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Simple Ideas to get SWTOR´s Combat System out of Stoneage >
Goromhir
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HUD Auto Targeting instead of Stoneage TAB targeting, AutoTarget doesnt work well in SWTOR.... far to inconvient to target something in groups (look at Guildwars 2´s new targeting... its awesome )
Global Cooldown > This has to go , it ruins the flow and fun of the whole combat (1s is to much) or reduce it to 0.2-0.3 sec. The effect of alacrity is to low anyway...
Delay even for Instant Powers > Theres a hidden delay which ruins the flow of smooth combat. Troopers Grenade or Mercenaries Rockets all share the same boring delay before the power executes. Its not more realistic DEVs, it feels like a combat break.
Basic Attack Keyboard killing Spam, Change to > AUTO HOLD ... Why players have to press their Basic attacks a few thousand times per day is a myth to me. Smart players use scripts while honest players click, press press press, click until their mouse/keyboard keys are broken.
Overall while some Logitech, Razor etc etc mouse owners can use Macros to get around the stupid Combat System the rest has to single click every attack.
Playing Melee classes without Macro Script either from the Mouse Software or Autohotkey is simply feeling horrible and inconvient
Stop creating more expansions !
DEV´s modernize your old boring brick like combat system. Make it feel more lightweight and fun. Improve the stiff static animations !
And best if you introduce more different powers for all the Companions. They are all the same ,just their Textures are different.
Give each companion its own unique power that makes it different. better give them 2-3 different powers....
After playing modern mmorpg´s and coming back to SWTOR the game feels like heavy work after work and its anything but relaxing.
Without the latest Star Wars movie this game had no future past this year, be happy the movie appeared Bioware otherwise your servers would be emtpy.
Use the time and upgrade your old boring and inconvient combat system Bioware !
Global Cooldown > This has to go , it ruins the flow and fun of the whole combat (1s is to much) or reduce it to 0.2-0.3 sec. The effect of alacrity is to low anyway...
Delay even for Instant Powers > Theres a hidden delay which ruins the flow of smooth combat. Troopers Grenade or Mercenaries Rockets all share the same boring delay before the power executes. Its not more realistic DEVs, it feels like a combat break.
Basic Attack Keyboard killing Spam, Change to > AUTO HOLD ... Why players have to press their Basic attacks a few thousand times per day is a myth to me. Smart players use scripts while honest players click, press press press, click until their mouse/keyboard keys are broken.
Overall while some Logitech, Razor etc etc mouse owners can use Macros to get around the stupid Combat System the rest has to single click every attack.
Playing Melee classes without Macro Script either from the Mouse Software or Autohotkey is simply feeling horrible and inconvient
Stop creating more expansions !
DEV´s modernize your old boring brick like combat system. Make it feel more lightweight and fun. Improve the stiff static animations !
And best if you introduce more different powers for all the Companions. They are all the same ,just their Textures are different.
Give each companion its own unique power that makes it different. better give them 2-3 different powers....
After playing modern mmorpg´s and coming back to SWTOR the game feels like heavy work after work and its anything but relaxing.
Without the latest Star Wars movie this game had no future past this year, be happy the movie appeared Bioware otherwise your servers would be emtpy.
Use the time and upgrade your old boring and inconvient combat system Bioware !
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If you want an MMO with a twitch or action based combat system then go play Terra, Guild Wars 2 or ESO. Tab Targeting may be old but I think it works best for MMO's and it works well in SWTOR.
It suffers from the same thing that all these games are suffering from,lack of FUn exciting MASSIVE ideas that bring players together.
15 years later,thousands fo games later and still FFXI is the ONLY game that has PVE content to suffice to the entire server and that is Besieged,the best content ever in these games.
We don't really need massive but most content is Raids or pvp and that is it.Thousands of games later and that is all developers can come up with is raids and pvp,,,sad very sad,why even bother to pay a Director/Producer if they can't produce anything?
We need to see content that brings players together for PVE not cheap ass flag/pvp or lame instance dungeons,content where every player on the server can join if they wanted to.
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For ranged it is not really an issue because distance is less of an issue.
I also think the global cooldown is silly long. Makes some animations look odd because you can end up standing still for moments, which just looks weird for combat.
Especially melee combat feels very clunky and sometimes downright awkward compared to other MMO's.
For many people the camera rotation can go weird too, even on lowest speed. Making your toon suddenly spin around way faster then the setting should allow.
Map and combat are my main issues with this game. First MMO where I don't feel like continue playing melee.
I own a simply 5 button mouse and have no issues with the amount of abilities. I have two full hotbars and another small 4 button hotbar all keybound with one hotbar for vehicles/buffs that I just click.
If there was a better more modern Star Wars game i would not be the only one that moves to that.
Instead of bringing more and more content and level cap increases BW could put some resources into modernizing their Combat System to a modern 2016 style game.
I sadly expect nothing but the continuing "LETS MILK THIS COW" strategy......
don't come here and tell a game to change just to suit you, consider that. Many do not like your kiddie twitch combat systems that have the depth of Tic-Tac-Toe.
And the stop with expansions is probably one of the worst ideas I have ever read on these forums. People like myself play for the story-line, and want more and more expansions, the more the better.
If are looking for some twitch base PVP game this is not it, and hopefully never will be.
http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront
The Grafic, Combat Engine, Story of this game combined with SWTOR´s mmorpg elements would be it
The textures even in the lastest Expansions are all still pretty Blur and Low Res. Never mind how high you set your Cards AF .. x8 or x16 Textures are still blur and low quality.
Just because you don't like it doesn't make it wrong or bad. You simply have a different preference. It is that simple. As to things from the stone age, wow, you kids really can't deal with things not going your way now can you?
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Twitch is not the future. It is just the choice of ADHD kids that need flashing lights and constant clicking to make them feel special.
I found the combat in SW:TOR to be extremely shallow and far too easy. Very few inter-group skills, no support classes meant every fight was basically the same - just execute your combat rotation and time your limited number of emergency skills or big buffs.
The changes listed by the OP would, in my opinion, make the combat even more shallower and remove the tiny amount of skill currently needed. Would just end up a spammy twitchy piece of crap, satisfying for 10 minutes then just boring as hell, no brainpower needed, just a resilient finger.
In fact, Arkham city ALONE has doubled SWTOR's sales figures between launch and F2P, and then EA went totally dark and silent on sales after that which can only mean piss poor figures.
So sure, this "fad" has failed so hard that dozens of titles are copying one of the best combat systems ever devised.
EDIT: Oh I get it, single player games don't have subs so WoW wins by default.
Batman Combat is not even remotely related to action combat. It's "interactive combat". BDO has action combat and I can't stand it. Batman combat is interactive and when you swing your sword, they don't just stand there and take it with no reaction whatsoever like in ancient dusty tab targeting games.
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