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Buy / Looking for Leather Gloves +3
« on: July 15, 2014, 02:59:44 pm »
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Suggestions Corner / DTV x Equipment Box
« on: July 05, 2014, 01:26:44 am »
Make them indestructible, or at least remove the health bar! These things are just too tempting to hit when you are uninformed. New players come to DTV, think they are loot chests that drop something after being destroyed, cut them to pieces and get ban polled for it.
Or find a different solution, like writing it into the server's welcome message: "Welcome to cRPG DTV. Do not destroy the equipment box. Enjoy your stay." Might as well create a red text message: "Player XXX is hitting the equipment box!", like what happens when you hit V. This will make new players stop thinking it is good to destroy them.
Or find a different solution, like writing it into the server's welcome message: "Welcome to cRPG DTV. Do not destroy the equipment box. Enjoy your stay." Might as well create a red text message: "Player XXX is hitting the equipment box!", like what happens when you hit V. This will make new players stop thinking it is good to destroy them.
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Suggestions Corner / Retextured Kaftan
« on: June 26, 2014, 01:45:18 pm »
Talking about the default Kaftan, not the Blue Kaftan. I have retextured it, so it looks better. Don't worry Turks, it still looks like a Janissary uniform:
OLD UGLY KAFTAN
NEW BEAUTIFUL KAFTAN
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Why is the new beautiful Kaftan more practical than the old ugly Kaftan?
(a) It is compatible with a wide range of leg armor. Anything dark works. That is Turkish Shoes, Mongolian Leather Boots, Eastern Leather Greaves, and Eastern Black Greaves, for example. The old ugly Kaftan works only with Blue Hose. All other leg armor looks crappy with it.
(b) The old ugly Kaftan looks ugly with any hand armor you could put on it. The new beautiful Kaftan can be combined with Black Leather Gloves, Light Strange Gloves, and Black and White Gloves. Less obvious choices like Heavy Plate Gloves and Wisby Gloves probably look okay, too.
Why is the new beautiful Kaftan any beautiful?
Together with the compatible leg and hand armor pieces we have, it will combine red and black elements. Red and black is a classy combination of awesomeness.
Does the new beautiful Kaftan still look like a Janissary uniform?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
On the screenshot, the old ugly Kaftan looks fatter than the new beautiful Kaftan. Why is that?
Because I gave the model of the Blue Kaftan a new texture to convert it into the new beautiful Kaftan. The Blue Kaftan looks thinner on female characters and as big as the old ugly Kaftan on male characters.
Your graphics are asscrack-ugly. What are your PC specs?
Yes, they are ugly. My PC is very old and slow and tends to overheat, I will buy a new one as soon as I got the money (I am a university student and haven't got a job yet).
OLD UGLY KAFTAN
(click to show/hide)
NEW BEAUTIFUL KAFTAN
(click to show/hide)
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
FAQ:
Why is the new beautiful Kaftan more practical than the old ugly Kaftan?
(a) It is compatible with a wide range of leg armor. Anything dark works. That is Turkish Shoes, Mongolian Leather Boots, Eastern Leather Greaves, and Eastern Black Greaves, for example. The old ugly Kaftan works only with Blue Hose. All other leg armor looks crappy with it.
(b) The old ugly Kaftan looks ugly with any hand armor you could put on it. The new beautiful Kaftan can be combined with Black Leather Gloves, Light Strange Gloves, and Black and White Gloves. Less obvious choices like Heavy Plate Gloves and Wisby Gloves probably look okay, too.
Why is the new beautiful Kaftan any beautiful?
Together with the compatible leg and hand armor pieces we have, it will combine red and black elements. Red and black is a classy combination of awesomeness.
Does the new beautiful Kaftan still look like a Janissary uniform?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
On the screenshot, the old ugly Kaftan looks fatter than the new beautiful Kaftan. Why is that?
Because I gave the model of the Blue Kaftan a new texture to convert it into the new beautiful Kaftan. The Blue Kaftan looks thinner on female characters and as big as the old ugly Kaftan on male characters.
Your graphics are asscrack-ugly. What are your PC specs?
