Idea for ranging in Ps

[zanzibar]

Well, I'm a fan of 1st person shooters.  Hugo's House of Horrors 3D, the original Doom, Outlaws, 007, Soldier of Fortune 2, the Half Life series... I've enjoyed them.  And there is a level of skill that goes into them.  Knowing what weapon to use in what situation.  In SOF2 multiplayer, tactics and teamwork are a huge part of doing well.  The thing is, I like those games for different reasons than RPGs.  The Elderscroll series is a 1st person rat killer of sorts, but unlike Soldier of Fortune, games like Daggerfall have a sense of exploration and adventure and discovery.

[Croconil]

But what I was trying to say is that 1st person shooting does not really belong in an rpg such as Planeshift. Otherwise people will just stand on a roof or something and fire at eniemes, leveling pointlessly.

[Mindari]

"leveling pointlessly" sounds like an average rpg to me!

[Croconil]

Noooo. Damn my skill of typing

I mean, without needing any skill or training up to do it. You could kill the hardest monster in the game at the lowest level if you use these tactics.

[Nikodemus]

Gah, why does this discussion about mouse aiming is still on? xP Zanzibar got my post in a bit wrong way and now everybody write we dont want aiming with mouse. I mean, everybody. There is no one who would say otherwise, so why write about it this thread? ;P

We all like FPSes, especially these with RPG elements and we all agree there should be no mouse aiming like in these ;P

[Mindari]

even bulders gate lets lets you use manual aiming... but of course everyone knows that D&D based games arent real RPG's =p [/sarcasm]