Oglaf.1074

> @"Jon Howard.6523" said:

> Interesting. So it isn't a lore thing but rather a situation where lore takes a backseat to mechanics.

Pretty much. Very noticeable with content focused around human enemies as (mini) bosses often tower over Norns, too.

See for example the utterly gigantic Bandit Executioner open world boss.

> @"Flippy.1653" said:

> Male, charr

Easy. Tier 3 heavy cultural. Sadly, the only good fit on Charr is the stuff specifically designed for them IMHO.

Far too frivolously. :flushed:

> @"Haleydawn.3764" said:

> > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > I’m Swedish and I have no idea what “Kung Fu Tea” is. I guess non-US players are utterly kitten?

>

> Maybe read up on what the promotion entails? And the thread here has lots of details. The codes can be awarded globally. Only the sweepstakes is US only, most likely due to the usual legal stuff surrounding competitions.

Still doesn’t make me able to buy a cuppa from them.

I’m Swedish and I have no idea what “Kung Fu Tea” is. I guess non-US players are utterly kitten?

I not-so-secretly wish that Warrior and Engineer switched Rifles. The ability to use their rocket jump into melee seems so much fun, and very Warrior-ish. :lol:

As a Warrior main, I both love and hate _Fast Hands_ and _Warrior’s Sprint_.

They’re both amazing traits which is obviously good, but it also makes Discipline a traitline that no Warrior can do without due to how essential these two traits are for the very basic, core function of the class.

I wish _Fast Hands_ was just built in as a passive bonus to the class by default. It should.

Berserker.

It is just god awful in comparison to Core and Spellbreaker.

> @"Aaron Ansari.1604" said:

> > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > Ironically a Norn would have a higher chance to be able to breed with Asura and Charr than humans due to the latter not being native to the planet. Space aliens. I mean, they can’t with Asura or Charr either but it is even more certain that they can’t with humans. If that makes any sense.

> >

> > More disturbing though, Norns could very well be able to breed with Jotun if the legend about their common heritage ends up being true. I guess that in their current degenerate state Jotun might have their genetics ruined to the point where it is no longer possible, but pre-Fall Jotun and Norn might’ve been compatible? :relaxed:

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> I dunno. The size difference there is even more extreme than the difference between human and norn. At least a human comes up to a norn's chest (with the in-game scaling, anyway); under the same scaling, a norn is, at best, stomach-high on a jotun.

>

... it is not about “size difference”.

Ironically a Norn would have a higher chance to be able to breed with Asura and Charr than humans due to the latter not being native to the planet. Space aliens. I mean, they can’t with Asura or Charr either but it is even more certain that they can’t with humans. If that makes any sense.

More disturbing though, Norns could very well be able to breed with Jotun if the legend about their common heritage ends up being true. I guess that in their current degenerate state Jotun might have their genetics ruined to the point where it is no longer possible, but pre-Fall Jotun and Norn might’ve been compatible? :relaxed:

> @"eyesrutherford.1357" said:

> It made a duplicate of my thread and won’t let me delete so I’m changing the info as to not incur any penalties

You can “Flag” your own post and select the “Other” option/reason and kindly ask for it to be deleted.

@"Konig Des Todes.2086"

Actually the notion that Norn view humans as children could be true, but not in the way you’d think. Lore-wise humans are frail and fragile in comparison Norns so they would indeed have to handle them with “kiddy gloves on” so to speak.

It is like in Star Trek where Worf, who is a Klingon (which likewise are way stronger than humans) having grown up amongst humans doesn’t allow himself to enter a relationship with another crew member because as a kid he accidentally killed another kid with a tackle during a sports game.

So while I don’t agree that such relationships would be taboo, I could definitely see individual Norns being apprehensive about relationships with non-Norns out of such concerns.

Sorry, but I don’t see the issue. If you want to basically handicap one of your weapon sets (as there are plenty faaaar better options, especially in PvP) for this, go for it.

Personally I would never do it because the aforementioned self-imposed handicapping.

> @"Carighan.6758" said:

> > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > Proven again and again not to work.

>

> And yet proven just as often that it **works**. There are exceptions, because the reward-balance is off. But overall it works. Do you think people do Domain of Istan advanacement because they enjoy it themselves? O.o

No. It has never proven to work for this particular meta. Never will.

