Good day all,
Finally found my way to the forum, so here my first post. On request after mentioning the same subject several times during a MeetTheDev meeting.
I've searches the forum for threads with similar content. I found a very old death thread, that comes close to my idea/wish.
You can read it here:
http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=41704.msg474368#msg474368First of all, i like PS alot. The game is huge, the crafting, the roleplaying gives this game more dept that most other MMORPG's i ever played.
But i miss something in this game, leading to this wish. Roleplaying seems to be the only reason for players to come/group together.
I would like to see more PvE combat with groups. In order to encourage that, i think some things should be changes/added.
As the other thread is also mentioning, is that players become a jack of all trades. There is no specialisation, no class.
I know from the MtD event, that PS would not like a class. But within the world of PS, where you can become everything, you could work yourself first to a specific class/role, but learning others. That would lower the learning curve for new players alot and add to my wish.
Have players gain more from group fighting. Let players have roles. Like a healer. (Please make healing spells have more distance, be able to be casted from a distance). Or a tank. I remember Talad's response on the Tank role, that it would not suit in the idea of PS. But we have heavy armor, we have differences in the Heavy Armor skill, the Agility and Endurance stat. We can now enchant armor (and put a defence modifier on it). Let guilds work together special tank armor for their events/parties. (And encourage high-end crafting to be important for a guild). And as the other thread stated, something called mob control / aggression control would be needed. Being a tank involved more than being a meat shield. You can to keep the big monster on you, so it won't attack the other (easier to kill) members of a group.
I don't really mind, how to encourage grouping. The above are just some examples.
The basic wish is, grouping together is a form of roleplaying, is great fun.
Ask yourself, what are the great moments you had in the game? And ask yourself, were you alone at that time or with other players?
Thank you for reading.