I think as of right now Void at least in my opinion is the worst/weakest of the the and arguably the hardest to obtain. With that said I think its trait should have one or more of the following done to it:

A. be completely changed to something different/better

B. get Healing in the realm and maybe have a aoe damage blast when entering/exiting.

One other thing i'd like to see changed is, it should be able to proc by giving and receiving damage.

Lastly and this is very much needed for a suffix/trait like this: Its proc chance needs to be lowered or else it never procs/you're already dead before it does.

But most importantly above all else: if its kept as is or with the buffs, MAKE IT AUTO PROC THE SUFFIX! NO PROMPT, JUST *BOOM* YOU'RE IN.

Problem:

So, since coming back to the server recently, the single biggest difference I noticed from when I played about a year ago is how different traitors play. It seems rather than try to actually win, traitors will 90% of the time prioritize getting kills for their quests. I mean, sure they'll get kills, but spraying into a crowd of 4 people to get that final kill for your quest doesn't seem to help. There's a 1:4 Inno/T ratio, and if a Traitor is only killing 2 people consistently to get their quest done, they're hindering their T buddies.

Possible Solutions:

-Make challenges/daily quests not kill based.
-Make challenges/daily quests more focuses on winning the round for your team, whether Inno or Traitor.
-Make challenges/daily quests harder to complete if players are only going for that one or two kill a round.

I'd like to say that this problem probably isn't as easy to fix as just "change the challenges", but I was hoping to shine some light on it so attention was brought to it.

Discuss! ^-^

alright so basically tobias added a thing to challenge scrolls making it where you can't gain scroll progress if your karma is below 1000.



I messaged him about it because I obviously thought it was a terrible idea and his response was for me make a thread on the forums about it so here I am.

There's absolutely no reason for this to be added at all. Challenge scrolls are already try hard enough and adding this is just going to make it even more try hard. You'll constantly be worrying about not shooting any innocents or doing anything during the scroll. So say goodbye to joking around with your friends/anyone on the server. Even going past "purposeful rdm", you can easily get below 1000 karma by cross firing people or misjudging a situation and killing the wrong person/people.

We already have the good samaritan challenge theres no need to add this and have people sweating even more over challenge scrolls.

I don't have recording equipment, and demos make me lag really hard while recording, but often when I kill someone with my scaredy bunny (only really noticed with headshots), it'll force me to jump anyway like I didn't hit them. It's gotten me killed 3 times now.

Being iced as the hunter isn't fun, and honestly kind of ruins the minigame for everyone except the one or two people that can cash in on the hunter barely being able to move because of it.

Goodnight FRG
I have a DECA competition tomorrow at 6:00 AM, so I gotta go to bed early

so now that the fun djinn crystal + prayer weapon has been fixed, its more needed than ever to buff the richochet.
Its never been that useful of a trait but I never really worried about it because it was more fun to mess around with the djinn crystal anyway (say what you wanna say)
but now that thats gone, all it has left for it is the richochet, and its a very lack luster trait. More so for the last prayer than the first prayer but regardless.
the richochet bullets hardly ever even hit anyone but when it does, it just hits a limb and does like 10 damage.

I propose that either the richochets get a slight homing effect to it so that it hits more often
or
have the richochets split each time they bounce (i.e 1 bullet, bounce, 2 bullets, bounce, 4 bullets, etc)

I AM THE MASTER OF FINDING BEAR TRAPS, NO ONE CAN TAKE THIS TITLE AWAY FROM ME. IF THERE IS A BEAR TRAP, I'LL FIND IT WHERE EVER IT IS ON THE MAP.

I get bear trapped a lot and when I get bear trapped, I usually shoot the person peaking out the corner. 100% of the time they're the T, but because of the rules I'm in the wrong. I've taken slays because of this. I've had folks go around an open bear trap and refuse to break it, cause they're the T. Then couldn't do anything to the T camping the bear trap.

I would argue if folks that wait for the bear trap to spring and peak the corner should be killable. Usually when folks put a bear trap, they're creating an area of denial. Folks past the bear trap are more likely to be T's cause they're protecting an area. I'm not going to shoot towards the area I just came in (Since that is where innocents are able to be hit from the trap), I'm going to shoot towards the area I'm going to (Cause the Ts are protecting that area).

What if that is an innocent peaking the second you just got bear trap? This has never, ever happened to me. However, I will coincide the fact if folks just place random bear traps and don't camp them, this would kill an innocent once a year.

What if innocents are past the bear trap area? They wouldn't want innocents past that point cause they don't want to get shot when they peak that corner.

I want some logic killing here, they shouldn't be able to dance around it like a fire and I'm unable to do anything cause of it. Bear traps have great hitboxes, TRUST ME I WOULD KNOW, I would argue that if they go through the bear trap they can be killed for it. Or if they actively go around a bear trap, hanging around it, and not destroying it when pointed out. I would like to kill for that.

