un: fandaniel

[trollophoroi]

[ This little forum post comes well after he's had his fun at the party, but it does come, and it's a good thing the forums are text because if people could hear how gleeful he was... ]

Hello all!

I am afraid I must admit to something terrible! I may have found an incredibly deadly debuff that simply did not fall off of me when I returned to the Root Town. It would seem it affects NPCs as well as players, but the NPCs simply would not die and reset themselves!

Oopsie.

Do you think this counts as a bug or a feature? Should I report it? I took it to a few more places in town to make certain of what I was seeing, of course! Could anyone confirm this is what they were seeing, too? (:

[ Yeah, yeah, he made a point to spread that chaos before admitting what happened. He's just being a good beta tester, though, right? Right! ]

Comments

[trollophoroi]

[ Anaido, you really don't want to know... ]

Them? They disagree with you, unfortunately!

But I also suspect many of them aren't interested in putting the game through its paces as we're meant to. We are here to test, after all!

[trollophoroi]

That won't necessarily stop me, now will it?

After all, this little debacle caused them a bit of chaos without ever even having to meet me.

[threatmewted]

That would royally suck.

Guess we'll just have to find out if the admin are actually on the ball when it comes to running the game, too.

[worldbent]

You're right. Silly me. Oh well, I have other ways of taking care of that.

[Points to eyes points to CC Corp. You've been to his office. You know.]

There had better be worthwhile rewards for the leaderboards!

[trollophoroi]

I suspect all we'll get is a fancy title and perhaps a star next to our names when inspected. I don't hold out a lot of hope for good PVP rewards, I merely enjoy the prospect of it in general.

[ He's just a simple man who wants to nuke other players from orbit. He won't even wait for the proper arena for it, either! ]

[worldbent]

I can't fault you for that 😊

Some classes are better-equipped than others for a 1v1, but that is why it's important to ensure that you are at the head of the pack.

[horologia]

We've only been directed to the single one so far, right? Do you think that's the only one they have for this beta test?

[ 'what do you think those ticket turnaround times are going to look like' once they start rolling in, rip hien. ]

[threatmewted]

If that's the case, they have way more problems than just some bugs.

[horologia]

[ there's no way that can be the only one, but where are the rest ... or maybe it's different groupings of people, and hien is just the one assigned to them? ]

I suppose we can only wait and see how this ends up working out, with some of the people invited.

[ hien's patience vs the trolls here, let's find out who wins. ]

[threatmewted]

I'm already grabbing the popcorn.

[trollophoroi]

That it is. More's a pity we can't simply power level all the way to the top. 25 is so low, even for a beta test!

Although as a Shadow Warlock, I suspect I'll have more work than usual cut out for me when fighting others.

[worldbent]

[Oh...? Another Shadow Warlock? How interesting. :)]

Pure DPS is quite the disadvantage in terms of tactical options, isn't it? But hopefully we will be able to test things out to the point that someone can decipher the damage formula. Then, we ought to be able to simply do the math on a pure damage breakpoint.

[Let's get NITTY-GRITTY.]

[wowcool]

[he does please let him know]

this is so true! you're just doing your best

what else have you tested

[trollophoroi]

[ Shadow Warlock supremacy right here. ]

Very much so. We'll simply have to see how the different classes turn out as they increase the level cap and we get more and more spells and skills. We'll also be able to see what classes pair well.

While I would prefer 1v1, 2v2 or even 3v3 could be fun, provided one finds the right people to team with~

[trollophoroi]

Not much else yet! It is still day one, after all!

No doubt we'll all get a chance to stumble across bugs as we put this little game through its paces~

[worldbent]

2v2 and 3v3, huh...

Maybe on general release when there are enough players. It'd definitely be more tactically interesting.

Until then we shall remain, blasting away. ["Brainless DPS", as Owen called it.]

un: phantom

[catarou]

My, you're quite the bold one to test the developers' limit like this.

[trollophoroi]

Oh certainly. No doubt there'll even be tournaments once the game is open to the public long enough!

But until then! I shall have to be content with what we do get to test out.

I imagine all the various elemental types our avatars have been saddled with will play a large part.

[worldbent]

That's right, the rock-paper-scissors elements. It's a little different from typical, isn't it? With the pairings.

I do wonder what other aspects of the game our elemental affinities will effect.

[trollophoroi]

Clearly we are already stronger and weaker against certain monsters depending on it. Other uses I can see are affinity-based weapons and armor, certain skins being longed to affinity, buffs to give resistances against your weakness.

The possibilities may not be limitless but there must be quite a few out there.

[worldbent]

Allowing affinity to have an effect on certain weapons and buffs would at least allow the simpler classes to be a little more versatile in how we can choose to play.

Currently, weapon and equipment abilities would likely be the only way for us to do that. Although, I've seen more debuffs than buffs discovered thus far....

[You know. Like this one.]

[trollophoroi]

[ The debuffs from dungeons are only going to get more wild, too, like dang. ]

There's a lot to expand upon if they ever do. I certainly hope they will take that initiative if they already aren't working on it.

And perhaps add a few Dark spells for Shadow Warlocks~

I feel like just another mage right now.

[worldbent]

Right? I'd like to see further buffs on our attack if nothing else. Currently, it doesn't feel like there is a particular advantage to choosing it over the Wavemaster class.

Although that is likely an effect of our current levels. I was always prepared for this to be a class that shines in the higher levels, though.

[trollophoroi]

Oh? Did you choose Shadow Warlock as well? Excellent taste, if that is the case. I am looking forward to what we get to do at the end game level cap.

[worldbent]

I did. Time will tell whether it was the correct choice, but I'm not so committed that I will slog along with the game if I'm not enjoying it later on.