Weaponsmith Archive

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Shaggscoob wrote:

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Killuminati21 wrote:

SWG (until now) with it's profession based system, was never about what level you are, and how good you are -- it's ALWAYS been about how good your ITEMS are. Thats what this game is all about. You may master swordsman, but until you've invested time and energy into killing the acklay for those 224/289damage bones to finally get an incredible PH made -- you are basically a run of mill player.

But for those that HAVE invested time and effort into getting Krayt Tissue or Acklay Bones, they will no longer rewardedat all for their time and efforts. Even MORE SO now than ever, tissues and acklay bone should be the holy grail of all weapon components.

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I think the REASON they're changing the way loot and max/mins work is because the game was about how good your items were... I mean that's just ridiculous for a game to get to the point that you're uber because you looted uber. They're trying to actually turn this game into something that takes skill and strategy... I like that

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I have to agree. I have a friend who has a looted Legendard PH and for a +30% damage slice and clocks in at 1300 damage with a powup in place. (thisis in the current system) This guy is untouchable in PvP. Easily getting 1 and 2 hit kills. And now with his ADK on the hammer, he will be untouchable for all time.

I have mixed feelings about these caps. But getting a +35% damage slice on an exceptional loot crafted item is a very rare event. But when it happens, it become game unballancing. And anything which unballances the game is a bad thing.

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Tautology wrote:

My guess (and I hope I am right) is this:

right now on TC you will only find and craft weapons in the upper limit range of quality to test high end balance issues, because high end weapons have a potential of imbalance.At launch though, the average unenhanced crafted weapon will have stats which are a lot lower.

If you balance the highend first everything lower should become easier to straighten up.

The caps we see now on TC will be the ones when CU hits us but hopefully they will be a lot more difficult to achieve

Message Edited by Tautology on 04-20-2005 01:08 AM

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