tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post5192538783341505865..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Why I CheatedKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-65628519021524367982011-01-10T13:20:35.207-06:002011-01-10T13:20:35.207-06:00True, unequal PvP is always going to be a problem....True, unequal PvP is always going to be a problem. Whether it's level or gear based or both or something else, PvP needs to be normalized to make player skill the thing to test, not gearing/leveling/whatever.<br /><br />Now, if you let players choose their own PvE difficulty and then just normalize their gear in regulated PvP, you're getting somewhere. Of course, open world PvP still sucks, but then, it always does unless you're a bully.Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-58538894186236521342011-01-07T11:39:02.553-06:002011-01-07T11:39:02.553-06:00@Celendus: As stupid as it sounds, I thought the R...@Celendus: As stupid as it sounds, I thought the Retirement system in Torchlight sounded dumb. Why make it easier? I think with that my issue was that it caused easy but not quite trivial. If I'm going to cheat, I want trivial, dammit!<br /><br />@Tesh: Gear-based PvP ruins that. Just like it ruins everything else. I think I'll have to complain about that next week.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-17328735368405565712011-01-06T11:08:20.744-06:002011-01-06T11:08:20.744-06:00I've argued more than once that players need t...I've argued more than once that players need to be able to control their own challenge level. I'm usually shouted down by those who think challenge is the only reason for playing.<br /><br />Still, I maintain that players should have that control. It's tricky with miltiplayer games, to be sure, but if those controls are available to everyone, it shouldn't be a problem.<br /><br />Kinda reminds me of golf handicapping, come to think of it. That seems to work well.Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-91718582427205155892011-01-05T09:25:36.825-06:002011-01-05T09:25:36.825-06:00"Sometimes being overpowered is just fun. Whe..."Sometimes being overpowered is just fun. When a level is supposed to be completed with a pistol, having a machine gun and rocket launcher is pretty sweet. It replaces challenge with silly fun. I think that's a good choice to be able to make."<br /><br />This is exactly why every game needs a New Game Plus option (start a new game with all the skills and items of a endgame character).<br /><br />I've noticed a lot of games have begun to allow changing difficulty during gameplay. It's a neat design, even if it's mostly used to bandage over other less-than-neat design.Celendusnoreply@blogger.com