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Ok, let me start out by saying this.
1. Ive never been a Crafting Junkie. I like it, I like to collect stuff, and I enjoy gathering all the tools, items, reciepes, ect. I especially like taking points in every skill *Able learner *Grins**, and being versatile*Spelling*. However, I dont like people abusing over powerfull items, and having too much. I really enjoy the way the server is set up, and its low magic. Its like you guys took everything I always wanted to see in a server , and made it. A magic item should fell special when you get one, and its annoying when theres a +1 gen. sword in every shop. I like items with names, the way they should be if there magical and unique. So you guys hit the nail on the head concerning this. . . .and level design, and PnP implementation, which I hope to see much more of, please dont stop the PnP scripting and implementing, its what makes your server special to me.
More skills scripts, implement swim with the animation I keep seeing on You Tube, use the rolls for each round. Ect. ect. Have places were you can use rope, scripted, instead of manual. In general, keep adding in more rules, and add to the already wonderfull Opposing auto roll system you have.
Now, here come the flame list.
Number 1 on the Hit list
1. Crafting Fatigue: Look, we could argue about this all night, both making valid points, But the fact is , its way to harsh, and too much time to reset. We have lives, most of us at least, and we cant sit around for a month and a half, to wait for our Crafting Fatigue to Drop 60 points. Especially if we depleted Constitution in favor of Int.
EX. Today , I used my mining skill twice, and gained one piece of Ore, due to a cave in on my second attempt. Currently my Crafting Fatigue is 23!, Really, so now i have to wait, 23 days for it to drop because of my zero Con.?!. Even if i had a Con Modifier, say +2, it still would be extremely ridiculous amount of time.
Might i humbly suggest an alternative. Make gathering cost a whole hell of a lot less Fatigue, leave that to the Crafting itself to drain it. This will prevent abuse, and get the game moving in the long run. As it stands now, You already wiped out just from using your pick twice. Then you have to wait a month for it to reset, just so you can Try and Craft, Assuming you dont need more of the same Material!!!!!, then you must rinse and repeat. And whos to say that when you go to craft, after 3 months of B.S. you screw up crafting. Do you see were im going with this, its just too much. Even cut in half is too much. I agree that one crafted item per month or two is enough, but as it stands, IT could take months, And most of us dont want to wait that long to have fun, or make one Item. It is a good idea, its just too harsh IMHO. Im not suggesting you wipe out Fatigue for gathering , just lower it alot, and leave the drain to the Actual process. Its kinda ridiculous that my Character cant swing a pike for a month RL! because he swung it six times today, yet he can HACK all day long the heads of Goblins, unlimited.
2. Resting, heres the Flip side complaint. Even with your restrictions past newbie levels, its still abusable. Might I humbly suggest a much more restrictive rest setting. Such as Every 8 hours Game Time, or 12 hours?
I remember I really like this setting in NWN, on Savage Frontier. It was much more challenging. Plus, what about ditching the FULL heal during Rest. I mean really, so your 1hp, and you go to sleep and your all better. Nay, Only medicine or Magic can heal you like that. Resting should only restore Spells, meditation time, ect. ect. And based on Con, restore a small amount of HP. Like HCR.
I would also love to see the food system more involved. I really love what youve done with doning armor/rest. But I would love it even more, if you implemted a Food/Thirst System. It would give an essential meaning to the Skills such as Cook/Fish, making them survival skills, and important.
The HCR Hak contains pretty much all ive suggested, with custom GUIs for there system, that would fit in nicely with your PW.
As it stands now, you can Rest Regain / Kill, Rest, Regain, Kill. It conflicts GREATLY with your restrictive, ANTI Abuse policy concerning Crafting. If your going to do it, do it all the way. ITs already the Best server Ive seen for making a game challenging and entertaining without the Pwrgaming/HAck and Slash / and loot Garabage. I understand its BETA, and I appologize if these things have been mentioned/Addressed/or Beating to Death with a stick 10000x, but im new to the forums, and didnt see any thread concerning them *That i could see*.
Im sticking around here, no matter what the outcome because I love what youve done, and the players are great. I would just love to see it go further, and be more balanced. Restrictive is good, very good, but so is balance. And the way it is now, concerning these few things, bothers me abit. All in All, if i had to choose the one to fix, I would go with Resting, just because Its so off key to me, as far as the rest of your world. But there both extremely important to me. I just dont have time to wait like that for my character to reverse penalties from crafting.
Thank you for building a Great/Fun/And true D&D Server. Im sure Everyone Appreciates it as much as i do.
