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Andymantium I came by this info because he divulged it when asked about the combat rebalance. They were fielding questions at the booth and there was demos of the expansion when they let this gem slip.

Natanial Storm

Message Edited by WarlordRhawn on 05-18-2004 04:53 AM

Grimhand do me a favor keep your ignorant sarcasm to yourself. Since you are ignorant on my opinion and more than likely because you chose torun your mouth instead of think about what I wrote let me clarify my personal position. I didn't say that a revamp wasn't needed in some sort. As I clearly stated armorsmiths have wanted the other suits of armor improved so that we could sell them. With that said I would be infavor of a slight reduction in composite levels. I would be pleased if composite was capped at 65% across the board with an 80% to electric. I would be VERY pleased if all the other armors like padded were UPPED to a 60% general cap with 80% to its special protection. I would be able to sell that and you would see a greater variety of armors in the game instead of composite dominating. I would be even more pleased if I could make storm trooper armor that is equal to composite or Rebel armor that is equal to that of composite. I would absolutely love to see these kind of changes and yes I am biased because you see I AM AN ARMORSMITH. I would love to see these changes because variety in this game would be a good thing. However that wasn't what was being talked about.

That is my understanding of what Thunderheart said at e3 and I will note that neither he nor anyone else at sony has decided to comment on this. After looking at that laughable trailor for the space expansion in which I saw only mabari armor, and I saw characters in newbie clothing running through the corvette I think their silence is telling, but that is my opinion only.

Natanial Storm

Message Edited by WarlordRhawn on 05-18-2004 04:56 AM

The combat rebalance will involve large scale changes to all aspects of combat, armor included. Unfortunately, we don't yet know what these changes will be because they are still in in-house testing. I think it's pretty safe to state, though, that the functional equivalent of 90% composite will no longer exist- as much as it brings in the credits it really is just too unbalancing. With regard to the statement that composite was not intended to be the 'ultimate' armor, the devs have been saying this for months. Armor should not make a player nearly invincible. 90% composite armor makes a player nearly invincible, especially now that the armor hole is fixed.

The real question is how armor (including pre-existing armor) will fit into the new combat system and what roles the different types of armor will play. I will be doing everything I can to ensure that armor continues to play a vital role in the new combat system.

I'm saying right here that we just nerf the whole armor system and rework it, because half of the armor is uselss and looks stupid either way. There's no way in hell I'm going to wear padded or bone armor to PVP, that's just out of the question..

• Scrap all the other armors besides composite, becauseI believe Composite should be the armor that is decent all around.


• Add in new armor that looks decent and scrap bone armor or keep it for newbies whatever.

I don't see why they'd want to nerf it because people have been looting exceptional and legendary armor that are 100%, so you might as well nerf those aswell. We need more variety if you want to keep the economy booming. How boring is it to see everyone wearing composite? Padded armor, who came up with that? I'd like to slap who did.

Sorry if I'm a bit biased, but I've had a bad day..

/rant off.

Message Edited by Daedelus15 on 05-18-2004 01:15 PM

I seen it posted in this thread and I've held this belief for a while.

Leave the resists alone, just make HAM have some effect. Personally, I think it should effect movement and attack speed. Reducing the efficiency of both as the armor gets heavier. Perhaps a 1000/1000/1000 will reduce both by 10x?

For those that don't know, 90% base comp isn't very easy to make. If it is made, it's incredibly heavy. The reason you hear about how insanely powerful it is, is because of the damage reduction in PvP. I've seen many die at the claws of some high mob that were wearing nice composite.

I think there is some merit to the power of buffs eliminating the consequences of using specials though. Lets treat that as a different topic. After all, this is the armorsmith board.

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WarlordRhawn wrote:

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Natanial Storm

Message Edited by WarlordRhawn on 05-18-2004 05:11 AM

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someone's panties are in a wad, aren't they? Chill out.

Periak Toi

Master Armorsmith

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Daedelus15 wrote:

I think composite should be nerf'd. As it is to many people wear it and it way over powered.

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This train of thought only leads to more nerfing and is idiotic. Lets say Composite get nerfed, nobody wears it anymore because Padded becomes the new uber armor. Then you will post again, saying too many people are wearing Padded and to nerf that.

Nerfing doesn't fix anything, it ends up usually creating more problems.

I would take baby steps with trying to lower resists on Composite. Just allowing Composite Segments to have 2 layers instead of 3 would make a huge difference I bet. I would also lower the encumbrance on Padded by 10% also.