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General Knight Changes

Discussion in 'Balance' started by Auburn, Sep 13, 2013.

  1. Beef

    Beef ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้ Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester

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    That was an Uruk-Hai.
     
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  2. ZuluTickleHands

    ZuluTickleHands Troll King

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    The problem with saying 'something is wrong' right off the bat is that if your post is wrong, it makes you look arrogant and ignorant.

    You are wrong, unfortunately. Piercing a shield and breaking it are two different things. Piercing a shield ignores the shield and does direct damage. Point blank shots are poor compensation for piercing arrows because a knights melee is easier to spam and easier to aim. Sword jabs also have no charge. Sure a good archer can win, but the mediocre knight will win more.

    As for a shield stun. Who cares. I'll just raise it or move before you get another shot at me. Shield stuns are fine for support but not for those who want to kill.

    EDIT: Also I can see when an archer is about to power shot me, and if im at his wall and he's grappled into some corner high up in the wall, there's no way that dropping down with a power shot will hit me. I can run the other way, Jump up on the wall, making hitting me point blank a knightmare (wakka).

    They were OP so the devs ditched the whole idea? It's called nerfing. Delay the shot intervals, decrease the range, limit ammo. There are a million different ways to balance this.

    That's a shame.
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    Thank you
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    50 hours or so.
     
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  3. Auburn

    Auburn Prepare Yourself! Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Donator Tester
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    About the keg and bomb spam, spamming kegs can work, but only if done right. Rarely does it ever work so much that the enemy can't counter it. In most of my time playing KAG, only one or two kegs is actually used to get someone into the enemies' base. Most of the time, a lot of players die, and the attacking team can't properly reinforce the hole they just made with knights.

    And about your LotR reference:

    as you can see, he took 2 arrows from legolas, and lived, to carry A TORCH to pre-placed mines. your reference is not a valid argument for how knights are able to shield while holding a keg.
     
  4. Klokinator

    Klokinator Such Beta
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    Plz come back with suggestions after a few hundred more.
     
  5. Beef

    Beef ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้ Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester

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    I actually agree with this. Archers aren't a threat anymore; even masses of them are just food. I can close the gap between me and them easily.

    One good knight shouldn't be able to kill several archers with them barely being able to hurt me. I often let their arrows hit me because the hearts I'll get make up for any damage and the hit to momentum isn't worrisome either.

    That said archers are a support role.

    I'd be open to suggestions to give them a boost.
     
  6. Yagger

    Yagger Kouji's bitch 5eva Staff Alumni Tester
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    I missed the long range sniper from classic, and it worked decently in beta. That was until people started saying "I can't CQC archer please buff need knight."

    Someone should test a server where legolas is removed, and classic archers are reinstated.
     
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  7. ZuluTickleHands

    ZuluTickleHands Troll King

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    Anything can be countered but the point im trying to make is that it's easy to get to the enemies wall unless there is another knight in my way. This can be countered on my end by just having more knights.

    Yes, it still is valid because the kamikaze has no shield and cannot defend himself without the other warriors being on the front line. This supports the point I was trying to make about keg-lighters needing meat shields. The amount of arrows it took legolas to try and take down the kamikaze is irrelevant to my point. This may be why you couldn't see the connection.
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    a 100 more what? 100 more suggestions? How does that work if i can't come here to make those 100 suggestions in the first place. Your logic has holes.
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    I agree with letting my knight take hits from arrows. If I kill the archer, he'll probably drop a heart. Problem solved :D

    Maybe the KAG team should aim to make the three classes have a sort of Rock, Paper, Scissors relationship. Of course some roles need to be support, but this method of countering would encourage people to change classes more often.
     
  8. Auburn

    Auburn Prepare Yourself! Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Donator Tester
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    I honestly have no clue what you're trying to say here...
    So.... you just want more people playing knight in a game, even though they're "So OP"?

    And also, your argument about LotR is still invalid because he's holding A TORCH... not a keg filled with gunpowder. Also, It's kind of assumed in KAG that the keg is strapped to your back based on where it is located on the sprite, so why shouldn't you be able to shield?

