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Post by Moongaze on Apr 1, 2008 3:27:06 GMT -5
For a while, I've been receiving information on how the Death Knight hero class will work and have already added the (small) amount of code I needed to make it function with LunarSphere. Until a few days ago, LunarSphere was WotLK ready,but that changed when I received word of the Bard class. I was granted a chance to check the new class out at a video game conference that Blizzard was a part of which was held up here in San Jose (This place is game design/publishing heaven, and I have some good hookups at Namco and Sony, whom happen to be next to each other). Anyway, I checked out the Bard class and was able to talk with one of the developers, Rick Astley, about the "power" (mana, energy, etc) that the Bard will use. Since it's based upon a combo system similar to the Rogue, the combo point system will easily work for the Bard class and LunarSphere will handle it properly, but up to the total of 40 combo points instead of the typical 5. For those who are wondering WTF I'm talking about, check out the news here. Since the Bard's abilities are very time sensitive, I'll be increasing the update timer (rather, lowering it) on buttons that have spells/abilities assigned to them from the Bard's spellbook. This will account for the faster cooldown timing and in-range and out-of-mana/power effects. More information will come after more information is released from Blizzard in regards to the Deathknight and Bard classes. Till then, I'm never gonna say goodbye.
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Post by HatteSoul on Apr 1, 2008 6:06:52 GMT -5
Looks like a april fool's joke to me...
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Post by Chaos on Apr 1, 2008 7:29:55 GMT -5
That.
Was.
HILARIOUS.
Long live Guitar Hero!
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Post by lothaer on Apr 1, 2008 8:15:21 GMT -5
woooot i wanna play one now LOL.
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Post by Moongaze on Apr 1, 2008 10:20:48 GMT -5
I'm actually pretty serious. The developer I talked to, Rick Astley, told me not to say anything because Blizzard planned to do an April Fools joke about the Bard, but it will be in the game as a new class (not a hero class, though). They overdid it by making it look like Guitar Hero. It will be time based though, as you will need to simulate playing a song (but not nearly as fast as that fake screen shot). Here's a link to some of the video of the new Bard class in action, doing the equivilent of a "charm" song. I guess a few people recorded it at the convention when they weren't supposed to.
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Post by kashari on Apr 1, 2008 13:48:07 GMT -5
Wow, that was the best rickroll evar!
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Post by kyouraku on Apr 1, 2008 15:17:58 GMT -5
My bard is clearly a support class. He'll never give you up, or let you down, run around or desert you!
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Post by Moongaze on Apr 1, 2008 16:25:33 GMT -5
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Post by Chaos on Apr 1, 2008 23:33:37 GMT -5
I hate you Moon.
Just so you are aware.
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