PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
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I'm not a fan of that mental subtraction as well. How about starting with tier 0 instead of tier 1? A gray tier 0 would have (surprise) 0 slots.
Demonoid74
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awesome news
madmole
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We've been hoping to get it out, but RWG had some bugs crop up that needed to be fixed. Now the good news, or amazing news is that Robert was able to use the GPU to do some of the work generating terrain and reduced it from 30 minutes to 1 minute (for the terrain and biome info) on an 8k map. If it takes much longer you'll probably see a 17.3 drop without RWG changes with that delayed until 17.4+.
We're experimenting with procedural splat maps so that might solve some A18 rwg issues we were going to deal with.
Demonoid74
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Any chance at lava demons ever setting wooden blocks on fire? Would make them pose an even larger threat on horde nights...
Fire and fire spread would be awesome , but I doubt if its even in the books for this game , at least...
Fire and fire spread would be awesome , but I doubt if its even in the books for this game , at least...
madmole
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No that probably won't happen. Mods are enough damage inflation along with the perks adding damage now instead of the attribute. This is going to play great, just because your good at perception doesn't give you max damage with every perk it governs now, only the ones you spec into.
Lonestarcanuck
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flat roads and less wasteland are what my taxes are going towards!
madmole
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Odetta
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Shot it the dark here:
What if quality ranges, besides determining Mod slots and durability, determined stat ranges?
Examples-
Lvl 1 Random Roll Pistol Stats:
Ranged Damage 22-32
Magazine Size 8-15
Rounds/Minute 120-180
Effective Range 12-18
Recoil 12-8
Weapon Handling -12% to -5%
Max Durability 450 - 3,000
Then the higher the rating the more the minimum stat modifier increases so that a lvl 6 pistol looks like this
Lvl 6 Random Roll Pistol Stats:
Ranged Damage 28-32
Magazine Size 13-15
Rounds/Minute 168-180
Effective Range 16-18
Recoil 9-8
Weapon Handling -7% to -5%
Max Durability 2,850 - 3,000
This would always have you hunting for that perfect gun and adds another layer to the loot game.
This would probably wouldn't be feasible now, but maybe the next game?
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I would love this, for the exact reason you stated. It would keep me addicted to looking for that perfect weapon/combo. I mean, think Borderlands... if all I needed was a single sniper rifle, why have loot? Always looking for that one that is just a little better... was fun. =)
Demonoid74
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Random stat ranges with weapons , especially firearms would be nice...as it would give the illusion of many different types of "pistol" "shotgun" etc without getting specific and having many different name brands and models...it is what I used to do back in elementary-high school when making lower memory RPG games
I think it was said that this is the plan for legendary weapons. But I wouldn't mind if it pertained to all weapon qualities.
Blake_
Captain Obvious
I'm not sure about this. It`s an uncommon design choice. I've played 17.2 and I must say not having better damage each level of quality feels off. After many hours into a17 it still feels off. The weapon gets durability with quality, yeah, but that isn't nearly enough to get a good and easy to communicate "feeling" about the weapon of choice.
I'm not digging mods for that explanation., and lots of people aren't. Mods are a plus, a good addition to the weapon/armor. But at the end of the day, Mods are not the essence of that weapon/armor. It feels off.
To prevent this confusing "feeling" I suggest a placebo: Make less powerful the grey quality weapon/armor and gradualy up the damage/def value until its current (a17.2) one for the purple quality items.
That way it feels and plays good. Just my two cents.
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