The disc change your view on playing Magus?

[DeeHorsey]

Yet another disc thread.

At first I thought it was cool. A mage - floating on a disc. Its like a surf board! wonder if i can float on water.. etc...

But the more I think about it, the less I like it. I will probably end up playing Magus, but the idea of the disc is lame. Aside from the fact we are a tall mage, we are a tall mage ON TOP of a disc. Talk about easy target.
In addition, does that mean no mount? I am assuming the disc will be.. lets say.. upgradable, so we can keep up with the flock.

What I am praying for, though I doubt it, is the ability to customize your disc. Maybe armor dye? The thought of every magus being on the same lookin disc just ruins it for me.

[Gaazruk]

The disc is sick, who doesnt want their own personal demonic warp-shark to ride?
But I will never play a magus if the disc....

MAKES A ANNOYING HOVER SOUND

Bzzzz....

[Krulltak]

The Disk kicks ..........it makes the Witch Hunter hat just another fad.

Hopfully, it will have big electric tentacles and eat enemies alive in-game.

[Rofllove]

I will not group with any magus no matter how good the class is or how cool the person behind it is if it makes an anouing hover sound.

[DeeHorsey]

lol. I cant imagine that it would humm..
its supposed to be magical right? Its not electronic =P Unless the disc is humming for the desire for human flesh.. that would be a different story

[Foooolmaster]

I doubt that they'll keep the Disc the same throughout tiers and it will probably have small variations that you might be able to customize, because that just drop dead cool. And it will almost definitely not have an annoying buzzing sound. First of all because everybody will hate it and even if it comes out in Beta, most likely it will be changed, and also because why would it buzz? It's a bloody shark, admittedly a magical one made out of flesh, evil (essential ingredient), and metal, but I don't know too many sharks that buzz. Plus I think the Disc is also supposed to be able to eat stuff and attack (I'm a little fuzzy on these details) but I'm pretty sure consistent buzzing would get in the way of that....

Keeping my fingers crossed for a non-buzzing Disc :)

[Shacklock01]

The Disc is cool, but a little ghey for all the time. I dont want to be sittng in a pub floating on a disc xD So RP wise it's stupid for all the time, gameplay wise yea kewl.

[Hatemonger]

What unit from the tabletop is the magus based on exactly, because I'm not seeing anyone floating around on a disk...

[Shacklock01]

What unit from the tabletop is the magus based on exactly, because I'm not seeing anyone floating around on a disk...


Erm it's based on the Sorcerer of Tzeentch?

[Zeetchmen]

Paul on Chaos being under-populated

"He is on a flying disk and shoots lightning bolts, how cool is that?"

[Hatemonger]

But...but they don't have disks, do they?

[Rotgut_Eadsmasha]

Actually it's based on the Lord of Tzeentch model. And yes, they ride a disk.

http://us.games-workshop.com/games/warhammer/hordesofchaos/catalog/tzeentch_lord.htm

[Azrayne2.0]

Yeah, the whole 'ALWAYS ON THE DISK LOL' idea strikes me as somewhat lame and gimmicky, and has more or less turned me off the class.

Would have worked far better if it was used as a class unique player mount.

[Obby]

If they ride the disc all the time in the lore (which they may or may not, I don't know) then they should ride the disc all the time in the game as well. If they don't always ride it in the lore, then it just seems a bit lazy on the developer's part.

As of right now, it seems pretty cool to me. I'm really indifferent, unless it buzzes as mentioned before. Then it will just be annoying.

[Gaazruk]

It most likely would kill lore in small areas though...

Magus Floating On A Disc in the middle of a bloodly battlefield surround by corpses = Nice
Magus Floating On A Disc in a bar trying to fit threw the doorway = Lame
Magus Floating On A Disc in a public quest surrounded by other classes = Nice
Magus Floating On A Disc in a small alley near the building getting stuck = Lame

So it some instances(Mainly PvP) the disc would be nice, but in other RP-ish and regular instances would be amazingly lame.

[Lord Semaj]

Those RPish reasons aren't part of war. There's no guarantee they'll even exist, so wait until you're playing the game to compile a list of areas the Magus Disk is annoying.

[Evander]

The Disc is cool, but a little ghey for all the time. I dont want to be sittng in a pub floating on a disc xD So RP wise it's stupid for all the time, gameplay wise yea kewl.

What's a innipotent mage of terrible power have to do in a pub? And why do you think he can't sit on the disk... works for me.

I don't get it, the disk is the one of those things that makes the magus really cool. You humm around like a utter badass, you are so badass you don't even have to walk, you've got a flying demonic disc to do it for you.
Even RP wise I'd play the magus, I mean you are an icon beyond others, wherever you go you float to it. I don't want to sit in a pub or dance on a table when I'm plotting the end of the world to come. Perhaps I'd like to play by chess by moving the pieces with my mind while sitting cross-legged on my disc.

[Shacklock01]

What's a innipotent mage of terrible power have to do in a pub? And why do you think he can't sit on the disk... works for me.

I don't get it, the disk is the one of those things that makes the magus really cool. You humm around like a utter badass, you are so badass you don't even have to walk, you've got a flying demonic disc to do it for you.
Even RP wise I'd play the magus, I mean you are an icon beyond others, wherever you go you float to it. I don't want to sit in a pub or dance on a table when I'm plotting the end of the world to come. Perhaps I'd like to play by chess by moving the pieces with my mind while sitting cross-legged on my disc.

