Ok, so I am going through checking the posts on DN1, and I see that I was still the last person to post in this section....
ALMOST A MONTH AGO!
In addition I also noticed... well it's bloody obvious... that almost no one uses coder...
I use it quite often along with other trees against NPCs... helps with farming...
But what motivation is there to use it in PVP?
So I figure why not make a thread... hopefully it will be positive... on changes that are needed to make coder more useful as a pvp tool.
In summary post here, what you think needs to be added/changed in coder to make you want to use it in pvp.
I might as well try it first eh?
1. Coder is largely trusting the AI of the game to fight for you (Duh sims). Sims still use pretty stupid tactics, but it has been slowly getting better. Perhaps to make up for the "stupidity" of the sim they can do a bit more damage as a player will often fight a sim for a long time.
2. No way to track your sim. Because the coder will get owned in and out of IL, he must hide and send in his sims... but where is that sim? Not to mention how easy it is for a sim to get lost.
3. The coder himself is pretty much helpless. Viral accuracy is low... melee accuracy is low... ranged accuracy is low... and I don't think thrown even exists for it. Either way you have a low probability to hit, the coder himself needs some kind of way to defend himself other than the proxy. Players are smart enough to ignore the proxy, and go for the owner. Perhaps something that only boosts defense rates on the coder, keeping him from being hit, but not giving a boost to actually hit.
4. Coder is similair to a "Necromancer" or "Summoner" in other games... most of those games let you make several cronies to follow you. Coder could make use of this to help even out the "zerg" effect against their team. Allow coders to make a group of lower level sims 5 levels lower than the coder. A group of these may consist of three, and the ability should have a long re-use timer.
Just some general ideas...
ALMOST A MONTH AGO!
In addition I also noticed... well it's bloody obvious... that almost no one uses coder...
I use it quite often along with other trees against NPCs... helps with farming...
But what motivation is there to use it in PVP?
So I figure why not make a thread... hopefully it will be positive... on changes that are needed to make coder more useful as a pvp tool.
In summary post here, what you think needs to be added/changed in coder to make you want to use it in pvp.
I might as well try it first eh?
1. Coder is largely trusting the AI of the game to fight for you (Duh sims). Sims still use pretty stupid tactics, but it has been slowly getting better. Perhaps to make up for the "stupidity" of the sim they can do a bit more damage as a player will often fight a sim for a long time.
2. No way to track your sim. Because the coder will get owned in and out of IL, he must hide and send in his sims... but where is that sim? Not to mention how easy it is for a sim to get lost.
3. The coder himself is pretty much helpless. Viral accuracy is low... melee accuracy is low... ranged accuracy is low... and I don't think thrown even exists for it. Either way you have a low probability to hit, the coder himself needs some kind of way to defend himself other than the proxy. Players are smart enough to ignore the proxy, and go for the owner. Perhaps something that only boosts defense rates on the coder, keeping him from being hit, but not giving a boost to actually hit.
4. Coder is similair to a "Necromancer" or "Summoner" in other games... most of those games let you make several cronies to follow you. Coder could make use of this to help even out the "zerg" effect against their team. Allow coders to make a group of lower level sims 5 levels lower than the coder. A group of these may consist of three, and the ability should have a long re-use timer.
Just some general ideas...
