Understandable, however lowbies (of which I am one) dying and being temporarily locked out of a cosmpiercer seems, to me, vastly preferable to "take two ships, fly one to cosmpiercer, connect them with wormhole and send never-ending stream of soldiers through" or "utilize heart start and its complete lack of cooldown time to infinitely raise your army from the dead", both of which seem more like bug abuse or an exploit than actually playing the game, and neither of which should feel or BE necessary.
Why does Fury not have the ability to SEEK anyone? I can walk on a path of fire directly to someone but I can’t actually see where they are. Guy gets 3 rooms from you and you’re blind. Not good.
I'm trying really hard to get over the fact there's no seek/farsee/etc but I can definitely see the pvp implications of just running a few rooms away and resetting the whole fight over and over because you can't find each other.
Would it be possible to be credits, lessons and rankings(such as experience and explorers) into gmcp? I know some of these exists in other IRE games like Achaea.
Make the Engineer's HUD a wearable item. The description clearly indicates they should be.
The lenses of these sturdy goggles project a HUD overlay that is capable of outlining and displaying the schematics of the room. With a sturdy strap of real leather and cushioned frames surrounding each lens, they seem to be designed for long periods of wear. The lenses grow opaque and flickering to an observer when they are in use, and are of the sort often used by engineers.
Engineer bots are super spammy. Any way we can add an ability for them to cloak their bots? Either way, could we maybe get Watch in SuitTech changed (or a mode added) so that if the engineer and their bots are together, only the engineer shows? There may be corner cases where they're all split up and catching an engi without their bots is great, but right now I'm getting ten lines every time an engineer moves near me, which makes Watch really annoying sometimes; I can only imagine how it looks near any kind of group.
Why does Fury not have the ability to SEEK anyone? I can walk on a path of fire directly to someone but I can’t actually see where they are. Guy gets 3 rooms from you and you’re blind. Not good.
Mechanics. Game balance.
Not everything that makes logical sense is beneficial for a videogame, and never is that truer than in a persistent online multiplayer world.
Why does Fury not have the ability to SEEK anyone? I can walk on a path of fire directly to someone but I can’t actually see where they are. Guy gets 3 rooms from you and you’re blind. Not good.
Mechanics. Game balance.
Not everything that makes logical sense is beneficial for a videogame, and never is that truer than in a persistent online multiplayer world.
Yeah and this is a bad game mechanic. Veils were terrible in Achaea for this same reason. No reason that I can’t detect someone in the same area as me. There are even references to kith detection in other classes AB files, but there is no actual kith detection.
@Vielar not sure how it is for the other classes, but as beast, compare <armor in inventory> is comparing against the equipped armor of the same slot for me.
Been loving the customization you can do with your mindsim. I'd like to see the different styles expanded on. What I'd REALLY like to see is the ability to use to mindsim to set a reminder for a date. MINDSIM SET REMINDER <month/day> <message>. Think it'd be cool.
I know this is not typical of IRE games (and I'm thinking in a Blizzard mindset with this suggestion) but a healer class could be cool, for one of the future classes. Something oriented towards protecting, lowering damage received, healing damage taken, healing affs. Obviously one or two of the skillsets should still be offensive.
It's pretty different, but Starmourn is changing a lot of the conventional ways of doing things and this one might be an interesting possibility.
I know this is not typical of IRE games (and I'm thinking in a Blizzard mindset with this suggestion) but a healer class could be cool, for one of the future classes. Something oriented towards protecting, lowering damage received, healing damage taken, healing affs. Obviously one or two of the skillsets should still be offensive.
It's pretty different, but Starmourn is changing a lot of the conventional ways of doing things and this one might be an interesting possibility.
Please this. One of the things I love most about SM is how it is geared toward more of an MMORPG feel than any of IREs other MUDs. A healing/support class would be amazing, and the impact it would have on PvP would be interesting to say the least.
edit: As a side note though, Priests (at least in Achaea) are a healing class, just more based on healing afflictions than HP.
Why does Fury not have the ability to SEEK anyone? I can walk on a path of fire directly to someone but I can’t actually see where they are. Guy gets 3 rooms from you and you’re blind. Not good.
Mechanics. Game balance.
Not everything that makes logical sense is beneficial for a videogame, and never is that truer than in a persistent online multiplayer world.
Yeah and this is a bad game mechanic. Veils were terrible in Achaea for this same reason. No reason that I can’t detect someone in the same area as me. There are even references to kith detection in other classes AB files, but there is no actual kith detection.
Fulmination prolly has room for more skills considering it's at 27/27. I'd be disappointed if this is all we got.
I'd also trade firewalk for a bag of chips tbh. I can't imagine any scenario where it'd be remotely helpful.
With Starmourn having three levels of elevation but those levels not being actually separate rooms, could elevation be implemented into gmcp? Whether a table of items in room (eg gmcp.Room.Info.Elevation.mid = { "thing1", "thing2", "person1"}) or just a personal elevation gmcp (eg gmcp.Char.Status.elevation = mid), this would be super useful for people trying to code stuff revolving around flying. Pretty please
Can last name / dynasty name not be shown in everything? It was quickly fixed to not show on QWHO, can we have that fix applied to other things?
Yaran Ironbound drives his wrist-mounted blade deep into the body of a pack of small sharp-toothed reptiles. A pack of small sharp-toothed reptiles has been slain by Yaran Ironbound.
I know this is probably reeeeeeally low priority and kind of a vanity request, but I wish there was a way to see who's handled your issue so you could say thank you to them personally.
Regardless, person who handled this issue: thanks! I was terrified!
--Message #7 from (system) ---------------------------------------------------
In regards to issue #701: I've moved your ship back to omni station - enjoy!
