I'm hoping for far better perks and spells. I'm a big fan of the rank perks in the likes of Barbarian or Armsman, so we need those for magic rather than stupid stuff like effectively locking spells behind a massive magicka cost and then saying "get the master perk" to actually make these feasible. So yeah, ranked perks that give you more destruction damage, give illusion spells more magnitude, make summons more powerful or last longer, make restoration spells more powerful, etc...
Also, spell crafting would go hand in hand with this. Perhaps a spell crafting perk tree? Allowing for combining multiple effects based on perks or something. That way it wouldn't be like Oblivion, where any old novice could throw together five or more spells in one go - that should be earned.
More shit like Necromage, Atronach, Master of the Mind, Critical Charge, Silent Roll, Shadow Warrior, Twin Souls, etc, please. Give us gamechanger perks, stuff we can really mess with.
I'm always of a mixed mindset about how perks should be in relation to Fallout. On one hand, I like the idea of being able to unlock any perk without having to put in points to the perks below it (Necromage for vamps and Quiet Casting for thieves, for instance), but then again it makes those feel earned and often causes you to try and incorporate those schools more. Also, while I like the idea of ranked perks, when they are all numerical based they do get a bit excessive. For instance, high level perks should all be unique and each rank should have a greater benefit from just being "here's 5% more accuracy with your gun" (I know it's ES so this is just an example).
Warrior perks need a complete do-over, they suck. I don't care about your stupid backwards paralysing strike and it's shitty 25% proc. Give it 100% on backwards attacks (they're hard enough to hit anyway) or give it 25% on regular strikes. Give us more unique perks like mages and thieves get, rather than "here's 100% extra defence for free, here's another 25% when wearing a full set, and here's another 25% for wearing a matching set. That'll be seven perks."
Better spells in general. There were some good spells, but magicka costs were too high and you either had to break the game to make mages work or be severely gimped. I want to be able to be Gandalf and just wreck an entire room with a firestorm, not just hit for 200 damage (this is a great example of a spell that can either be completely broken and hit 3000 damage, or will just suck and do about 200).
Damage progression, if I'm interpreting this right... eh, not so much. You mean as your character levels up they naturally gain more damage or something? I've never been a fan of that, damage should come from investment and smart perk choices rather than just naturally playing the game. You're not earning it otherwise, you're just getting it for free because you played a while. It would make all high level characters naturally strong and all low level characters naturally weak - I want to twink my low level and make them super powerful, or make my high level character a pushover if necessary.
Something else that wasn't on there (aside from hardcore mode, which I don't care for anyway) is difficulty. Master shouldn't make enemies sponges, or make my stuff do less damage. Master should make enemies smarter, use different moves, better spells, search for me for longer, etc. Meanwhile novice should make enemies complete dummies and not even be able to hold their swords the right way round.
I'm hoping for far better perks and spells. I'm a big fan of the rank perks in the likes of Barbarian or Armsman, so we need those for magic rather than stupid stuff like effectively locking spells behind a massive magicka cost and then saying "get the master perk" to actually make these feasible. So yeah, ranked perks that give you more destruction damage, give illusion spells more magnitude, make summons more powerful or last longer, make restoration spells more powerful, etc...
Also, spell crafting would go hand in hand with this. Perhaps a spell crafting perk tree? Allowing for combining multiple effects based on perks or something. That way it wouldn't be like Oblivion, where any old novice could throw together five or more spells in one go - that should be earned.
More shit like Necromage, Atronach, Master of the Mind, Critical Charge, Silent Roll, Shadow Warrior, Twin Souls, etc, please. Give us gamechanger perks, stuff we can really mess with.
I'm always of a mixed mindset about how perks should be in relation to Fallout. On one hand, I like the idea of being able to unlock any perk without having to put in points to the perks below it (Necromage for vamps and Quiet Casting for thieves, for instance), but then again it makes those feel earned and often causes you to try and incorporate those schools more. Also, while I like the idea of ranked perks, when they are all numerical based they do get a bit excessive. For instance, high level perks should all be unique and each rank should have a greater benefit from just being "here's 5% more accuracy with your gun" (I know it's ES so this is just an example).
Warrior perks need a complete do-over, they suck. I don't care about your stupid backwards paralysing strike and it's shitty 25% proc. Give it 100% on backwards attacks (they're hard enough to hit anyway) or give it 25% on regular strikes. Give us more unique perks like mages and thieves get, rather than "here's 100% extra defence for free, here's another 25% when wearing a full set, and here's another 25% for wearing a matching set. That'll be seven perks."
Better spells in general. There were some good spells, but magicka costs were too high and you either had to break the game to make mages work or be severely gimped. I want to be able to be Gandalf and just wreck an entire room with a firestorm, not just hit for 200 damage (this is a great example of a spell that can either be completely broken and hit 3000 damage, or will just suck and do about 200).
Damage progression, if I'm interpreting this right... eh, not so much. You mean as your character levels up they naturally gain more damage or something? I've never been a fan of that, damage should come from investment and smart perk choices rather than just naturally playing the game. You're not earning it otherwise, you're just getting it for free because you played a while. It would make all high level characters naturally strong and all low level characters naturally weak - I want to twink my low level and make them super powerful, or make my high level character a pushover if necessary.
Something else that wasn't on there (aside from hardcore mode, which I don't care for anyway) is difficulty. Master shouldn't make enemies sponges, or make my stuff do less damage. Master should make enemies smarter, use different moves, better spells, search for me for longer, etc. Meanwhile novice should make enemies complete dummies and not even be able to hold their swords the right way round.
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