Teleport changes suck

[GrizzlyOso]

Why do they check for UMD or whether you own the content at the very end of the animation?

So much this. I don’t remember which packs I can teleport to. Grey them out or don’t let me use them.

 

[Bravgji]

Why do they check for UMD or whether you own the content at the very end of the animation?

More time you've wasted from your pots? XD

 

[The Narc2]

I got used to the teleport animation pretty fast at cap, always a small irritation and a definite downgrade and IMO they should combine the "preparing..." with the animation, so that they happen at once instead of one after the other, feels silly currently. Not the end of the world either way.

While leveling though... it's really quite awful to use if you have sub-100% chance of success. Failing the umd check after the Preparing... bar is a feels-bad moment, and after getting a few in a row I was down to just exit game or stop using them altogether when before it was not the end of the world. Failing a few and landing on a failed teleport location is just... yeah.

If they can figure out a way to do what you suggest without shortening the potential time to be interrupted by an attacking mob it would be make people happier and that is good.

Definitely think the UMD check should be before the induction but I would be fine with giving it 1/2 second induction and also would like SSG to remove teleport scrolls from the vendors, its far to Monty Haul for such an ability.

 

[kmoustakas]

This is why we don't get real balance patches anymore. Some people here are just so dramatic about it. "Oh, they nerfed that one spell I was using, it's akin to Kronos murdering his children."

Except Kronos was right to murder his children Sonic blast never deserved to be nuked

 

[cdbd3rd]

I just hope monster manual isn't next on that list

You can't see that door, just out of frame to the left.

 

[Greatpumpkin]

Holy crap, they screwed Word of Recall, too.

*** is the actual point of Word of Recall, if it doesn't work like its supposed to??

 

[Contessor]

Holy crap, they screwed Word of Recall, too.

*** is the actual point of Word of Recall, if it doesn't work like its supposed to??

That spell was only good to grab the quest relic of a soveign. It was nerfed when teleport scrolls were added to the guild vendor and portal hole.

 

[Rawel]

Is it just me or is everyone else also getting TWO umd checks on scrolls? Because I'm quite sure I see two and if either fails the port fails.

 

[Mokune]

meanwhile...

 

[Hawk]

The changes to the teleport system would only be acceptable if:

1> A real 2.5s cast, where it actually teleports when the bar finishes (not another 3 seconds later)

2> UMD check before the cast (i.e. a 0.2s "fail" animation just like the old one)

Otherwise, this is terrible for something that should be a QOL function (which we literally had working for 20 YEARS.) Out of all the clumsy and broken mechanics in this game, they make something that was actually fluid, and make it clumsy and broken. I guess for consistency, right?

 

[Mokune]

The changes to the teleport system would only be acceptable if:

1> A real 2.5s cast, where it actually teleports when the bar finishes (not another 3 seconds later)

2> UMD check before the cast (i.e. a 0.2s "fail" animation just like the old one)

Otherwise, this is terrible for something that should be a QOL function (which we literally had working for 20 YEARS.) Out of all the clumsy and broken mechanics in this game, they make something that was actually fluid, and make it clumsy and broken. I guess for consistency, right?

Consistency like finding sand in your oatmeal.

 

[cdbd3rd]

meanwhile...

...behind the façade of this innocent-looking bookstore...

 

[justtopostonforums]

Agreed, bad change. Made the game worse for me

 

[Smokewolf]

Yes ofcourse on a caster going from instant to a few seconds is bad. I would support keeping the item teleporting new version but revert the spell casting version to the old.

Well consider that you now have this delay, and experience a spell / game failure....

With the old setup, I've had 3-4 such events occur one after another while falling towards the market place from orbit. Thankfully, with the quick casting nature of teleport I've always been able to recover. Now I'm fully expecting to walk into the Market-Place to find corpses on the bridge from such cronic failures.

 

[John3000]

I just hope monster manual isn't next on that list

Hmmm... looking ahead, it's not looking good :

...unless some brave heroes manage to stop that mystery SSG Reaper's rampage and unmask them :

Here's hoping the carnage will stop.

Cheers

 

[John3000]

Well consider that you now have this delay, and experience a spell / game failure....

With the old setup, I've had 3-4 such events occur one after another while falling towards the market place from orbit. Thankfully, with the quick casting nature of teleport I've always been able to recover. Now I'm fully expecting to walk into the Market-Place to find corpses on the bridge from such cronic failures.

Lol... perhaps that has been their endgame from the start : Adding online bloodstains for all public area deaths (and dungeons?)...

... and why they are dumping D&D spell rules and mechanics in the garbage bin.

( Though I doubt it, as it would probably require too much coding and exacerbate lag. )

Cheers

 

[kmoustakas]

Hmmm... looking ahead, it's not looking good :

...unless some brave heroes manage to stop that mystery SSG Reaper's rampage and unmask them :

Here's hoping the carnage will stop.

Cheers

My worry is there had been clues about them nuking monster manual.

Nobody had a clue they wanted teleport dead

 

[saekee]

Got two pear-shaped in a row yesterday; pity accepted.

 

[cdbd3rd]

Got two pear-shaped in a row yesterday; pity accepted.

Still happy my teleports are still instant and Quickened.

 

[seph1roth5]

The changes to the teleport system would only be acceptable if:

1> A real 2.5s cast, where it actually teleports when the bar finishes (not another 3 seconds later)

2> UMD check before the cast (i.e. a 0.2s "fail" animation just like the old one)

Otherwise, this is terrible for something that should be a QOL function (which we literally had working for 20 YEARS.) Out of all the clumsy and broken mechanics in this game, they make something that was actually fluid, and make it clumsy and broken. I guess for consistency, right?

The $$ animation even has a few sec of pointless time at the start. They could totally remove the very beginning (channeling?) and still get the outcome they want.