There were many more problems with CoX than just ED. IMO Jack can't design himself out of a paper bag. The massive amounts of CC possessed by NPCs which basically stop most of the classes from fighting those NPCs, and the black and white, you either stand there till the mobs kill you or you can kill all the mobs nature of the status effects have to be some of the most amatuerish design decisions ever.
If this man never goes near a game design again the world will be a better place. I hold grave doubts for Champions Online.
Ahhh Jay, did you even read the post before you started your whining? Priest talents on the whole are mediocre at best. There is absolutely nothing in either Discipline or Holy that would make someone say , oh I must have that. I am fairly certain you will see quite a lot of 31/30/0 builds come the expansion.
Shadow looks sexy, but I'd rather just play my Warlock.
I played DAoC too and I too experienced the logging off with less xp than you started. It sucked, and I quit soon after.
I've played CoH and really, it is pretty much the same thing, they just change your perception of it. If I die and gain 50k xp debt, how is that different to dying and losing 50k xp? It isn't, except for my perception of it. After I gain 100k xp I am in the same place in terms of xp in both scenarios. That and Statesman is a complete idiot.
WoW has it right in my opnion. It is a pain in the arse when I die, I have to run all the way back to my body, I cant use my mount to do it and if I am in an instance some of the mobs may have respawned. If I'm not in an instance, it is almost guaranteed that mobs have respawned, so if I was working at slowly picking off the mobs around a quest location, I've now gotta start again.
Jack Emmert named as GenCon industry guest of honor
Jun 24th 2008 7:46PM (Massively)If this man never goes near a game design again the world will be a better place. I hold grave doubts for Champions Online.
BigRedKitty: Proper hunter deportment
May 30th 2007 6:53PM (WoW)Burning Crusade priest talent review
Oct 18th 2006 6:32PM (WoW)Shadow looks sexy, but I'd rather just play my Warlock.
Killing Death
Jan 30th 2006 7:21PM (WoW)I've played CoH and really, it is pretty much the same thing, they just change your perception of it. If I die and gain 50k xp debt, how is that different to dying and losing 50k xp? It isn't, except for my perception of it. After I gain 100k xp I am in the same place in terms of xp in both scenarios. That and Statesman is a complete idiot.
WoW has it right in my opnion. It is a pain in the arse when I die, I have to run all the way back to my body, I cant use my mount to do it and if I am in an instance some of the mobs may have respawned. If I'm not in an instance, it is almost guaranteed that mobs have respawned, so if I was working at slowly picking off the mobs around a quest location, I've now gotta start again.