Fix List v210

[Belmont]

1. Certain heirloomed items are not showing in-game (link).
2. Wrong modifier for Siege Crossbow (link).

[Jason]

REtirement explaination where the retirement option is...still unclear for me

Explain what the no bonus actually does for retirement 15-30.  Is it nothing gained at all except if you retire at 31 what is the point of retiring at 30?  Do you get more gold per tick or anything?  lvl 31 is so hard to get to i would be able to have another power draw or weapon master with it though...no retiring for me at 30 or 31 right now with not much gain.  Is it just a complete reset from 15-30 (why not just make another char instead)?

I think you should have a test server for these patches you are implementing so they can be tested at a larger scale. 

[Harpag]

-too costly xbows or nerfed as hell
-too costly horses or too slow
-nerf arrows or bows speed
-nerf throwing axes
-too costly shields and 1h
-2h too speedy
-nerf german poleaxe and few other polearms (polearm great axes) or too chip
-reaching level 31 for the retirement is too difficult for medium players (30 is ok)
-autobalance - fix
-focus on strategus, get that running again

But anyway great job

[MrNicklebe]

Explain what the no bonus actually does for retirement 15-30.  Is it nothing gained at all except if you retire at 31 what is the point of retiring at 30?  Do you get more gold per tick or anything?

Would like to know about this too. Pretty please, it just seems pointless to retire at anything but level 31 at the moment?

[SalmonGod]

Archers make infantry unplayable, even with a shield.

[Armpit_Sweat]

I have no idea if it is even technically possible, since i have seen the following suggestion many times:

Add stamina to the game.

Weapon weight, total weight, ammount of agility/athletics ( or new skill ) could affect stamina use/regeneration. Holding block = very little stamina regeneration, lets say 20%. Running/moving = no stamina regeneration ( or even light drain ), with a 0.5 sec delay. So you can run and block forever, but you will not run, block and kill forever.

It would: add a new dimention to the tactics, balance plated peasant spammers ( like me, hehe. My first 2h char - Whack_a_Mole, is doing ok, or at least better then he should, even though he is lvl 23 and I have NEVER used manual block before... I suck, and find myself spamming shamelessly often. ) and create a more team orientated gameplay.
Will be less backpaddling spammers , archers and Forest Gump peasants. A more "natural" combat might accure - shield users in the 1st line ( to drain enemies stamina ), 2h/Polearm in the 2nd line. Holding a line might became a legit and naturally useful tactics for both sides ( as it should ). Even peasants might find them a lucky moment of Glory, and kill an armored guy, who can only block and run. And so on...

How does every ( or at least  9/10 times ) 1 vs More then 1 engagements look like?`That's right guys! Backpedal and Spam or Backpedal and Turtle. Stamina would make battlefield look more like a battlefield ( it would be good not because of realism in itself. "realism" comes when you take in-game decisions, based on real life experience/expectations. 1h, Shield, 2h, Polearms, and so on, were used not because it was a "class", but because they served a purpose. )

I will shut up now. Post getting too long and boring.
Well, i might be just dreaming, and reality will be - a totally boring and broken combat. But somehow it sounds rigth to me, when i play it in my head.
Btw 653 hours of cRPG played so far - doesn't mean i have something good to say, but at least i gave it some more thought then "first time impressions" of a new player.

On combat balance/upkeep: Its all good ( I got used to it now more or less, or adapted )


EDIT:

"Stamina" can be just a Power Strike/Draw/Throw, that is getting smaller, after Weight x Number of attacks/second. That is, if its not possible to do it the other way. Just a quick idea.

[Welcome_To_Hell]

- Archery fix is backwards. 18 Arrows is not enough. 8 pierce is way too much.
- We need more arrows, less damage, not the other way around.
- 20 Arrows 6 Pierce is more like it.
                                         

- Horses nerf + archery buff is somewhat senseless. Anything under a Destrier dies in (1 If galloping)...(~2 moving at diff speeds) arrows.
- Horses cost too much.
- Horses are too slow.
- Horse stats nerf is too much.

- While heavy cavalry still prances around like nothing is goin on. Buffing archery damage indirectly Nerfed light cav and indirectly buffed heavy cav.

- Throwing axe flight trajectory is too high. They need to arc a lot more.

- 2 handed / polearm spam dominates the ground war as usual, nothing changed. Good.
- Pikes are a lot more useful, and more people have them. Good.
- 1 handed is fine, although scimitar speed nerf and high price takes it out of the Top tier weaponry.

Katana speed buff everyone is talking about on the server, just breeds more ninja noob spammers.




!!!Make softcap level 31!!!

