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Debate: Feeling Lucky?

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• Vazgen

  

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  May 22, 2015

  I hate randomness in my games. I want to know that if I hit something, it'll do what I want it to do, not more not less  So no, I don't want the luck to come back (granted, I didn't play older titles).

  I hate randomness in my games. I want to know that if I hit something, it'll do what I want it to do, not more not less  So no, I don't want the luck to come back (granted, I didn't play older titles).

• Chris

  

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  May 22, 2015

  RNG can be a cruel mistress, but also rewarding

  RNG can be a cruel mistress, but also rewarding
• Vazgen

  

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  May 22, 2015

  Yeah, I prefer to deal with known instances. I'd take fixed 10 points of fire damage over a chance to deal 20 (or none) any day.

  Yeah, I prefer to deal with known instances. I'd take fixed 10 points of fire damage over a chance to deal 20 (or none) any day.

• Borommakot

  

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  May 22, 2015

  Then stay far away from XCOM. "95% Chance to take out that Muton that flanked the squad? I guess we're in the clear!" *Misses*.

  Then stay far away from XCOM. "95% Chance to take out that Muton that flanked the squad? I guess we're in the clear!" *Misses*.

• Chris H.

  

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  May 22, 2015

  Luck did almost nothing in Oblivion; it provides bonuses to all skills but since in Oblivion they can't be fortified past 100 Luck doesn't help at all once you master a skill. I did have a H2H character who had luck as a favored attribute, and focused on Luck, End and Strength, and I'd say it is best when on a very specialized build because you don't need most attributes. Aside from Mehrune's Razor, it doesn't do much.

  In Morrowind it wasn't very useful; Agility and Willpower were better for improving your chance percentages, but Luck was useful when combined with them. Though I don't have much experience with this attribute in Morrowind.

  It would be nice if Luck came back, but it needs to do something that other attributes can't do in order for Luck to be useful, IMO. In Fallout 3 (and NV I think) Luck grants crit chance, and it's one of the only attributes that could affect your damage output, making it very valuable (at least in FO3, I haven't played the earlier FO's)

  Maybe if Luck gave a bonus chance for extra damage dealt or extra damage mitigated, since we don't have Morrowind's dice rolls anymore? Or a chance bonus to Speech and Pickpocket checks?

  Luck did almost nothing in Oblivion; it provides bonuses to all skills but since in Oblivion they can't be fortified past 100 Luck doesn't help at all once you master a skill. I did have a H2H character who had luck as a favored attribute, and focused on Luck, End and Strength, and I'd say it is best when on a very specialized build because you don't need most attributes. Aside from Mehrune's Razor, it doesn't do much.

  In Morrowind it wasn't very useful; Agility and Willpower were better for improving your chance percentages, but Luck was useful when combined with them. Though I don't have much experience with this attribute in Morrowind.

  It would be nice if Luck came back, but it needs to do something that other attributes can't do in order for Luck to be useful, IMO. In Fallout 3 (and NV I think) Luck grants crit chance, and it's one of the only attributes that could affect your damage output, making it very valuable (at least in FO3, I haven't played the earlier FO's)

  Maybe if Luck gave a bonus chance for extra damage dealt or extra damage mitigated, since we don't have Morrowind's dice rolls anymore? Or a chance bonus to Speech and Pickpocket checks?

• Curse Never Dying

  

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  May 22, 2015

  We should send Ben storming into their offices with an ax demanding to know if they playtested the game. 

  We should send Ben storming into their offices with an ax demanding to know if they playtested the game. 

• Curse Never Dying

  

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  May 22, 2015

  I quit XCOM the day my soldier missed a point blank shot against an enemy roughly the size of a barn. 

  I quit XCOM the day my soldier missed a point blank shot against an enemy roughly the size of a barn. 

• Golden Fool

  

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  May 22, 2015

  Can we get someone to film that?

  Can we get someone to film that?

• Vazgen

  

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  May 22, 2015

  I heard Destiny's RNG is the staff of nightmares 

  I heard Destiny's RNG is the staff of nightmares 

• Curse Never Dying

  

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  May 22, 2015

  Thinking about this some more, I feel that individual items with luck factor work out better for a game like Skyrim. Imagine if Bethesda had expanded on what little there is available on that front. Imagine weapons and armor with % chances of unleashing devastating unique effects. 

  Thinking about this some more, I feel that individual items with luck factor work out better for a game like Skyrim. Imagine if Bethesda had expanded on what little there is available on that front. Imagine weapons and armor with % chances of unleashing devastating unique effects.