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Give fast metabolism to some tank and hybrid races too. It seems like
currently only casterraces( needless to say, mostly the best ones) seem to
have it.
I see there are two ways of going about it.
1) Give meta to some random tank and or hybrid races, maybe under special
conditions. For instance lizardmen could have meta in water or skeletons could
have meta when in combat with living mobs. Dwarves could have meta indoors,
wolfmen could have meta outdoors. Giants are so crappy they could have meta
whenever they are not dead.
2) Take away meta from any race with decent stats and give meta only to those
race with crappy stats to balance things out.
3) This is the surprise method. I'm willing to bet my money on this
implementation: Do nothing. As suggested by a mere mortal, the idea cannot
have merit. It ss probably trying to downgrade others or upgrade his own
reinc. Besides, he can't know the big plan of magically rebalancing everything
once true AI gets discovered. Also its so much work tuning things, and
besides, this way only one guy whines, if we change anything at all, there
will be dozens of people whining to and fro.
All hail the status quo!, all hail stagnancy!
++glaurung
currently only casterraces( needless to say, mostly the best ones) seem to
have it.
I see there are two ways of going about it.
1) Give meta to some random tank and or hybrid races, maybe under special
conditions. For instance lizardmen could have meta in water or skeletons could
have meta when in combat with living mobs. Dwarves could have meta indoors,
wolfmen could have meta outdoors. Giants are so crappy they could have meta
whenever they are not dead.
2) Take away meta from any race with decent stats and give meta only to those
race with crappy stats to balance things out.
3) This is the surprise method. I'm willing to bet my money on this
implementation: Do nothing. As suggested by a mere mortal, the idea cannot
have merit. It ss probably trying to downgrade others or upgrade his own
reinc. Besides, he can't know the big plan of magically rebalancing everything
once true AI gets discovered. Also its so much work tuning things, and
besides, this way only one guy whines, if we change anything at all, there
will be dozens of people whining to and fro.
All hail the status quo!, all hail stagnancy!
++glaurung
Rating:
10
Votes:
18
OK, in the spirit of only mildly sarcastic dialogue, let's talk this out.
Fast heart beat is an ability that should get balanced like all the others.
That means, as you suggested, that a non-rebirth race with exceptional stats
shouldn't also get fast HB. However, I'm also an RPG fan, so I like to dot my
fantasy with a bit of realism. Real world large and huge animals have
especially slow heartbeats, and ar rarely (if ever) referred to as agile. On
the other hand, the mongoose and the hummingbird have a heartbeat that could
jump-start a 747. It just doesn't feel right to give this ability to a
colossal brute with a maximum dexterity of five, especially when the larger
tank races (such as ent, centaur, and your favorite the giant) are commonly
played. Perhaps it's because they can use such huge weapons that their
"normal" metabolism isn't widely viewed as a hinderance.
This leaves the less-popular medium to small tank races to consider for
permanent or (as you suggested) situational fast heartbeat. You're asking for
tank balance more than anything else, so we're talking about dwarves, orcs,
lizardmen, that sort of thing. I think we can all agree barsoomians aren't
getting it, no matter how small and agile they are.
We'll take a look at the small-to-medium tank races based on their current
stats and how often they are played (which is usually a better indication of
balance than anything else). If any races deserve it, and could be logically
explained to have it, it could be added situationally or permanently. I'm not
yet convinced we need to take meta from any race that has it right now,
especially if you're talking about tank balance, because right now, tanks
basically don't have it.
Shinarae Lluminus
Fast heart beat is an ability that should get balanced like all the others.
That means, as you suggested, that a non-rebirth race with exceptional stats
shouldn't also get fast HB. However, I'm also an RPG fan, so I like to dot my
fantasy with a bit of realism. Real world large and huge animals have
especially slow heartbeats, and ar rarely (if ever) referred to as agile. On
the other hand, the mongoose and the hummingbird have a heartbeat that could
jump-start a 747. It just doesn't feel right to give this ability to a
colossal brute with a maximum dexterity of five, especially when the larger
tank races (such as ent, centaur, and your favorite the giant) are commonly
played. Perhaps it's because they can use such huge weapons that their
"normal" metabolism isn't widely viewed as a hinderance.
This leaves the less-popular medium to small tank races to consider for
permanent or (as you suggested) situational fast heartbeat. You're asking for
tank balance more than anything else, so we're talking about dwarves, orcs,
lizardmen, that sort of thing. I think we can all agree barsoomians aren't
getting it, no matter how small and agile they are.
We'll take a look at the small-to-medium tank races based on their current
stats and how often they are played (which is usually a better indication of
balance than anything else). If any races deserve it, and could be logically
explained to have it, it could be added situationally or permanently. I'm not
yet convinced we need to take meta from any race that has it right now,
especially if you're talking about tank balance, because right now, tanks
basically don't have it.
Shinarae Lluminus
Rating:
6
Votes:
6
Shinarae
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