New article : combat & stats

Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:32 pm

http://www.gamedynamo.com/article/preview/4092/2544/en/PC/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online
THe writer is enthousiastic.
Positionning seems to be very important.

My humble advice to dev team :
- Dont put some pull abilities (like marauder pull in warhammer) in game. This is NOT FUN!
- simple rule in mmo design : If it's not fun, dont put it in game. Simple.

Also, the screeenshot show clearly they re using heroe engine.
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Greg Swan
 
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:45 pm

Set 1,000 years before Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls Online covers the time period from the Oblivion Crisis up to the Empire's final defeat at the hands of the Aldmeri Dominion

I think whoever wrote the article screwed up the lore a bit.
But besides that, this sounds pretty fantastic! That should at least give the people who are worried about this being a WoW-clone some ease of mind.
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:35 pm

I am really looking forward to TESO and expect it to be a good game actually but I wouldn't put much faith in this article. Skyrim combat in TESO? I think not. Absolutely no first-person perspective? According to the Devs we can zoom into first-person even though it will be difficult to fight in it. He sounds like he is trying too hard to be upbeat and his one criticism is inaccurate and this makes him seem to lack credibility.
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:35 pm

good read, i just really want to see the combat in action along with some moves from every "class" as he stated i assume there will be a class system. I would also like to know if those classes are faction based.
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:47 pm

Yeah, good read. The article is reiterating points made through several interviews, so it seems fairly accurate. I can't comment on the fact that he says it'll only be in third-person - I don't recall watching anything that said anything about that. The rest seems pretty accurate though.
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:26 pm

Also, the screeenshot show clearly they re using heroe engine.

Those screenshots are VERY old. It is probable they indeed are on hero engine, they use it for test. But for final release, they will use a own version.
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Post » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:50 am

Its sounding a bit similar to GW2 (which is good IMO)
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