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[ERYFKRAD]

Could be they just busy. So shields are good mid/endgame you say?
Might as well try it then... Maybe I ought to skip Teron and head straight to Maadoran.

 

[Vault Dweller]

We read all thread/suggestions. We're aware that the popular opinion is that dodge is better. I did read that post on the Steam forums (that it's balanced for the mid-game). Possibly. Most combat skills become a lot more useful once you put more points in them, so block is no different. I believe it provides superior protection but the penalties are too harsh at first. Not sure if it's good or bad yet.

Why no response? Because I don't have an opinion, because I don't have time to think about this issue and discuss it internally. We're still working 12 hours a day and right now the focus is on other things:

- bug fixes
- quest improvements
- tutorial
- interface improvements
- trading, economy, inventories, better items
- reputation

Our team is too small to handle more tasks at a time. Once we get to shield/block, we'll comment on your suggestions.

 

[laclongquan]

PR is nice but if we want solely PR we would not go to a game dev company. Keep fixing bugs, VD! And faster!

Christmas is three weeks away!

I want to believe.

 

[Azrael the cat]

If realism is the issue, having a shield should be akin to dual wielding, offensively speaking. Shield bashing wasn't some occasional extra attack - it was a central tactic, much as if you had a shortsword in the off-hand.

It's one of the reasons why actual dual-wielding was very rare and usually viewed as extremely inefficient in comparison.

 

[Vault Dweller]

I always have a special spot of extra sympathy for all 12 hours a day hard working people.

Hard to take it easy where there are some many issues.

 

[Agesilaus]

Don't feel down, VD; we all agree that you're creating an RPG that tops the competition. You're a good dialogue writer, you've created an interesting world, and you've been able to tie in multiple stories in a way that makes us want to play again and again from multiple different perspectives.

:toasts with a glass of port:

 

[Vault Dweller]

I'm not feeling down (or upset that there are issues as that's "all in the game, yo"). It's more like, when you run a beta test, you get a limited picture. First, there are tons of bugs when you start, so that becomes the focus. By the time the bugs are fixed, the testers are used to the game and notice less/accept more. Besides, it's much harder to test a game with multiple, branching questlines than a linear game. We split the testers in two waves, but the picture is still limited. Basically, a beta test is a good way to fix bugs and most glaring issues.

Then you release and get hundreds of impressions, which are transformed into your to-do list. It's not the reason to get sad or emotional, it's the reason to sit down and work your ass off, fixing/adding/tweaking. It gets very overwhelming at times, when issues start piling up faster than you can process them mentally, so at that point we focus on the current priorities and put the rest aside for now.