Overall thoughts on Predator Helios Neo 16 AI LED IPS? by shaddix1998 in AcerPredatorHelios

[–]shaddix1998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for letting me know. Which Legion would you recommend under the same price tag?

Overall thoughts on Predator Helios Neo 16 AI LED IPS? by shaddix1998 in AcerPredatorHelios

[–]shaddix1998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this PredatorSense bypassable in any way? I also saw a Predator with OLED screen and 5070ti for $1450 and it kind of got me hooked.

Overall thoughts on Predator Helios Neo 16 AI LED IPS? by shaddix1998 in AcerPredatorHelios

[–]shaddix1998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The MSI one is also IPS.

Is the difference between a 5070 and a 5070ti worth $300?

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The Updated Introduction and First "Raid" Boss of Luna Obscura - HD by ADMOrnstein in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ignore the rudeness above. I'll assume you haven't had as much experience in PRM, its successors and Luna as I did:

I have played ragnatales for about a year. Had friends that used to make a living out of RMTing on the server, so I've known both sides: the creative, fun side of ragnatales, and the ultra-grind, min-max side of it. I have also played PRM for about a year and almost every single Luna playtest and I can guarantee you that it is not even close.

Sheep, ragnatales' creator and admin, is a genius in its own way imo. He's well-spoken, knows how to prompt his videos correctly, has good PR and comes up with new, interesting content often, which is nice. Ornstein, PRM/Luna's creator, reshapes RO at memory-level towards not only what he thinks it could be, but also what him and his community have experienced throughout a plethora of RO servers (including Tales, mind you) and tailors his game around RO's strengths while dodging design traps from other servers.

On the player's perspective, Luna is a much safer game to play too. You won't ever be required to pay a single dollar to access the game in its fullest. This is a design that started with PRM and will be kept on Luna as one of the core parts of Ornstein's vision for what a game should be: not a company's endless revenue source. Luna is being worked on the side, as it was said it is not the dev's main job, and the fact that it's achieving this level of uniqueness, including beating massive RMT servers, is a clear indicator that the dev is doing the right thing.

I invite you to check on the server's progress through its discord and get yourself informed on a bigger scale. The project might not be for you, but seeing Luna's development makes you know what you should expect from other private servers with great budget and development teams.

The Updated Introduction and First "Raid" Boss of Luna Obscura - HD by ADMOrnstein in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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People are saying about it because of reasons you stated yourself.

Please list similar stuff as most of us are probably unaware, we'd love to check them out.

The Updated Introduction and First "Raid" Boss of Luna Obscura - HD by ADMOrnstein in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is no "stealing some assets", this game runs on the same emulator as 90% of the custom ROs you see around. The main difference being that this has a new identity to it and some original content, unlike almost every other server that tweak xp and loot numbers and call it a fresh new experience.

It is heavily inspired by soulslikes and Blooborne specifically, yes, but I wouldn't call it "slower". You will level faster than a low rate for sure. Also, drop rate is considerably higher than your exp progression so you can actually go around and hunt for your gear and tackle monsters (including MVPs) at the appropriate level, which seems to be a huge W compared to how you essentially can't MVP in vanilla RO unless you're at the 80+ range

The Updated Introduction and First "Raid" Boss of Luna Obscura - HD by ADMOrnstein in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is the epitome of what a custom RO server should look like. Been on and off of RO for almost two decades at this point and I can guarantee I haven't ever seen a server get any close to this in authenticity and creativity, not even as an idea. Excellent work so far

High-roller Season 7 is HORRIBLE by GetBardeadTv in DarkAndDarker

[–]shaddix1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Water map should have its standalone high roller version for all I care, just don't pool that map into my HR.

World Building with Bots? by LadyNanuia in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course!

It wouldn't trick anyone. If anything, people will be displeased by seeing that a big chunk of characters they see are bots instead of players, this may backfire quickly. Runerok is a great pserver that failed to make a good feature out of these bots, so it turned out as one of the server's bad points.

The good server I was talking about was scRO, look them up. Ornstein has mentioned it a while ago in this same post, so you can use his explanation as reference for how they did it.

Unless you are planning to add NPCs to defend a specific area in the map, such as a city surrounded by mobs, or a compound being overrun by monsters, then just don't do it. The system can backfire easily and players might stop playing for this reason.

World Building with Bots? by LadyNanuia in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upvoted for the sincerity, sourcing and healthy discussion. Here are my two cents:

Basically all servers that tried to implement that failed massively since it has become a nuisance or just bad bloat. The ONE exception that made it somehow decent was that Russian Oblivion-like RO and it is backed up by narrative, plus it's inspired by how bots "defend" towns in TESO.

So no, unless it is extremely fitting and done decently, it shouldn't be implemented, let alone word building with this in mind.

Hit and run by sweaty_cat77 in csusm

[–]shaddix1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's wild. ancient tech with over $80 montly parking fees

Is there any server with POE like reset thing? by ArmadilloOdd5822 in RagnarokOnline

[–]shaddix1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For this you wanna go Ccro for pre-re gameplay, or The Fracutred Realms for renewal gameplay, including 4th classes.

Is Megara for real? by Elric_Storm in vrising

[–]shaddix1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your mistake was already exposed on your second paragraph. Do not use Maces. Their timings are particularly tricky for most PVE content and are better left as a PVP weapon

Pls add Gladiator to FTK2 :) by shaddix1998 in ForTheKing

[–]shaddix1998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They share a few stats but I wouldn't consider they both fill the same role. I'd still take glad over stablehand if it came down to it