תפקידים

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באפר היצירה יש את שילוש התפקידים המסורתי של Tank, DPS, וSupport/healer.

• למרות שתפקידים מסורתיים אלו קיימים, שחקנים לא צריכים להרגיש מסווגים למקצוע הראשי בו בחרו.

• שיפורי מיומנויות הזמינים דרך מערכת סוגי הדמויות מאפשרים לשחקנים לעצב את דמותם ותפקידם אל מחוץ לתפקידם הראשי.

• שחקנים יכולים גם לבחור פעמיים את התפקיד הראשי גם כמשני כדי לחזק אותו.

יש לנו שמונה תפקידים בסיסיים; והשילוש מהווה השפעה די חזקה ביחס לשמונה המקצועות הבסיסיים. עם זאת, האזור בו ניתן לשחק בקו המפריד את השילוש הוא בבחירה של המקצוע המשני. זהו האזור בו אנחנו מערבבים בין התחומים השונים ומאפשרים לשחקנים קצת השפעה על תפקידם ועל האם או לא אפשר לסווג אותם לקטגוריה מסויימת מתוך שילוש התפקידים. – Steven Sharif

Balancing

• Balancing in Ashes of Creation is group focused not based on 1v1 combat.
  • 1v1 matchups will have a rock-paper-scissors dynamic, where one class will be superior to another.

There will be match ups in 1v1s where one class will be superior to another; and that application should be a rock-paper-scissors dynamic. We want there to be counter-play between the different classes... Instead it's going to be a group focused balance, where as long as you have the diversity of classes present, that's going to be an equal level playing field. It's going to be very dependent on skill and strategy. – Steven Sharif

• Several factors are at play when balancing combat skills.

Balance-wise, there's a number of different interactions mechanically that you have within an ability that you can adjust in order to balance its power. The most most common ones are: Cooldown, Mana consumption, Damage done, Effect status conferred, Promotion of that effect status, Range. – Steven Sharif

• בדיקות אלפא-1 was focused on core functionality rather than combat balance.
• Alpha-2 testing will begin to focus on balancing once populations and encounters have been put in place and are deep in testing.

When we move into Alpha 2 and we have a lot of data that's supporting the use of these particular abilities in combat settings, how often they're used, how often they result in death, what the average damage done by this archetype is comparatively to other damage done by different archetypes: All of that data gets logged and all of that data gets queried in order for us to refine the abilities so that they live in the environment we want them to. Now, that's not to mean that we're going to have a perfect balance across the board between the archetypes. Again, we're taking a rock-paper-scissor approach to balance, which means that some archetypes will do better against other archetypes and vice versa; and we're also not creating an environment where we want to have 1v1 balance. We are focused around group balance. Group composition is important. – Steven Sharif

• The sixty four (64) classes are partitioned into eight primary archetypes. Balancing of active skills only relates to these eight primary archetypes.
  • There are four primary groups of augments assigned to each base archetype. Balancing of augments relates to the four augment groups for each of the eight archetypes.

חלק מהמידע הבא לא אושר לאחרונה על ידי המפתחים וייתכן שלא נמצא במפת הדרכים הנובחית של הפיתוח.

• Certain secondary archetypes are capable of "bridging the gap" between their counterpart.

Even though augments do radically change the way your active skills provide you abilities, there's still a primary focus on the base archetype itself and not the 64 whole classes. – Steven Sharif

Certain archetypes are capable of moving the gap between their counterpart per-se. If I am a Tank archetype and a Mage is my counter, I can take a Mage secondary and bridge the divide slightly; and then move my identity that direction ever so slightly. – Steven Sharif

See also

• מקצועות
• סוגי דמויות