(Old league) Cut-throat testers wanted
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If your still taking people in for this i would love to have a chance to try it and give some feedback. this is the gamemode im looking forward to the most
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Regarding the level restriction idea - why not use the same system as the experience penalty for level gaps (a percentage rather than a set gap)? I think it's +/-2 and another +/-1 per eight full levels for "no experience penalty".
That would keep really high-level characters out of the newbie areas, but hopefully keep it from being boring at the top as well. I have wandered through insanity;
I have walked the spiral out. Heard its twisted dreamed inanity In a whisper, in a shout. In the babbling cacophony The refrains are all the same: "[permutations of humanity] are unworthy of the name!" |
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I'm interested if you are still taking people.
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Just a heads up, we will probably be running another cutthroat test on Sat (NZ time), taking into account the feedback from this thread.
In particular the current set of changes will be: - When someone joins the message will say "Someone has entered the area" rather than the character name. - The minimap will only show enemies when they are a certain distance away from you (about 2.5 screen widths). - US and EU instances will appear on the list, but we will add another column so that you know which are which. - Skill gems, even from your inventory, will never drop. - Quest items will never drop. - There will no longer be a 5 second delay when using waypoints or area transitions. If I get around to it, I want to keep the 5 second delay for portals, but change it so that the 5 seconds happens using the timer UI, and is cancellable rather than on the loading screen which was just a bug. We can still discuss other changes in this thread, and none of this is set in stone. This is simply the set we want to try out for the next test. Path of Exile II - Game Director
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Dang it, I really want to try this ladder out but I am stuck at work.
Anyone got/getting some footage of the ladder? Praise the Sun!
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-On Player Entering Message:
I think it bad having it. This is a seperate game mode you choose. This isn't built into the core game everyone has to play. You don't need to "balance" or give the defending player advantage. Everyone could chose to portal to town everytime the message told them someone entered thier instance, thus eliminating the reason of cut-throat. Extreme, but possible. I would rather be "on my toes" ALL the time whenever I choose to enter an instance on cut-throat. If I don't feel like being "on my toes" the whole time, I will just play a different game mode without cut-throat. -On Level brackets/caps: I'm stuck inbetween on this one. I agree getting ganked by higher levels, where no skill is involved isn't productive. However, in Diablo II I had a lvl 12 "chargadin" that could kill level 30's. So, that's something to consider as well. -On Mini-map X: I just saw Jonathan posted about this, he posted just about what I was going to post in regards to this. "The minimap will only show enemies when they are a certain distance away from you (about 2.5 screen widths)." Agree with that. -Soveniers of our kills: Absolutely needed. A "physical" item is probably best. (it's one reason why we play these types of games) An in-game journal of some type could work as well. -Quick Side Notes: I didn't get to test last night so I'm not sure if this exists or not. I wonder if it's possible to have proximity type sounds... Distinct footsteps as a player gets with the 2.5 screens or something. Or if they kill a monster in the distance, you hear the faint sounds. Not sure if the sound engine has the capability already or not. |
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I think there should be a message when someone enters your zone if you are going to have a sound for it. I like the idea of getting a message when someone enters, especially if the difficulty of the monsters is now going up because of them.
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This sounds like fun. Hopefully sometime it will be at some reasonable hour for me so I can get in on the action :P
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If there is another test tommorow I want in please.........hook a brother up. :)
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Kind of worried about later on when people have lots of scrolls of town portal or the gem and just insta leaving when "a player has joined your game" if we could just get rid of that and keep the 2.5x screen map thing I think it would be better.
Winner of the First Ever Cut-Throat Server Test, and Winner of the First Ever Cut-Throat League Event!
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