Spyglass FUnctionality

I want them to be able to elt you see the names of peopel farther away you point them at O.O

 

A spyglass would be fun!

 

maybe even tell you some things about the player. like what level they are, which affinity they prefer (magic or combat)..which virtue they express most (time in capes),

 

^ Be a good idea for a spyglass Enchantment! ^^

 

I can not express how much i love this idea, scouts could be scouts for once and not just a glorified spy .......

 

I really hope they add some functionality to the spyglass sooner rather than later. I know (for me) it would help me decide if I want to buy one or not. I keep telling myself to click 'Grab this Item' but I find it difficult without the functionality.

 

Think about how this could be used in later episodes when we have moving boats on the waters. A pirate on the mast looking for bounty to plunder!

 

Would be good just for screenshots at events too, like a zoom lens on a camera, although that would be hampered if they put a framing graphic around the visuals.

 

I highly doubt you will ever get info on another players level or affinities from an in game item. It flies directly in the face of some of the design philosophies expressed in the hangouts with Lord British and Darkstarr.

The only clues you have are things that you can actually see on a character and thus you don't have concrete info on that players stats or affinities aside from things like "high level gear = high level character" but how high and is someone deliberately wearing gear lower than their level are questions you can't answer from just looking.

 

hence the spyglass. it is a spyglass after all.

sadly i have not been around here long enough to see those hangouts you speak of, so certain motivations by the devs i am unaware of. however, the functionality i proposed up there is purely optional and mostly for RP purposes (excluding the level bit) anyway. as long as they keep it for that purpose and not exploitable for pvp, then there won't really be a problem with it.

i'd LOVE to see how much time people have wearing darkstarr vs LB capes..

 

Check out the Portalarium YouTube channel -- all the hangouts are posted there. I tend to have them running on my second screen while I play the game.

 

The hangouts were discussing immersion. RG doesn't like games where you can see exactly how many hit points you enemies have and people figure ideal DPS rotations so everyone copies a set rotation. He wants the game to be immersive and mysterious. You don't know exactly how much your health or what stats they have. And frankly, he doesn't want you to ever know exact stats on your enemy. Either you're brave enough to take the risk and fight them, or you're not.