User:Xiang

Howdy!

I've been in love with Tabula Rasa since I first heard of it, back when it was really strange and spacy and not well-defined. It's hard to find any evidence of what the game was like then. I'd appreciate it anybody could show me some links to places describing the game as it used to be!

Of course now, it's an entirely different game - a harsh, gritty, FPS/RPG hybrid. And I love this game, too. I really enjoy the action-packed battlefields and the sense of tension as you hunt down a mission marker deep behind enemy lines.

I think this game will stand or fall based on the innovations it brings to the genre. I think Death Penalties are a good idea in a well-balanced game, even if they're painful when you have them. I think the clone system is a brilliant idea, and I really want the full version of the game to live up to its promise of letting the player backtrack to any point on the class tree to try something new without starting from scratch. I think the best way to do that would be to let the player respec every time they change classes, so that obsolete skills aren't "wasted".

I love it when people take their complaints about game balance to the forums, and I HATE hearing people complain in-game. The problem is that there's usually some merit to the complaint, and I want the devs to get a good feel for just how many people agree with a particular complaint!

I used the surname Xiang in a few places, usually with the first name Gideon. All the names I use below are names I use in other places. If you recognize me, feel free to say hello!

{| ! Tier !! colspan=8 | Class and Name
 * 1 || colspan=8 align=center | Garudina
 * 2 || colspan=4 align=center | Garudina || colspan=4 align=center |  Deena
 * 3 || colspan=2 align=center | MuleThunder || colspan=2 align=center |  Garudina || colspan=2 align=center |  Gideon || colspan=2 align=center |  Deena
 * 4 || colspan=1 align=center width=12% | RedDeath || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  MuleThunder || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Garudina || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Syndir || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Ghalarth || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Gideon || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Deena || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Kylinia
 * -}
 * 3 || colspan=2 align=center | MuleThunder || colspan=2 align=center |  Garudina || colspan=2 align=center |  Gideon || colspan=2 align=center |  Deena
 * 4 || colspan=1 align=center width=12% | RedDeath || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  MuleThunder || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Garudina || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Syndir || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Ghalarth || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Gideon || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Deena || colspan=1 align=center width=12% |  Kylinia
 * -}
 * -}