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Originally Posted by knowom
Something I thought about when I first conceived the idea for a DOTA/MOBA based MMO a few years back is it wouldn't it be awesome to have it setup so you have hundreds of different hero templates to pick between. They would have their own unique stats and play styles. The neat part would be that if 1 player picked a certain one it was unavailable to the rest of the players amongst his faction side. None of the selected hero templates would permanent however and would be made able to pick from again when a player logged out becoming up for grabs again to other players as a selection choice.
I was thinking this could probably be done with (worn illusion mask effects) that transform a player into a illusion when equipped and the illusion spell fades when they unequip it. The masks themselves would have unique racial stats as well. For example you could have a mask for gargoyle and give a bonus to +defense +magic resistance. On the other hand you could have a mask for fire imp and give it +offense and +fire resistance. With nearly 500 or so races this adds a immense layer of customization flexibility for a lot of unique combinations. The mask slot could be used exclusively for this customization purpose in mind.
We could even restrict it to PVP if we wanted and #nukeitem the masks after a nexus was destroyed. The PVP zone itself could maybe have a 5 minute preparation time before it begins with a NPC that would give you the mask of your choice that's available to pick from with a say link quest command. I think this would actually be a step in the right direction for DotaQuest. This would bring in a ton of customization and a step closer to the overall MOBA/DOTA feel as well where your selection choice is entirely unique to your faction.
Some other things I'd thought of was used items or spells with prerequisites. Perhaps masks could have a +faction alliance tied to them where if your alliance drops any items tied to it would #nukeitem like with velious giants vs dragons faction you could have different quest rewards based on that alliance from a NPC. The spells/items themselves would function similar to typical DOTA/MOBA skills do in principle. I don't know if you could tie used skills into spells or not too, but that would be great to have say a flying kick spell it would make the customizing a better. This way we could have more of a class independent system. We could also restrict some of the (mask options) options based upon prerequisites certain classes and/or races.
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What your stating is possible, the spells can be like I had it set up in DiabloQuest, where you typed; 'Skills' and every level you were GRANTED another skill point, so you could assign skills that way, the skills you assigned in DiabloQuest were put into your spell book and you were able to use them as such.
The mask idea is a stellar idea, I couldn't think of a better way to template out 500 classes, or so, to be honest. Skills into spells, now what you do mean by that? Like, Increases chance to crit/hit with Flying kick by X percent? Things like THAT are possible, yes. The nuke item thing is something I had already discussed for PVP, Though I'm thinking... The Nexus could be just one thing, like one Nexus and people had to battle TO IT and kill it, and instead of factions for that, it could be; 'The Nexus was destroyed by player X' and that Player X would have SOME kind of benefit for the NEXT PVP round they attended so people could gang up on them to shut them down as well as down the rest of the people...
^^ This would COMPLETELY Eliminate the NEED for factions. ^^
The PVE aspect honestly would take me 10 minutes to design, the items would take longer, because, lets be honest, I hate items, the PVP is what would probably take the longest to set up, however, it's VERY possible and VERY due-able.
knowom -- Feel free to add me on Skype, we can discuss further details and such there, if you so wish as well as maybe set up a Database for it.
Nerdgasm Steven -- Just look that up, you'll find me. =P