bigPaul
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- Paul Ray Spinn
Ok, let's start from the MindArk's announce of the new 2.0 Loot system :
It's remarkable that MindArk looks forward to incorporating valuable feedback from the "wonderful and passionate" player community :
in my opinion this 2.0 loot system is a big step forward from the old loot system based on cycles ("waves"), it's surely more open, more "democratic" :
now everyone knows what to look for hunting success.
Obviously, like all new things, some refinements must be defined and eventually implemented.
I would like to focus on the most "controversial" part of the system, colored in red :
" Avatar skills will play a role in loot calculations and this role will be expanded in future Version Updates.
Imagine new professions that offer hunting specialization opportunities and a way to incrementally increase net loot returns for dedicated and active hunters. "
In my opinion, instead of introducing new questionable hunting professions (i imagine they might have in mind something like "Atrox Grandhunter", "Feffoid Poor Hunter", "Aurli Average Hunter", and such, as new possible hunting professions), that would lead to making a player "ENSLAVED" by one mob (=extremely boring gameplay) ,
they should keep the things as simple as possible,
focusing on the mere creation of a new attribute, so not a real skill (the current avatar attributes are "Health, Agility, Intelligence, Psiche, Stamina, Strenght ") .
So the new attribute might be named "Hunting Efficiency", or even "Hunting Profitability".
Why i suggest an attribute instead of a skill ?
Because an attribute is tied to its own avatar, it can't be transferred to another avatar
(e.g. "chipped" on empty skill implants) :
and in my opinion this is necessary, otherwise some avatars might become simply "invincible" lootwise, by buying the new looting skill chips, or gathering them in more "obscure ways" from other players (e.g. some rich players might pay/exploit some noobs to increase their new "looting skill", then chipping it and transferring it to the rich avatars) .
So i strongly suggest to implement a new attribute, instead of a skill or -even worse- a bunch of new hunting professions .
Then it's up to MinkArk to study the best way for the player to increase this new hunting attribute :
i guess that the new hunting attribute might increase a bit more when you hunt hard mobs instead of low level mobs. This is logical .
Also the so called "hunting efficiency", in the terms introduced by MindArk, might play a role in increasing faster this new attribute.
(Finally, i reasonably think that when a player "specializes" in hunting one mob, then efficiency comes as natural result :
also for this reason it's better not to introduce a new hunting profession tied to a specific mob, that, as i said previously, would also "enslave" the player to a single mob, in attempt to achieve the dream of regular super loots; while the creation of dedicated hunters can be equally achieved by implementing simpler and less boring ideas).
This matter must be studied carefully to avoid unbalances that might advantage too much some/few players over the vast majority.
Ok: my initial proposal is offered.
What do you think about this subject ?
Let's share our ideas and help MindArk with our feedbacks,
also keeping the discussion as clean and constructive as possible.
It's remarkable that MindArk looks forward to incorporating valuable feedback from the "wonderful and passionate" player community :
in my opinion this 2.0 loot system is a big step forward from the old loot system based on cycles ("waves"), it's surely more open, more "democratic" :
now everyone knows what to look for hunting success.
Obviously, like all new things, some refinements must be defined and eventually implemented.
I would like to focus on the most "controversial" part of the system, colored in red :
" Avatar skills will play a role in loot calculations and this role will be expanded in future Version Updates.
Imagine new professions that offer hunting specialization opportunities and a way to incrementally increase net loot returns for dedicated and active hunters. "
In my opinion, instead of introducing new questionable hunting professions (i imagine they might have in mind something like "Atrox Grandhunter", "Feffoid Poor Hunter", "Aurli Average Hunter", and such, as new possible hunting professions), that would lead to making a player "ENSLAVED" by one mob (=extremely boring gameplay) ,
they should keep the things as simple as possible,
focusing on the mere creation of a new attribute, so not a real skill (the current avatar attributes are "Health, Agility, Intelligence, Psiche, Stamina, Strenght ") .
So the new attribute might be named "Hunting Efficiency", or even "Hunting Profitability".
Why i suggest an attribute instead of a skill ?
Because an attribute is tied to its own avatar, it can't be transferred to another avatar
(e.g. "chipped" on empty skill implants) :
and in my opinion this is necessary, otherwise some avatars might become simply "invincible" lootwise, by buying the new looting skill chips, or gathering them in more "obscure ways" from other players (e.g. some rich players might pay/exploit some noobs to increase their new "looting skill", then chipping it and transferring it to the rich avatars) .
So i strongly suggest to implement a new attribute, instead of a skill or -even worse- a bunch of new hunting professions .
Then it's up to MinkArk to study the best way for the player to increase this new hunting attribute :
i guess that the new hunting attribute might increase a bit more when you hunt hard mobs instead of low level mobs. This is logical .
Also the so called "hunting efficiency", in the terms introduced by MindArk, might play a role in increasing faster this new attribute.
(Finally, i reasonably think that when a player "specializes" in hunting one mob, then efficiency comes as natural result :
also for this reason it's better not to introduce a new hunting profession tied to a specific mob, that, as i said previously, would also "enslave" the player to a single mob, in attempt to achieve the dream of regular super loots; while the creation of dedicated hunters can be equally achieved by implementing simpler and less boring ideas).
This matter must be studied carefully to avoid unbalances that might advantage too much some/few players over the vast majority.
Ok: my initial proposal is offered.
What do you think about this subject ?
Let's share our ideas and help MindArk with our feedbacks,
also keeping the discussion as clean and constructive as possible.
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