3/6/08 update

Clarissa F

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Fighters of the Shiverpeaks

Me/Mo

09 Mar 2008 at 00:23 - 401
Quote:
Originally Posted by Colon's Fury
I have to say I disagree. When not under the effects of GoLE, cancel casting has always cost you the energy cost of the spell - so why should it be any different when you are using GoLE? The way the Glyph worked before actually would have promoted less skill, as all you had to do was cancel the spell a bunch of times until you drew out all the interrupts. With the nerf, it becomes more skillful, and also goes back into line with the real mechanics of spell cancelling - you pay the cost of the spell when you cast it, not when you finish it.
Agree. The time and energy goes into the casting, not the success. They fixed GoLE, not nerfed it.

Redfeather1975

Redfeather1975

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Apartment#306

Rhedd Asylum

Me/

09 Mar 2008 at 01:55 - 402
Yeah, everyone online rpg I played was similar.

Only in those games, when skills got nerfed, you struggled or you re-rolled (which can take weeks/months to catch up).

At least in GW there are many skills to replace a nerfed skill. In EQ2, when a skill got nerfed, so did your complete ability to do what that skill did. There were no similar skills to use instead.
Coercers control abilities are an example. When those were nerfed there were no alternatives to even come close to doing what they once could do. The role of a character that took weeks/months to make was totally screwed.

Turtle222

Turtle222

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

:D:D

D/W

09 Mar 2008 at 02:13 - 403
Quote:
Originally Posted by netniwk
It's not like the class forums over there aren't flooded with whiners like you.
My post suggested i am a whiner, when i believe i am not. There is no statement saying i dislike the nerfs and buffs. Get your facts straight, sheesh

Colon's Fury

Colon's Fury

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Rt/

09 Mar 2008 at 03:34 - 404
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clarissa F
They fixed GoLE, not nerfed it.
Yes, fixed is the right word, I'd classify the old GoLE as being 'bugged' too.

la_cabra_de_vida

la_cabra_de_vida

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Great Soviet California!

Deputy Glitter's Shoe Squad [ghey]

Me/

10 Mar 2008 at 22:32 - 405
Three, second, gale. Please.

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

10 Mar 2008 at 22:59 - 406
Quote:
Originally Posted by Redfeather1975
At least in GW there are many skills to replace a nerfed skill. In EQ2, when a skill got nerfed, so did your complete ability to do what that skill did. There were no similar skills to use instead.
Coercers control abilities are an example. When those were nerfed there were no alternatives to even come close to doing what they once could do. The role of a character that took weeks/months to make was totally screwed.
Aye, SoE/Verdant did some really cruel things.

But even worse than the heavy handed EQ re-balancings was the total redesign of Star Wars Galaxies. Creature Handlers got not only extinct, the whole gameplay changed so dramatically that it was virtually a new game.

http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart2.html

Despite all the crying, the downtrend of the game does not seem to have influenced at all by the extremely unpopular patch. I would have expected a larger and more dramatic drop of subscriptions.

Ctb

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

10 Mar 2008 at 23:19 - 407
Quote:
Despite all the crying, the downtrend of the game does not seem to have influenced at all by the extremely unpopular patch. I would have expected a larger and more dramatic drop of subscriptions.
The crying was mainly directed at the fact that they "rebalanced" the game so stupid and lazy people could play it. SWG was an unforgiving bitch before the big patches and a lot of people whined that it was just too hard (and don't get me started on the whining over the undocumented Jedi path). Since most people don't want to play a game that actively punishes you for not devoting yourself to it (ref: Eve Online), the whiners were the minority of "original" players and the remaining playerbase was mostly WoW refugees who could now figure out how to play the game.

Into White

Into White

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

12 Mar 2008 at 20:39 - 408
one nerf to screw them. one nerf to find them. one nerf to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.