New skill: Desert Tracking

[Cavus]

New thing:

A desert TRACKING skill: This skill allows char to move properly in storms. All classes other than Rangers has to practice it very very long compared to Rangers. Rangers' level in this skill is nearly perfect in this skill.

Warriors, Rangers, D-elves (class is not important, they are -desert- elves) have this skill. Maybe be some others, but they should have very very low skill increase rate.

Let's say Rangers have nearly perfect level
D-elves has low level, but high increase rate
Warriors has both low starting level and low increase rate.

Secondly:

We can add subguild constraints. For example, warrior has to have "hunter" subguild. Otherwise, no tracking skill, or much more low level and rate. MAybe some other subguilds have this skill for warriors.

D-elves, all subguilds and classes have this skill.

Rangers, of course they have for all subguilds.

What do you think?

[Forest Junkie]

Simply put.

No.

[Spud]

Haha, at this point the polls read 90% for no.

[Forest Junkie]

Haha, at this point the polls read 90% for no.

True, but it's good to note that Cavus is searching for new ways to make the game better. Granted, his idea is not liked overall by the playerbase so far, though I would go so far as to encourage him to continue shelling out those ideas.  :wink:

[Tamarin]

No.  Just...no.

[jmordetsky]

I would like a skill called n00b tracking...and I'd like to not have to practice it at all.

[EvilRoeSlade]

My opinion?  Just play a freaking ranger or adapt your playing styles if this upsets you that bad.

[RunningMountain]

I think it would be cool if Rangers got certain weather messages that others didn't get.  Or when they were outside got echoes of when a sandstorm might be approaching, something like that would actually make them useful outside, Because this!

You suddenly feel that a storm might be coming from the north.

The rugged, bronzed half-elf licks his finger and lifts it to the wind.

The rugged, bronzed half-elf says in common
"A storm's a brewin' I say we get out of here now.."

The haughty warrior says in common
"Bah, nonsense let's do more hunting."

10 minutes later.

A sandstorm triggers suddenly over the dunes, pouring it's stinging sands over the land.

The haughty warrior says, hunching down on a dune and holding his cloak over his head "Uhh, got a tent?"


Hehe.  I think that would be neat.

-RM

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

My opinion?  Just play a freaking ranger or adapt your playing styles if this upsets you that bad.

Seconded.

...it's good to note that Cavus is searching for new ways to make the game better....I would go so far as to encourage him to continue shelling out those ideas.

Also seconded.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

I also support RunningMountian's idea.

[Spoon]

Only the ranger class should ever benefit from anything like this.

Theres way too many warriors out there in the wilderness spam-whacking every mob they come across. It's a good thing that without a ranger they're likely to fall down a hole. This makes characters need each other's skills, and so interact more often.

If Hollywood has taught me anything, every crack team of US marines takes a Native American with them.

Oh yeah, and Running Mountain's Idea sounds awesome. But that signature still looks rather suspicious.

[Angela Christine]

I'm not really into it, but if I was I'd say that Whirans and Rukkians should also get it too, due to their familiarity with the wind and the ground respectively.  The wind and the ground both know where everything is, the wind passes everything, and everything sits on the ground.  There are plenty of places without water, light and shadow come and go, but every place is constantly touched by the air and the earth.


Angela Christine

[Tamarin]

Ya RunningMountain's idea was good.  If rangers are the only ones that can navigate through storms, then they really should see them coming.  Let's be serious.

[FiveDisgruntledMonkeysWit]

Are you seriously suggesting a 'walk' skill?

[Cavus]

Are you seriously suggesting a 'walk' skill?

A "navigate" skill. You have to practice it to be able to walk successfully in blinding storms. In the end, why can a ranger walk successfully while it is stormy? Because, they live their life mostly in desert, so they are skilled at desert. Ok, then what about others who stayed in the desert long  enough? They should also be able to improve themselves on handling blinding storms.

They will have this skill, and they have to practice it -very long- time by going to desert, and also walking in storm.

[Savak]

As an "on" or "off" kind of switch, I don't think this fits.  However, as with most things, there is a continuum or range of ability -- some are more successful than others at certain activities.

In other words, I don't think it's such a stretch to contemplate Fred having a 20% better chance than Dwayne at keeping his bearings at any given turn (i.e., traveling one room), while Stridor has nearly 100% because, well, he was raised as an Apache princess.

The trouble is in the work of coding, re-arranging calculations, etc. etc., for something which is arguably of minimal benefit (since getting turned around even once along the way can still mean getting pretty damn lost), versus one of the things I like about the storm-disorientation code, which is to encourage people to find suitable desert guides.

-Savak

[killa]

this walk thingy is usless to me....... i remeber almost every room in the game where sandstorms happen so i guess i got it perfect already  

[Cenghiz]

Then you've memorised the whole map, killa.. In nearly all outdoorrooms of the map a sandstorm may occur, I believe.