[official unofficial speculation thread]New Race?Rumor?

Feiric - Harshlands wrote: »

As far as the Psychic goes, I'm guessing that it's going to be able to leach health/mana from mobs and players. It'd be fun if the class revolved around stacking DoTs (damage over time) spells, like I've seen in other games in the past. If it can out-damage an endgame wiz, I'm rerolling heh. I'll be a magical fishman. :P

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For the assassin class, I'm not sure if they'd really have stealth, unless they add some kind of detection skill to counter to one of the other classes. It's probably going to be on the high-damage end of the melee spectrum, with low hp or something.

If the assassin class DOES have a sneak/hide skill that allows your yellow dot to disappear and the whole shabang, and is melee, I can see it being a huge problem for unsuspecting robe classes especially.



It's going to be really interesting, that's for sure. I'm looking forward to it and glad this game is still growing.

That's pretty much what I was thinking with the Psychic. Just the name reminds of me something like a Mesmer, Necro, or Sorcerer class....with DoTs, plenty of debuffs, and/or HP leech. There aren't any other classes in the game that have this so far really.

As for Assassin...I say EXTREMELY high close ranged DPS, sleath, maybe not so many stuns, but IMO dependent on high crits just like Archers.



Sigh, not a big fan of the problems in this game already, but it's always nice to see something fresh. I'm getting bored of the map already.

Seinina - Sanctuary wrote: »

One suggestion I have here. Some quests (bonus bean rebirth squads come to mind immediately as mentioned earlier in this thread) depend on having specific classes. If the requirements are adjusted to require the two new classes as well (assuming the squad is expanded to 8) then these squads will not exist until people using the new classes get to a high enough level. If they are not required then these classes might be considered relatively useless, particularly for these setups. On to the suggestion: Allow people who already have high level characters to create these new characters at a relatively high level, say allowing anyone with a character over lv 60 to create a lv 50 tideborn. That way these new classes can be quickly integrated into the game and us high levels won't be left hanging too long for them to catch up.

On a side note, this could be applied to the existing classes too, though it might be more critical for the new classes.

Gawd, I hope they are smart enough *NOT* to do this.

You'll just have to struggle through the lower levels with the rest of the Common Folk.

RedMenace

TheGoliath - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I have to agree with RedMenace

and also where's the fun if u already skip levels with the new race

The fishy FB19 and the <20 quests for them would just be ignored...

I'm kind of looking forward to seeing the starter area swarmed like they all were on the first day of Open Beta. b:chuckle

I actually hope they do that. That way i can be a lvl 87 wizard insteadb:cute

LinZeta - Lost City wrote: »

As for Assassin...I say EXTREMELY high close ranged DPS, sleath, maybe not so many stuns, but IMO dependent on high crits just like Archers.

Oh dear, talk about BM's being completely replaced =/

Basically sounds like what a blademaster should have been, a "Blade", most likely lower vit but instead high damage and a high evasion and accuracy. Mebbe comes with attack power and attack speed self-buffs and high-damage melee skills.

Pwi will undoubtedly use the cover of "lower hp as a weakness so not OP" while players will instantly compensate with citrines and refines.

If you look at the map theres a massive area to the south that's unused and 1/2 of it is water it could easily be turned into a new starting town and areas from 1-19 lol

it would be fun if new races came out ^^ i would certainly make a alt

maybe theyre nto gona ahve dmg rediction in water but tehyre gona have some on land?since theyre water creatures?

Well to be honest, I think adding new classes will be SUPER dumb. Remember this is my opinion.

Its already super rediculous getting stuff, gettign mats and getting coins and this and that, then to add more different types of classes and equipment and stuff. I mean It sounds cool but when i get down to it, its gonna be more of a hassle. I think This expansion is geared towards to New Players and not the ones with High level characters, cuz the time spent working on ur main is enough for me in my eyes LOL. b:surrender

Well TBH I think, No, I KNOW this isn't going to happen.

People want new content, changes.
But cry about it when they get it.
Yes, we all are use to the way things have been and that is the reason why most dont want to accept the changes. How can anyone jump to conclusion and assume that it will be unbalanced or overpowered when we dont even know how any of it will work. Yes psychics have mind control and all but it doesnt mean that the new race will be a cookie-cutter class either. Open your mind to possibilities that you may not think possible because people are to busy complaining about "unbalanced, OP, Im gonna quit if we get a new class etc etc". Its just like all the veno hate from before. What people need to realize is that everyone has the option to create the same type of character and class as anyone else. Each client has 8 slots. If you think the new class is unbalanced then create you one and use that to your advantage. Nothing is unbalanced. It is all made the way the developers planned on making it. And everyone has the same options as everyone else. get use to it.

Hmm the rumors are quite interesting.

I have looked on the PW Database and have seen under the Weapons tab that there is a "Whips" section. Perhaps this could be used for the assassins?

I have also wondered if the Psychics could be able to use magic weapons (major guess says yes), because to me anyway, unarmed would be pretty appropriate for them (only using their hands).

I also can't help but wonder what the flying mounts would be for them. ^^

Alyyy - Sanctuary wrote: »

so in short not more venos?

was that really necessary? I don't seem to recall any veno remarks while I continually helped you as you first started playing. I'll leave it at that.

Hisuna - Sanctuary wrote: »

was that really necessary? I don't seem to recall any veno remarks while I continually helped you as you first started playing. I'll leave it at that.

i was just saying that venos are that powered as u described lol xD and i apreciate u helpin me stil dob:surrender


so sry if i ofended u in a wayb:surrender

TheGoliath - Heavens Tear wrote: »

and ur tip sucks cuz we can't all take the veno since it's imbalanced... who's gonna tank and heal after ?

Actually, what does imbalanced have to do with squad based stuff. Because in a squad if something is imbalanced then that works towards the advantage of the whole squad. The only imbalance Ill ever understand anyone complaining about is in PvP situations where its player vs player. Otherwise imbalances dont effect anyone else. My point is that everyone gets to choose what class and role they play and we all have that same option. Its been that way since the beginning. get use to it.

rsin wrote: »

Actually, what does imbalanced have to do with squad based stuff. Because in a squad if something is imbalanced then that works towards the advantage of the whole squad. The only imbalance Ill ever understand anyone complaining about is in PvP situations where its player vs player. Otherwise imbalances dont effect anyone else. My point is that everyone gets to choose what class and role they play and we all have that same option. Its been that way since the beginning. get use to it.

Great point very well said!

Every class has their own way of being broken because of their own advantages, of course it really depends on how the player uses them. I'm pretty sure that if there is a release of this new race that they will have their advantages and are broken in their own way, but there has to be at least one way that they balanced. For example: How do we know that this potential race is more broken just underwater not on land? Maybe they have the major advantage just underwater like swimming mastery.