Why did they make tideborns?

Montcalm - Archosaur
Montcalm - Archosaur Posts: 53 Arc User
edited October 2010 in General Discussion
This is just a random question that i have. What is the point of tideborns? Was the game getting too boring? Not enough diversity? Frankly assassins and psychics serve no particular point in the overall community of perfect world. So why even bother? (there are tons of different extensions that they could have added instead.) (Im not trying to insult anyone with this and im not complaining about sins and psychics being OP, just want a straightforward reason.)
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  • Montcalm - Archosaur
    Montcalm - Archosaur Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    I guess i worded this a little harshly. What i really mean is what were they trying to add to the gaming experience by inputing tideborns. Were people complaining about archers being the only dexterity based class. Or Wizards being too slow at channeling. Just interested...
  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    So that you'll make this thread.
  • WildStyIe - Lost City
    WildStyIe - Lost City Posts: 22 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    *edited*
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  • DaKillanator - Raging Tide
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide Posts: 2,965 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    WildStyIe - Lost City wrote: »
    This (the unannounced update) might be one of the last major updates to PWI before Forsaken World is released and becomes the company's new flagship (at least for North America) and PWI is left used and abused.

    EDIT: Its only a matter of time before "The Old Republic" is censored out as well.

    Quoted for truth
  • Cun - Lost City
    Cun - Lost City Posts: 685 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Montcalm - Archosaur wrote: »
    This is just a random question that i have. What is the point of tideborns? Was the game getting too boring? Not enough diversity? Frankly assassins and psychics serve no particular point in the overall community of perfect world. So why even bother? (there are tons of different extensions that they could have added instead.) (Im not trying to insult anyone with this and im not complaining about sins and psychics being OP, just want a straightforward reason.)

    To give players a bad taste of sushi. :(
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  • DaKillanator - Raging Tide
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide Posts: 2,965 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Cun - Lost City wrote: »
    To give players a bad taste of sushi. :(

    fail troll is fail

    Oh and to answer OP
    To make money. New class= more people playing PWI/rerolling a TB char, which of course means more cashopping.
  • Montcalm - Archosaur
    Montcalm - Archosaur Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    ty for the responses.
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide wrote: »
    fail troll is fail

    Oh and to answer OP
    To make money. New class= more people playing PWI/rerolling a TB char, which of course means more cashopping.

    Yeah that was pretty much my first impressionb:lipcurl
  • Cun - Lost City
    Cun - Lost City Posts: 685 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Can I have a cookie now? b:cry
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  • Deora - Lost City
    Deora - Lost City Posts: 1,086 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll if you go digging into older version of the client/leaked version of the server(yes I do have it, not saying from where to anyone) from long ago from the looks of it the tideborn were supposed to be there from day 1. Why they weren't is a mystery on its own but they were supposed to be there...
  • Aisubeki - Sanctuary
    Aisubeki - Sanctuary Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    to add more class/game variety durrr. to be honest, name one MMO that doesnt have a variety human, elf, and animal people. blood/night/whatever elves, those bull people in that one MMO, almost every mmo has humans... how many have fish people?
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  • ArchSaber - Sanctuary
    ArchSaber - Sanctuary Posts: 1,440 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Bring a better challenge to pro BMs.
    AP classes are a real butt pounding...
  • Darksylph - Heavens Tear
    Darksylph - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,816 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Deora - Lost City wrote: »
    Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll if you go digging into older version of the client/leaked version of the server(yes I do have it, not saying from where to anyone) from long ago from the looks of it the tideborn were supposed to be there from day 1. Why they weren't is a mystery on its own but they were supposed to be there...

    That wasnt the tideborns. Yes there are 2 character classes buried in the original client, one of which was a whip user, and i think the other was a weaponless martial artist. very little is known about the character classes, like race or location or anything, but they were not the tideborn classes.
  • Sarrafeline - Sanctuary
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary Posts: 4,661 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Darksylph - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    That wasnt the tideborns. Yes there are 2 character classes buried in the original client, one of which was a whip user, and i think the other was a weaponless martial artist. very little is known about the character classes, like race or location or anything, but they were not the tideborn classes.