Peace.
blain_the_mono
1. Ive never been a Crafting Junkie. I like it, I like to collect stuff, and I enjoy gathering all the tools, items, reciepes, ect. I especially like taking points in every skill *Able learner *Grins**, and being versatile*Spelling*. However, I dont like people abusing over powerfull items, and having too much. I really enjoy the way the server is set up, and its low magic. Its like you guys took everything I always wanted to see in a server , and made it. A magic item should fell special when you get one, and its annoying when theres a +1 gen. sword in every shop. I like items with names, the way they should be if there magical and unique. So you guys hit the nail on the head concerning this. . . .and level design, and PnP implementation, which I hope to see much more of, please dont stop the PnP scripting and implementing, its what makes your server special to me.
More skills scripts, implement swim with the animation I keep seeing on You Tube, use the rolls for each round. Ect. ect. Have places were you can use rope, scripted, instead of manual. In general, keep adding in more rules, and add to the already wonderfull Opposing auto roll system you have.
Now, here come the flame list.
Number 1 on the Hit list
1. Crafting Fatigue: Look, we could argue about this all night, both making valid points, But the fact is , its way to harsh, and too much time to reset. We have lives, most of us at least, and we cant sit around for a month and a half, to wait for our Crafting Fatigue to Drop 60 points. Especially if we depleted Constitution in favor of Int.
EX. Today , I used my mining skill twice, and gained one piece of Ore, due to a cave in on my second attempt. Currently my Crafting Fatigue is 23!, Really, so now i have to wait, 23 days for it to drop because of my zero Con.?!. Even if i had a Con Modifier, say +2, it still would be extremely ridiculous amount of time.
Might i humbly suggest an alternative. Make gathering cost a whole hell of a lot less Fatigue, leave that to the Crafting itself to drain it. This will prevent abuse, and get the game moving in the long run. As it stands now, You already wiped out just from using your pick twice. Then you have to wait a month for it to reset, just so you can Try and Craft, Assuming you dont need more of the same Material!!!!!, then you must rinse and repeat. And whos to say that when you go to craft, after 3 months of B.S. you screw up crafting. Do you see were im going with this, its just too much. Even cut in half is too much. I agree that one crafted item per month or two is enough, but as it stands, IT could take months, And most of us dont want to wait that long to have fun, or make one Item. It is a good idea, its just too harsh IMHO. Im not suggesting you wipe out Fatigue for gathering , just lower it alot, and leave the drain to the Actual process. Its kinda ridiculous that my Character cant swing a pike for a month RL! because he swung it six times today, yet he can HACK all day long the heads of Goblins, unlimited.
2. Resting, heres the Flip side complaint. Even with your restrictions past newbie levels, its still abusable. Might I humbly suggest a much more restrictive rest setting. Such as Every 8 hours Game Time, or 12 hours?
I remember I really like this setting in NWN, on Savage Frontier. It was much more challenging. Plus, what about ditching the FULL heal during Rest. I mean really, so your 1hp, and you go to sleep and your all better. Nay, Only medicine or Magic can heal you like that. Resting should only restore Spells, meditation time, ect. ect. And based on Con, restore a small amount of HP. Like HCR.
I would also love to see the food system more involved. I really love what youve done with doning armor/rest. But I would love it even more, if you implemted a Food/Thirst System. It would give an essential meaning to the Skills such as Cook/Fish, making them survival skills, and important.
The HCR Hak contains pretty much all ive suggested, with custom GUIs for there system, that would fit in nicely with your PW.
As it stands now, you can Rest Regain / Kill, Rest, Regain, Kill. It conflicts GREATLY with your restrictive, ANTI Abuse policy concerning Crafting. If your going to do it, do it all the way. ITs already the Best server Ive seen for making a game challenging and entertaining without the Pwrgaming/HAck and Slash / and loot Garabage. I understand its BETA, and I appologize if these things have been mentioned/Addressed/or Beating to Death with a stick 10000x, but im new to the forums, and didnt see any thread concerning them *That i could see*.
Im sticking around here, no matter what the outcome because I love what youve done, and the players are great. I would just love to see it go further, and be more balanced. Restrictive is good, very good, but so is balance. And the way it is now, concerning these few things, bothers me abit. All in All, if i had to choose the one to fix, I would go with Resting, just because Its so off key to me, as far as the rest of your world. But there both extremely important to me. I just dont have time to wait like that for my character to reverse penalties from crafting.
Thank you for building a Great/Fun/And true D&D Server. Im sure Everyone Appreciates it as much as i do.
Peace.
blain_the_mono
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