Most, except the hitboxes, can be applied to barnacles too.

Goodnight FRG

So as you may or may not have heard, I have put all current projects on hold, and revived the game mode. I have worked all night on it, doing a lot of the stuff I've been meaning to do for quite some time, and have fixed a lot of the issues that were holding back some of the progress.

I figure it's due for an update, to let you guys know a few more things about the gamemode, and some of the changes being made behind the scenes. Also to let you know how much is left before the first beta. First off, let me start by explaining what this is.

Realms is a gamemode I started work on a few years back. It started out with ONE simple idea: A way to play and progress through FRG without needing to play TTT.

Realms is NOT a MMORPG. Realms is much more modest in what its trying to achieve. I want to make a smaller PvE focused gamemode, that you can play with or without others, at any time and chose your own goals, with its own separate player progression, and its own unique loot and traits. The ultimate goal in the gamemode is to level up your player, put stat points into abilities that enhance your player, so that you can take on tougher enemies, and hunt for rare/unique loot. You can bring your weapons into it, anything you obtain anywhere else is allowed, however, your damage is subject to modifiers which are applied based on your players stats (or gear as well).  I'll explain more about that later on.

Okay now that that is out of the way, let's talk about some of the things I have been working on, on and off, since the last devblog/update.


First off, I have revamped a lot of my original Player Stat plans, and finished implementing a few of them last night. Let's go into detail about some of these.

Let me first explain damage: Damage in Realms is not 1:1 your weapons damage, like you are used to. There are numerous modifiers applied to it to scale it in more interesting/RPG-esque ways, including RNG chances at 'crit' hits, which increase your damage dealt quite a bit for that shot. Since the last update, I've completely removed the possibility to proc 0's based on the enemies defense stat. Instead, the enemies defense stat is used to apply a damage dampener proc upon your incoming damage. The higher their defense, the more likely your damage dealt to them will be dampened a bit. The amount its dampened is currently determined between your level, their level, your str + dex, and their defense.

Lets talk about 2 of the stats:

• Strength.
  • This stat defines your maximum damage, relative to the weapon you're using. Note that it can exceed your weapons base damage! The higher you make this stat, the harder you can hit, but the more your damage will vary on average. This also affects your crit damage in a non 1:1 ratio, meaning more strength = higher crit damage multiplier ON TOP of already doing more crit damage because of higher hits, but that is subject to change.
    
• Dexterity.
  • This stat defines your minimum damage, relative to the weapon you're using. If you raise this too high above your strength, it becomes your new max damage, and your strength becomes your minimum. Increasing this stat makes your damage more consistent.
    

1. Does Realms have its own currency or Inventory system?
   Realms does have its own currency. Your current inventory and coins will be useful there too, but realms will have a variety of exclusive items that can only be used on the game mode (such as Armor sets)
2. How many players will Realms support?
   I'm looking at 32 players per server, with multiple servers. I may be looking into porting my 'realm' system from IoD (instancing) and applying 'channels' to realms so the map isn't too over populated.
3. Is there anything else to do besides kill stuff?
   Currently, it's all about killing enemies, leveling up your player, and hunting rare realms unique loot (such as sick armor sets).
4. Can I use any playermodel on realms?
   No. Realms has its own specific playermodel, thus coinshop accessories are also disabled on the game mode (armor sets would look super weird with tons of accessories every where).
5. Will there be any bosses?
   Yes! There will be 'world bosses' that have a chance to spawn each time you kill an enemy. These wont have crazy mechanics, and will mostly pretty simple due to the fact they can pop up almost anywhere, and wont have a specific arena designed for them though, but they will have unique loot only they can drop, so they are worth killing. I also Currently have plans for one world dungeon, which I don't want to disclose too much about, but I'd love for there to be more. They could even be seperate-server type events like IoD, but with more people.
6. When is the beta, and is it closed or open?
   I don't have a date yet, I have projects on hold for this, it all depends on if I run into anymore roadblocks or demotivate. But you guys help keep me motivated with how much you are looking forward to this. However, it's also quite nerve racking because there's a lot of hype that has been built up for this, and I don't want to disappoint. I have a feeling a lot of you are thinking this is some huge open world MMORPG type gamemode, but it's not. That is simply not practical to do in GMOD, way too many limitations, so lets try and keep our expectations modest!
   
   Oh also, it will be a closed beta for the start of it, just so I can make sure everything functions as intended, and get good feedback before unleashing it to the full community. You only get one first impression, and a lot of times that means a lot when it comes to games. I am hoping to use feedback gathered from a closed beta to much improve upon my ideas, and hear what you guys think of everything in general.
7. Will there be quests or anything?
   The first thing I will be implementing in terms of 'quests' or 'tasks' is akin to runescapes "Slayer". You will talk to an NPC on the lobby (or maybe within realms), and they will assign you a random amount of a certain monster to kill. Completing it could grant you some points to spend on something from them (TBD) and some bonus XP possibly.