CLASS SYSTEM

Locke
Monday, April 7, 2008

Dransik has had a basic class system right from the very start, with the basic Warrior / Archer classes for players to choose from. In this re-release of Dransik the new Developer of the game(Thetyrant) has added many new features to the game; including a new class, a mage.

I interviewed 3 people to get their views on the current class system and to distinguish between the flaws of this system and the strengths. The following interviews took place with Brokon, ViVi and Rhythimicz.

INTERVIEW WITH VIVI AND RHYTIMICZ

Q. Mages seem to becoming a big factor in this game, what are your views on the mage class?

Vivi; who was the first mage on the server has had much experience with the mage class, and basically told me that Mages are a slipping factor in dransik. He described mages: "They are over-rated, when really they are the weakest class."

Vivi and Rhytimicz agreed on the fact that from the recent updates mages have been getting worse; from archers recieving buffs, to their healing scrolls having a huge cool-down timer which is 60seconds. They both seen this as an unfair factor, as mages have a very limited carrying capacity due to lack of strength and being able to hold a very limited ammount of potions and healing scrolls. As mages are mainly intelligence based and not so much strength and constitution, they suffer in the HP field. From this Vivi and Rhytimicz have a vivid point, that mages have the lowest HP of the 3 classes and it takes 60seconds to use a healing scroll, unfair? You make the judgements.

Q. What flaws do you think the current magic system has? (scrolls)

A clear point was made, and a realistic point at that; that scrolls should NOT weigh more than potions, logically how can a piece of paper weigh more than a bottle of healing tonic?

Vivi then went on to talk about druids; druids dont do well unless you have a whole bunch of them, I was told that 7 million gold is needed to purchase a sufficient ammount of druids to help in battle. Vivi believes that this price is outrageous and thinks he alone has spent over 1.8 billion gold on druids to date. (1,800,000,000)

Q. What would personally make the game greater for you?

Vivi

Rhytimicz: "Getting rid of all of the hacks; take out the sextant."

Q. What would be the downfall of a mage over warriors and archers?

As Vivi was the first mage on the server, he has most experience with the system and fighting with that class. He told me that Warriors or Archers simply just need to attack a druid 1 by 1 and drag it away from the mage and that is something the mage has no control over. He also stated that if a mage didnt spend the 7m for druids the mage would be fighting with "Gimped strength, health and even weight capacity" and also due to a mages lack of constitution they are far more easily poisoned that warriors. Another major downfall is the inbalance of armour; mages wear robes which supply the mage with a very low Armour Rating.

I wanted to find out if a mage had any strengths over warriors or archers, Vivi told me "Mages have a great advantage over warriors in close quarters, and against archers our only strength was being able to heal by 500+ every 10 seconds which has been gimped to 60 seconds." Vivi then described the "10 bonuses" that archers have over mages and warriors as "Not right..."

INTERVIEW WITH BROKON

Broken told me that he thought it was great that there is now 3 classes in dransik, but they need to be slightly balanced. He described the needed balance using a simple game "Rock, Scissors and Paper" 3 classes as such and one always has the upper hand against the third he showed an example of this also below:

Archer < Warrior < Mage < Archer

I wanted to see how bad the inbalance is, so I asked Brokon to state weakness' and strengths of each class. He straight away started by saying Warriors are the best class with their high HP, high hits, and maximum weight. This give them a great advantage over archers, as Warriors can take many hits and catch up due to the stutter step. Brokon said "But its not always about the system, it is best on a players skill in PvP"

He then moved on to mages by first saying "I think that mages overall are the weakest at the moment" stating that the mages scrolls are absolutly disgraceful, with spells like 'Inferno' doing little to no damage which should be buffed so mages have a chance to use spells that do damage in battles. The only thing mages are good for Brokon told me, is rekilling with druids.

He moved on to the archers and jumped right on to the subject of the stutter step, he told me "The stutter step shouldn't decrease every 20 dex, it should be like the rest of the classes and decrease every 5 - 10 dex, again its all about balance."

EVALUATION

From my reportings I have come to gather that many people aren't happy in the lands of Dransik due to small problems such as the inbalance of classes, if this information is true then a buff of mages is needed and a few minor adjustments to overall balance should be fixed.

REPORTINGS WRITTEN BY LOCKE

SPECIAL THANKS TO RHYTIMICZ, BROKON AND AS VOTED BEST MAGE ON THE SERVER; VIVI

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