Moving will be made to interrupt spellcasting at a point in time...

[Monsalvato]

....Blizzard alone is notorious for balancing their MMO and online games towards PvP play.

"Notorious" according to who exactely? Are you trying to express and share your own opinion? That's fine, I disagree but respect your opinion.
Or are you trying to say that's a commonly shared opinion everywhere and that everybody would say the same? Because in that case I would have to disagree again.

Btw, if it helps you in any way, I've been playing (and still play) WoW 'till patch 1.6 (altough I played a bit of beta too).

[Soukyuu]

It's not the only reason -- It's being balanced overall because unlike other MMO devs, they're not going to separate the game which will then start tipping one way or the other

It is much more difficult to balance both PvP and PvE at the same time (=them using the same system) than balancing them separately.

MMO balance is always tipped towards PvP and not everyone wants to do PvP if they want to enjoy the game.

I agree, this is why separating those 2 parts is the only way i see to not break the balance between those 2 sides of the game.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Where are you and other people reading that this is only because of PvP? Am I hallucinating? Did I not read this



before any mention of PvP was uttered? Is this somehow not a valid issue to the point where people can blindly state PvP is the sole reason casting while moving isn't happening going forward?

What is the oh so simple solution to the above problem that somehow still means PvP (and only PvP) is going to "ruin" the game? Can someone tell me?

You and everyone else is not going to use PvP as a scapegoat and manage to convince Yoshida to think differently on this if you so conveniently completely ignore the issues for solo and party play he's raised.

This is how he wants mages to play. He mentioned solo play, party play and PvP. PvP issues did not influence his decision on how solo and party playstyles will work. If you people actually read what he wrote you would know this (it's even separated into three different parts for easy reading: Image of Casters for Solo Play, Image of Casters for Party Play and then the PvP blurb. But apparently you guys don't have the parts about solo or party play at all? That's so weird!)

Because it's going to be PvP that will cause Disciples of Magic to be gimped further.

[Soukyuu]

Is this somehow not a valid issue to the point where people can blindly state PvP is the sole reason casting while moving isn't happening going forward?

That "issue" can be solved by simply making you cancel a cast once you disengage or press the Esc/cancel button once, instead of having to press the same skill again as it is now, which would make things more intuitive, at least from my perspective.

So yes, other than that, his only reason is PvP.

[Jinrya-Geki]

What are you even talking about now? His "issue" that you seem incapable of grasping is mages casting spells while running and never getting hit while a bunch of melees whack on it. Take no damage because the monster can't hit the mage with hate and deal more damage because melees and the mage are constantly attacking it without stopping.

Your "solution" is to make it easier to cancel spells? Why would a mage want to do that when they're exploiting the game mechanics?

This has nothing to do with making the game more playable, it's about exploits. Stop talking nonsense and blaming PvP for something you didn't even read.

No that is not an exploit.

This would be an exploit. EQOA you could stick your character between thorns in a giant cactus and hit a mob. But to the mob it registers as a wall and can't attack the player.

Running around still gives you an opportunity to be hit.

[Soukyuu]

His "issue" that you seem incapable of grasping is mages casting spells while running and never getting hit while a bunch of melees whack on it. Take no damage because the monster can't hit the mage with hate and deal more damage because melees and the mage are constantly attacking it without stopping.

Movement cancelling spells won't magically solve that problem, you will still be able to nuke them, move, nuke again, never getting hit if both you and your tank can balance the enmity. Oh wait, that sounds exactly like what he is describing!

In fact, you don't even HAVE to move! Just don't nuke too hard. I don't see the issue or the "abuse" of game mechanics.

[DeadRiser]

It's like they just didn't read it at all. They skimmed through it, saw PvP, and decided to focus JUST on talking about PvP. Grow up people, you don't get everything you want. A bunch of smartasses is all I see.

[Orophin]

All I have to say is DON'T make balance decisions for PvP that negatively affect PvE. That was a big reason I got turned off WoW.