Yes, they are ugly. My PC is very old and slow and tends to overheat, I will buy a new one as soon as I got the money (I am a university student and haven't got a job yet).
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Suggestions Corner / Item balance: 0l armors should get +4l on masterwork
« on: June 19, 2014, 03:20:18 am »
Shirt
Rawhide Coat
Mongolian Skirmisher Armor
Leather Jacket
Leather Armor
Nomad Armor
All of these light armors have 0 leg armor. It is not much of a problem because their other attributes compensate for it. But in my opinion, it becomes a problem when the armor is loomed. Usually, light armors get +4b and +4l when they are masterwork. The listed armors only get +4b, but no additional leg armor. It makes them a less desirable loom.
Considering that the Gothic Plate with Bevor has 8 head armor and gets an additional +5h on masterwork, it seems unfair that these light armors do not even get +4l, just because their base leg armor stat is 0. I suggest to give them +4l on masterwork. Either allow these armors to increase their leg armor stat by +4 even though it is 0 in the vanilla version, or just give them 1 leg armor when they are unloomed, so they automatically get +4l on MW.
Rawhide Coat
Mongolian Skirmisher Armor
Leather Jacket
Leather Armor
Nomad Armor
All of these light armors have 0 leg armor. It is not much of a problem because their other attributes compensate for it. But in my opinion, it becomes a problem when the armor is loomed. Usually, light armors get +4b and +4l when they are masterwork. The listed armors only get +4b, but no additional leg armor. It makes them a less desirable loom.
Considering that the Gothic Plate with Bevor has 8 head armor and gets an additional +5h on masterwork, it seems unfair that these light armors do not even get +4l, just because their base leg armor stat is 0. I suggest to give them +4l on masterwork. Either allow these armors to increase their leg armor stat by +4 even though it is 0 in the vanilla version, or just give them 1 leg armor when they are unloomed, so they automatically get +4l on MW.
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Beginner's Help and Guides / Lamellar Gloves + Heavy Plate Gloves
« on: June 18, 2014, 01:30:34 pm »
Hey!
If anyone of you has one of the items in the title, please post screenshots which show them in game. They are expensive and I would like to see them before buying. Looking a bit odd in cRPG viewer, and I am not sure why that is.
Sankyu, HF & GGs
If anyone of you has one of the items in the title, please post screenshots which show them in game. They are expensive and I would like to see them before buying. Looking a bit odd in cRPG viewer, and I am not sure why that is.
Sankyu, HF & GGs
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EU (Official) / [ban] Wek1729/Krazychar1337 for griefing on EU7
« on: June 18, 2014, 01:28:30 am »
1. Name of your character involved: Faerie
2. Name of offending character(s): Wek1729 and Krazychar1337
3. Time and server, as accurately as possible: Screenshot taken 18/06/2014 1:06 am, GMT +1
4. Written description of what happened, the whole story. Also what happened before and after.
Teamhitting Viscount multiple times the map before the one on the screenshot to "decorate" him with arrows or something. Multiple intentional teamhits on teammates. I nudged one of them with the 0 damage onehand nudge when I noticed he was aiming at me with his crossbow. He reported me instantly. The screenshot I took at 1:06 am GMT +1 shows me getting teamkilled after I told them they should stop defending each other because it is not convincing when 2 people with the same banner, same name structure and same ping pretend the other did not violate the game rules. They told me to "shut up, bitch". The team made multiple kick polls, but they kept joining back and just continued.
5. Why you think the offender did what he did.
Probably drunk or dense and trying to have fun at the cost of others. Being drunk or dense is okay, teamhitting accidentally or failing hard is np, but griefing destroys the fun of others. They have NA ping, so they must have thought they don't have much to lose, because if they get banned on EU, they can simply play at home on NA servers.
6. Screenshot
7. Names of players who witnessed what happened.
Mimosa, who also has some screenshots. Maybe he will post them if he reads this. Trikipuma and XiNiX were online, too. For others, please see the kill messages.
