Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: 19 Answers responce to the Pikemen is of interest to us....
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Macoot
Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:48 am
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Yesterdays Dev. responce to the pikemen was rather interesting. They were asking if they would ever be able to gain the vibro loot (that we also need).
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Can Axkva Min's resistances be changed so that pikeman may damage her, as well as having her spawn and drop rates increased so that Pikeman, and (eventually) Teras Kasi's, do not get frustrated at this dungeon by being locked out of content from low spawn rates, even lower drop rates, and negligible damage
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The responce.....
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From a more philosophical game design point of the discussion, I agree that Axkva Min is indeed a challenging target and that the Pikeman covet the Energy Lance because basically, it gives Pikeman a useful and much desired weapon. The answer however is not to lower the challenge of Axkva Min and make a treasured weapon easy to come by, but rather, the goal is to raise the effectiveness of the other Pikeman weapons and specials so that Axkva Min’s loot remains a fun and exciting adventure but doesn’t ham string the Pikeman by making that their only viable solution. So, no, we are not going to nerf Axkva, but rather, place a strong focus on the Pikeman profession in the Combat Balance as they deserve (which would include giving Pikemen a weapon or ability so that they could participate in these types of Night Sister Raids
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It would be very nice to get some clarification if this will also apply to TKA.....
Ryutek
Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:44 am
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Might be worthwhile to incorporate this into our next question. Or at least see if he will clarify it in the "19 Answers" thread itself...
atimes
Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:04 pm
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Based on that response I don't think the devs realize that Axkva Min is 100% resistant to our professions damage types. . . .
miraclewhip737
Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:37 pm
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I'm a pikeman (who doesn't have the slightest clue WHY he's reading the TK forums) and I have to comment by saying that you didn't post the WHOLE response. Thunderheart also said this:
I do realize that given the resistances and upcoming TKA competition for the vibro units will be problematic. I will work with the developers toward a solution, but at this point, I can only tell you that I will do my best to get it looked at by the team as soon as possible.
I'm not going to pretend I know what's going to happen (I don't) but I just wanted to let people know, something will (hopefully) change.
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