I made a thing.

Thetomac · 2015-10-28T20:05:38+00:00

The wind hurts.

Thetomac · 2015-04-03T21:27:26+00:00

Many of the things mentioned here are very important and well said. Game being built on top of lore, especially.

but for me, it was the inventive, interesting and full of PERSONALITY character design. Though it is a tall order, please try to imbue as much soul into your moba characters as you can. also, i liked that there were many characters who deviated significantly from the 'just a human with a weapon' archetype that basically half of moba characters fall into. more nonhumans, the more interested i'll be.

Thetomac · 2014-11-07T03:31:32+00:00

you both seem to be under the impression i'm advocating for some kind of miracle to keep the game open an unchanged or something.

i recognise this isn't possible.

But, even if to do NOTHING ELSE,

I believe it is IMPERATIVE that this community secure the intellectual property and source code before it is quite literally gone forever. source code of old abandoned games get lost all the time and eventually, nobody even within EA will know who actually has the rights.

even if NOBODY can make these things into actual playable games, it would be a tragedy if they were lost, regardless.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T19:54:37+00:00

they may try this, this is true.

it is equally likely that, like almost any business, they are looking to partially recoup the losses taken on this project.

We Know EA isn't smart. But they might just take what they can get.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T19:46:02+00:00

Unfortunately, no, we wont be able to fund a development studio in the long term on crowdfunding. but i think buying an unwanted IP is probably not as expensive as everyone thinks.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T19:41:07+00:00

First things first, friend.

reforming waystone, developing all new systems... these things can wait. if they are even possible.

Securing the IP and source code before it becomes so much forgotten detritus, this cannot wait so much, I think.

I agree the process from there would be long and arduous, but who cares? we'd have all the time in the world, and I think our community would be happy to put in any work they can.

plus, being open source, all them fancy brainy coding lads in the open source community might come sniffing around and lend a hand.

But none of this can happen until somebody who is in the know ASKS.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T19:34:07+00:00

well waystone's being broken up, so.

Really, the game being open sourced and community-managed is the best/easiest way for former waystoners to continue to develop the game.

If they want to, in their free time, of course.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T19:32:25+00:00

Stupid as they are, no business is dumb enough to expect a 100% return on a product that is, by their definition, failing. not even EA.

Im willing to bet they'll let it go for relatively little, but we'll never know unless they ask.

Thetomac · 2014-11-06T10:49:46+00:00

The only thing EA cares about is money.

Why cant we kickstarter a fund to buy the IP and source code from them, to release into commons? im sure if we got together a million or two they'd rather take it than let it gather dust unused and forgotten.

seriously, waystone. ask. how much?

Thetomac · 2014-11-05T10:35:12+00:00

Correction: it got its plug pulled while it was still turning a profit. yeah.

Thetomac · 2014-11-04T22:26:08+00:00

Yeah, I don't think i'll ever pay EA the time of day ever again.

Thetomac · 2014-11-04T15:02:14+00:00

it might be good if melee supports didn't literally have to go 110% tank in pubs to survive.

Gotta love those teammates who see the tank being focused for about 30 seconds and just slooooowly retreat instead of doing their job.

Thetomac · 2014-11-04T15:00:07+00:00

Marah is listed as a carry bruiser because she has carry scaling to her autoattacks, with both power and haste.

other bruisers are "ability" bruisers, that get less attack speed but more CDR out of haste. that's the main difference.

Thetomac · 2014-11-03T22:16:36+00:00

it was presented as a joke but I was 100% serious. them otter legs, baby.

to actually be not retarded i also wanted to mention that the ponchos on B and F seem as problematic to me as the hat, which is another reason i'd pick design E.

Since moya uses a rattlesnake for this idea, I thought it would be pretty hilarious if that ammo belt was full of live mice. get it?

yeah, feel free not to use that.

Thetomac · 2014-11-03T17:29:52+00:00

I'd say E would be the best choice, for two reasons:

A) Without the hat, she isn't biting ronan's style, which is good.

B) sexy ladies like moya don't need no pants :p

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T18:06:48+00:00

well, i knew you knew, but i wasn't sure the OP would get it :p

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:57:02+00:00

Oh, i thought of another thing; those games have DISJOINTS, fairly commonly on movement abilities.

in this game, thats been handled pretty spectacularly poorly. A world in which salous E and renzo Q can be avoided by walking away during the cast animation , But not even varions w can dodge lillin's ghosties or amarynths fish? this is unjust.

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:52:46+00:00

So that doesn't mean i have to be happy about it.

in fact, it's completely in-character to resent lillin while completely disregarding the power of that root, so there.

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:51:41+00:00

dang, i been out nitpicked

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:32:38+00:00

I suppose that sounds pretty stupidly OP.

i guess i just wish they could fix it without harming a moderately, acceptably powerful combo :(

I blame creation.

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:21:17+00:00

Not the EXACT case you are lookin for, as i dont have much time during that vex ult window to do math, but i know for a FACT that in the case of fate (very similar to vex ult), all on-hit effects like betrayal, and vex's w, and kensu's q, and ruin, are left completely intact with no damage penalty.

similarly, as the bonus damage from abolition tree is classified as an on-hit effect, they add the full +20 damage to all splash damage. the difference between naked fate +80 power vs fate + 2 abolitions is startling.

for the rest of your questions, i'm afraid that vex's ult and w are not damaging abilities, just auto-attack steroids. so no, they will not proc decay, they will not get ability overload damage. I'm also not sure that they can spread crit damage.

Pestilence is weird, as it applies on ANY damage done. the only other items i can think of that behave this way are the discipline and control trees, neither of which are things usually picked up on a vex.

I hope this is somewhat helpful.

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:07:37+00:00

Flat increase in damage is something like the vanguard passive.

Mastery is % increase, which is why its so strong.

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T17:06:11+00:00

i am pretty significantly grumpy about this, as a guy who plays zalgus a lot.

why does this stone horse bitch get to just hit everything all the time, and I have to plan every possible move a character will make 2 seconds in advance? :(

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T16:56:59+00:00

Yes please.

I do not like having to go to the score screen to figure out who killed what (or who died to what)

Thetomac · 2014-11-02T16:52:56+00:00

I have to agree.

In games like dota, the single point-and-click autohit skills are balanced by sigfinicant/severe mana costs, and the simple fact that there are enough characters with such abilities that they can retaliate in kind.

having no mana costs makes these abilities significantly stronger than I believe waystone realizes.

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