29 Attribute/Skill points is odd since we spend every 3 and every 6. With the steeper curve EVERY skillpoint counts.

Everyone can get to level 30. Level 31 is the same as 0 to 30. Softacap - Hardcap curve is way too steep.

Leave the hardcap at 35.

Higher WPF curve is fine. Less glitchy spammers. 175 Should be the WPF hard cap.

[AirPhforce]

Xbows are not worth using with their very recent nerf and the very recent archery buff. No advantage and several disadvantages.

[FICO]

armpit, great idea, but i fear that this is not the engine which could make that happen. pitty. BUT lot of things i thought are impossible are implemented in crpg, so chadz, CAN YOU HEAR THIS GUY?!? 

[Boss_Awesome]

Strategus is for Nerds/ hardcore players, and, to tell the truth, only interesting for those few people that are in one of the big clans.

For all others, its boring, especially since its archer wars again with the last archery buff.


crpg is the base.

ergo crpg is more important than its spin-off

In numbers, I dont know, but I dont think there are more than 100 people that think that Strategus is more fun/ more important than crpg.

cRPG is the tutorial, Strategus is the real game

[LordSnow]

- SHIELD and 1HANDED SWORD are TOO COOSTLY

-LET'S PLATE COME BACK, ITS NOT AN OVERPOWERED ITEM, JUST A WAY TO PLAY!

Boring of Peasant fight! now our battlground look like farmers war.

[Gorath]

I know you said keep it short, but here's a compromise:

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Well I feel that:

Archery-  In a good spot now.  Feels balanced.  RoF is good at level and can hybrid decent melee fairly easily.

Xbows-  Feel just a smidge on the "meh-why not go throwing/archery instead" side.  Since damage seemed to be an issue, could possibly stand a small accuracy buff or reload speed buff (not too much, just a pinch).

2hers- As always feel incredibly strong, but the lolstab is more manageable.  Still there, just a little less pronounced.  Still the easiest role to start getting kills as.  Level 10 is fully capable of gaining positive kdr's.

Polearms-  Still very versatile, still very strong, alot more spearmen and pikemen out there which I believe is a great thing.  Still feels 2nd to 2hers in 1v1's but that's ok given their versatility.

1hers- In a better place due to the lower overall armor.  1hers by themselves are in a fairly good spot for once.

Shields-  The size nerf is awesome.  When I'm on my shielder (6 shield skill so far, working on 7) I get lit up by ranged weapons, it's crazy (in a good way).  They still feel too slow in melee overall but as always we deal with it and use superior footwork/timing.

Horses- Still strong, more vunerable.  Honestly probably a bit too high of a cost given their vunerable position at the moment.  The unarmored horses could probably use a small price reduction.  Other than that, in a good place.

Throwing-  As crazy as it sounds (because I was always a promoter that throwing was fine and needed no nerfs) it feels a bit strong right now.  Everyone and their brother is going crazy with daggers and darts making xbows look like nerf guns.  Not sure why, maybe it's because everyone is in less armor, or there's been an accuracy buff on throwing somewhere, but it's now the far better choice over xbows and almost bows (except for long range shooting).  Perhaps a slight damage nerf is in order (sadly).

Movement-  For some reason feels overall slower... which isn't a bad thing, except it still seems like armor weight doesn't impede movement speed enough given the protection buff it provides.  The game feels kind of like it's playing in a big jello mold sometimes.  Might be a server thing though....

TLDR
Overall, diggin the game/patch completely.  Just a few minor things I would tweak if it were up to me.

- SHIELD and 1HANDED SWORD are TOO COOSTLY

-LET'S PLATE COME BACK, ITS NOT AN OVERPOWERED ITEM, JUST A WAY TO PLAY!

Boring of Peasant fight! now our battlground look like farmers war.

Looks like a soldiers war to me.  Lots of mail, picks, axes, mercenary cav, archers/throwers, viking 2hers and a few peasants.

[Beans]

Explain what the no bonus actually does for retirement 15-30.  Is it nothing gained at all except if you retire at 31 what is the point of retiring at 30?  Do you get more gold per tick or anything?  lvl 31 is so hard to get to i would be able to have another power draw or weapon master with it though...no retiring for me at 30 or 31 right now with not much gain.  Is it just a complete reset from 15-30 (why not just make another char instead)?

At 30 you get a stat reset and keep all your gear.
At 31 you get a stat reset, keep all your gear, and an heirloom.

[Banok]

pls give back the option that we can sell our items not just drop them

this. although I already dropped like 50k worth of gear.

I dont see the point in not being able to sell stuff, it makes trying out different items/armours virtually impossible without grinding away.

[ActionMan3K]

Reduce arrow damage a bit.  Before it was too low but now it feels a little too high.
Arrows +2
Barbed +3
Khergit +4
Bodkin +6