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Post by SongRune on 2021-04-28 21:55:37
Will it be possible to have custom music and/or a composer system for guild halls and private apartments that can be heard by guests? (furniture, music boxes, bgm, etc) If not in-game, will it be possible to submit custom music options for approval?
Post by SongRune on 2021-06-05 23:56:48
It's easy to create meaningful rewards for exploration out of natural player interactions. Rather than having special items available in the natural world, use exploration to reward players with opportunities. Allow players to discover bosses and content, not always new content, but valuable content, that others don't know how to find: When you discover this boss, you get a choice: You can gather up your friends or your guild, and take it down yourselves. Whatever special drops it has are only for you and your group. If you don't have one, or you're looking for more prestige, find a ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-06-09 20:24:14
Not in the initial release. (I suppose they do have a lot to get done.) Definitely something to pester them about later, though, once the game itself is finished.
Post by SongRune on 2021-06-20 01:24:41
While we don't yet have specifics from Intrepid, Steven has made it clear that he understands the importance of guilds, guild leadership, and good guild administration systems. Any reasonable chain of command implementation would, by necessity, ensure that there is a clear line of succession for a guild's top leadership. If a Guild Master went idle for a long period or chose to resign, the highest ranking officer would automatically take over. Whether by direct election, or a consensus of existing officers, changing or bypassing a chain of command of this type wouldn't be something one person could do ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-06-23 00:20:43
If there is no control of who can enter a tavern, will there be a a way for the tavern owner to decide which bards can perform there?
Post by SongRune on 2021-06-23 01:11:58
I would believe (and hope) that Intrepid would not add anything that would make Bards less effective or undesired in fights like the Poison Dragon.
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-09 16:11:15
She always heals in our group, and only plays THF/WHM when she is playing solo. Even in games where you don't generally think of it that way she's the healer most of the time. As for myself, I'm also in the work crunch, but as you can guess from my name, I'm the Bard in this case, and I have a lot more riding on how exactly Ashes does Augments, which I will get to later.
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-16 01:34:27
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Post by SongRune on 2021-07-16 01:36:55
As promised, I return with my own wishes! First of all, I'm a Bard. You might have guessed from the name, or remembered my post before. I want all the usual Bardy goodness. Buffs for all sorts of stats, recovery over time, damage over time, and the various stat and status debuffs that make up the Bard class as we know it from so many other games. What Azherae has put together in her Bard Compilation post (with a little help from me, gathering the data) sounds perfectly good to me overall. What comes next, is obviously, the subclass, ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-16 21:41:32
Based on something I saw from a Minstrel thread a bit back, the question came up: Who naturally wins in 1v1, in a game where 1v1 isn't automatically balanced? Bards or Fighters? Fighters specialize in movement and gap closing, but unlike Mages or Rangers, Bards don't need distance to be effective, and in fact, might be better at close range. So does this mean that a Bard, assuming they can, for example, put the Fighter to sleep or something, long enough to get buffs up, has advantage in this 1v1? Moreso, I'm asking: Would this theoretically bother people enough ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-17 23:44:56
Well, what experiences have you had where it goes the other way? Because in most games I'm familiar with, if they're not completely surprised, the Bard will tend to win. (Between Slow and Dispel, the Fighter will already do less damage.)
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-24 19:13:27
I've noticed that there is different music for each level of node (crossroads, encampment, village). Will there be different music for nodes based on race or specialization, as well?
Post by SongRune on 2021-07-30 20:55:31
"Toggle" is the A/B test, so that we can rapidly compare the two within the same scenario. As for the free movement, I don't like it at all. Camera control is a skill, but not what I play MMOs for. Also, if there aren't drastic changes to the ability arc, it will cause even more problems, particularly when lag is in play. the mid range, it will just make it a pain to get close to begin with. Movement should be a choice that affects my positioning and both my and my opponent's options, not just a matter of ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-06 21:17:18
She won't be the only one. Vek architecture is cool, but not everyone's gonna want to play Vek. Especially with a rare type like Vek, she won't be the only one who moves in for the aesthetic. With just enough Vek to tip the scale, you don't need many Empyrians to tip it back.
