18.4 Pre-Update Notes

[Dogtrauma]

Is there an ETA on these changes?
Also wondering when the new Kyr'ozch stuff will go live, special ed. and the new MA weapon both.
Could we plox get placeholders for the s7 weapons?

[Marinegent]

General Changes

• New input system: All keys should now be bindable/customizable. Find the "Binds" tab at the top of the F10 menu. (Multiple actions can be bound to one key...this is intentional.)
  

NO!

ugh.

This game's pvp is headed for a disaster. Seriously. Im not playing a game where everyone can macro pvp because then there is no longer any skill involved whatsoever.

Leaving the game forever if this makes it in.

[Xatgunner]

It just means that while you're actually *in* combat, you won't be able to equip anything or enable the social tab in the menu options. Long as you're out of a fight, it'll otherwise be exactly the same. =)

That is actualy great. No more enfos hotswapping to AS guns and stuff!

[haavarst]

That is actualy great. No more enfos hotswapping to AS guns and stuff!

Err hotswaping equipment is still working, I hope its just social equip that gets locked?

But... why would they lock social tab inn fight... just to avoid putting on tutu mid fight? makes no sense...

Heeeey what am I missing here?

[Malosar]

It just means that while you're actually *in* combat, you won't be able to equip anything or enable the social tab in the menu options. Long as you're out of a fight, it'll otherwise be exactly the same. =)

Just to clarify, are you saying that the social tab items will be disabled during combat so you'll see all the actual armor/weapons etc? Or just that you won't be able to toggle the social tab options during combat?

[Kintaii]

Just that you won't be able to toggle the options during combat. Otherwise, if you already have it on, it will stay (to my knowledge, at least).

[Gunfytr]

Just that you won't be able to toggle the options during combat. Otherwise, if you already have it on, it will stay (to my knowledge, at least).

So, if u have a golf club when u enter combat, u die with it in ur hand?

[mainframe]

You can't fight with weapons in social anyway, done it a few times and feel dumb when I remember. It really doesn't make any sense since who swaps stuff into social when your fighting anyway.

[Strupstad]

You can't fight with weapons in social anyway, done it a few times and feel dumb when I remember. It really doesn't make any sense since who swaps stuff into social when your fighting anyway.

Swap something into r-hand or l-hand while mongo'ing to avoid getting aggro from guards.. that's the only thing I know of, but there are probably more "tricks" like this since they want to remove that sort of thing.

[Pomidor]

I dont get it either. It would make sense, however, if you CANT enter combat with Social tab enabled (which is for social purposes). Also it would prevent/give info about player you are willing to fight or fighting (like GA fixers...). I dont get it, its wrong typed or its totally useless thing...

Can somone explain it more dense, please?

[Chrys]

man my PVP guide is never going to be the same again

[Cyberleet]

Im not playing a game where everyone can macro pvp because then there is no longer any skill involved whatsoever.

You can already do this with 'pianomashing' the keyboard/playing with both hands and changing the keymap in F10.

If the game is headed towards more active fighting it wouldn't be so bad I think.

[-Klod-]

Pffff come on man.... Thats same thing like having no timer at all. It will make us hover over GA/spinner everynow and then, why is it so hard to make a hostile buff when you cast it? or something that is visible without having to actually check for it and pay atention to it :/

Agreed with Tech. Even though suggested timer is not so bad (way better then current - nothing), hostile nano would be more convenient.

[Paty]

got bind burst fling and full auto to one key and it only fire burst and fling.. no full auto

[CppThis]

You can already do this with 'pianomashing' the keyboard/playing with both hands and changing the keymap in F10.

Or using something like a Nostromo or G15 to push 4 buttons for you. If the PvP experience is at risk due to the ability to push buttons more easily (which, in all honesty, is probably correct), then the underlying mechanics are fundamentally fubared and need major looking at. Just so long as tweaking for the 10% of the players that are heavy into PvP doens't screw the 90% that aren't...more than one MMO has died when they tried to do this.

[-Klod-]

got bind burst fling and full auto to one key and it only fire burst and fling.. no full auto

AFAIK, FA and AS are not instant on test, or...

[Triadninja]

With the new ingame browser, will there be support for things such as flash, java(script), and media players?

Also, because of the browser, does that mean that all hyperlinks will become "Highlighted", so that people can click on them, and it will open the in-game browser to show the page?

on a note of the java, I can just imagine someone making a mod for it that would allow minecraft to be played in it XD

[Demoder]

on a note of the java, I can just imagine someone making a mod for it that would allow minecraft to be played in it XD

Uhoh... I can already see this conversation happening:
Enf: "WHY DIDN'T YOU HEAL ME YOU NOOB!"
Doc: "Sorry, I was busy building a replica AO logo in Minecraft."

[Jerusha]

Flash?
Never hopefully. It is way too unsafe.
regards

[Mastablasta]

Oh my god. The social tab thing how can it create so much confusion? It's this simple: If you are in a fight, you cannot take an item from your inventory and equip it in the social tab. That's it.