Game Balance to Encourage Wholist Balance
Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 11:39 am
What can we do, from a game balance perspective, to encourage a better balance of players?
My initial thought was that perhaps KMG is too easy to rank in? Or really, the question I had was "Why does KMG have so many active players? What about it drives players to clan there?"Helgi chats 'think it is a outcry of players for a need of more nonpk based play ....to be honest... rp is an important key part of a fantasy game that has been down played a lot'
Agree with Helgi:Kazor chats 'yeah I think kmg is probably like harder to get qp than pk clans'
Hope you learn PK soon my friend, it is awesome! Someone teach him!Helgi chats 'also think pk is way over prioritized if i hear one more person try to tell me how fades do not have more advantages then any other play class i will scream...i think if they are going to be way over powered compared to boom models then they should have THE strictest rp in the whole game'
A snapshot from this morning. I encourage others to do this throughout their days and post here and try to analyze why it's distributed like it is, and what we might do to fix it (from a game design perspective). No use complaining or whining, just come up with some ideas.Peadair chats 'too add to the discussion, I enjoy rp more than pk, but mostly just because I'm newer'
Some ideas I'd propose:2021-05-23 8:30AM PST
4 PK/RPers? - 14.8%
Kazor the Sergeant [Ever Victorious Army]
Kat 'Katholomew' Avery, Legion Unifier WANTED
Yonio Najirah, Scion of Conquest & Morat
4 Lord Draz the Gaidin Master [Gaidin Blademaster] WANTED
4 KMG RPing/Smobbing/AFKing - 14.8%
Helgi al'brawdrifynn, the Sea Merchant... [Kandori Merchants' Guild] WANTED
Lamark Dagar [Kandori Merchants' Guild]
Master Kordin al'Dendarii [Illuminator Chapter Master] (Sworn)
Mistress Viva Mae, Marath'damane [Kandori Merchants' Guild] WANTED
9 STATTERS - 33.33%
Eridin of Shienar
Tazok of Two Rivers
Nykyrian of Murandy
Thaco of Two Rivers
Ayanami of Arafel
Aegis of the Borderlands
Sevatar of Seandar
Peadair of Andor
Ghavin of Seandar (Idle)
- "Hide" or give a separate wholist to the statters - or classify levels 1-3 as such so wholist is more accurate. Statters are NOT the problem, people just see them on wholist and THINK they are a problem.
- Make smobs less of DTs. Make it harder for the Razhaks to run in and trap people who are already low and/or AFK or under-eqd or who don't want to PK (but should be forced to, if attacked!) in doors. Give chase.