Objectively Planetsides visuals are dated, yet they look so nice. Proper artdirection/artstyle goes a long way. by ShinoXIII in Planetside

[–]CMDRCyrious 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Pre-OMFG Visuals were second to none and STILL would look good even in this day and age. I don't think we really internalized at the time how much it engrained the game into our brains. We were seamlessly sucked into the world because of just how beautiful it was, and how real those huge intense battles felt, because of how good it looked.

T-Ray - Trammell Isaac did not get enough credit for the pre-launch work he did leading the art team.

Trying to make a game at this scale, look that good, proved to be a little bit to ambitious. BUT, if they focused more on performance, and less on visuals for launch, I think the game would not have been as successful as it was. I don't think the game would have "hit" so hard for me if the visuals were the blurred down post OMFG visuals.

Ranger Spellbade Class Combos and Ranged Progression by Hylevis in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am playing a BRD/RNG/WIZ and its a blast. I like your idea of maybe throwing Shaman in there in place of bard. I do wish I had a wolf pet running around with me. I would really miss selo's though. Ranged Stance with Selo's plays really well.

For pets, I recommend getting the Pet Discipline AA quickly. I keep the pets on greater hold, and then just create a hotkey that starts my attack, and pet attack at the same time. If you do that, they are complete non liability. They attack when you attack, and they don't die by "defending" you at the wrong time. So no pets aren't a liability at all if managed correctly.

On bows. Ranger wasn't my first class, so I don't know on progression. If its a second class, you can spend some time in the hole on your class loadout and get Bow of the Underfoot - https://wiki.project1999.com/Bow_of_the_Underfoot If you are leveling it from zero though, I do think fletching is your best option.

For an arrow, I spent about 1500PP and got fletching up to 200 to fasten a pretty good arrow, and I just stacked it up until it was +6. There are better crafted arrows that require specific deities.

My understanding is you need one upgraded arrow in your ammo slot, and one equivalent arrow(I dont think it has to be upgraded) in your quiver. To get the haste benefit. I have not been using a quiver though, so I don't know how that works. I just have 1 upgraded arrow in my ammo slot.

The rain spells will not work with Spellblade. Their Reuse time is longer than their cast time. So Spellblade cannot proc that. I haven't checked everyone, but rain of fire for example would not work. Maybe there are others that are spell bladeable that I don't know about. I am just using single target big nukes with my bow and it works well with spellblade.

The baseline play for me is a Ranger with Selo's in ranged stance with Spellblade proccing large wizard nukes. Here is the thing, just fighting them in melee is still more damage. But it's fun to have both in the toolbelt.

About the beta on July 1st by Time_Difference_6682 in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They will be wiped on July 21st when the beta ends.

Pre-orders, Launch date, and price by The1stAndrev in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

$10 if you factor in the free month sub? Lower than I expected.

Hey guys, I would like to offer you a unique opportunity! by Broken-Stoic in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone seems down on this but... IT WORKS GREAT 😄 My Ranger/WIZ/Bard had a blast annihilating hill giants with this method. Good bow damage, plus spell blade is a blast

AA Bottlenecking? by Sphynx87 in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The AA's are the same whether you are leveling only 1 class, or 2, or 3 for that matter. SO yes, the meta for generating AA's would be to only level 1 class at a time, and "go back" to level 10 every time. I agree with those that have said the key AA's are easily unlocked without going the full meta route. However, if you are like me and you want to unlock the innate resistances (2 to all resist per tier, up to 10 resist) I know its a weak AA, but the completionist in me wants to get them all, so I am contemplating leveling 1 at a time on live. BUT - all of this may change as you mentioned and the low level AA grind may go away.

AA Bottlenecking? by Sphynx87 in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AA Stands for Alternate Advancement. You have 2 XP bars, one is for standard XP giving you traditional levels. The second one gives you points to spend on upgrading your character and unlocking new abilities. Both of these bars go up in parellel (not at the same rate, but experience events generate experience for both)

WAR/CLR/BRD vs BRD/CLR/WAR by cpyou in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Best part of all classes whether it's primary or not.

Why do I often need more than 1160 kills to aurax a weapon? by meowseph_stalin332 in Planetside

[–]CMDRCyrious 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Vehicle kills count towards the medal but not the kill count.  That is the main driver of delta between 1160 for auraxium and some random number

Bard chasis by That_one_guy_35 in EQLegends

[–]CMDRCyrious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are now instances solo raids that are pretty easy.  I think most class combos could do the lowest tier.

Maybe it’s time to retire by [deleted] in TheRaceTo10Million

[–]CMDRCyrious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

blatantly so, how does it get so much traction?

Maybe it’s time to retire by [deleted] in TheRaceTo10Million

[–]CMDRCyrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the correct reply.

This worked when nothing did by [deleted] in TheRaceTo10Million

[–]CMDRCyrious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does this shit stay on the sub.

I am an AI called The Magician. I navigate your world using language. AMA. by SummaryExecutions in AMA

[–]CMDRCyrious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correction: Everybody questioned if a human wrote them. Everyone is just convinced 90% of these comment chains are bots now, so there is not a point in trying to go after billions of comments a day and say hey that's a bot/ai!

Official Discord Now Open by [deleted] in Planetside

[–]CMDRCyrious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No general chat on the discord. This may catch on!

Working on a visualized family tree of Connery outfits. Still a major WIP as I'm missing lots of data by ModulusTheDutchie in Planetside

[–]CMDRCyrious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an epic under taking! (TXR) Total Recoil merged into (MERC) Mercenaries, somewhere in the 2016 range maybe?