2nd November 2004, 12:35 PM
Read them when you have the time then, you're not busy ALL day I'm sure...
In short? Action-RPG. Party-based (including one with random teams). Multiple game types. Gameplay? In between missions you choose which skill list you want to take into battle. Those are the eight icons in the bottom center of the screen. In missions (all are instanced -- as in just your party, not other people wandering around too) you cannot switch them or use any others... so you have to carefully choose which eight you want with you. The gameplay is pretty fast paced. Movement with keyboard (WASD) or mouse to click on the ground and go there. Combat by clicking to attack with default attack with that weapon or clicking on a skill button (or the hotkey for that ability) after selecting your target (by clicking on it or switching through the players with keyboard keys until you find who you want). The red bar there is health. In between fights this will regenerate, so you'll rarely go into any fight in a mission without full health. The blue bar is the skill bar. This quickly regenerates any time you use a skill on it. Each skill costs a certain number of skill points, you see, so you have to wait for it to regenerate far enough once you use a few...
For point of reference, as a Ranger I got a 25 skill point max. My skills cost between 5 and 15 skill points; use a 15 and I have to wait a couple of seconds before I can do it again, and then it's at zero and you wait longer. So the combat is fast paced but strategic.
Oh, you can try to dodge by moving, but it breaks your target lock and any skill you are doing and stuff and usually doesn't help much... it's better to just heal. :)
On that note, healing. This game has no healing (or skill point) potions. Yup, none. All classes have some kind of ability that heals them, though, and your health auto-regenerates when you are not attacked for a while. Also, the Monk class is a fantastic healer. They can heal lots of damage and resurrect dead party members... absolutely vital characters to have in any party, obviously. :)
In short? Action-RPG. Party-based (including one with random teams). Multiple game types. Gameplay? In between missions you choose which skill list you want to take into battle. Those are the eight icons in the bottom center of the screen. In missions (all are instanced -- as in just your party, not other people wandering around too) you cannot switch them or use any others... so you have to carefully choose which eight you want with you. The gameplay is pretty fast paced. Movement with keyboard (WASD) or mouse to click on the ground and go there. Combat by clicking to attack with default attack with that weapon or clicking on a skill button (or the hotkey for that ability) after selecting your target (by clicking on it or switching through the players with keyboard keys until you find who you want). The red bar there is health. In between fights this will regenerate, so you'll rarely go into any fight in a mission without full health. The blue bar is the skill bar. This quickly regenerates any time you use a skill on it. Each skill costs a certain number of skill points, you see, so you have to wait for it to regenerate far enough once you use a few...
For point of reference, as a Ranger I got a 25 skill point max. My skills cost between 5 and 15 skill points; use a 15 and I have to wait a couple of seconds before I can do it again, and then it's at zero and you wait longer. So the combat is fast paced but strategic.
Oh, you can try to dodge by moving, but it breaks your target lock and any skill you are doing and stuff and usually doesn't help much... it's better to just heal. :)
On that note, healing. This game has no healing (or skill point) potions. Yup, none. All classes have some kind of ability that heals them, though, and your health auto-regenerates when you are not attacked for a while. Also, the Monk class is a fantastic healer. They can heal lots of damage and resurrect dead party members... absolutely vital characters to have in any party, obviously. :)
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