A Use for Classes.

[Bishop81]

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All of the talk of "skill" is moot when your latency does not allow you to react in time.

"Twitch based" gameplay isn't the only kind of gameplay.

RPGs traditionally aren't "reaction dependent".[1] Building your character, deciding a loadout and your choice of skill use in combat is what it's about.

While with MMOs some kind to time pressure is required to get player moving along, it's really more of a necessary evil than a feature.

All I'm asking for is an alternative gameplay option for players with high ping instead of just excluding them.[2]



[1] Yes, I know about the ATB in old Squaresoft games, but even then they almost always give you the option to turn it off.

[2] Countless times my FC needs warm bodies for Coil farming, I have the gear for it (courtesy of the nice ladies in Revenant Toll ) but in good conscience I have to decline when invited, for I will be more of a burden than of any help.

Edit:

The cynical part of me is beginning to suspect that certain players are opposing this because it threatens their "special snowflake" position in the game - when really the only thing special about them is their connection's routing between their computer and SE servers.