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Asherons Call: Ken Karl Posts Answers
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OK, second round of posts. This may be my last before I head out to Boston:
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-- Deadly Atlatls -- coming for July.
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"I would like to ask if you might consider a toggle switch on the Character Options panel to "Disable Most Weapon Effects"? "
- It unfortunately is not quite as simple as this. We would have to turn off other elementals too, including elemental monsters. So if you selected this, you would be faced with invisible monsters... no fun at all.
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"-There was discussion of a 'fix' for XP chains that was coded and ready. I would be happy to see some sort of change there that significantly reduces XP passed up after 1-3 levels. "
-- There will be no changes in AC1 to the Allegiance XP passup system.
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"-Isparian weapons and the 100% stone breakage isn't so great."
- I think I stated this before, but not sure... we are evaluating this dynamic.
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(1) The Isparian crossbow has an obscene burden for a niche weapon (as some have appropriately labelled it). It has drawbacks that make it undesirable to use as a full-time weapon, so we crossbowers must shoulder >1800< points of EXTRA bu. In addition, the high breakage rate on stones mandates that extra isparians be carried but most of us can barely shoulder 1, much less 2, 3, or 4. It almost twice as heavy as any other Isparian (even the axe and mace only weigh 750). Since it's not going to be made buffable in its unstoned state, can you at least reduce the burden on the thing?
-- I will pass this along. There are no current plans on changing this (the Crossbow BU).
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"also, and i have tested and retested this, i am not getting any natural resistance since the patch, i know other say they are, and im not sure if it just local to my char on wintersebb, but i am not. nothing, no reductions at all. i would like someone to look into this if thats possible "
- Nothing has changed that I am aware of that would have this effect. I will however pass this along.
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"When people think about Banes and PvP along with 1 hour buffs it makes it horrible for Melees. They almost always have to go hollow now.
What stopped people from baning before was the amount of time it took, I was thinking maybe you could make casting banes take a little longer and/or take more mana? That way people will not be so crazy about casting them as it will take more time and mana. This would not affect non-darktiders mostly because they know what there baning for, on Darktide they bane everything which is making any weapon but hollows useful. "
-- Good points. We are evaluating this.
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"Sorry Ken, if this is all we expected from storyline, i am disappointed. i think everyone who was around during the days of BZ would say that was something like we would like to see again. Martine was well interesting and a bit funny, lol. but i guess i was just expecting more in the latter days of AC to keep everyone into the game.
truth is most people have played this game for 2+ years now and interest wanes. not generalizing everyone but i know at least more than half the population sit around mindlessly hoping for something big to happen.
if you have something planned for the future that we still have no clue about then i hope to see it in action. its nice to have interactive figures in the game not just random lore that noone really cares to dig up.
the whole Martine/Asheron lore interested me more than ever but the more i looked the less i found. or is there more to come? "
-- In time... we are telling story, not shooting a 30 second commercial. We have alot of setup to do. This story arc does not conclude this month, or next month, or even the month after..... Remember, the BZ storyarc took 13 months to climax. (though I do not expect this one to last that long)
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"Are there any plans to upgrade some of the older quest weapons to make them useful once again? "
-- There are always chances of something like this happening.
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"However, it would be nice to get P.Tapers off of monsters in the loot system, and or have P.Taper peas (sold in shops would suffice)."
-- Both very interesting ideas and we are aware of the concern and looking into ways of helping out here.
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"We should be able to dye or change the color of our GSx back to the original color. I don't like the brown/grey or the avail dye colors."
- Will not happen. We did this so the original PP holders could say that they got it "back in the day".
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"1 question..is it or will it ever be possible to make double handed weapons in the current game_engine? Or is this an to expensive change to the current game_engine? "
-- Nope, this will not happen in AC1.
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"Will Atlan weapons still be getting upgraded or were the Isparian Arms supposed to be their upgrade? "
- Isparians were the upgrade adn there is more to come along the lines of what is already out there..
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" With Diamond Powders and Pyreal Ingots being consumed by Isparian weapons, obtaining Writs to pay Villa maintenance has been annoyingly time consuming. "
-- Good pt.
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"Will there ever be plans for adding a feature that told you how much time you have left on a timer? "
- Something we have talked about in the past. Possibly.
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"I guess I was looking for "more" this month and it never happened. 1 day after the patch, I did everything and now I'm back to the same ole crap for another 4 weeks."
-- Why does everyone assume everything happens the first day, or that they think they have done it all? This is a constant thing I see. If you feel that way, sorry, but you might just miss out on something cool later... oh well...
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" I agree with the people who would rather /house recall into the dungeon instead of outside. 99% of the time I recall to my villa it's to go down to the dungeon anyway. "
-- Interesting, but I do not think this is possible. I understand why the request is put forward though.
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GENERAL TOUGH ON UPCOMING LIFE MAGIC CHANGES -- We will be posting an article very soon outlining everything.
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"Why am I not surprised that KK hasn't replied today like he said he would? "
-- Because he said he would at NIGHT.
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Finally, there were a ton of just great comments here too that I did not comment to. Please know that I read each of them and have directed others to this thread. Thanks!
I hope to pick this back up when I return from Boston.
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