2. Name of offending character(s): Wek1729 and Krazychar1337
3. Time and server, as accurately as possible: Screenshot taken 18/06/2014 1:06 am, GMT +1
4. Written description of what happened, the whole story. Also what happened before and after.
Teamhitting Viscount multiple times the map before the one on the screenshot to "decorate" him with arrows or something. Multiple intentional teamhits on teammates. I nudged one of them with the 0 damage onehand nudge when I noticed he was aiming at me with his crossbow. He reported me instantly. The screenshot I took at 1:06 am GMT +1 shows me getting teamkilled after I told them they should stop defending each other because it is not convincing when 2 people with the same banner, same name structure and same ping pretend the other did not violate the game rules. They told me to "shut up, bitch". The team made multiple kick polls, but they kept joining back and just continued.
5. Why you think the offender did what he did.
Probably drunk or dense and trying to have fun at the cost of others. Being drunk or dense is okay, teamhitting accidentally or failing hard is np, but griefing destroys the fun of others. They have NA ping, so they must have thought they don't have much to lose, because if they get banned on EU, they can simply play at home on NA servers.
6. Screenshot
(click to show/hide)
7. Names of players who witnessed what happened.
Mimosa, who also has some screenshots. Maybe he will post them if he reads this. Trikipuma and XiNiX were online, too. For others, please see the kill messages.
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General Discussion / Current shielder meta
« on: June 11, 2014, 07:55:36 pm »
Hello all!
Before you read, please keep in mind that there is always counter-examples against caricatural examples. Just like we all know that GET A SHIELD LOL does not provide a 360° protection from arrows, my observations are certainly not the absolute truth, but I think I found a tendency I personally dislike. If I am just not skilled enough to play a shielder well, please excuse I have said anything. And as usual, I hope I am not making you bored or offended with this opening thread.
I am very happy about additional speed for many weapons. The greatswords and long polearms are viable alternatives to their more spammish familiars. The last patches were successful.
However, it turned out that one-handed players do no longer have any class-specific speed advantage at all. My favorite example is a Long War Axe vs. Round Steel Buckler fight. Please ignore that the Buckler would die in a few hits whatsoever, let's assume a shielder with 8 shield skill, a Round Steel Buckler +3 and a very short fight, which is exactly what happened to me several times:
- Shielder (S) holds block.
- Polearmer (P) holds sideswing.
- S has a plan to kill P: "I pretend to attack for a split second, but immediately right-click again. P will release the swing, I will block. It's my turn now, I can make one feint, hold my next swing and get a hit on P."
- S pretends to attack for a split second and immediately right-clicks, even before the character executes the attack animation on the screen with a ping of 25.
- P observes that the shield goes down for a split second and releases the swing.
- S's shield is not ready to block yet and the sideswing kills S.
Let me generalize this observation a bit! The result is certainly not always this extreme, comparing a relatively fast polearm with the fastest useable shield. But it is a tendency that shows:
Compared to the now faster polearm and twohand weapons, the time a shield needs to get ready to block after the shielder right-clicks is too high.
Viable shielder gameplay is now restricted to
- stabbing weapons like Espada, Side Sword and Spathion to have a fast attack and distance to the enemy
- Arabian Cavalry Sword when mounted for bumpslashes
- Steel Pick and Warhammer which have been the strongest onehanders ever since just because of their high damage in spite of heavy armor
In the current meta of fast polearmers and twohanders, all other weapons are only viable when one has the level advantage. A Niuweidao might stop glancing with 3 LVLs higher than the enemy, i.e. 1 PS or 1 WM more. A Winged Mace can be deadly when you are level 35 or 36. But when a shielder of level 30 fights against a polearmer or twohanded of level 30, and the shielder is not using one of the weapons listed above, all odds are against the shielder. At the same time, the polearmer or twohander can use any weapon apart from special-purposes stuff such as Pike, Long Maul or Flamberge. By the way, if the shielder knows how to block manually, his chances are better when he puts the shield on the back before the duel to block the enemy hits sufficiently fast.
Responsive footwork commands (S-key
), fast feints, instant blocks with any weapons but shields and unbalanced stuff, and the easy way you can turn the camera with your swing to hit faster or even hiltslash without glancing create a balance in strong favor of big weapons. This is not necessarily a bad thing in general, but I feel like shielder is very restricted in the choice of weapons and play style unless the character is some levels over 30, just like 1h+crossbow at level 30 or less became all about the Heavy Crossbow, rendering all other Crossbows useless or simply unusable.
