[DevBlog] Hit Marks: Damage Control

[Kill_Life]

I just wonder how the minimum 1 damage thing is going to work. After all, Defense=Dodge, so I would be interested in seeing how this works outside of the special shields.

 

This. Will this mean people with a low defense will have more 1s instead of 0?

Not that it should be that big of a deal, seeing how the old 1 is now a 10.

 

No idea when this will come out and how it will look like overall. I'm not that interested in it, to be honest. I'm sure it'll prove handy in several occasions such as group fighting or pking. But for the regular solo-training, I hope it has a toggle-option.

[Sy_Accursed]

This seems good.

 

It appears we will finally see whats doing what damage and how much we are resisting.

I like how its pretty much straight out implied that magic at least is gonna be spilt into damage types (so earth water fire air blood shadow ice etc) perhaps we will also have slightly different icons for stab slash n crush? I can't see rnage having many icons since range attack types don;t really have an effective damage end as such.

[michel555555]

Being able to tell what kind of attack type a monster is using could be great for new monsters. I just wonder if they are going to make seperat icons for dragon fire and monsters who have magical melee or magical ranged attacks.

[Den]

those 'hitsplats' don't look good...

 

I agree, but remember its still work in progress so they could change it for we know. :P

 

Think the whole thing sounds kinda cool. It would really help see what damage you do, what damage you deflect, the cannon's damage, what damage your shield (if it has the possibility to soak damage) protects you from.

 

Looking forward to the end product. :shades:

[Nurse_Renard]

I'm lovin' this update, I'll most definately find it useful.

 

I do hope they keep the current hitsplat style though, the beta one makes me think of the retro hitsplats :???:

[Lep]

Idiots, putting icons for clutter. Jeese, I dunno, try colours instead? Melee is red, magic is blue, ranged is brown? Incorporate misses. Any 0 you hit is the colour of what you attacked with. Eg. 0 with magic is a 0 in blue. Ta da... :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

[Aiel]

Idiots, putting icons for clutter. Jeese, I dunno, try colours instead? Melee is red, magic is blue, ranged is brown? Incorporate misses. Any 0 you hit is the colour of what you attacked with. Eg. 0 with magic is a 0 in blue. Ta da... :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

yeah have they seen how bad dclaw specs are already :rolleyes:

[Guthorm]

Idiots, putting icons for clutter. Jeese, I dunno, try colours instead? Melee is red, magic is blue, ranged is brown? Incorporate misses. Any 0 you hit is the colour of what you attacked with. Eg. 0 with magic is a 0 in blue. Ta da... :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

 

Here is the interesting part, I don't think it is going to be cramped. The old style has splats formed in a weird circle kind of thing, but the new seems just to appearp from top to bottom(or bottom to top), considering the fact the icon is to the left of the damage splat, it will not appear to be too cramped. The icon is easier to remember as well, I would definitely prefer icon to colors if this is released.

[Nurse_Renard]

Idiots, putting icons for clutter. Jeese, I dunno, try colours instead? Melee is red, magic is blue, ranged is brown? Incorporate misses. Any 0 you hit is the colour of what you attacked with. Eg. 0 with magic is a 0 in blue. Ta da... :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

 

Could be worse, to be fair, I don't think the icons really clutter up too much, and I imagine they might change it.

 

Or we could end up with some cluster**** like this;

 

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[LatinII]

Notice the clothes they are wearing... maybe we'll see a graphical update to clothes soon?

[Squisher_33]

teh defferant colors would make ffa/crashing seem way easier

[Ezz]

Sounds good, I don't think it'll add a lot of clutter.

 

Only thing I don't really like is the "miss" thing instead of hitting 0's. But I'll get used to that (and while I get used to it, I'll see 100k+ rants on the RSOF about it).

[RU_Insane]

Be prepared for a riot when this update's released. It happened with New HP, and it'll happen with revamped hitsplats =-/ (the two are related in some way, right?)

[Kaur]

Meh.

Another thing that does not need fixing getting fixed...

[jettrider]

Only Jagex would tackle a minor problem like this and find a solution that encompasses everything but the underlying problem. <_<

[Dragonlordjl]

I wonder what item I should buy out in anticipation of a monumental glitch making it uber valuable?

[Fellfrosch6]

Only Jagex would tackle a minor problem like this and find a solution that encompasses everything but the underlying problem. <_<

 

I'm not understanding what you mean by this. It definitely solves a lot of confusion with the splats as mentioned in the DD. What is this "underlying problem" that you're talking about?

 

I personally like that they're making some strides to clear things up a bit. The icons will really help use prayer more efficiently especially in crowded areas. However, the hitsplats look unbelievably UGLY and backward. I would have expected the use of particles or something like that to help spice up the look of combat. I know that it says "Work In Progress" and I really hope they take it seriously and improve the look of the hitsplats because so far, it looks hideous.

 

Very good idea. Lame looking hitsplats.

[Den]

Notice the clothes they are wearing... maybe we'll see a graphical update to clothes soon?

 

Yeah, I thought they looked a little different.

 

Noticed the faces were different as well. They might be releasing the new heads together with a base kit revamp.

[Krampell]

This sounds really interesting.

Also, as many others have posted. I wonder what the last thing he mentioned might be.

[i_D_r]

+1 I like the damage soaking, not so much the combat icons though.

[mister_moocky]

[Sy_Accursed]

I like how the people moaning about spam are heavily ignoring the fact all damage splats not dealt by you or too you are gonna be heavily faded, so the ones that matter to you will be easily visable.

[Evil_Sabre]

 

Wait, theres more?

Oh, yes, and theres something I've not mentioned, another unique feature that is also being implemented, and which hasn't been shown in the pictures here...and which has turned out to be a big hit with people here. But you'll have to wait until the new hit mark system arrives before finding that one out...

 

SAILING!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!

[Aiel]

I like how the people moaning about spam are heavily ignoring the fact all damage splats not dealt by you or too you are gonna be heavily faded, so the ones that matter to you will be easily visable.

they arent faded there just a darker color of red.

[Sy_Accursed]

I like how the people moaning about spam are heavily ignoring the fact all damage splats not dealt by you or too you are gonna be heavily faded, so the ones that matter to you will be easily visable.

they arent faded there just a darker color of red.

 

Yeah but put them beside a few bright ones and the bright ones are gonna be easily readable and as the blog stated several times this is a wrok in progress and none of them pictures are definite outcomes.