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-06 23:10:35
You had me worried for a second there. Memorize all 64 class icons, to figure out if a player might gank me? So I went to the wiki . Let's clear up some facts. ViBunja is right. A player's class will only show up as an icon. There will be 64 icons to learn. Thankfully, ViBunja is also wrong. You don't have to scramble to open their profile, you can just mouse over their name. You'll get both the class name ("Magician"), and the archetype pair ("Bard/Mage"). An easy quick reference, and important in the heat of the moment. ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-11 20:30:11
And lots of people signed up for Ashes because it offered Hybrid Combat and got their attention using an Action Combat Battle Royale style game. What's your point?
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-24 19:49:12
Were the broken down houses we saw in nodes in the Alpha 1 meant to be sitting on the spaces of mansions or something that will come later, or are we going to be able to fix those up?
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-26 15:48:13
I get it. I do. "We're not aiming for 1v1 balance." But that's not how metas work. This was never about "1v1" or even "8v8". This is about "specific weapons are the objectively superior choice". Players optimize. I'm a Dual Dagger Bard by nature. You're saying I can't block, but you're really not giving me anything else to work with. I thought things were maybe going to turn out okay when @Azherae explained the whole "for this to be balanced, you have to balance the weapon's 'damage output (DPS)' vs 'damage taken (how long I can survive to put ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-08-26 17:12:55
Whatever, we have one day before next Livestream. If I rather let my team lead design a game than y'all, then I just have to hope Intrepid is on her side and not yours. Won't matter anyway, I'm used to takes like yours
Post by SongRune on 2021-09-14 14:35:07
@maouw , I've been thinking about the Transition ability you mentioned, a bit, and I like the idea. I find I disagree, however, with how you presented the boundaries between Bard and Cleric or Tank, relative to preemptive support. I find that Clerics often spend a good deal of effort making sure that people don't take damage, as much or more as purely restoring the inevitable losses, and I'd hate for them to lose that as I think it would reduce their enjoyment and complexity similar to our own natural "buff bot" concern. This is partly where "heal bots" ...
Post by SongRune on 2021-10-26 17:00:49
Is there any plan to have furniture items behave the way some do in Black Desert where they have effects that can be used up and need to be repaired or replaced, or will this be related in some way to node destruction?
Post by SongRune on 2022-01-16 18:19:13
Do you have a source for this?
Post by SongRune on 2022-01-16 20:22:42
What you are you basing the part about Rank 3+ Active Skills on? Could you give me a timestamp for that? The video is pretty long.
Post by SongRune on 2022-01-21 22:07:27
In the interview with MMORG.com, Steven mentioned again the "formations" for Bards, will this be the primary way that Bards buff their teams?
Post by SongRune on 2022-03-08 14:53:43
I like this one, but it might not be what she wants to know, because our Infrastructure Failure triggered partially because we did too WELL too fast during the period after a changeover. Ashes doesn't have that exactly, but the main point is, it's a state triggered by something else and not actually constant.
Post by SongRune on 2022-03-19 21:51:32
Is the current plan for how gear slots work far enough that you can tell us whether accessories such as necklaces and rings will generally be vertical power changes or horizontal power changes?
Post by SongRune on 2022-03-30 18:29:58
I don't want an absurd amount of information packed into enemy nameplates. Too much noise or 'dazzle' there will only detract from my experience and lower immersion, and having exact levels or stats spelled out is the worst possible way, as it can trigger 'min-maxy' mental processes that actively detract from my experience and reduce my enjoyment in ways that can be hard to ignore. I don't want to know an enemy's exact level. I want fuzzy, relative level indicators: the sort of thing that we saw in Alpha 1, where the color of the enemy's name changes by ...
Post by SongRune on 2022-04-29 22:39:37
I am glad to hear that Ashes of Creation will be meeting the minimum standard I have experienced so far in my MMOs, and look forward to hearing any details about how they intend to take this further into the next generation of gaming.
Post by SongRune on 2022-05-04 01:24:48
Well, ESO was always going to go in that direction...
Post by SongRune on 2022-05-06 01:17:43
lol, there are games that don't do this?