This is why I suggest to make shields more responsive to the block command, at least some of them, such as the bucklers and maybe Elite Cavalry/Knightly Kite/Knightly Heater and the like. Perhaps other changes in the internal balance of one-handed weapons would also help.
Thank you for your time!
Before you read, please keep in mind that there is always counter-examples against caricatural examples. Just like we all know that GET A SHIELD LOL does not provide a 360° protection from arrows, my observations are certainly not the absolute truth, but I think I found a tendency I personally dislike. If I am just not skilled enough to play a shielder well, please excuse I have said anything. And as usual, I hope I am not making you bored or offended with this opening thread.
I am very happy about additional speed for many weapons. The greatswords and long polearms are viable alternatives to their more spammish familiars. The last patches were successful.
However, it turned out that one-handed players do no longer have any class-specific speed advantage at all. My favorite example is a Long War Axe vs. Round Steel Buckler fight. Please ignore that the Buckler would die in a few hits whatsoever, let's assume a shielder with 8 shield skill, a Round Steel Buckler +3 and a very short fight, which is exactly what happened to me several times:
- Shielder (S) holds block.
- Polearmer (P) holds sideswing.
- S has a plan to kill P: "I pretend to attack for a split second, but immediately right-click again. P will release the swing, I will block. It's my turn now, I can make one feint, hold my next swing and get a hit on P."
- S pretends to attack for a split second and immediately right-clicks, even before the character executes the attack animation on the screen with a ping of 25.
- P observes that the shield goes down for a split second and releases the swing.
- S's shield is not ready to block yet and the sideswing kills S.
Let me generalize this observation a bit! The result is certainly not always this extreme, comparing a relatively fast polearm with the fastest useable shield. But it is a tendency that shows:
Compared to the now faster polearm and twohand weapons, the time a shield needs to get ready to block after the shielder right-clicks is too high.
Viable shielder gameplay is now restricted to
- stabbing weapons like Espada, Side Sword and Spathion to have a fast attack and distance to the enemy
- Arabian Cavalry Sword when mounted for bumpslashes
- Steel Pick and Warhammer which have been the strongest onehanders ever since just because of their high damage in spite of heavy armor
In the current meta of fast polearmers and twohanders, all other weapons are only viable when one has the level advantage. A Niuweidao might stop glancing with 3 LVLs higher than the enemy, i.e. 1 PS or 1 WM more. A Winged Mace can be deadly when you are level 35 or 36. But when a shielder of level 30 fights against a polearmer or twohanded of level 30, and the shielder is not using one of the weapons listed above, all odds are against the shielder. At the same time, the polearmer or twohander can use any weapon apart from special-purposes stuff such as Pike, Long Maul or Flamberge. By the way, if the shielder knows how to block manually, his chances are better when he puts the shield on the back before the duel to block the enemy hits sufficiently fast.
Responsive footwork commands (S-key
), fast feints, instant blocks with any weapons but shields and unbalanced stuff, and the easy way you can turn the camera with your swing to hit faster or even hiltslash without glancing create a balance in strong favor of big weapons. This is not necessarily a bad thing in general, but I feel like shielder is very restricted in the choice of weapons and play style unless the character is some levels over 30, just like 1h+crossbow at level 30 or less became all about the Heavy Crossbow, rendering all other Crossbows useless or simply unusable.This is why I suggest to make shields more responsive to the block command, at least some of them, such as the bucklers and maybe Elite Cavalry/Knightly Kite/Knightly Heater and the like. Perhaps other changes in the internal balance of one-handed weapons would also help.
Thank you for your time!
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EU (Official) / [BAN] Afina griefing on EU7
« on: June 08, 2014, 10:41:00 pm »
1. Name of your character involved
Enrica
2. Name of offending character(s)
Afina
3. Time and server, as accurately as possible
20:30 GMT +1
4. Written description of what happened, the whole story. Also what happened before and after.
Most of the team was cooperating and killing the bots, but Afina was standing close to spawn and punched Raziel to death. We lost gold and experience because of that, and Afina would have been more useful fighting at front.
