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This reminds me there's a great/bad but still great spin off of civ 1/master of orion called Master of Magic. I always wanted it in a modern form, but it never seems to show up..
It had is all, generated world with 2 planes, tons of units and schools of magic, tactical battles. It's amazing.(click to show/hide)
Something we've been talking about for a long time when it comes to the combat, is the concept of commitment. Once you've decided your action, you cannot retract, you are by designed forced to complete it. This goes through the entire spectrum of combat. A decision matters, and has consequences.
The reason we have stamina is to govern the combat mechanics we have. We did not introduce it for realism, but as a way for the player to control the gameplay. What we have now is a framework, the exact values will come from a lot more game testing.
I really don't like the sound of this.
Stamina to me has always been a big no no as it just restricts gameplay. It may work in a one on one where you can manage it but fighting multiple opponents for multiple minutes in a battle situation just sounds horrible.
The new stances sound terribly restrictive as well, you cant perform an attack if you don't have the correct stance, once again may be fine if your in a one on one but in a battle situation where things are constantly changing and your fighting multiple opponents at once, it doesn't sound viable.
It sounds like this combat is geared towards duelling type gameplay and not the hectic situations of a battle environment.
The reason m and b combat is so good is that it has a basic 4 directions that you start with, every new player knows these directions and can use them from the start, its a very easy idea to grasp. To make the combat more intuitive they didn't add a bunch of gimmicks, they added functions on top of the 4 directions like chambering hilt slashing etc, but didn't mess with the core mechanics. That's why it was still accessible for newcomers and engaging for veterans.
However your approach seems to be just adding loads of things on top of each other to try and create something new and intuitive and yet still easy to play. But to me it sounds like it will be the opposite.
imagine someone running around with a dagger whos penis is longer than the dagger...
Diablo 3 is a travesty, it can't be fixed. Game mechanics isn't only issue.
Blizzard, in order to make their games even more appealing to children aged 5-12, created new universe which is very much like Marvel's. Mishmash of Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft and now this new thing called Overwatch. Those worlds aren't compatible. Diablo is (was) dark and mature world, for people who prefer horror games. Warcraft is a fairy tale like Star Wars, despite the fact it stems from brutal Warhammer universe. Starcraft is similar but it is darker in nature and very sci-fi. They don't mix well. But they don't give a fuck. Money talks. Therefore they make games with all major characters from their games and pretty much destroy those characters in the process (have you seen those childish Diablo skins or King Leoric in Heroes of the Storm?)
They don't respect their lore anymore, they transformed into Activision's puppy. Luckily for us, they haven't reach final form because Activision still doesn't allow them. The moment Infinity bullshit universe fails among children, they will start producing interactive Blizzard toys/avatars. But Infinity cow still gives milk so we are safe for some time.
Just because Blizzard has transformed into something not even mom can love doesn't make Path of Exile an epic action RPG experience. It might be best of the crop atm, but that doesn't mean it is great game. Just that other suck more.
Just playing DTV few times a month or so.
Hey, Senni. I'm not going to rail you out for the change, mainly because I respect you and all the community devs who've been keeping the mod alive. That being said, I'm going to say that after giving this new animation an honest attempt, I still have absolutely no idea how to use it. It's hard to see, hard to use, and I can't say any of the kills I've gotten using it were earned. I am not even joking, I have specialized two of my characters to be two-handers, and I still don't know what is going on with this animation. This treads into the realm of "if it isn't broken, don't fix it", and I genuinely think the TaleWorlds developers (like a lot of other features in Warband) designed it to look the way it did for a reason. The polearm stab and one-handed stabs are both very visible. You can anchor your vision on your character like you normally would. But the new two-handed stab has me looking at the point of my weapon, and often times because I can't really see where it's going, I have to look at a higher angle like the trick of hitting close enemies with a long polearm. Even then I still end up glancing or just going straight through the guy like he's not there.
Just did a full armoury reset of the Grey armoury and I did not find such a button, so I assume it is not yet implemented.
Selecting 300+ items is incredibly tedious and annoying. We need this shit
Battle works with very low population, siege doesnt. Since mod has very few active players the few there go to EU1, even people who prefer siege. Since EU1 is very dull without a few mates to help avoid the ganks etc theres rarely enough on EU1 for a switch.
