This is pretty cool ...

http://www.own3d.tv/video/34265/Ice_Dragon_Slain

check out the water spout @ 1:55 ... cool graphic.

a surprise @ ~7:40 on ...

I like how he can begone onto a ship. Cool video

Notice how travel is still borked by the use of spells like storm blast, begone, and WoF, and while we have been hammering on AV for six and half months now, still no fix.

Other then that, new content is good for the game.

you know tas, the ratio of negative to positive posts are way out of wack. lighten up buddy boy.

We, the Brotherhood of Shadows, have been beating on AV for nearly 8 months now to fix the way in which Begone, StormBlast, and WoF, along with a couple others, can make an individual travel faster on water and land then the fastest moving VEHICLE!

We have even offered many, many, many, coding solutions, and other solutions, to at least address this issue. AV's standpoint has been, "Shut up, its Taso's game, expect to be fucked by AV, and pay us our monthly subscription fee, while we continue to shit on you."

There is no working with AV, no ability for those ego maniac's to be willing to listen to the educated, experienced, and knowledgeable gaming community, that is trying to help AV help itself, and make DFO the sandbox PvP game we all want. When you provide an "STP" write up, and give them a professional pitch, from individuals actively working in the development community, and the response you get 2 months later is, "The mechanics of those spells is working as intended, this subject is considered closed." pretty much makes you want to get on an airplane and go water board Tasos.

On this point, I'd have to agree with AV ... I don't think they should change any aspect of force driven movement physics, it makes this game unique.

It takes some practice & skill to perform combo's of these spells (I totaly suck at using them consistantly) & there is a risk associated with using them .. say you get a bound away with a shrapnel, take some severe impact damage & fizzel\muff the next in sequence ... you opened yourself up to being dropped easier by a well placed arrow or bolt.

Just my opinon though.

Except your hit box takes a couple seconds to catch up to you because of the sync issue, and conversions don't care about magic encumbrance for scaling how much they convert for, the only thing you get is your fizzle rate. I can almost assure you, a player who can bunny hop, can get a conversion off to health before you can get an arrow or ray spell on them.

With AoE damage from spells almost completely nerfed, your left with having to directly strike a bouncing target, whose hit box is not where it is due to a sync'ing issue with the Z axis. If you want to really confuse the system, using the Z axis in a bounce is probably the best way to thwart incomming fire, other then using a packet sniffer to cause de-syncing issues.

I realize DFO and AV isn't even close to perfect, and they have a veritable Mt. Everest sized issue, with the resources of a colony of ants that number in the 10's. They are not in an easy position, but yet the exasperate this issue by continually refusing to have any type of discussion about how they community who knows development, has a long tenure in MMO gaming, can help AV help itself.

It has been made loud and clear to us, this is Taso's game, if you don't like the game the way it is, tough shit, as long as you keep paying your monthly sub, they give give two shits less. Which is why I, and about 100 or so others have refused to sub to AV until they at least address some of the most basic of issues plaguing DFO.

When they won't even address the basic bullshit, but will spend resources on putting goats and sheep into the game, there is a serious disconnect.

I think you meant exacerbate.

I'm game to waterboard someone...when do we leave?

Simple solution:

Whip up a business plan, sucessfully pitch some VC, get some space & equipment, hire a staff and make that sandbox PvP game you all want.

The problem is, it's not so simple ... is it?

We offered to work for free, almost like DFO was an EMU, on some of the simplest of basic tasks to try and free up resources for AV. They have denied every single attempt by quality industry members to help them that have offered there services.

If I wanted to invest my money in a high risk, low chance of success, business deal. I would go to the casino and put all my money on Black. Never once have I said these guys were in a easy spot, or that the tasks ahead of them weren't numerous in issues, and complex, long lead time development cycles due to there current human resource issue.

The point I am making is, Taso's is a fucking ego manic, incapable of accepting any type of input that doesn't agree with his vision and way of doing things. That is almost a direct quote from a Sr. Dev in AV, who has been there for almost 6 years. In addition to that, he (Taso) refuses, almost out of spite it seems some times, to engage those people who are willing to help in ways in which AV needs help, and accept other them direct payment, ie for fucking free.

Longshanks, you have been in the business long enough to have had to deal with someone similar to this. If god himself came down and offered to make every idea Taso's had for DFO come true, work perfectly, and be the greatest game TASO'S had ever invisioned, he would still tell God to get shit on, this is Taso's fucking game, not yours God!

Yeah .. I have a saying:

There are 3 things that will sink a project - attitudes, egos & politics.

After a great Phase 1 release of the project I lead ... I find myself facing all 3 .. 2 more phases to go, it's going to be brutal.

I tell ya all what. I will stay full of Hater Aid for AV and Taso and continue my ...






And you can all stay in fanboi land and ...

I have a Financial Dba project mired in Politics, and I am the swing man on about a 9 person circle jerk, its such fun..fun..fun.

Nothing like a solid 5 layers of Mgmt. to fuck things up.

Im available for traveling brow beatings both physical and verbal.

You better worry about working on your frog holding stance.

Donk I hear you hold it like no other !!