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[Corona688]

(metalsmith, blacksmith).

Metalsmith is the skill, blacksmith is the profession.

You know what I mean.  There's three different metal skills right now, one for swords, one for armor, one for everything else, as if none of that has anything in common with each other.  And none of them can make mechanisms, the mechanic suddenly channels metalsmithing experience from some mystic source when he does so.  If anything they might be different levels of the skill.  I'd expect an armorsmith to know how to bend metal into a bin but wouldn't expect a metalcrafter to make armor or swords.

[Virex]

(metalsmith, blacksmith).

Metalsmith is the skill, blacksmith is the profession.

You know what I mean.  There's three different metal skills right now, one for swords, one for armor, one for everything else, as if none of that has anything in common with each other.  And none of them can make mechanisms, the mechanic suddenly channels metalsmithing experience from some mystic source when he does so.  If anything they might be different levels of the skill.  I'd expect an armorsmith to know how to bend metal into a bin but wouldn't expect a metalcrafter to make armor or swords.

Clearly we need a horribly complicated hillariously buggy very realistic system to describe the subtle interactions between these skills. While we're at it, we also need to add "noblesmithing", "redsmithing", "cupling", "grinding" , "honing", "osmond furnance opperating", "bloom furnance opperating", "fining furnance opperating", "hammering", "bellowing", "carburising", "coking", "pouring", "blast furnance opperating", "sand casting", "wax mould casting" and "plaster mould casting". Besides that, we need axesmiths, hammersmiths, toolsmiths, swordsmiths, chainsmiths, spearsmiths, binsmiths, bedsmiths, doorsmiths, platesmiths, mailsmiths, studing smiths, gratesmiths, anvilsmiths, trumpetsmiths, harpsmiths, giant corkscrewsmiths, miniature giant corkscrewsmiths, donkey cage smiths, lion cage smiths, bronze titan cage smiths, bronze titan smiths and monocle smiths (who need to be legendary noblesmith and legendary crystal glass maker before they can gain that title)

[Djohaal]

(metalsmith, blacksmith).

Metalsmith is the skill, blacksmith is the profession.

You know what I mean.  There's three different metal skills right now, one for swords, one for armor, one for everything else, as if none of that has anything in common with each other.  And none of them can make mechanisms, the mechanic suddenly channels metalsmithing experience from some mystic source when he does so.  If anything they might be different levels of the skill.  I'd expect an armorsmith to know how to bend metal into a bin but wouldn't expect a metalcrafter to make armor or swords.

Clearly we need a horribly complicated hillariously buggy very realistic system to describe the subtle interactions between these skills. While we're at it, we also need to add "noblesmithing", "redsmithing", "cupling", "grinding" , "honing", "osmond furnance opperating", "bloom furnance opperating", "fining furnance opperating", "hammering", "bellowing", "carburising", "coking", "pouring", "blast furnance opperating", "sand casting", "wax mould casting" and "plaster mould casting". Besides that, we need axesmiths, hammersmiths, toolsmiths, swordsmiths, chainsmiths, spearsmiths, binsmiths, bedsmiths, doorsmiths, platesmiths, mailsmiths, studing smiths, gratesmiths, anvilsmiths, trumpetsmiths, harpsmiths, giant corkscrewsmiths, miniature giant corkscrewsmiths, donkey cage smiths, lion cage smiths, bronze titan cage smiths, bronze titan smiths and monocle smiths (who need to be legendary noblesmith and legendary crystal glass maker before they can gain that title)

And each one of those awesome titles is available via DLC.

[rat_pack40]

I prefer this cast:

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Digging a hole to pierce the HFS!
Seriously looks like a Gurren Laggan poster.
Congrats for that.

[Andir]

No no no no no, this entire thread got it all wrong.

In the current video game climate, it is not profitable to create strategy games, especially ones of such depth and complexity!

Halfway through development, the publisher would cancel the project and assign a new dev team.

The game would take place in first person

Why must everything be in first-person!? FPS games suck.

Sorry if I'm digging this up from the past and if it's been mentioned, but I've been reading through the thread and this stuck out...

Everquest was probably my most memorable MMO because it was first person.  It most likely had the best dungeons because there was no "third person camera" limitation in level design.  They had a camera view that you could switch to that would still collide with the ceiling and walls so it made it all but useless in most dungeons, but I'll go out on a limb and bet that 90%+ play(ed) solely in first person.

[Aklyon]

No no no no no, this entire thread got it all wrong.

In the current video game climate, it is not profitable to create strategy games, especially ones of such depth and complexity!

Halfway through development, the publisher would cancel the project and assign a new dev team.

The game would take place in first person

Why must everything be in first-person!? FPS games suck.

Sorry if I'm digging this up from the past and if it's been mentioned, but I've been reading through the thread and this stuck out...

Everquest was probably my most memorable MMO because it was first person.  It most likely had the best dungeons because there was no "third person camera" limitation in level design.  They had a camera view that you could switch to that would still collide with the ceiling and walls so it made it all but useless in most dungeons, but I'll go out on a limb and bet that 90%+ play(ed) solely in first person.

That sounds pretty good; I'd meant the currently popular First Person Shooter games (CoD, Halo, MW2, etc.) that are in my opinion, boring and sound like the same game with different single player modes and weapons.

[roguester]

Admirable concept, crappy execution?

Pretty much.

It was originally made by a 2-man team and was unique and pretty awesome. Then one of them quit (and went on to make Minecraft), the remaining dev had a rather narrow vision of the game and poor customer relations skills and it kinda went downhill from there.