5. Why you think the offender did what he did.
He probably thought it was fun and he would get away with it. It is a bad attitude to first get others banned (see http://forum.melee.org/eu-%28official%29/tk-visco/msg1020103/#msg1020103), then break the rules yourself. When I bother making a ban thread about anyone, I at least make sure I won't do similar bullshit within the next couple of hours...
6. Screenshot
7. Names of players that can witness what happened.
See the names in the kill log of the screenshot!
Enrica
2. Name of offending character(s)
Afina
3. Time and server, as accurately as possible
20:30 GMT +1
4. Written description of what happened, the whole story. Also what happened before and after.
Most of the team was cooperating and killing the bots, but Afina was standing close to spawn and punched Raziel to death. We lost gold and experience because of that, and Afina would have been more useful fighting at front.
5. Why you think the offender did what he did.
He probably thought it was fun and he would get away with it. It is a bad attitude to first get others banned (see http://forum.melee.org/eu-%28official%29/tk-visco/msg1020103/#msg1020103), then break the rules yourself. When I bother making a ban thread about anyone, I at least make sure I won't do similar bullshit within the next couple of hours...
6. Screenshot
(click to show/hide)
7. Names of players that can witness what happened.
See the names in the kill log of the screenshot!
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Beginner's Help and Guides / cRPG Fashion Talk: Armor sets with Bear Paw Shoes
« on: June 08, 2014, 08:49:12 pm »
Hello all!
Bear Paw Shoes are simply hilarious, and I wonder if there is any armor+gloves and maybe helmet combination that makes them shine in perfect beauty! Looking forward for your suggestions
HF&GGs
Bear Paw Shoes are simply hilarious, and I wonder if there is any armor+gloves and maybe helmet combination that makes them shine in perfect beauty! Looking forward for your suggestions
HF&GGs
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Beginner's Help and Guides / What are the best polearms to use with 1 wpf?
« on: June 06, 2014, 10:39:15 pm »
Hey!
I am a ranged player and want polearms for DTV and times where I do not feel like shooting or using onehand. Can you recommend me stuff that works well with 1 wpf? I have 15 STR on one char and 18 on the other. I got high athletics, so I might be able to backpedal against some enemies. However, I don't feel like choosing too sluggish weapons, so I don't get spammed to death. Can you help me out?
HF&GGs
I am a ranged player and want polearms for DTV and times where I do not feel like shooting or using onehand. Can you recommend me stuff that works well with 1 wpf? I have 15 STR on one char and 18 on the other. I got high athletics, so I might be able to backpedal against some enemies. However, I don't feel like choosing too sluggish weapons, so I don't get spammed to death. Can you help me out?
HF&GGs
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Beginner's Help and Guides / Strategus equipment question
« on: May 29, 2014, 01:03:09 am »
Hey o/
Just participated in a Strategus Battle, and we had 2 body armors: Light Strange Armor and Saracen Lamellar Cuirass. Afaik, body armor is not lootable during the battle (only the remainder is transferred to the winning team after the battle) and we only had these two armors available in the spawn window at the beginning of the battle.
How is it possible that some of our guys spawned with Rus Scale Armor then, which was apparently not available to all of us? Can you bring personal gear to battles your hero fights?
HF&GGs
Just participated in a Strategus Battle, and we had 2 body armors: Light Strange Armor and Saracen Lamellar Cuirass. Afaik, body armor is not lootable during the battle (only the remainder is transferred to the winning team after the battle) and we only had these two armors available in the spawn window at the beginning of the battle.
How is it possible that some of our guys spawned with Rus Scale Armor then, which was apparently not available to all of us? Can you bring personal gear to battles your hero fights?
HF&GGs
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Beginner's Help and Guides / How does the forum work: (+ X hidden) are viewing this board
« on: May 24, 2014, 04:18:31 pm »
Who are these people who can read a topic and be hidden, and why would they do that? Is it developers or moderators who don't want to receive personal messages all the time, or is it a function anyone can use, and there are smart reasons to use it other than feeling more obscure?