Level 200 Nanomage Nano-Technician on Rimor speaking... - Unit Commander of Knights of Ka
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That's because most other games have some sort of out of combat healing system in place. In AO, that's not viable until the upper end of the level range for most people due to the stats required for faster HD/ND ticks.
I think it's ridiculous, this late in the game, to force everybody back into RK missions and SL statics through the level range to function. Just another time sink, yay.
Semi-off topic, but it also costs a small fortune now on some toons to keep them in stims, not cool.
Ridiculous. Two steps forward 2 miles back..
All nano using lowbie toons must use Neleb's rod, I guess. One of my orgmates is convinced that this is FC's way of making us all spend ip in first aid. Minimally usable sit-down kits + high FA reqs on the new stims = another ip sink. I have to say, it is plausible but it certainly does put a strain on low level toons.
Hah! At least now MPs have a purpose.
Actually this move was FC trying to find a reason not to remove MPs completely. It might prod people into teaming MPs a lil' more probably.
Taking into account the rebalancing, this move does make some sense
I like that such requirement has been developpes but I never felt the need to have full recovery after a fight. Other players are pure entropy. If anything it should has the old hp+np+virus scanner effects when the team fights, so we don't have to carry old kits and get a partial recovery.
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Last edited by Lletah; Oct 7th, 2011 at 23:22:19.
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SL the recharges were not quick bursts of nano/health so it is irrelevant there. On RK...maybe max nano recharging took a hit for froobs? I am sure froobs serious about their RK content will continue to do missions for the 126+ nano and health rechargers they have been doing missions for anyways.
If anything has been nerfed it is the duration in which I am sitting down and healing up on my toons between fights. Soldiers especially should be happy about this.
In pf's you can get and keep agg from looots of slow-running, static or unkillable mobs. Silly idea.
Rather be clever and add a more suitable (not insane) lockout for these special ones.
The new kits are perfectly all right to heal up between battles. The mistake is to take the old ones out of shop, it is the most basic equipment we all must use, from level 1 and up.
I'm disappointed in the new packs.
Don't add in re-balance items, until re-balance please. You're messing up the current game even more.
ah better get used to it - there just giving you a feeling for the lvl of cluster when the butchering sorry sorry "balancing" goes live
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Got healing bloked or the team because a mob had unfortunate parhing and got blocked by a wall.
Also I went to lox to fetch some ql250 ones and I have to say no to this pricetag. Really ? 8m for 25 stims ? Makes me consider reseting first aid.
I say it again, there is plenty of good ideas in there still, it's almost great.
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I only see one real problem, and a lot of knee-jerk whining.
There's currently no reason to buy treatment kits above QL 1, this can easily be fixed as many people have already suggested, by allowing the initial pulse while teammates are in-combat, and only enabling the debuff-removal and percentage-heal when everyone's out of combat. This may result in some wasted kits, but since QL1 kits can be used for this purpose, it's not an issue.
As for the prices, effectiveness, etc. of the new stims, they're fine. They're much more effective than the old RK and SL stims, to get a similar effect you buy a stim 50-100 QLs lower. If you compare the prices of the old SL stims with the (lower QL remember) new stims, the prices are very similar. If 8m for 25 stims is too much, maybe you should consider lower QLs, or some farming? High QL SL stims and kits are EXTREMELY easy to farm, you simply need to invest in some breaking and entering and pharma-tech.
I suggest to remove all the current packs / stims, etcetera ..from the game and then implement only 2 packs / stims:
1 pack/stim for gaining nano (at any location and minus the "allies are in combat"-component)
1 pack/stim for gaining hp (at any location and minus the "allies are in combat"-component)
Or even better:
1 pack/stim to gain nano and hp and the same time (at any location and minus the "allies are in combat"-component)
I am aware that AO is a complex game, but I assume that most people like basic-things as "recharging nano/hp" to be "simple" and not extreme complex (including a farming component) like it is now.
In my opininion: this new "recharge-system" will only have the result that players will leave the game.
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It hit the most hard pvm leveling contents. In pvp, it is not nescessairy to be in the same team, or even in team. Ppl can also doing leave/invite to bypass the rule and having new overpowered all-in-one recharger. Only the pvm and leveling content type really need to be in team every moment because of xp gain sharing.
Does this mean that "all nano and hp regain through stims/kits while a pet or teammate is in combat" will be removed?
(I suppose stims will still be able to do that right?)
When I saw the high nanocosts in the rebalance documents I was thinking that this looks promising: it means that more active nano recharging (instead of passive nano delta) would be needed which I believe to be good. Especially the sitting ones are interesting since sitting causes agg.
Something else that sounded promising is the option to use rechargers in SL that recharge a nice bunch of nano instantly. It would make it possible to nerf nano delta (without this casters in SL wouldn't have enough nano if not for nano delta).
But now this? I really don't see where this is going... I really hope you guys have some genial ideas so that all this nonsense will turn out to be great. But it's hard to keep my faith and everyday I don't see some "reasoning behind changes" I lose more faith :(.
Edta 200 NT, froob , Setup, General of NEPA, Raid Leader of TLfiveplus (Froob Raids)
Neutral For Life, AO For Ever!
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How does AO not have that with these new kits? They cost almost nothing compared to the amount of health they regenerate. 1 stack will heal you to full HP 50 times and cost like 5k. As long as you're out of combat. Just like Food and Water in say, World of Warcraft or Rift.
So there's some tweaking to be done to the way it counts who's in a fight, but exactly who is it and why is it that are being forced into RK missions and SL statics?
Thor Mastablasta Hammersmith - Level 220, AI 30, LE 70 Clan Atrox Nano Technician - Setup
The Red Brotherhood
I'm a Nano-Technician, don't ever expect me to fight unbuffed, alone or fair.
Means: about f'ing time :P
Satenia: heresy <3
Znore: Mastablasta <3
Kinkstaah: I have agro from many mobs ;(
Madarab: we are aoe class, we are supose to use pistols
Marxgorm: the NT toolset does not fit into my raiding tactics
Thor Mastablasta Hammersmith - Level 220, AI 30, LE 70 Clan Atrox Nano Technician - Setup
The Red Brotherhood
I'm a Nano-Technician, don't ever expect me to fight unbuffed, alone or fair.
Means: about f'ing time :P
Satenia: heresy <3
Znore: Mastablasta <3
Kinkstaah: I have agro from many mobs ;(
Madarab: we are aoe class, we are supose to use pistols
Marxgorm: the NT toolset does not fit into my raiding tactics