I remember back in 1999/2000 that playing a mage was considered to an elite thing to do as it invloved more thinking then the other classes to play. Especially if surrounded by mobs. Toss in Decal and various plugins and that goes out the window. Even a plugin as basic as a smart caster makes playing a mage a level easier. Used to be that archers were considered the easiest to play.

 

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I remember meeting a Lv 275 mage on the beaches of Vissidal. We talked about many things and along the way he said "I guess I will have to finally set up spellbars". That kind of comment is beyond telling.


That person has thankfully left lame gaming behind but it speaks to how many more will never if they rely on any TPD's to define the way they AC from day one. Magery in this game is more complex than moving from one xp mole hole to another with 3 different kinds of rending wands and that may well come as a tremendous surprise to all too many.


PS Try playing a mage without melee d if you ever want to be a real mage in AC. For a publisher all about balance the 41% plus wands make such a stand laughable.

I think the difficulty difference between mage and melee/archer is highly dependent on how you started out. My first character was a mage, and that's how I learned to play. Nowadays, I am still much better at mage even though I've played melee as well for almost 6 years. Mage just seems more natural. How DO melees handle the fact that they don't always succeed at healing? How annoying is it to have to use potions, and healing takes you out of combat mode? And, of course, how the heck are you supposed to dodge spell attacks when you are in stickymelee with an enemy?


For me, mage is a lot easier.

 

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I personally use both...depending on which character I am playing.


Generally I play archers and melees and although it lags me like crazy, I prefer El Tank with them.


I created my first playable mage 2 months ago and although El Tank is fine for her too, I really like Lifetank for mages.


I do agree though about you should play without any plug ins first - to get to know how to play your characters. You never know when something could happen and there would be no decal. We went several months without it after TOD came out and it was sad how many people couldn't (or wouldn't) play without it.

 

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I have personally met people in the game over the 6 years that have MS or some degenerative disease that could not have played without tank - I personally have joint pain after 6 years of playing and I definately would have quit without the plugins, Turbine better more than pray they do not loose them for their cash cow. Seriously, what would it take for Turbine to pay Elgar or someone else to keep el tank running - Are they really that dumb?

<< Seriously, what would it take for Turbine to pay Elgar or someone else to keep el tank running >>


Why don't you pay Elgar or someone else? Or use Lifetank?

 

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Maddey no one cares about what you say, sorry. LOL

I disagree....


I'd say that no one cares what YOU have to say.. but that's only my opinion.

I so remember not being able to use decal, i was so lost. hehe I agree it is better to play without plugins first. I should have done it because I was in a real mess when TOD came out. But now i can play both ways with or without decal.

<< Maddey no one cares about what you say, sorry. LOL >>


Doesn't answer the question. Why don't YOU pay Elgar to keep working on Tank, pay someone else to write such an app, or use Lifetank?

 

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