February patch preview, input appreciated

[Jona]

As we all know, every item in crpg has 6 levels, from -2 to +3. What may not be as common knowledge is that each level of an item counts as an entirely different item... it has a different name and different stats, after all. So multiply all of crpg's items by 6, and that is how many items we truly have, as far as the game is concerned. Hence, we are already over the "soft cap."

[POOPHAMMER]

I dunno what you're talking about... that sounds awesome.

[Molly]

I can feel with the item team here... I haven't done as much as those guys, merely a few events and tournaments but everyone who has ever done something in this community probably knows dem feel.

You're trying your best to get things done while having a normal life and all you'd get is nagging and complaining. It ain't proper criticism when you don't offer solutions or ideas to back it up. It's just complaining when you don't. Especially when you have no clue what you're talking about.

Anyone really surprised that Bagge organized 2 tournaments and went MIA afterwards. It was a pain in the ass for the most part, not to mention more work than anyone here probably expects.

So, maybe just be thankful and patient once in a while when there are actually people around still willing and able to spend time and effort on this dying mod
Does it really matter if the patch comes this or next week? I don't think so... be happy there even still is a patch on the horizon. Hell, be thankful that the servers are still running!

[Krex]

As we all know, every item in crpg has 6 levels, from -2 to +3. What may not be as common knowledge is that each level of an item counts as an entirely different item... it has a different name and different stats, after all. So multiply all of crpg's items by 6, and that is how many items we truly have, as far as the game is concerned. Hence, we are already over the "soft cap."

There is a total of 6553 lines in cRPG´s ItemKinds1.txt and the number at its beginning states that there are 6192 Items in it.
Now,open up that file and use CTRL+F to search for something,Felt Cap for example,replace " " with "_",so search for "Felt_Cap"you will see its there multiple times(note that the ones in the same line are for one type of an item,one showing the name and one the mesh it should use.).
For me that makes it look like there is 6192/6 items in cRPG,which would end up at around 1k,as not every item has a +3 rank iirc.

[Gravoth_iii]

You're joking right? 'If even half'? Anyone else who's played full invasion 2 want to back that statement? I'm not criticising crpg's variety because it has plenty of variety for what it is, but full invasion 2 is full invasion 2.

Now i havent played FI2 in a while, but i do remember quite a varied amount of items, each was very unique but the quantity wasnt amazingly large and very comparable to crpg. But then on crpg you add the layers of loomed items which are all counted as a different item according to code or whatever mumbojumbo. There's a lot of items in crpg, even without looms i think theres more than FI2, unless ofcourse its been patched since i last played it and theyve added more stuff.

[Krex]

Just asked a friend to look at FI2´s itemkinds1,it has 7663 items.So yeah,might wanna try asking them-or,sorry,him,but as I understood it,he went back to FI2 and stopped working on cRPG.

[AwesomeHail]

is the 15/30 2h build (miaodao) still going to be viable after the patch?

[Jona]

is the 15/30 2h build (miaodao) still going to be viable after the patch?

Sure hope not! 

[AwesomeHail]

)))

i sure hope every char will get a respec and an exchange!

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talking about respecs, i lost about 10M xp a week ago by accidetally respeccing my main, thinking i could respec for free

[Leshma]

Always read the small print. Some free heirloom exchanges would be nice.

[Lichen]

dtv suggestion: replace viscount with cookie baking grandma.

[woody]

Hang on does this mean heavy armour is getting further nerfed in terms of weight wpf etc? I already get a much better k/d with a balanced build naked or light armoured rather than in hvy plate, making heavy armour even more crippling in terms of speed while providing a little more protection seems daft. Its getting to the stage where running round high level with a fast club or staff is a power play option, pity the silly buggers in plate with expensive weapons what they need is a tunic and a stick to be really effective.

[Leshma]

Heavy armor is meant for strong builds, not your puny sub 30 STR build. When you have no ATH skill, armor weight isn't an issue.

[RD_Professor]

Patch looks pretty good of now but would be nice to see more changes made to dtv. Already loving the 2x xp modifier, hopefully going to bring a lot more people on the server, and make more armor viable -> less bots (if that is still a thing), but imo some enemies (especially in the newly added later waves) are bloated. So, I'm just going to address the worst examples of this

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Peasants:
I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but if you're going to call something a peasant you should give them the stats of a peasant. Getting whacked the shit out of me by staves isn't fun (especially by weren, who is fast as shit and still deals considerable damage) I also feel it's unfair to newer players that start and aren't even likely to be able to take out the worst enemy. This isn't a huge problem or anything, since if you get enough agi and an axe, peasants are fuckeasy, but it would be nice to see the peasants acting like them by getting mowed down.
Ninjas:
Bring back weaboos, at least they weren't agiwhore glass cannons, not to mention more varied enemy composition
Tihr Xbowmen:
Basically any time I die on this wave, it's to one of these fuckers. Doesn't matter where you stand, what you are doing, they crossmap snipe you in the face and you die, unless you have gothic bevor + wiemar helmet on or a fuckton of strength. Either give them a worse xbow, or nerf their accuracy. It is not enjoyable to constantly be fearful of getting sniped out of nowhere.
Tihr Recruits:
I'd be fucking happy if my recruits were this good. Another glass cannon, very low armor, but can 2hit med armored people. At least change the name.
Seekers (Huntresses wave):
Going with the recent trend of agi-glasscannons, the "Seekers" in this wave are just fucking stupid. They run faster than basically all players and deal out shittons of damage with their little axe, not to mention their very high wpf as well. I've noticed that this wave can often screw up a pretty competent team that could have gone farther
Motherfucking everkistus:
Fucking Everkistus. Whose idea was it to put in a bot that could tank 4 heavy hits, run slightly slower than Seekers, and basically 1shot you with any of his hits. I mean jesus christ. If he hits you with his war dart(throwing), you may survive a body shot, headshot, game over. If he stabs you with it, unless you are wearing heavy armor, you are dead. If he hits you with his mace, you're probably also dead. Remove him. The wave is hard enough with the Outcast Riders that clog everything up on their massive horses.

TLDR:
Fuck everkistus.

Personally I would like to see some of the new waves scrapped, they are sometimes rehashing of older waves, usually just with higher stats. Also it would be nice to see the viscount buffed. At one point on an empty server I managed to 10shot him with stones. I think he's been buffed since them, but he is still weak as fuck.

One last non-dtv note: Please rework the level system so 1-25 isn't attainable in 20 minutes. One of my favorite parts of the game used to be retiring and then watching as my character slowly built up his strength, became able to use more and more weapons over time. Now this happens so quickly I spend more time on the website lvling up after a round than I do actually playing the game. Thats about it, just my opinions about how things should go. Doubt this will actually change anything, but felt I had to input.

[Lichen]

Add new dtv wave with heaviest gauntlets + 15 powerstrike. No other weapons. Dress them in the worst matching outfit you can think of.