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Pre E3 2005 Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, May 12, 2005.

  1. chevalier

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    Here's a snip from the preview of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach that IGN PC has posted:

    IGNPC: What about the D&D rule system lends itself to a successful computer game design? How does D&D Online capitalize on those strengths? Are there any areas where you've felt compelled to depart from the 3.5 system to accommodate the MMO design?

    Ken Troop: One of the biggest strengths of the D&D rule system is the strong and iconic identity of their class roles. Each class has a strong definition - they do a certain subset of things really well, and they are not very good at the rest. This well-defined role really helps players identify with their characters - for D&D Online, a prime focus has been on making sure we provide that same strong sense of role and abilities, mostly by making sure we're incorporating as many aspects of the pen and paper character abilities as possible.

    In terms of departure, we recently decided to move away from "spells per day" as the governing concept for casting, and went to a spell point system instead. Because of our fervent desire to replicate the D&D system, we had been moving forward with the "spells per day" system, but the main problem with it was that casters just didn't feel like they could truly play their role - casting spells - throughout much of the dungeon. After WOTC and Turbine had been playtesting for a while, and WOTC said, "Hmm, maybe we need to come up with an alternative," we knew that this was probably one of those departure moments. We were really pleased that WOTC helped us with coming up with spell points...since one of D&D Online's biggest goals is a faithful replication of D&D, having WOTC strongly support us when changes need to be made is great.

    Read the whole thing at IGN PC.

    [ May 12, 2005, 23:52: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    chevalier, May 12, 2005
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