Dancer Archive
Thread: HOLY SMOKES WE GOT PROPS!
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Shaizann
Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm
#14
You must be very careful when adding something like a running speed buff or anything that might help in combat. If it's an advantage in PvP it is a necessity and leads to the boting by opprotunistic combat players looking to make a quick cred or two and stomp all over our lives as entertainers.
JettVega wrote:
The Good: People aren't focused on this blasted obligation to get their fatigue healed anymore when they see an entertainer. Are we purposeless? NO. The purpose of an entertainer is just that, to entertain. The new dances, songs, and problems help us do that better. I especially like the fact that the exotic dances mix better now and the new bunduki dances. People are curious and want to see these new things put to work which gives us a little padding to still get attention while the benefits of watching entertainers is worked out.
The bad: beyond inspiration buffs, which not so many people use cause they just don't make a big enough difference, there's not muchbenefit to watching a dancer other then roleplay. What we need (and I believe the correspondents are working on suggestions for this) is some sort of benefit that a player gets to watching a dance or listening to a song, not an obligation but something that can help all other professions. Maybe an increase in running speed or accuracy (from the rest time), maybe give those inspiration buffs a little more bang, a signifigant increase to xp gain, maybe have a benefit to taking a dancer along with a hunting group and having him/her dance in a camp, or make dancer a secondary option for actual wound healing so people can choose to go to a doctor or entertainer. For crafters, maybe a dancer buff that causes a percentage drop in the amount of resources required to make an item or a quickening of the timers for those items.The options are endless, I just hope that the devs have something in mind in an upcoming hotfix to put some new benefit into effect beyond just cosmetic additions (which are very cool, but need some more bang for benefit).
EevaaAmor
Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:04 am
#15
You must be very careful when adding something like a running speed buff or anything that might help in combat. If it's an advantage in PvP it is a necessity and leads to the boting by opprotunistic combat players looking to make a quick cred or two and stomp all over our lives as entertainers.
Exactly. We can't have our cake and eat it too. We wanted the "bots" gone, and the removal of BF pretty much accomplished that. Now we complain that we are "useless" and such. /shrug
TheSillyOne
Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:16 am
#16
long story made extremely short. I have had more fun with my dancer in the last 2 days than i've had since I mastered dance back in July 2003. that's all I need.
I'm sure that we'll get what we need eventually guys. In the mean time if you don't enjoy it don't do it. come back when it's fixed.
Ravenmist
Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:11 am
#17
Could not agree more, am absolutely loving these additions. Still feel bad for those who weren't part of the problem that enjoyed the healing/buffing aspect tho. I have a feeling things will be improving tho... hopefully soon. Just hope that its all BoT proof or close to it at least.
TheSillyOne wrote:
long story made extremely short. I have had more fun with my dancer in the last 2 days than i've had since I mastered dance back in July 2003. that's all I need.
I'm sure that we'll get what we need eventually guys. In the mean time if you don't enjoy it don't do it. come back when it's fixed.
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