Animal level's and such

[Jackard]

To be honest that sounds boring as all hell to me. Einher's suicide benefits may suck, and it may need tweaking, but it means you didn't lose everything and if planned it makes a good battle plan to die full trad, have a Numen area in a hearthvault to gain it fast and warp back to kill with einher. Is it used badly as stands? Sometimes. I don't see it as a smart tactic to suicide unless you are sure of the opponents stats anyway, a guy with 500mc who einhers only barely matches a guy with 1000 natural, he'd lose either way in
most cases.

In general though I don't see a need to dismiss combat levels entirely, but I see a big problem with creature levels.

Well, you approve of grinding mechanics. Clearly you are some alien creature.

[Brickbreaker]

As for the topic.
How about making the difficulty of the animal levels relative to your own combat levels.
But as your combat level rises the difference in difficulty of the animal level decreases.

[DatOneGuy]

To be honest that sounds boring as all hell to me. Einher's suicide benefits may suck, and it may need tweaking, but it means you didn't lose everything and if planned it makes a good battle plan to die full trad, have a Numen area in a hearthvault to gain it fast and warp back to kill with einher. Is it used badly as stands? Sometimes. I don't see it as a smart tactic to suicide unless you are sure of the opponents stats anyway, a guy with 500mc who einhers only barely matches a guy with 1000 natural, he'd lose either way in
most cases.

In general though I don't see a need to dismiss combat levels entirely, but I see a big problem with creature levels.

Well, you approve of grinding mechanics. Clearly you are some alien creature.

'Grinding', no. It needs to be diverse, and with "LP from items" it doesn't need to be grind, if you work 'smart' you can get what you want that's 'grind' from others via that for LP.

I do however approve that you shouldn't be able to spawn a new character on a new account and be 'combat ready' by just tossing a shield and sword on him, while I do think that player (not character!) tactics and strategy should mean a lot it should not be the sole factor, it should be possible for a great player with a poor character to beat a medium player with a medium character, or a poor player with a great character, in fact the player should be emphasized a lot more, but for that to happen two things need to happen IMO:

1)Make PvP even more immersive. A fuckton of weapons, more moves, some more maneuvers, and make it so that you can properly execute what you are thinking ON THE FLY, the big problem as it stands now is that while it is mildly elaborate, you can't execute those other moves not on your hot bar (like perhaps Fan the Flames or Consume) in time for them to be worth a shit.

2)With character not mattering as much as player einherjar can stay as it is or be tweaked to work better, as it is no longer some overpowered mechanic but just gives that medium-understanding player a boost in his character department, allowing him to better pressure or intidimate the other player. He still probably won't win if he doesn't have a great understanding... but he has a better chance.

[Jackard]

you shouldn't be able to spawn a new character on a new account and be 'combat ready' by just tossing a shield and sword on him

You might notice that no one has ever said you should be able to! It's almost as if the opposing stance is being exaggerated or something!!

[spectacle]

"player skill", what the fuck are you guys talking about? The combat system in this game ain't that deep for such a thing to matter, except against noobs, and it never will be as long as lag makes proper timing a matter of luck rather than skill.

[Jackard]

not now, it isnt

hence the request for development, yes?