Daernwyn posted:

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I don't understand how Turbine is still in business when every game they've ever made since AC is an abject failure that is now F2P. Really, really horrible direction and leadership on all their titles for the last 6-7 years.

I hope the original AC design team thinks about what's become of the company and just does an infinite facepalm.

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Winter05 posted:

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I think it's a rather extreme way to go about making spear and staff attractive (which it fails to do). I don't think it's going to make even close to as much of a difference as imbued weapons did. I think even entertaining backstab in this game is retarded beyond measure. I think nerfing shields is a bad idea... it was the one thing melee had going for them and a useful tool for some of the poorly developed areas. I think reckless and dirty fighting are retarded in both name and concept... as both could have just been added on as such... "THIS MONTH, MELEE WILL NOTICE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIMIDLOW! ALSO... IF A MONSTER GLITCHES AND SLOWLY TURNS AROUND, YOU GET MOAR DAMAGE!!1!"

I think it's stupid and gimmicky and I also think it's going to alienate the few people left playing just that liiiiittttle bit more. Oh, the artist can't possibly click and drag polygons while in bed with pneumonia so you don't actually get new content for months (Lugians were promised, I don't know 3 years ago now?) This piece of crap they hired can't even make a model a month. That's sadder than the Isparians. I'm not impressed at all with anything I've seen, and frankly I fail to see why they'd do something like this to the only game they have that isn't f2p other than latent sadism.

Want a real idea? I'll toss it out because I'm a really good guy like this. Hold mouse 1... release = attack. Time mouse 2 to enemies attack + lag = melee defense, but as a TOGGLE, with the old way still there for people who never change. All this BS and you don't even address that not only is melee defense completely and totally required for anyone who doesn't want to press buttons like a meth addict regarding PvM (your current customer base, Darktide prefer PCP). The worst part is with the shield nerf, one of the actual, OBVIOUS issues with the game grows larger... but hey, people gotta spend credits on something (20 or osmethne to make the game not SUCK). Why not fix Mighty Swordmaster Jim these 12 years by finally teaching him to parry and riposte, or even better... come up with an actual style of fighting in the real world involving weapons where your "skill" doesn't involve defense or positioning of any kind whatsoever. How often you hit = skill, but not how often you don't get hit? Oh, that's gonna cost MORE credits than ANY weapon skill, including (ironically) specialized "Finesse". Finesse your ass to the lifestone without melee, gimp.

What waste of 60k+ a year came up with this crap? Herpaderpa fix melee, Durrhurr ain't it gud?

Dev team needs pink slips, FEB patch removed, no more updates, unrestricted F2P... make new game using AC IP using World Class Turbine Development Team instead of these creeps with naked pictures of the boss or osmethne that Turbine can't or won't get rid of. Mulligan was fired over debuffable breastplates, then went on to run Ryzom into the ground. Have a good fiscal year Sev and Frelorn! Hire back Ibn and srand and have them design AC3... even if you don't actually make it I promise it'll be interesting and you might come up with the WoW killer, especially with how passionate the 3rd party folks were before you bored them to death with mediocrity.

Have them run live events on a new live event exclusive server that costs the 12.99, Darktide should be f2p, one white server left open f2p and AC could "go out" AWESOME rather than fizzle pathetically year after year. All the legacy on every server is gone, it's time guys and there isn't any shame in that.

/More will $$$
//I'm worth it

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AC4LifeXxX posted:

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Also the current team has brought: New playable races, new landscape graphics, tailoring, two handed combat, Neftet, Gurogs, creature xp overhaul, quest xp overhaul, monthly quests, luminance, void magic, gearknights, made red runed weapons switchable, aetheria, trinkets, cloaks, etc etc etc etc etc etc.

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Daernwyn posted:

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AC4LifeXxX posted:

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Also the current team has brought: New playable races, new landscape graphics, tailoring, two handed combat, Neftet, Gurogs, creature xp overhaul, quest xp overhaul, monthly quests, luminance, void magic, gearknights, made red runed weapons switchable, aetheria, trinkets, cloaks, etc etc etc etc etc etc.

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For me, almost every single one of those changes is what has bastardized the game. Creature xp overhaul dumbed down the level distribution from what it used to be, quest xp overhaul jacked up the rewards so there is no challenge in leveling up a toon anymore, etc. etc. etc.

My point is that new playable races, tailoring, luminance, void magic, trinkets cloaks... this isn't new CONTENT, it's new STUFF that they've added in LIEU of content. Rather than taking us new places in the game, they are just obliterating the old game and putting in their new system that is quickly becoming unrecognizable.

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Axispipe posted:

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i find all the raging hilarious, these changes are good things.

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