03-02-2013, 04:43 PM
I think the problem is most MMORPG's in order to keep running cheaply (and by extension, to keep running in general) keep the game updating in large intervals, intervals impractical for action combat, 24 / 12 are common intervals, 24 being the minimum refresh rate of an animation before it starts looking like a slideshow (typically the game updates and interprets what happens in between this so the game still appears to be running 60 fps)
So what you typically want is something resembling a turn based RPG, the problem with this is every MMO tried to disguise it as action combat, which is kind of an insult to the player.
This is relevant to my situation because the skills are directly linked to the combat and typically the way the combat works will shape the way skills work.
I think a good approach to this would be something along the lines of Final Fantasy, almost turn based but turns are asynchronous and their quantity are determined by recovery times. funnily enough this is almost how WoW and runescape work, but the betrayal is still there, its still being disguised as something else.
Maybe this could be expanded to include movement (potentially dodging attacks, gaining distance for AOE attacks, etc.) There is a lot of mechanics that can be tweaked and added from simply having "miss"es and criticals depend on movement / location it removes the 1 thing most horrible for strategic combat, chance (chance can work, but not when its a primary mechanic, only when its a condition)
So what you typically want is something resembling a turn based RPG, the problem with this is every MMO tried to disguise it as action combat, which is kind of an insult to the player.
This is relevant to my situation because the skills are directly linked to the combat and typically the way the combat works will shape the way skills work.
I think a good approach to this would be something along the lines of Final Fantasy, almost turn based but turns are asynchronous and their quantity are determined by recovery times. funnily enough this is almost how WoW and runescape work, but the betrayal is still there, its still being disguised as something else.
Maybe this could be expanded to include movement (potentially dodging attacks, gaining distance for AOE attacks, etc.) There is a lot of mechanics that can be tweaked and added from simply having "miss"es and criticals depend on movement / location it removes the 1 thing most horrible for strategic combat, chance (chance can work, but not when its a primary mechanic, only when its a condition)