Originally Posted by
heywood
The thing that prompted me to try neocron again was because I kept getting deluged with emails about Anarchy Online's 13th anniversary. I started first the beta of this & one weekend the server was down & the forums were talking about AO, so I gave it a shot. But NC clicked more with me so I stayed here.
First thing I noticed is this everquest for balance. That same old song has been going on since the game began.
I'd say forget about it. After 13yrs there are just going to be some classes/breeds/weps/etc that are better than others and thats just the way it is. It's not gonna make everyone play one class, people are still gonna play characters they like.
From a business standpoint you can't please everyone, so if one class is perceived to be stronger others will complain so then you nerf the stronger & increase the weaker and then a whole bunch of different players will complain. Let if go already.
Due diligence on the obvious things. For example, i did the quad quest & whilst tagging genreps I forgot there are fire mobs near TG. Dead in like 15 seconds. In real time that was 4 hours ago, do you know that that friggin quad is still not back in the garage? thats a 13yr old problem. After 1hr in game it should despawn. Why make it a chore & not a pleasure.
Another obvious thing. A tank had the intel of a lobotomite, starts off with 10 weapon lore. With a nicely made & modded noob grenade launcher I can go to one of those spots & in 2hrs have 35str, all with that 10wep lore reticle closing in all zippity doo dah. I know it cause I did it
I made a variety of other characters. One of them a spy droner. I start him off with 50 remote control and 40 will power. I literally have to get right up a sewer rats butt and the reticle closes slower that molasses in winter. Common sense would lead you to think starting off with the higher skills would yield faster results.
Thats not a balancing issue, it's a common sense issue.
And I understand the machinations that go into changing things. I was so involved with NC that i eventually migrated to the inside side. Although everyone i knew best, danae, nidd, snow, and a guy with an F, forseti ? they all seem to be gone now
I have 3 premium accounts on AO & I renewed them all. Then I reinstalled NC and I haven't gone back to AO because I like NC, but thats money i would have gladly paid to NC.