2015-06-17, 07:13 PM
...I think they are on to something this time. All of that looking from the NL revamp. Let me explain myself:
For night lords, all buffs now last 200 seconds, instead of having some 180 and some 200, they even thought about consistency on that.
Casting speeds for skills have been reduced. It was an innecessary drag to have.
Sudden raid. Not only it doesn't trigger Damage reflect anymore (Night Lords had nothing to bypass it, unless some stars ricochet to the DR monster), but also the delay was reduced to less than a third of what it was (Before it was more than 3 seconds... D
Showdown, reduced exp and drop from 30% to 10%. It makes sense towards the end of the game... And to what they mentioned in the notes.
Bleeding toxin... The DoT was changed from 190% to an amazing 1000%. Makes sense, because before, it was just an extra line for 30 seconds and that's that. Now you see the damage add up, and you have to make sure to hit again often enough to keep that damage, and not only that, ricochet stars trigger it too, so it can be an interesting mechanic even for training, if they make mobs resist more than one hit.
Frailty Curse... OH BOY THIS IS SWEET. They removed cast delay completely. Now you can deploy it without even stopping. It was the only bad aspect of this skill, as it lasts very little. Now you have to coordinate to jump back there, deploy and get out fast.
With all this I can see very good stuff:
-They pay attention to detail now. "Thing not good enough. Add damage. DURRRR" is no longer the first measure to take. Even the subtle things like "why are there buffs that last 180 seconds and others 200? Or why does the poison skill do less poison damage than the passive?
-They pay attention to actual gameplay now. It's like they SERIOUSLY played the game! The Frailty curse one makes it seem like it, because it's a detail beyond stats. It was an annoyance if you played as a Night Lord and wanted to use it.
-They are focusing on remaking how stats work. I'm mostly sure that some nerfed stuff will come back with the hyper stats. I bet there'll be one for extra exp gained, to make up for the showdown nerf. Or cooldown reduction, and the likes. Maybe some exclusive to a class, maybe not. But Consider that these stats are what potential equipment grants... What happens if you grant potential bonuses on level ups? You even the playground with equipment, and potential looses its OPness... That's a great first step to fixing this mess of a game leveling curve.
And if you take into consideration these, I wouldn't be surprised if they remade the link skill system so every character has both his own link skill, and also the benefits of the link skills of all the other characters in your world/account.
For night lords, all buffs now last 200 seconds, instead of having some 180 and some 200, they even thought about consistency on that.
Casting speeds for skills have been reduced. It was an innecessary drag to have.
Sudden raid. Not only it doesn't trigger Damage reflect anymore (Night Lords had nothing to bypass it, unless some stars ricochet to the DR monster), but also the delay was reduced to less than a third of what it was (Before it was more than 3 seconds... D
Showdown, reduced exp and drop from 30% to 10%. It makes sense towards the end of the game... And to what they mentioned in the notes.
Bleeding toxin... The DoT was changed from 190% to an amazing 1000%. Makes sense, because before, it was just an extra line for 30 seconds and that's that. Now you see the damage add up, and you have to make sure to hit again often enough to keep that damage, and not only that, ricochet stars trigger it too, so it can be an interesting mechanic even for training, if they make mobs resist more than one hit.
Frailty Curse... OH BOY THIS IS SWEET. They removed cast delay completely. Now you can deploy it without even stopping. It was the only bad aspect of this skill, as it lasts very little. Now you have to coordinate to jump back there, deploy and get out fast.
With all this I can see very good stuff:
-They pay attention to detail now. "Thing not good enough. Add damage. DURRRR" is no longer the first measure to take. Even the subtle things like "why are there buffs that last 180 seconds and others 200? Or why does the poison skill do less poison damage than the passive?
-They pay attention to actual gameplay now. It's like they SERIOUSLY played the game! The Frailty curse one makes it seem like it, because it's a detail beyond stats. It was an annoyance if you played as a Night Lord and wanted to use it.
-They are focusing on remaking how stats work. I'm mostly sure that some nerfed stuff will come back with the hyper stats. I bet there'll be one for extra exp gained, to make up for the showdown nerf. Or cooldown reduction, and the likes. Maybe some exclusive to a class, maybe not. But Consider that these stats are what potential equipment grants... What happens if you grant potential bonuses on level ups? You even the playground with equipment, and potential looses its OPness... That's a great first step to fixing this mess of a game leveling curve.
And if you take into consideration these, I wouldn't be surprised if they remade the link skill system so every character has both his own link skill, and also the benefits of the link skills of all the other characters in your world/account.