30 hours in - some thoughts and suggestions

[Richleth]

@Justin_T1

-Level-based gear caps (especially for armor) also seem very opaque. Is armor subjected to the same level-based caps as weapons are? Numbers-wise, how do the caps work? This information doesn’t seem to be available anywhere, but it really should be.

As far as I know as a level 20 there are no gear level caps. I can take a level 1 to a level 20 place and they can get level 20 gear and wear it at level 1: my level 10 warrior has a few pieces of level 19 gear

@Justin_T1

-An improved map that shows the player’s current location would be quite nice. Most MMORPGs I’ve played have this feature, and having it in this game would make it easier to find where your party is, where you are, and how to reach your destination. Relying on signs and the compass feels like a throwback to DayZ.

It’s about the immersion; the map is not magical and the game is set in a medieval type of time. Modern maps that show location are out of question and while you could right it off as magic, i personally don’t feel it fits the style of the game

@Justin_T1

-Consider increasing warrior DPS while using small shields, or make the DPS talent tree significantly more viable. Even with a great weapon, I feel like it’s easy for rangers and runemages to out-DPS me, even though I’m taking the Berserker talents and using my small shield. Alternatively, scrap and re-work the Berserker tree and add two-handed weapons or a dual-wield mechanic.

Warrior is not ment to be dps. The warrior class is meant to be a tanking class who tanks all the damage at high levels and should not be specing in dps talents over survivability. The recommended warrior talents are Righteousness, spiked shield, intimidate, and blessing of might

@Justin_T1

-Nerf poison mobs in the overworld. Poison attacks seem to bypass warrior shields, which puts warriors at a huge, crippling disadvantage against certain mobs while soloing. I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to try soloing spiders as a warrior due to the insane damage of poison.

While this is a problem for warrior the rest of classes are fine; ive been able to take on poison red enemies with my warrior because i have the right specs for my level: Righteousness, spiked shield, intimidate, and blessing of might are the right talents; i have the first 2

@Justin_T1

-Consider adding mounts. Traversing the world becomes rather tedious when you have to go back and forth between areas numerous times, so having some way to speed that up would be wonderful.

In this thread: Mounts and locomotion Riley_D has already commented on this.

@Riley_D

Yeah we will definitely eventually do mounts at some point. Not sure if it will be pre-Beta or not though.

We do already have the airships flying around which are a taxi system and work like the covered wagons you mentioned, though. I just think flying around high in the sky in an airship is more fun than riding around in a wagon

@Justin_T1

-A few more quests would be nice to help alleviate the need to grind mobs constantly in order to level. In fact, many settlement areas in the game world feel empty or placeholder-ish, so adding some more NPCs and quests would be awesome.

Continuing the discussion from The painful level 19 - Worms, Tipps, and, please more lvl 20 mobs :)!:

@Riley_D

So a major part of Content Patch Two coming out next is the rest of the Act 3 Story, which includes quests for levels 18-20. Sorry for the pain right now, though

Riley_D has already commented on this as well saying that 18-20 is in necropolar quests, the main story is what you should complete to get to level 20.

The rest of your points I have not mentioned are points I agree with. I hope that my comment has helped you!