the future regnum online

[Lekarz]

I want then wearing staff and shield on conj...

[Mikan]

Originally Posted by Erikose

All I hope for is that someone at NGD decides that they are not going to follow every other MMORPG out there and at least try to break the mould.

I say this because I am getting a bit sick of the grind method of leveling in every game I have tried. I am getting peeved with class restricted weaponry. Fedex quests and genocide runs are in every game I have ever played and after so many levels kill the enjoyment of the game.

It is my hope that they really are moving in a different direction to all the other clones out there otherwise it will just fade into the background.

Per-class weapon restrictions should be removed. Classes other than intended will already lack the skills to make proper use of the weapon, no need to restrict them equipping it. It would improve overall game balance by giving each class more ways to defend themselves in certain situations.

I have never been a fan of how classes are done in Regnum to fulfill a single role. Even though many may say the game is dynamic, I find that to be horribly untrue, and the amount of roles a single class can fulfill in this game pales in comparison to other games, especially with the limited skillset.

By lifting or loosening restictions on items, weaponry, and other specialized game components we can increase not only the variety of setups used, by the amount of overall classes. Subclasses will become muli-tier subclasses (e.g Priests, Paladins, Rogues).

However, this doesn't solve the problem with shared trees, I have another suggestion for that later.

Kind regards.

[Shwish]

Originally Posted by Mikan

Per-class weapon restrictions should be removed. Classes other than intended will already lack the skills to make proper use of the weapon, no need to restrict them equipping it. It would improve overall game balance by giving each class more ways to defend themselves in certain situations.

I have never been a fan of how classes are done in Regnum to fulfill a single role. Even though many may say the game is dynamic, I find that to be horribly untrue, and the amount of roles a single class can fulfill in this game pales in comparison to other games, especially with the limited skillset.

By lifting or loosening restictions on items, weaponry, and other specialized game components we can increase not only the variety of setups used, by the amount of overall classes. Subclasses will become muli-tier subclasses (e.g Priests, Paladins, Rogues).

However, this doesn't solve the problem with shared trees, I have another suggestion for that later.

Kind regards.

I like this, it makes more sense. Just one question: Why would a mage use a staff? At the moment staves have nothing to offer the mage that any other weapon doesn't?

I remember NGD mentioning that they were considering something like this a while back.

[Erikose]

Standard table top RPG's also allowed mages to use daggers as well as totems, fetishes (witch doctors wands,) wands, bound spirit weapons/items, potions, alchemy, incantions (long ones for good destruction or effect), glyphs, and a whole host of other things.
Most MMORPG's let mages use a stick.

Barbarians or similar on most table top games use any weapon close to hand from fists, teeth, axes, swords, bows, hammers, lances, someones arm, a monsters leg, a broken bottle, etc
MMORP's just default to stereotype and limit the scope with which weapons a Barb is truly effective (2H Mastery).

etc etc

I agree with the advantages that Mikan pointed out. At the mo there probably is only a set amount of truly effective builds for each class which any long term player knows off by heart. Result being you build up a picture of how to deal with every Knight, every Conjurer, every Barb etc. This becomes boring.

Removing weapons restrictions and opening up the skill trees to every class means at the battlefront you dont know what you will get. Rune Quest by Chaosium was a freestyle game that had a similar concept. You could buy battle magic and become just as lethat with a dagger as you could with an axe.

The idea of someone charging a marksman only to have the target change weapon for 2h Axe appeals to me somehow XD

Now if they could only get rid of the 'grind to level' mechanic this game would be on its way to wiping the floor with the competition.

[Minorian]

I think Hunters/Marksmen should have a melee and ranged weapon equipped all the time. When the enemy gets to melee range, he automatically switches to the melee weapon.

[Yttrium]

Classless systems are much more fun to play and also much easier to balance since everything is available to everyone.

The only problem is NGD's business model. What would be the purpose of having multiple characters if you could pick any setup and reset it at will? Classless might work if they got rid of /reset_powers or made it premium.

[Arafails]

Originally Posted by Need_More_Invasions

I honestly don't really want to see this feature, because I know what the barbs want, which most likely wont happen and start a whine fest. But if NGD does go with what the barbs want, well, everyone that doesnt have a barb would quit.

Dude, seriously, most barbarians who want dual wielding want it because of looking badass. Most of us also understand that at best dual wielding should operate like fast~slow DPS with 2H mastery skills available.

[Mikan]

Originally Posted by Arafails

Dude, seriously, most barbarians who want dual wielding want it because of looking badass. Most of us also understand that at best dual wielding should operate like fast~slow DPS with 2H mastery skills available.

The theoretical idea behind duel-wielding is that it would give Barbarians similar attack speeds as Knights (imagine a Fast weapon with TFB and +AS gear), while maintaining double the damage (aka barb-like damage), at the risk that armor would be applied to your attack twice, giving the possibility for lower overall DPS than two-handed weapons on heavily protected targets.

The Barbarian would also gain the possibility of having one additional bonus from his gear.

Whether NGD will ever actually implement it or not is another story. It's one of the longest-running hoaxes of Regnum, something like the NGD equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever. Duel-wielding has been promised since the early days of beta and has yet to be implemented almost half a decade later. So I won't cross my fingers too much on this feature.

Kind regards.