no clue why a barbarian is a rogue?

[Doctor G]

no clue why a barbarian is a rogue? I like it, but sneaking around with zero armor other then a bandaid, some reason i can not wear chain or leather? LOLOL

[NavFamG]

It goes to the original Conan lore when he was young and a thief.

As to the rest; artificial game construct, no different than how in some games only certain genders can be certain classes. It's dumb, but it is just a game.

[Doctor G]

Originally posted by NavFamG:

It goes to the original Conan lore when he was young and a thief.

As to the rest; artificial game construct, no different than how in some games only certain genders can be certain classes. It's dumb, but it is just a game.

what i do not get is as follows,

i have 290 hide and move... the stuff still sees me; Animals almost always, and that one special Mob that calls the others.

[NavFamG]

Originally posted by Doctor G:

what i do not get is as follows,

i have 290 hide and move... the stuff still sees me; Animals almost always, and that one special Mob that calls the others.

I've never actually been able to tell, but supposely the 'crystal' at the bottom of the mini map is suppose to lighten / darken depending upon where you're moving to to show how effective Hide is working.

No matter how high your skill in it is, if you're out in the middle of a flat area, you will be seen. To use it correctly you have to skulk through the bushes, stick to the dark area's, stay away from torches etc...

[Doctor G]

i looked for this "crystal" and was like "Wtf" i saw nothing at all.

Ok i try the shadow thing, like 100% of the rogue games out there, thanks for pointing it out. I write you later

[Doctor G]

yes it does work, however the gem is so small it makes watching it a task. Majority of the time it is bright unless you are hugging the zone wall, bushes and such does not matter, just is if you in the shadow or on the zone wall.

even then majority of the time something attacks you anyway

[NavFamG]

There's only been a few times I've used it and all of them were required for the quest; A couple in Tortage and then out in the Gateway where you have to listen to those 2 guys.

Maybe it works different for an assassin since they have attacks that work with the whole hide effect.

[Doctor G]

i think it works on "not animals and sentry " mobs. this is at the 300, it could be my armor but i have only light armor. not sure about undead yet. it not like WoW, or everquest. There too many rules for it and the Hud gem is super small.

whoever did the Hud programming for this must been 3 or 4 people that go a work order and did not care about the end product

[NavFamG]

Originally posted by Doctor G:

whoever did the Hud programming for this must been 3 or 4 people that go a work order and did not care about the end product

I don't use them, but there are a couple of custom UI's that you can import and use. If you go over to the official forums or just google it you should find them.

[Doctor G]

ok thank you

[Ted Snark]

Yeah, I also have always wondered why Barbarian is a rogue class in this game as it's usually a fighter class in other games. I enjoy barbarians as a class in games but I do not enjoy being a rogue, not my thing.

[Rat]

maybe funcom called a barbarian as a rogue for the balance)

[Handoiron]

They made 4 archetypes, tank, healer, caster and none of the above (rogue).

Each archetype has a somewhat odd duck too. Conq is a DPS "tank" for instance.

That, along with the story lore of Conan being a barbarian and a thief at one point, set barbarian as a rogue.