Your point might be correct, but your reasoning behind it is flawed, simply because it's not an either/or for your options, it's both, think of the motorcycles!

Edit: Am I crazy or did we used to have a hippie on a motorcycle smilie, and it's since disappeared?

I think your just crazy.

I've invested around 5,000 IC credits into my warrior character, but I think my combat system is more important than half of those credits. No OOC credits invested yet.

I would almost agree with you that it takes more for a warrior to be as competitive as a non-warrior, except that I'm much tankier as a warrior than I would be as anything else.

Could easily debate that claim about ability to tank, but I don't really feel like getting involved in these arguments.

Heh, leave 'em to me Daevos.

Um, I'm not sure where that came from. Either I mispoke or was misunderstood. Best I can think of where that came from is that I had suggested updates for two-handers and the maneuvers stuff not be done at the same time. So maneuvers went in first since it impacted all warriors, and then give it time to settle in and see how it works before taking the next step. The reason being is that historically warrior changes that appeared minor have more been much more drastic than expected. Thus I always advocate baby steps in adjusting warriors purely for the sake of caution. People may not recall because it was so long ago, but there was a time when Lusternia was young that the power of warriors fluctuated crazily up and down like the price of a penny stock. That is really a very bad situation to be in.

Ups and downs, indeed.
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Now that prenerfs are gone and insane wounding/damage extremes have been reduced, can we have the lunge damage bonus back that was ninja-nerfed way back when?
/pleading hijack

Just to clarify a little more, having read some of the comments above... I am not just a coding god; I am a co-owner of Lusternia. Thus even though most of my talent is spent on technical things, I do participate much in design related things and other non-technical decisions. For example, you can thank me for Bards having musically correct Music. (If you know music theory and know the sound qualities of the actual intervals being played then you may appreciate the base Music skillset a bit more than most.)

This is correct. If I make a comment about I can't do something I'd like to, it does not mean I am being held back by someone else, but rather the constraints of reality or business or resources, etc. make it such that we have to prioritize things a certain way. Example: we have X number of coders that can do so much work. We have projects planned. Then a coder says he has to go because of RL issues he needs to take care of. Now due to the new reality of resources, we are no longer able to do the all things we want to do and must make something take a back seat. (And sometimes the opposite happens, like when a coder comes on board and we can do more than we were able in the past. Always a joyous occassion!) So if you hear me say that I am unable to do something I want to do, it should be interpreted in that sort of connotation, not in the connotation that I want to do something but I was told no.

Thank you Roark, for clearing all of that up. Yes the information I received may have been slightly faulty. And I do remember something about having to be careful with updating warriors and not making them too OP which makes sense. But again thanks for clearing up the issue. Much love.


Now get back to work, No one told you it was break time

/tease

Roark, can you edit your post slightly so that I can have both you and Estarra in my sig as saying I am correct? Right now it doesn't quote so well.

Isn't there an NDA clause or Non-Compete all people have to sign before joining staff (or even volunteer staff)? I think I know who this is, and I've always wondered about this, since termination I don't believe breaks it. It shows a total lack of ethics at the bare minimum.



Also, just for the people reading.

Programing is not a science that can be done just by adding more manpower. The more manpower you add, the more management and coordination you need, which would involve a supervisor, plans, detailed documents, etc. At work, I'm dealing with a huge project that a contractor worked on that needs to be taken in house, and it's hard to manage the resources--realistically only 2-3 people could work on it simultaneously--"throwing bodies" at it would just make it worse and they'd get in the way. So it's hard to handle. I can see a similar situation with Lusternia.

A manager went to the master programmer and showed him the requirements document for a new application. The manager asked the master: "How long will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?"

"It will take one year," said the master promptly.

"But we need this system immediately or even sooner! How long will it take if I assign ten programmers to it?"

The master programmer frowned. "In that case, it will take two years."

"And what if I assign a hundred programmers to it?"

The master programmer shrugged. "Then the design will never be completed," he said.

(From "The Tao of Programming".)

LAWS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING:

I. Any given program, when running, is obsolete.

II. Any given program costs more and takes longer.

III. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.

IV. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.

V. Any program will expand to fill available memory.

VI. The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output.

VII. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.

VIII. Any non-trivial program contains at least one bug.

IX. Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

X. Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Just a quick question, but whats the current plan/whats getting worked on? Just out of interest really? Is it tracking, pureblades and/or?

Yes! The musical correctness of the Music skillset is awesome! I have a friend who is a pianist, and he said he wanted to be a Bard simply because it's the most thought-out, correct Music skillset he's ever seen.

10 points for Roark.

Currently, PB/AL is being given a ton of new skills and small skill changes (about 6 or something completely redone skills each). That is being coded as we speak, unless people keep distracting the coders with silly complaints

Without a catalyst things lie stagnant

I used to play Aetolia. Terant there, so...a long time. Yeah, we used to gripe about how little was done! I'm thrilled with Lusternia and the activity. I spent time at the beginning of the realm as the Moondancer Envoy, and I have to say it was a real blast. I'm almost hoping that Flaca steps down so I can steal her spot. *eyeshift*

It's really amazing how much work is done and how quickly things improve in this realm. The coders all have my respect for hard work done well and done quickly. I know things aren't going to be perfect, I've done some programming myself. As a warrior, I appreciate the effort being put in. Patience is a good thing!

Oh, and I was a PB as well. The top reason I changed? Hunting speed.

Blanketly untrue in this situation.