Gamerscape Interview

[Zojha]

(lost and won so many matches not due to people's skills but because one of the GC groups decided to mess up the other one).

Truth be told, I consider that a good thing, because games in a 1vs1 set-up tend to be largely pre-determined, as in: You can tell quite accurately which team will win by knowing the players on each team. It's something you don't notice much when there are a great many players, like in a random game of LoL, where you get completely different people each game, but it becomes quite noticeable when the community is smaller and you play with/against the same people a lot.
Ideally, matchmaking can feather that effect by ensuring that everyone on the field is close enough in skill that it comes down to very small, human errors, but...tight matchmaking in this game? Pardon if I laugh >.>

[Kosmos992k]

We plan on adding more merits when playing tank roles in Instanced Dungeons.

Good thing Yoshi-P mentions Tanks and DPS, the only two roles in the game. Almost gives me a look into the future of what to expect.

Regarding the bit you bolded, all I have to say is this. Does this mean that Yoshida and the dev team have finally woken up to the fact that their tank incentives (mount) that rest on full-party end-game content are not the solution to tank shortages? In the end I cannot imagine that the actual number of tanks was changed by that particular incentive since anyone wanting the mount played tank in that content specifically and retired as soon as they have the mount. While players like me will never see that mount despite playing tank and running DF for years because I run comparatively few things that are ever on the list of what is needed for the mount. But then I play tank to play tank, though seeing rewards aimed at johnny come lately tanks who don't have to really support basic dungeon instances to obtain their reward is rather galling.

P.S. my other roles are healers, and as a career tank I know that healers are my best friends, so you can count on me to ensure that SE does not forget healers.

[ErikMynhier]

In that case, SE please go back and merge the maps for our existing cities...Oh, and adding flight to ARR zones would be nice too.

Oh man, I would kill for flight in AAR areas, even limited flight.

[Vexander]

Not sure if this has been shared yet or not. http://gamerescape.com/2017/03/01/ne...rview-summary/

[ErikMynhier]

Not sure if this has been shared yet or not. http://gamerescape.com/2017/03/01/ne...rview-summary/

- Changes to Parry, Accuracy, Blocking, PIE, etc., coming in 4.0. Details will be announced at a later time

This is where my real interest lies.

[Beckett]

the revamp of all PvP aspects.

Is it too much to hope that they'll re-balance old Frontline content to the new max level?

[bass9020]

- Changes to Parry, Accuracy, Blocking, PIE, etc., coming in 4.0. Details will be announced at a later time

This is where my real interest lies.

Super excited for this. Im hoping its something interesting and unique, WE CAN HOPE RIGHT?

[Niroken]

Regarding the bit you bolded, all I have to say is this. Does this mean that Yoshida and the dev team have finally woken up to the fact that their tank incentives (mount) that rest on full-party end-game content are not the solution to tank shortages?

Sadly they have not.

– New mounts for tanks will be implemented