Dev Talk: Magic Staff Overhaul
Goals:
Fire Staffs
[ 2022-05-13 13:59:43 CET ] [ Original post ]
In our last Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys introduced the upcoming Into the Fray update and gave an overview of its major features, including a major Magic Staff Overhaul. In today's video, he is joined by Combat Designer Michael Schwahn to give more details of this massive, from-the-ground-up rework of this entire weapon line. [previewyoutube=maBakwP1mjk;full][/previewyoutube] Read on for a written description and if you missed the last Dev Talk, you can watch it here.
Background
- In 2021, the War Gloves weapon line launched, with spells and abilities that felt crisp, impactful, and fun
- Some old favorites started feeling outdated in comparison, so have been revamped
- This rework is for one of the largest weapon groups in the game, Magic Staffs
- 6 weapon lines: Fire, Holy, Nature, Cursed, Arcane, Frost
- Over 220 items and 90 spells
- Over one-third of all current weapon options
- Most of the rework will launch with the upcoming Into the Fray update, with the rest coming in a subsequent patch
Overview
Goals:
- Bringing the gameplay experience of Magic Staffs to a whole new level
- Making Staffs fun to use while also rewarding strategic high-level gameplay
- Giving Staffs a powerful and mighty feel on the battlefield
- Massively upgraded visuals (both graphical and VFX)
- Fully reworked player animations
- New audio effects created specifically for each spell
- Last but not least, numerous new and reworked abilities
Visual, Animation, and Audio Improvements
- Redesigned and modernized Staff models
- More distinct shapes and colors for better readability during gearing and combat
- Greater distinction between One- and Two-handed Staffs, both through length and animations:
- One-handed Staffs are now held towards the enemy; their action feels swifter, like a light sword
- Two-handed Staffs are held upright; the caster conjures quick attacks from the offhand and heavier attacks from the full staff
- VFX overhauled to make spells feel more impactful and polished
- Completely re-imagined sound design, with all-new sound effects for each line
Gameplay Improvements
- Numerous entirely new spells added
- Older spells reworked:
- Improving underused spells
- Adding more depth to simpler spells
- Examples of updates to specific staff lines follow
Fire Staffs
- Pyroblast made more nuanced as a channeled skillshot
- The longer the channel, the more damage it deals
- Causes additional knockback when fully charged
- Caster can break channel at any time for a less powerful shot
- Other new spells: complete rework of Ignite, new E-spell for Infernal Staff
- Many smaller adjustments to make abilities more dynamic
- Now possible to move (slowly) while channeling Holy Beam
- Desperate Prayer now adds a buff to the caster if used on a target above 40% health
- Reworked Smite, can now be cast at the ground to hit multiple enemies
- Thorns reworked into multi-castable ground area that slows enemies and gives stacking damage buff
- New W spell, Brambleseed: throw to deal instant damage, and after a delay knock enemies airborne and deal additional damage
- Both abilities make solo PvE and PvP more interesting and fun
- Field of Death replaced with Anguished Soul: conjure a ghostly creature that inflicts fear and magic damage
- New Q-slot ability added, many existing abilities improved
"Into the Fray" and Beyond
- The next update includes changes to Fire, Holy, Cursed, and Nature Staffs
- Arcane and Frost Staffs will follow in a later patch, with changes including:
- Arcane: Energy Bolt and Energy Beam replaced with more dynamic and interesting damage spells
- Frost: new Q spells that do not depend on cast speed
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Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Sandbox Interactive GmbH
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From solo to small-group to large-scale battles, you'll need strategy, tactics, and skill to prevail. Test yourself against other adventurers in high-risk, high-reward full-loot fights. Level your combat specializations, create unique builds with complementary skills, and use every tool at your disposal to emerge victorious.
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Claim a city plot or private island and make it your own. Grow crops to sell or craft into food, raise your own livestock and mounts, and place crafting stations for other players to use for a fee. Stock your house with custom furniture and trophies, build chests to store your growing collection of loot, and hire laborers to keep everything at your homestead running smoothly.
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Albion Online is a true cross-platform MMO experience. Whether you prefer Windows, Mac, Linux, or even Android or iOS (mobile currently in beta), one account lets you play on all platforms, with all players on a single shared server. Forge alliances with other players worldwide and take part in massive battles to determine the fate of Albion.
Craft. Trade. Conquer.
Dive in now and become part of a living fantasy world where everybody matters.
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From basic tools and clothes to mighty armors and powerful weapons – nearly every item in the game is crafted by players, in player-constructed buildings, from resources gathered by players. Buy, sell, and trade with other players at local marketplaces all across the world of Albion. Craft rare and powerful items, then sell them to the highest bidder and grow your fortune.
In Albion Online's classless combat system, you are what you wear. The weapons and armor you use define your skills, and switching playstyles is as easy as switching gear. Test out new equipment anytime and change up your weapons, armor, and mounts to suit any situation. Hone your character’s skills by crafting new items, or by simply using your favorite equipment.
From solo to small-group to large-scale battles, you'll need strategy, tactics, and skill to prevail. Test yourself against other adventurers in high-risk, high-reward full-loot fights. Level your combat specializations, create unique builds with complementary skills, and use every tool at your disposal to emerge victorious.
Join a guild and carve out your own piece of Albion in massive open-world battles. Claim territories for access to incredible resources, construct guild halls, and conquer entire cities to levy taxes and grow your wealth. Build a Hideout to give your guild a powerful home base deep in dangerous lands. Lead your guild to victory in the Crystal League, and track your progress against other guilds worldwide on a constantly-updated seasonal leaderboard.
Claim a city plot or private island and make it your own. Grow crops to sell or craft into food, raise your own livestock and mounts, and place crafting stations for other players to use for a fee. Stock your house with custom furniture and trophies, build chests to store your growing collection of loot, and hire laborers to keep everything at your homestead running smoothly.
From small scouting bands to massive bosses, from dungeons to full-blown faction bases, the inhabitants of Albion’s open world await your challenge. Take on six different factions, each with different enemies that require unique strategies. Partake in solo or group Expeditions, or seek out the ultimate thrill by facing demons and other players alike in Hellgates and Corrupted Dungeons.
Explore five beautiful biomes, each with its own challenges. Gather valuable raw materials for crafting, or cast a line into Albion's waters to catch rare and valuable fish. Seek out randomly generated solo and group dungeons and slay powerful foes for valuable loot. Enter the mystical Roads of Avalon to discover ever-changing paths between distant zones, face off against long-dormant foes, and build your own Hideout in this vast and ancient land.
Albion Online is a true cross-platform MMO experience. Whether you prefer Windows, Mac, Linux, or even Android or iOS (mobile currently in beta), one account lets you play on all platforms, with all players on a single shared server. Forge alliances with other players worldwide and take part in massive battles to determine the fate of Albion.
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