Pistoleer Archive
Thread: When is this Combat Balance coming?
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Reebeel
Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:46 am
#1
Maybe i haven't seen what's right in front of me....but does anyone know when this combat balance is coming? Is there some page wher i can read it?
Reebeel
Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:33 pm
#2
Alright. THanks guys. I guess its just not in the "in concept" page. Thanks again
ROBO1964
Sun Jul 04, 2004 4:10 pm
#3
Remember to FEAR it.
Everyone is all excited about it thinking they will make everyone uber powerful when the reality is that the true purpose and name should be Combat Nerf.
After the rebalance is complete everyone will be equally weak not equally strong which will greatly reduce your ability to solo anything worthwhile. In other words it's not something to look forward to.
Reebeel
Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:23 pm
#4
How do you know this as there has not been hardly any at all info released about it? I believe that the combat balance will make the messed up professions (i.e. pistoleer) fixed. I think that professions like rifleman and tka which are already super strong won't be affected that much by the combat balance. But perhaps i am wrong....we will see....
Broken_Smuggler
Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:36 pm
#5
ROBO1964 wrote:
Remember to FEAR it.
Everyone is all excited about it thinking they will make everyone uber powerful when the reality is that the true purpose and name should be Combat Nerf.
After the rebalance is complete everyone will be equally weak not equally strong which will greatly reduce your ability to solo anything worthwhile. In other words it's not something to look forward to.
I disagree.
Based on the information we've recieved, there will be several nerfs coming with the combat balance. But they have also stated that they will be fixing several systems which currently dont work. The nerfs are coming to the systems which need to be scaled back (armor, doctor buffs) and are fully justified in my opinion. If done right, the combat balance should greatly change the game for the better.
If all they do is nerf a few combat systems and dont fix the broken ones, then it is something to fear. But I seriously doubt that will happen. Doing so will cause them to lose a huge chunk of their customer base - They dont want that. They are hyping the combat balance as something that will change the way combat feels. Based on preliminary information, we should benifit from that. Just because we benifit however, doesnt mean we will be uber. But we will be a functioning profession, and this game will be fun again. If it does that, then it is definitely something to look forward to - not fear.
Xytroncore
Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:03 am
#7
Publish 11, and there's not much to read about it since nothing's really been released.
LorenzoMh
Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:04 am
#8
Combat balance is coming in publish 11 (supposedly).
I don't know if there's a specific page where you can read about it, but you can probably find out more about it on Dev Tracker.
Aenedor
Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:31 am
#9
Yup very well said 
Personally i think it will be a good thing if buffs get nerfed some. Where is the fun in hunting stuff where you are guaranteed to win the fight every time. LOL, talk about boring. I see on our guild chat that people are getting bored right now, because the game is too easy and has no challenge, some have left SWG because of it.
I recently completed an order for 20k insect meat from Dath, I did it with no armour, no buffs, just stat food for me and stims for my pet. Did I feel pleased with myself?, damn rightI did
bradimere
Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:42 am
#10
the problem is yes, the buffs are out there, but as it is stated where is the fun ? well, it boils down to the individual. i personally never wear buffs, and my armro is all encumberance sliced comp. the Big draw back tho is when you have the Min-Max'rs (power gamers) thats what kills the game right there 
MazTaim
Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:00 am
#11
I'm a little leery of pub 11 myself. As a casual gamer and mostly solo hunter I would love to see pistoleer get fixed but I really don't want to be forced to group to acess thebetter content in this game. That is what I'm gettin from all this talk about buffs and armor needing a reduction. I don't think that I should be able to solo a Krayt or a Kimo but I shouldn't need a group to defend myself from desert demons.There has to be a middle ground here and I hope the dev's can find it
Kharrissa
Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:56 am
#12
The developers have made it very easy to be cynical about Publish 11.
Given their track record, it is going to be late. And buggy.
sidduncan
Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:19 pm
#13
-------- I'm a little leery of pub 11 myself. As a casual gamer and mostly solo hunter I would love to see pistoleer get fixed but I really don't want to be forced to group to acess thebetter content in this game. That is what I'm gettin from all this talk about buffs and armor needing a reduction. I don't think that I should be able to solo a Krayt or a Kimo but I shouldn't need a group to defend myself from desert demons.There has to be a middle ground here and I hope the dev's can find it ------
Funny, as a casual gamer I feelthe opposite -- like I don't have the time or money to make buffs (particularly) and armor (to a lesser degree -- although obviously buffs and armor often go hand-in-hand) practical. This doesn't matter so much to me in PvE -- I'm happy taking down humbabas and sludge panthers on Talusrather than the big baddies on other planets.
But it makes even casual (do you wanna duel?) PvP totally out of reach in most cases -- something I really miss from the early days of the game. The devs originally said they wanted to make the drawbacks of wearing armor roughly equal to the benefits (the idea beingthe guys wearing armor in the movies were usually the ones being taken down) -- I hope they find a way to get back to that philosophy.
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