Game Design Updates: 3/4/2009

Most of the design posts will be created in the Specialized Concept forum in order to allow people to make comments and ask questions on them, however I wanted to make a thread for those who only check the development boards as well as to have a place where they're all 'archived' in case they fall off the front page.

There are two types of posts, really. The first type deals with more general overviews of how things will work. Of those, the following topics exist so far: (Click on the title to go to the post)

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DockSlaughters? - Overview of how fortifications and siegecraft will affect invading and defending, and how it will differ from DFC.

Why must we fight? - On overview of how idols will work and why you would want to go out and invade someone else.

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The other type of posts will center around classes. Class profiles will not be too terribly different in DFC. Currently it looks like classes will be split up in roughly the following ratio 1/3/1 + Wildcard. With the ratio representing Tank/DPS/Range

Inside of that ratio will still fit things such as healing, enchanting, item crafting, siege crafting, and barriers.

We're looking to do things a little differently than before, you'll note that there isn't a solid slot for healing nor is there a solid slot for crafting. More detailed posts will be made on those two class roles in particular but suffice it to say that we'll be trying to incorporate those needs into the DPS and Wildcard slots.

Here are the class profile\detail posts so far:

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Portable Cin? - Overview of healing in general and how the healing classes are being approached.

Walls Please - Overview of crafting in general and how the crafting classes are being approached.

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Right now we're working on coming up with specific classes for each realm. In the process, there will be some updates to the lore as well as the races. Once we know the names and the signature features of each of the classes we will begin to drill down and come up with the actual spells and abilities being used.

Before that happens, though, you'll probably see more overview posts from me about such things as how spells will work, researching, etc.

There's your update.

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