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Cawlin  Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
What are you even talking about now Cawlin?
I'm talking about this idea you and this other dude keep yammering about, where there is totally free form character development and there are no class delineations or differentiation and why it would suck in an MMO.
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Sgian_Dubh  Posts: 446
Registered: 2003-4-7 10:19:52
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Cawlin posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
What are you even talking about now Cawlin?
I'm talking about this idea you and this other dude keep yammering about, where there is totally free form character development and there are no class delineations or differentiation and why it would suck in an MMO.
Right, so developers should just continue catering to the lowest common(profitable) denominator.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
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Sgian_Dubh posted:
Cawlin posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
What are you even talking about now Cawlin?
I'm talking about this idea you and this other dude keep yammering about, where there is totally free form character development and there are no class delineations or differentiation and why it would suck in an MMO.
Right, so developers should just continue catering to the lowest common(profitable) denominator.
Do you still play AC?
How many other people still play AC?
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 1,307
Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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Cawlin posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
What are you even talking about now Cawlin?
I'm talking about this idea you and this other dude keep yammering about, where there is totally free form character development and there are no class delineations or differentiation and why it would suck in an MMO.
Wut? I have no idea how you got that out of what I said.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Cawlin posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
What are you even talking about now Cawlin?
I'm talking about this idea you and this other dude keep yammering about, where there is totally free form character development and there are no class delineations or differentiation and why it would suck in an MMO.
Wut? I have no idea how you got that out of what I said.
So what did you mean when you posted about rolling 50 classes into 1?
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Sgian_Dubh Posts: 446
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Why are you getting worked up about this, Cawlin?
FFS, they are games, mostly crappy ones at that.
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 1,307
Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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If you can have 2 classes into 1 (WOW) you can have 50 into 1. Theoretically.
The limit is not based on the class structure itself but the time and effort of the devs. If they only have time and capacity to balance 30 play styles then those 30 play styles can be distributed between 10 classes with three play styles(specializations) per class or 6 classes with 5 play styles(specializaations) each.
A skill system is basically an attempt to ignore the class idea but in the end the designers are still designing a play style.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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Sgian_Dubh posted:
Why are you getting worked up about this, Cawlin?
FFS, they are games, mostly crappy ones at that.
I'm not worked up, I think you are actually. I'm just asking you questions about your vision, that you don't seen to want to answer...
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
If you can have 2 classes into 1 (WOW) you can have 50 into 1. Theoretically.
The limit is not based on the class structure itself but the time and effort of the devs. If they only have time and capacity to balance 30 play styles then those 30 play styles can be distributed between 10 classes with three play styles(specializations) per class or 6 classes with 5 play styles(specializaations) each.
A skill system is basically an attempt to ignore the class idea but in the end the designers are still designing a play style.
And so you would want to play an MMO built like this or were you just typing that out to make it look like you wanted an MMO built like that but really didn't?
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