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There are things you can do to make your RNG less random if things get too swingy. To go with the dota example, I think some abilities used a special pseudo-random distribution for their RNG that adjusted the instant-to-instant chance of procing to keep the time between procs more consistent than a normal RNG, while still having the same chance in the long run. People tend to find that makes the RNG feel more "fair".
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eSporks posted:That sounds reasonable, it still feel to me like this implementation means the entire classes play style relies on a roll of the dice. Five of the six choices are basically just damage buffs of varying degrees, that's not going to wildly swing fights from one side to the other. It's flavor not balance.
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KJDavid posted:Anyone in Big World yet? I got an invite and will try it out if it is up this weekend
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So I goofed around for about 30 minutes as a duelist. Stuff that is in: Setting skills to train, EVE style. Apparently these skills will train offline and (maybe?) carry over through subsequent sessions of this test phase. Crafting and resource gathering is in, and it sort of has a minecraft feel. You always have a magical axe you can conjure to chop wood, then you can use that wood to make further magical tools. I was able to get a bunch of copper gear before I got murdered by a three person squad. Felt good and proper. The devs were in the global chat and enjoying the show. Bad stuff: UI was laggy, picking up resources felt unresponsive, combat animations had no impact noises so I couldn't tell what was hitting or not. All easy to fix, obviously, but made playing kind of annoying. As it stands: You can currently kill people and take their goodies. Core gameplay: Check!
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I played for like 10 minutes it was pretty laggy and you couldn't chat Druid is pretty defenseless. thats my alpha story thanks for reading
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Nov 7, 2016 12:20
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Apparently you just can't see your own chat messages The balance is kinda bad (of course) but the "run around, get doodads, sneak up and kill people" gameplay is there and shows promise Also skills train when you're logged out: I forgot and was pleasantly surprised when I logged back in to check a thing
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Nov 7, 2016 17:02
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i only got the 30 dollar early package or w/e. can i log in and kill mans
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Blazing Zero posted:i only got the 30 dollar early package or w/e. can i log in and kill mans I didn't get any sort of notice and I got the same package so either the answer is no or my inbox has started flagging it as spam to protect me
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Blazing Zero posted:i only got the 30 dollar early package or w/e. can i log in and kill mans Don't think so, think it's still $100+ or whatever it is with the new packages at this point.
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Blazing Zero posted:i only got the 30 dollar early package or w/e. can i log in and kill mans lol if you think you can help a business/company test their unfinished game/product for anything less than $100.
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2DCAT posted:lol if you think you can help a business/company test their unfinished game/product for anything less than $100. Does my $100 help purchase custom built doors [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] Also, let us take a moment to reflect on the following two words: Walton Freeman
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FireWhizzle posted:Does my $100 help purchase custom built doors [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] 
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FireWhizzle posted:Does my $100 help purchase custom built doors [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] I forgot about the Star Citizen doors. Thanks for the reminder.
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what was cool was being able to harvest and stuff, i did a bit of it but it really does show promise i can see a lot of dedicated goon projects to gathering resources to build forts and controlling lands and areas this way. Trees disappear when you harvest them, rocks too, etc. And you can take those resources to building like lumber mills or an outpost. It just needs some optimization and its still pretty rough
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http://community.crowfall.com/index.php?/topic/10129-its-called-strategy/
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I'm amazed how close to a finished working game this is after so little time. Granted there is a poo poo ton of stuff still missing, most of the classes being a pretty big one, but you can run around and kill people and craft gear. That's a faction system away from being a game.
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Nov 10, 2016 02:27
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So far I am actually enjoying alpha; anyone else in the test want to group up?
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Doggir posted:So far I am actually enjoying alpha; anyone else in the test want to group up? I can go for a bit Edit: Patched up; what server are you on/name? Capntastic fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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Capntastic posted:I can go for a bit Doggir on west
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I also got a couple pick axes if anyone wants
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Doggir posted:Doggir on west I lost connection and decided to be too lazy to log back in I played for like an hour, had some fun PVP duels, snagged some materials. Can see how the crafting system could eventually lead to some fun stuff, especially once more recipes for like, defenses and stuff are in.
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Yeah, I'm tentatively impressed. The fundamentals are there. Obvious caveat: there are tons of bugs, unfinished systems, and stuff that needs balance iterating on about a hundred times, but...it's kinda fun. I don't know if I want to be a craftsman, but the intricacy in the system is really intriguing. I can see why they keep emphasizing the need for 'dedicated crafters' in any guild.
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To keep things under perspective this game was kickstarted for about 2.4 million in march of 2015. That they've gotten from that to this is simply incredible.
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malhavok posted:To keep things under perspective this game was kickstarted for about 2.4 million in march of 2015. That they've gotten from that to this is simply incredible. Yes. Not to name names [cough] Star Citizen [cough], but it makes a lot of difference when you focus on core game play instead of ancillary stuff only about 0.03% of your audience gives a drat about. Now, will Crowfall actually end up being good? I don't know. Could go either way. That there is a game at this point is a very encouraging sign.
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KJDavid posted:
I think that even if the game ends up being just a bigger, slightly more complex version of what it is now with base building and territory control and the procedural mini-campaigns, it should be good. And even if it's not "good", it will be "fun", solely because of the PVP externalities that make kicking over someone's sandcastle in any game fun.
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So how does combat work, like, mechanically?
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Lastgirl posted:thats my alpha story thanks for reading thank you for the story I played for like an hour. first while was figuring out the somewhat awkward interface, but I eventually managed to figure out I needed to make a pistol to use half my skills. so I chopped down some trees to get some wood, used the wood to make a hammer, then used the hammer to get some stone. I put all of them together, and it failed and I got nothing I wasn't entirely sure if I hosed up the recipie or I'm just terrible, so I went back at it. I got half the stone I needed again before my hammer broke, then got jumped while trying to craft another hammer awesome game 10-10 can't wait for beta
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Drakkus posted:I got half the stone I needed again before my hammer broke, then got jumped while trying to craft another hammer I can't decide if a sprinkling of "safe zones" to craft would be good or bad
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Bad because crafters could just turtle up and build weapons with impunity. Instead they should have bodyguards. Free Market 101: if you can't get enough protection to fend off enemies you deserve getting your poo poo jacked.
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super sweet best pal posted:Bad because crafters could just turtle up and build weapons with impunity. Instead they should have bodyguards. Free Market 101: if you can't get enough protection to fend off enemies you deserve getting your poo poo jacked. Sometimes I just want to use the toilet
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Capntastic posted:I can't decide if a sprinkling of "safe zones" to craft would be good or bad when the game comes out, we'll all be crafting behind the impenetrable walls of goontown anyway
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Drakkus posted:when the game comes out, we'll all be crafting behind the easily breakable and shoddily made walls of goontown anyway Ftfy
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Ashrik posted:So how does combat work, like, mechanically? Action combat.
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Stormgale posted:Ftfy Don't forget, and always remember: I spent all of my VIP tokens to get us enough credit to have a giant fukken goon castle You know the construction will be Groveresque Capntastic fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Load bearing drawbridge.
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