I don't know if any game actual does this but I think it would be a pretty neat feature. How this works is by giving a visual indication of the range/radius of an attack using something along the lines of a highlighted circle that is superimpose on the battlefield.
It would give the player immediate feedback of their range and radius of their attacks.
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07-01-2011, 01:28 AMgeniusprimeAOE Overlay
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07-01-2011, 01:30 AMNaqaj
You don't know if any game does this? Are you trying to be polite here? ;)
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07-01-2011, 01:33 AMgeniusprimeDragon Age is the closest. I have seen it implemented in non MMO games but i can't recall seeing it in MMOs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Naqaj
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07-01-2011, 01:45 AMyukikaze_yanagi
WoW have it on some aoe, but there you select the point with mouse.
I don't mind if a feature like that ever be implemented, but could be useful. But a lot of people will complain on "getting easier" -
07-01-2011, 02:02 AMgeniusprimeWhen thats where the option of turning on or off would come in. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi
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07-01-2011, 02:19 AMyukikaze_yanagi
It's the same old rant happened on level/aggro icons. A shitstorm on the game getting easier. Never mind if that icons could be hidden, the game was ruined :|
Will probably be the same on thread indicator: even if could be tourn off, people will complain tanking would be easier.
At least 3 people in my linkshell think that: never mind how many times i say in others game with aggro indicator tanking don't get any easier...you know the answer -
07-01-2011, 02:55 AMArcell
I've been asking for this since these forums were created. Please give it to us SE, especially for attacks with obnoxious AoE ranges like Iron Tempest or Arrow Helix. Aion actually had something like this but it was a little more discreet for normal attacks. Your targeting icon changed slightly when you were in range. Also there was a "Show distance to target" option in the menu and each skill listed it's range, if applicable.
It doesn't make the game easier, it simply displays information. Whether you're approximating it or seeing it, you roughly know what most attack and AoE ranges are. I prefer having the visualization and actually being able to see it. That way less stupid, needless mistakes are made with AoE. Also maybe then a few more people would actually pay attention to AoE. -
07-01-2011, 03:48 AMRoll
Reminds me of the AoE indicators for spells in Grandia (Circle, line, and cone/fan AoE). Would be nice if they implemented it.
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07-01-2011, 03:53 AMRentahamsterQuote:
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You mean like this one?
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07-01-2011, 05:07 AMArcell
Yes, exactly like that. I liked that post a while ago.
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07-01-2011, 05:43 AMViridianaAh, the wonders of a search feature. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rentahamster
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07-01-2011, 05:49 AMArcell
Well it's not really so much the use of the search feature as the promotion of a thread that Renta already made concerning the same issue in another section of the forum. If you searched General you wouldn't find it there.
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07-01-2011, 06:02 AMRentahamsterThe default search option is "all forums".Quote:
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07-01-2011, 06:04 AMViridiana
Hmm. . . true. Guess I should've complained instead about how everything winds up in General instead of in the more specific forums. Though, if I were going to start a thread, I'd at least search the likely areas. . .
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07-01-2011, 06:07 AMArcell
You would hope but the problem is that a vast majority of the people who come here don't even look at the other sections. Most of them come to just this forum and that's all. If you want to create a thread that gets a lot of attention unfortunately General is the place to do it. It's not the right thing to do but that's just how it is. I've made threads that got no response and then one pops up in general discussing the same thing and gets a community rep response.
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07-01-2011, 06:12 AMgeniusprimeVery nice. Sorry I wasn't aware of that thread for I only visit this forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rentahamster
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07-01-2011, 06:32 AMAlhanelem
multiple threads have been made on this topic, and yes, i want both the visual indicator and the ability to target Aoes on the ground instead of having to center them on a monster.
(For all of those who are concerned that this can't be done reasonably with a controller, i'd say the Crystal chronicles games show that it can be done well, especially the DS ones) -
07-01-2011, 06:36 AMRentahamsterGood thing I made a handy guide about how to use the whole forum and see all the posts in it!Quote:
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07-01-2011, 07:16 AMAcydcross
Too many guides. Too easy. I am a semi casual/hardcore gamer.
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07-01-2011, 07:22 AMJynx
I wouldn't mind some sort of optional overlay, doesn't hurt the game in any way. I'm one of those people who "still" think that Agro indicator and telling people the mobs level by default is LAME.
Seriously implement a bestiary and make them earn that information! If your too lazy to get the bestiary page, google it! I wouldn't mind the indicators being available after you got the beastiary info though.
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07-01-2011, 09:42 AMAlhanelemI disagree, for only one reason: All removing this would do would mean you learn what aggros after the first time it kills you. After that, there's not really any difference. Stuff's still going to aggro you whether you know it does or not. The only thing this eliminates is the first-time "I didn't know that aggro'd", unless you're too clueless to remember things like that. thus, to me, it's a harmless feature.Quote:
I'm one of those people who "still" think that Agro indicator and telling people the mobs level by default is LAME.