"They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty." — Oscar Wilde
"I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before." — Margaret Atwood
I know this is probably reeeeeeally low priority and mind of a vanity request, but I wish there was a way to see who's handled your issue so you could say thank you to them personally.
Regardless, person who handled this issue: thanks! I was terrified!
-- Message #7 from (system) ---------------------------------------------------
In regards to issue #701: I've moved your ship back to omni station - enjoy!
I know this is probably reeeeeeally low priority and mind of a vanity request, but I wish there was a way to see who's handled your issue so you could say thank you to them personally.
Regardless, person who handled this issue: thanks! I was terrified!
-- Message #7 from (system) ---------------------------------------------------
In regards to issue #701: I've moved your ship back to omni station - enjoy!
I understand the sentiment, but admin anonymity is important here, to avoid any sense of bias or unfair judgement in handling issues.
Wouldn't it be the other way around...?
Nope! Say for some reason you decide Tecton has it out for you. Tecton closes your issue and it's not to your satisfaction. Now, you're pissed! There's Tecton, being a turd to you again! So you reissue, claiming that Tecton unfairly dismissed your case, and ask for Eukelade to handle it instead. Tecton handled it perfectly, but you simply can't believe him capable of doing anything but messing with you. This is what's called admin shopping in most online games. It's surprisingly common.
I think cosmpiercers require more engagement, make it a bit fun by instead doing something like this:
As an example, let's say Celestine holds a cosmpiercer right, and Song decides they want to take the cosmpiercer. So Song disembarks. Now, Celestine's faction aether or guards/whatever should give out a few soft spams along the lines of "WARNING! WARNING! SONG(or AN OPPOSING FACTION) IS LIBERATING A COSMPIERCER AT CS-5234." That alarm goes off only when in this example, Song begins to liberate the cosmpiercer of Celestine's grip.
By doing that, it should clear any remaining guards once it's in the released but neutral phase AND it should last for 5-10 minutes. That way, Celestine can have time to decide if they want to defend it or not and make it out there since travel in space isn't exactly instant or that quick. So, let's say Celestine chooses to go and defend their cosmpiercer and they get out there to battle it out with Song. If Celestine manages to beat back or usurp Song's liberation by regaining control via the same syntax or a new syntax, the influence will gradually go in reverse from Song's influence, back to neutral, and finally back in their grip. Mind you, there are 5-10 minutes still ticking so Song has a chance to recoup and return if there's time within that time frame to try again. So this time, Song and Celestine are in a bit of a struggle over time. Song manages to turn the table again, but there are about 3 minutes left when they usurp Celestine again and pushing the influence back in their direction slowly still.
If by chance time is up, it can be liberated back into Ishvana's clutches, or if the admin wants, they can probably make it so that, whichever it is leaning more towards to, that faction will get the benefit of the liberation. I do think it should merit a CD-something like 1 IG day or 1 IG month? @Tecton (Reposted here too in case)
Comments
Would it be possible to be credits, lessons and rankings(such as experience and explorers) into gmcp? I know some of these exists in other IRE games like Achaea.
The lenses of these sturdy goggles project a HUD overlay that is capable of outlining and displaying the schematics of the room. With a sturdy strap of real leather and cushioned frames surrounding each lens, they seem to be designed for long periods of wear. The lenses grow opaque and flickering to an observer when they are in use, and are of the sort often used by engineers.
Right now there is no way to do it at all. That's a problem.
Game balance.
Not everything that makes logical sense is beneficial for a videogame, and never is that truer than in a persistent online multiplayer world.
It's pretty different, but Starmourn is changing a lot of the conventional ways of doing things and this one might be an interesting possibility.
edit: As a side note though, Priests (at least in Achaea) are a healing class, just more based on healing afflictions than HP.
I'd also trade firewalk for a bag of chips tbh. I can't imagine any scenario where it'd be remotely helpful.
A pack of small sharp-toothed reptiles has been slain by Yaran Ironbound.
Example.
Pretty please?
Regardless, person who handled this issue: thanks! I was terrified!
"They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
— Oscar Wilde
"I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
— Margaret Atwood
As an example, let's say Celestine holds a cosmpiercer right, and Song decides they want to take the cosmpiercer. So Song disembarks. Now, Celestine's faction aether or guards/whatever should give out a few soft spams along the lines of "WARNING! WARNING! SONG(or AN OPPOSING FACTION) IS LIBERATING A COSMPIERCER AT CS-5234." That alarm goes off only when in this example, Song begins to liberate the cosmpiercer of Celestine's grip.
By doing that, it should clear any remaining guards once it's in the released but neutral phase AND it should last for 5-10 minutes. That way, Celestine can have time to decide if they want to defend it or not and make it out there since travel in space isn't exactly instant or that quick. So, let's say Celestine chooses to go and defend their cosmpiercer and they get out there to battle it out with Song. If Celestine manages to beat back or usurp Song's liberation by regaining control via the same syntax or a new syntax, the influence will gradually go in reverse from Song's influence, back to neutral, and finally back in their grip. Mind you, there are 5-10 minutes still ticking so Song has a chance to recoup and return if there's time within that time frame to try again. So this time, Song and Celestine are in a bit of a struggle over time. Song manages to turn the table again, but there are about 3 minutes left when they usurp Celestine again and pushing the influence back in their direction slowly still.
If by chance time is up, it can be liberated back into Ishvana's clutches, or if the admin wants, they can probably make it so that, whichever it is leaning more towards to, that faction will get the benefit of the liberation. I do think it should merit a CD-something like 1 IG day or 1 IG month? @Tecton (Reposted here too in case)