GGG completely giving me mixed signals. This is bad news.

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melodia1 wrote:

Races in a point and click game are pointless to start with, borderline ridiculous.
Let's have an online gaming contest of seeing who:
1) Has the fastest connection/loading speed, cause obvious this matters
2) Can click the fastest, because builds are obviously pointless in races. There's just one build, the fastest one
3) Has better luck at dropping a pair of boots that has +30 move speed, or finds lightning warp the fastest
As for the laptop prize, lol is all I can say.
I'll go to an actual racing game to play races kthnx because that actually takes skill.

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Xavderion wrote:

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melodia1 wrote:

Races in a point and click game are pointless to start with, borderline ridiculous.
Let's have an online gaming contest of seeing who:
1) Has the fastest connection/loading speed, cause obvious this matters
2) Can click the fastest, because builds are obviously pointless in races. There's just one build, the fastest one
3) Has better luck at dropping a pair of boots that has +30 move speed, or finds lightning warp the fastest
As for the laptop prize, lol is all I can say.
I'll go to an actual racing game to play races kthnx because that actually takes skill.

salty/10

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Korenth wrote:

Old Method: Run to where the new waypoint is, be sad there isn't a way point, run the incredibly short distance to the mud flat zone, zone in, grab the old waypoint that is at the door, zone back out, run the incredibly short distance to where the new way point is, run to tidal island, kill hillrake, use a portal or logout, return to town, get reward, that waypoint to mud flats, continue racing.

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ACGIFT wrote:

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Korenth wrote:

Old Method: Run to where the new waypoint is, be sad there isn't a way point, run the incredibly short distance to the mud flat zone, zone in, grab the old waypoint that is at the door, zone back out, run the incredibly short distance to where the new way point is, run to tidal island, kill hillrake, use a portal or logout, return to town, get reward, that waypoint to mud flats, continue racing.

As I recall, pre-2.0 the entrance to the Tidal Island could be kind of random where it was along the water; The Coast was FAR less consistent than what I see today. Sometimes the waterline was contiguous, sometimes it's more broken up with an "away from shore" portion you have to pass through. And the Tidal Island could be almost anywhere, up to many screens away; in such a case it could prove VERY impractical to run over, go through to the Mud Flats, then run back, just to go to Tidal Island; often this could result in adding more distance than it saved by virtue of being able to log out after killing Hailrake.

Given that in racing, par time to beat Merveil is something in the 12-18 minute range, the time it takes to run the distance of the Tidal Island (around 25-30 seconds) makes a pretty substantial difference.

And do note that's just the FIRST of the major changes. (I specifically mentioned it just BECAUSE it was the very first) Given that waypoints are no longer "randomly" placed in ANY zone, (they're all located in a very landmark-specified place, typically an objective) this REALLY impacts strats for racing. In terms of waypoint placement, probably the biggest are the new Riverways and the change to have one in the Wetlands right next to Loratta's new location.

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Arrowneous wrote:

That feels like Pay-To-Win shenanigans.