| Is it GU4 paladin changes or the exp curve changing? Paladins are ridiculous! I didn't twink my paladin at all and managed to get 17 in like 8 hours played. I used a 100% vet pot for 16-17 but thats it. Normally I wouldn't mention it since I don't like nerfs but since I doubt i'll be in it long term i'm curious if paladins were always this good. I don't recall seeing many when I played alot at release and I sure as hell didn't level my 15 DRK or 17 MNK late last year as fast as him either, not even close. The shit I can take on is ridiculous, i'm more godly than a cleric at release was.
they got buffed last Patch Paladins and 2 other classes in GU5 3-4 more classes will get buffed.
Heart Soul of Vanguard like eq 1 was is still grouping and raiding, Seeing the dungeons.
However they are trying to make it so if have career, family, or school or all, can solo really well so if dont have time to look for group and still have fun.
Their are bunch of classes can solo stuff like mad and their are some that cant as much.
But as healer in this game class usally especially paladin or shaman, cleric due to armor and some pet for shaman or plate for cleric, paladin plus paladins can tank groups, add in heals and buffs yah they can do 3 dots or 4 if their geared good or know what their doing.
Their trying to make it , so all classes are fun and dont have few classes that none want to play, due to fact they suck.
Also in past games many of them if were healer or Hybrid were bascially buff bot and healer and soloing was really gimped so alot didnt want to play them.
Necros can solo like Jesus to in game to and alot other classes.
Discs can dps as Monk type class and heal,buff with Jin usally their mana pool for heals and dps never ends.
I have played games since Grad, Law school and 1 thing have learned is even if class gets buffed overpowered while agree they are dont call for nerf bats anymore cause class balance in every game have played is always issue.
Played Ultima Online beta 1 year and 2 monthes, UO catskills for 4 years, eq 1-4 betas eq 1 for 8 years off and on, daoc beta 4 monthes, daoc 3 years in between eq 1 raiding 1st 5 years,eq 2 beat 11 monthes, eq 2 3 years, wow beta 8 monthes, Wow since launch raiding in BT soon to be Sunwell raid guild ,vanguard beta 10 monthes quit 7 monthes after launch and now back for good!.Lotr beta 5 monthes Lotr at launch for 3 monthes around raiding in eq 2 and wow then got bored.
So point im making is over years all of those games have had class balance issues.
Example this class gets buffed then nerfed down line then this new class get buffed is little overpowered its just constant cycle.
I think at this Point in Vanguard can see in few more GU patches with more bug fixes and optmizations, Raid content, class revamps, and newbie isle can see soon after that at some point geting some type free trial system like wow has , so can get subs up will happen, also some type of let old players return free for 7-14 days so can see how game is stable now and fun again so can get subs up.
Later in 1 of the GU future patches their is talk of adding AA points system and 2 classes left out of beta Inquistor and Zerker.
So with Free trials system and some type free trial for new and old players to return and game stable and fun can see alot subs coming back and new slowly.
Then at that point can slowly add to team.
Think then for Full relaunch with some marketing and word of mouth cause game is stable and fun has raid content. tons of classes, and races, so many dungeons could not even list them all.
We will see 1 st expansion its long ways off but wil happen then with free trials for new players and free trials for old players before the 1st expansion and more marketing well again can add to team and slowly add more servers as needed as they get the subs up.
Game is to much like updated eq 1 with bad ass graphics and tons of dungeons and raiding going in more and more now, with some features of eq 2 and wow, loot system etc not to get subs up.
Dont get me wrong cause of shitty launch and running out of cash launching 1 year and to early game had so muhc bad press it will never do Wow like subs or even Conan when it launches but could see game if they follow that Road Map geting subs up atleast 100k to 250k slowly as from old and new players geting Bored of WoW etc and other games.
As Farr as Team size being Small, Subs were bleeding cause of bad launch adn launching 1 year+ to early they had to, also Current Team is much more focused on Goal of geitng Some alot features in But Mostly geting Game coded Stable as they have done and geting game patched up like Crazy as should have been at launch.
Best way can explain that is in Raid guild would rather have small raid guild of 35 to 45 active players that actually know what the hell their doing and are their and all on same page then haveing Huge Team which each part of the Guild or Devlopment Team having their own Agendas.
As Farr as expansions Goes Yah if get game patched up just tad more , and more raid content in and class Revamps and newbie Isle soon so New players dont feel so lost from 1-12 etc can start if they chose in same area, can focus on loish their to get them hooked.
Add in free trials for old and new players like said can get subs up to slowly add more to team at some point be to add few more servers maybe 1 at time as needed.
Then contiue to add more developers team size as subs go up to get differnt areas of game even more polished and new content.
Now a days For expansion alot Compaines go Out of US to Hire Russian Team or Asian to Do Art Assets for expansions cause it is Much Cheaper, also they can have less of the Current Team due to this work On expansion , this way the game Designers and others can just Focus on doing rest of Expansions again it much cheaper.
Like said if get subs up slowly with that system they probally have atleast 10-15 more of team By then.
even know depending on ya numbers at that point would have 20- add in 10-15 so like 30-35 of team which some say is to small, for expansion could have New Team with Art Assets down over seas or new team and some current team etc.
As stated above would rather have smaller Team that know what each part of team does is on same page then this part of team haveing this Vision for Vanguard while this part has this Vision, can focus on game , be much tighter group this way.
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