07-31-2007, 09:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-31-2007, 09:50 PM by oldmandennis.)
Quote:I dunno. The idea of "hero" is pretty relative, it doesn't have to mean overpowered.
But it has to mean *something*. And once it does, the hard math checks need to be uptuned to reflect that reality. Plus it can't be that difficult - Johnny casual needs to be able to be a Mountain King or a Dark Ranger. The whole game is pretty much based casuals being allowed to play. Combine a noticeable boost in power with something that is achievable to casuals, and it becomes mandatory for any raider with hopes of seeing the end of the game. Essentially you have just extended the level curve, and probably put a (semi)permanant choice at the end of it. But the level curve is the way it is because Blizzard thinks it is about right, and they already have a semi-permant choice (talents).
The whole idea of hero classes in a game where everybody wants to be a hero is very tricky. Has anybody ever done it right? I know Starwars tried it, and it was a disaster which they eventually scrapped.
Quote:This was said last time - but in most of those cases Blizzard either moved around talents to prevent it, or made the higher ends of the tree that much more appealing.
Yeah I know. My point is that they will need a bunch of testing on this. For example rogues vs feral druids is probably balanced properly right now. I'm not that familliar with rogues, but you seem to think that 10 more points would give you a big boost. 10 points would do about nothing for a feral druid, other then a little pvp utility. I don't think adjustments are impossible, just that it's one reason why I don't think the expansion is less then 8 months off, even if it's announced later this week. Remember, TBC raiding, except for Kara, was horribly untuned. Hey, I think I'll go preorder Hellgate. The gameplay trailer looks amazing.
Quote:A good post about it here: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=100.0
I had heard they were starting to put northrend stuff into the MPQ's. I was more looking for hints of another TBC top end raid. Northrend will take 7-8 months minimum. In that time, Conan, Pirates, Hellgate, and Warhammer will ship. Hopefully they turn out better then Vanguard and Lotro.