> @"Ardid.7203" said:

> So Jenna could simply design Logan as a noble considering all his heroics and helpful ways, and give the poor man a chance.

> But she prefers not to.

> So nice.

That would probably be a political scandal regardless as people know they pine for one-another.

Or at least, that’s probably what they fear might happen in any case.

Too many mounts as is. It is starting to get silly. I think it’d be better if the Skimmer had a dive function.

Are you aware of who the big bad of PoF is? Because that’s a rather big spoiler in of itself and eventhough you get the Raptor very early on, there’s no avoiding that spoiler.

> @"Daergoth.9415" said:

> Yeah I know the clutter will be a challenge for him. I think there is a setting to reduce the effect noise. I’ll have to look into that. I don’t spend much time on guard. How complex is the Firebrand rotation?

I’d say about medium complexity/difficulty as a lot of function key abilities are involved in addition to weapon and utility skills.

> @"kharmin.7683" said:

> > @"gamerzfolk.1732" said:

> > How do you motivate someone to do something that is not fun or enjoyable?

>

> By gating content behind it.

>

>

Proven again and again not to work.

> @"Obtena.7952" said:

> > @"Red Haired Savage.5430" said:

> > Well after doing some thinking on rifle, one of the things on rifle that to me makes it feel so slow and awkward is how slowly it seems to build adrenaline. If you're on rifle chances are there's a good reason you're on rifle so you probably won't be switching back to mele so you also end up doing allot of auto attacks. Which weapon swapping is one of the things that makes warrior combat feel fun, so if you're stuck in just a ranged fight not being able to swap weapons it gets boring (because who runs rifle/long bow). Another thing is that because so many of our utilities are either defensive in nature, meant for mele range, meant for group combat, or are on such long cool downs that you hardly press them and so you're stuck just hitting rifle skills...watching the adrenaline slowly go up.

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> > You know after some thought these reasons might be why rifle is in such a bad place.

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> That's good thinking IMO ... DPS buffs don't fix unfun weapons and the way rifle works doesn't really fit in with Warrior playstyles.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I wish Warrior had Engi Rifle. Jumping into melee range and all that goodness.

> @"Artyport.2084" said:

> > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > > @"Artyport.2084" said:

> > > > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > > > Any of the three, really.

> > > >

> > > > 1) Born into a noble bloodline is a given.

> > > > 2) If you’re rich (thus powerful and influential) you can pretty much found your own noble house. All noble families have to start somewhere.

> > > > 3) The Queen can basically dub you a noble, yes.

> > >

> > > what constitues a nobel blood line?

> >

> > See point 2 and 3.

> >

> > Edit: There is also the political system where ministers and the like being nobles. However, I’m not sure that means that only nobles are allowed to become politicians or if politicians become nobles by default as part of their position...

> >

> >

>

> ok.. i guess i was curious to weather these characters were descendants of specific people.

> like rurik ?

> or gwen?

> lady althea?

I’m not sure we know what happened to their bloodlines in between the two games.

But I’m not really a human person. Someone more interested/well-versed in their lore might know.

> @"SoulSin.5682" said:

> That was indeed unnecessary. I mean... evasion of all things?

>

> Dagger Storm is now the perfect run away tool. Extra speed, reflect, evasion, stability and Cripple. And can clean one condition.

Spinning.... extra speed... running away... quickly? Fast?

Gotta go fast!!!

Let’s rename it Sanic Storm. :lol:

> @"derd.6413" said:

> > @"Oglaf.1074" said:

> > > @"YoukiNeko.6047" said:

> > > It might be for the better to just remove all racial skills.

> >

> > Or rework them into gizmo skills entirely. I wouldn’t mind the Norn shapeshifting ones becoming permanent Costume Brawl “tonics” so that you could at least role play with them a bit if you want.

> >

>

> Race exclusive novelties perhaps

Yeah. Especially with the new wardrobe system they just added forgoing the need of having a physical item in your inventory to use them now.

Dolyak should’ve given Resistance to fit the “unstoppable beast of burden”-theme.

> @"perilisk.1874" said:

> > @"Ayrilana.1396" said:

> > Obtaining that backpack isn’t a necessity for anything in the game.

>

> It will probably be a necessity for the next Aurora, FWIW. Of course, that may increase interest in doing the event.

>

Dear god no. Please no. That’d be the worst thing they could do.