    That would explain why there is enough space for two more trainers at the trainer locations in Arch. It LOOKS like there's gonna be two more classes added some time in the future...
    101 Sage Sin*/Archer
    100 Demon BM*/Barb
    96 Demon Cleric/Sage Seeker
    95 Demon Wiz/
    94 Sage Veno
    85 Psy/80 Mystic
    And a handful of other alts, all 79 and under.
    *Pre RB level
  • Aisubeki - Sanctuary
    Aisubeki - Sanctuary Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Darksylph - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    That wasnt the tideborns. Yes there are 2 character classes buried in the original client, one of which was a whip user, and i think the other was a weaponless martial artist. very little is known about the character classes, like race or location or anything, but they were not the tideborn classes.
    RICHTER BELMONT AND JOHNATHON MORRIS CLASSES.

    woo castlevania! woo vampire killer whip! dsfsdfsd
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  • Lainnie - Raging Tide
    Lainnie - Raging Tide Posts: 111 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Aisubeki - Sanctuary wrote: »
    RICHTER BELMONT AND JOHNATHON MORRIS CLASSES.

    woo castlevania! woo vampire killer whip! dsfsdfsd

    Haha nice
  • SteelStar - Heavens Tear
    SteelStar - Heavens Tear Posts: 469 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Why don't one of you just post the truth.

    They added this expansion so you would have another choice, more fun.
    By trying a new class and content. if you decide you like, you'll once again charge more zen and therefore they will make more money. End of story.

    Edit: Even though this is just a game to us, its business for them. What makes more money makes more scenes.
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  • Vexxis - Dreamweaver
    Vexxis - Dreamweaver Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Montcalm - Archosaur wrote: »
    This is just a random question that i have. What is the point of tideborns? Was the game getting too boring? Not enough diversity? Frankly assassins and psychics serve no particular point in the overall community of perfect world. So why even bother? (there are tons of different extensions that they could have added instead.) (Im not trying to insult anyone with this and im not complaining about sins and psychics being OP, just want a straightforward reason.)

    Why are there untamed?
  • Lyritha - Heavens Tear
    Lyritha - Heavens Tear Posts: 447 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Made to get old players perhaps interested in playing again... it worked for some of them others just didn't come back. Think about it : what is more likely to generate profit faster? New classes or a expansion that expands on things to do for higher levels.... you would go with the entry level expansion as new players can get a feel for said update... this argument however does not hold true for the new rank gear they added that no one will ever get. b:laugh
  • Dorset - Heavens Tear
    Dorset - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,690 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Montcalm - Archosaur wrote: »
    This is just a random question that i have. What is the point of tideborns? Was the game getting too boring? Not enough diversity? Frankly assassins and psychics serve no particular point in the overall community of perfect world. So why even bother? (there are tons of different extensions that they could have added instead.) (Im not trying to insult anyone with this and im not complaining about sins and psychics being OP, just want a straightforward reason.)

    the answer is
    this is a game
    people play it for fun
    they didnt add them for a PURPOSE in squads
    they added them for some variety
    meh i dont know why peopel dislike fish. i mean yeah they powerful and yeah they new compared to the original races. btu tbh you can form a decent squad without Untameds, or tbh without BMs or Wizzys if you do it right.
    meh if you dont liek them dont play them
    i actually enjoyed when the extension came out
    gave us all somethign to be excited bout.
    now what do we have..."OOOH ANOTHER BOTCHED PATCH" "*** more packs how EXCITING"
    ok so i had a bit of a rant bout this but when i played a sin as my main i suffered serious Fish Racism when i moved to Arch server (thankfuly never had that problem in heavens tear the biggest carebear server ever). and thats not actualy exageration
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  • WildStyIe - Lost City
    WildStyIe - Lost City Posts: 22 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    WildStyIe - Lost City wrote: »
    *edited*

    It seems I have revealed their master plan...I knew it b:chuckle

    on a side note I wonder why they say *edited* when they just completely remove the entire post, that's deletion not editing. Meh oh well.
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