    Also, I'm pretty sure @Klokinator meant hours of gameplay, not suggestions.
     
  9. steve_jobs

    steve_jobs Bison Rider

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    At close range, legolas shot pierces shield for two hearts.

    EDIT: and also...
    please, please, please, stop using real world logic when balancing kag.

    Kag is not a realistic game. Agreed, knights should be defenseless puppies while holding a keg. It supports teamwork, and gives kegging a much needed nerf.

    your argument:
    the keg is strapped to your back based on where it is located on the sprite, so why shouldn't you be able to shield?

    By your logic, knights should be able to do anything a real armored human could do. Such as run with his shield facing upwards. Or set off their own mines. Blow up their own factories.
    but knight can't do these things. Because of balance issues, or anti-greifing mechanics. In kag, balance comes way before realism.

    MORE EDITS:
    @Beef, If you approach a good archer with that attitude, you will be cut down before you get close.
     
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  10. play 250h more and then come back
     
  11. ZuluTickleHands

    ZuluTickleHands Troll King

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    To counter one knight with a keg, the enemy would send a knight. I was saying that this can be countered if the keg holder simply brings more of his knight buddies. So the person who masses the most knights will win the keg push.

    Before you respond to this, I would like to point out that you are nitpicking a point that is irrelevant to my larger point. Even if you were correct about this statement, it would still hold no weight against my larger point.

    I'll spell this out for you. The points i was trying to make with the LOTR reference.
    1) The kamikaze is not a warrior.
    2) The kamikaze has no shield to defend itself.
    3) The kamikaze lights the keg, not the warriors. (supporting the point that warriors cannot light kegs)
    4) The kamikaze requires escorts.

    Points that have no relevance to any of these four points:
    1) Two arrows couldn't kill the kamikaze
    2) Legolas was shooting the arrows.
    3) The kamikaze didn't carry the keg over.

    Because shielding with a keg is overpowered.

    Thanks for the clarification. He quotes a handful of my comments including one where i was responding to someone saying they don't care about my other points. Specific[/quote]
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    I see that you are the Elder Troll of this thread. The one who tries to discredit people without addressing any of their points.

    Go away, then stay there. 250+ hours won't save you.
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    So real world logic should not be used to balance kag even if it makes sense to the balance of the entire game?

    Kag is not a realistic game. Agreed, knights should be defenseless puppies while holding a keg. It supports teamwork, and gives kegging a much needed nerf.

    This is not my argument . Please reread the posts.
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    I see that you are the Elder Troll of this thread. The one who tries to discredit people without addressing any of their points.

    Go away, then stay there. 250+ hours won't save you.

    This is not my argument . Please reread the posts.
     
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  12. Galen

    Galen Haxor Staff Alumni Donator

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    fyi no one reported you, I warned you because, as I said in the PM, you're not able to use the edit button and rather multipost somewhat excessively, which is spam. Feel free to read the rules (there's even a link the warning).
     
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  13. Beef

    Beef ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้ Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester

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    In all my time on beta I have never met a single good archer then.

    Sounds dull. I don't want to always lose based off my class. I'd prefer Yaggers suggestion of archers getting some teeth by giving them ranged sniper powers.
     
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  14. Klokinator

    Klokinator Such Beta
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    In that case don't be too shocked when you face Nighthawk and he keeps knocking you back. Guy's one hell of an asshole archer.
     
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  15. ZuluTickleHands

    ZuluTickleHands Troll King

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    +1


    Skill would of course trump this system, but it is a better solution than Paper, Scissors, Super Rock.
     
  16. Biased: unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.
    Just thought you should know this....




    Haha jkjk. I think I agree with you
     
  17. Klokinator

    Klokinator Such Beta
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    This was in classic once. It became War Of He Who Stab Spams First.
     
  18. Too true O_o
     
  19. Auburn

    Auburn Prepare Yourself! Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Donator Tester
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    Just for the record, my opinion has changed since the OP, and the OP was before the archers having legolas shot, grapple, and close-range shield break. or was it? even I can't remember.
     
  20. You should really edit your post.....