Well, when you put it that way lmao. " My mind plays it's self, mwhhaahahah I'm so clever" xD

[Stingray]

I think one reason to make the Magus unable to get off their disks is that in RvR everyone would to avoid easy detection. Mythic on the other hand wants people to be able to identify what they are fighting just by looking at them. I like the disk idea only if you can make it fancier as you level up with spikes, blades, tentacles, and so on.

[Axxar]

Flying around on a cool disc is what could draw me into playing this career.

[PimpMyDisk]

"And Tzeentch forged an arcane disk from metal and demon.And it was good."

"And lo,he granted his Magi the disk to command as a sign of favor.And it was good."

"And the disk did make buzzing sounds that annoyed the Magus but he bore it well.For it was the sound of the Bird God's voice."

"And the two AA batteries did run out of juice in the middle of nowhere and verily the Magus was stuck for good.For the damn battery hatch was UNDER the disk."

From the book,"Low voltage:How to hitch a ride in Norsca".

[Zeetchmen]

"And Tzeentch forged an arcane disk from metal and demon.And it was good."

"And lo,he granted his Magi the disk to command as a sign of favor.And it was good."

"And the disk did make buzzing sounds that annoyed the Magus but he bore it well.For it was the sound of the Bird God's voice."

"And the two AA batteries did run out of juice in the middle of nowhere and verily the Magus was stuck for good.For the damn battery hatch was UNDER the disk."

From the book,"Low voltage:How to hitch a ride in Norsca".

We has a winnar! :D

[Lord Semaj]

Okay, if the disk runs on Duracell, then yes, there MAY be a problem with not being able to dismount.

:rolleyes:

[Warboss]

Excuse me, i only saw pictures of Magi on the official site and i have to say: None of them was on a friggin' disc. I want to know how it looks! D:

[Gemini]

Right now, we've only seen placeholders of the disc. Someone could link you to what the creatues look like before they are made into a disc though.

[Zezza]

Maybe somin like this?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/death_by_geo/mnrossmoor080017krak8.jpg

[Gemini]

Okay, here is a picture of a magus on the disc, for those who wanted to see it.

http://images.mmorpg.com/features/1309/images/1309_3.jpg

[Josue]

I dunno, personally I would like to be able to dismount from the disc while in a friendly area (ie capitol or whatever). Why limit freedom of the players in making choices as to how they wish to move about unless it is absolutely necessary. Does the IP really call for perma-attached discs?

I'm sorry, but chilling in a bar - after ripping the souls out of countless Order girlies over the weekend - and sipping an ale w/ my gf and friends RPing is something I would like to do without looking all retardo floating on a disc.

[Fruitpunch]

The disk is freakin kickass end of story!


O and go to Races of Warhammer and click Magus

He is forever bound to this living platform

[Jandau]

What if the magus needs to take a dump? He's prolly not wearing any underwear under those robes, since they'd be hard to take off with your feet stuck to the disc, and still it's probably quite messy.

Also, what if he assumed an unpleasant position when first mounting on the disc. Maybe he thought the pose would look cool, but now all he gets are leg cramps...

It's a hard life for a magus...

[checkthis5000]

The Disc is cool, but a little ghey for all the time. I dont want to be sittng in a pub floating on a disc xD So RP wise it's stupid for all the time, gameplay wise yea kewl.

Maybe you can /sit and you sit down on the disc. That would be pretty awesome IMO. I mean you take that thing into a pub, and the bartender has to throw your pints to you because of the fear of getting eaten by the disc.

There are two things that would make the disc really awesome.

1. Upgradeable/Customizable. Whether it's by leveling up, or armor dye or whatever. The Rank 40 disc should look as ridiculously Chaosified as the Tier 4 Chosen or Magus Armor.

2. Disc Abilities. There should be attacks that the disc does that you can use. Or buffs that you get from the disc, or something like that.

If they just make the disc stuck to you, and they don't use it's potential it will really suck. But this is Mythic we're talking about. I'm sure the Disc will be pretty awesome.

[Krulltak]

What if the magus needs to take a dump? He's prolly not wearing any underwear under those robes, since they'd be hard to take off with your feet stuck to the disc, and still it's probably quite messy.

Also, what if he assumed an unpleasant position when first mounting on the disc. Maybe he thought the pose would look cool, but now all he gets are leg cramps...

It's a hard life for a magus...


The Magus is tenfolds stronger and more resiliant then the average human. I'm sure he can handle it.

I can imagine that if Tzeentch's Champions can blow up entire armies and plan highly elaborate invasions years before they ever start then they can handle thier bladder.

[tr1ckster]

I have the same fear as DeeHorsey. I hope we wont be easy to target becouse we are taller than other classes. (and we wont be midgets :D)

[minigoose]

Hey- I like the disk- it shouldnt b annoying. i mean i can see some problems with it, but i dont see much issues with it :rolleyes: i mean being able to be seen a little easier is a little problem, but im one of those players who boosts thier sound up so i can hear u "sneaky" classes comming up on me :cool:

[Fusko]

I saw an ability off of a video where the disc makes a big shockwave and anyone that was in contact with the magus was knocked back.

[Syr]

My main concerns with the disc is making the magus stand out as a squishy, and camera angles when inside rooms or on a rampart. I'm hoping they aren't very tall on their disc, in some of the vids they seem like obvious targets because of their height. An option to get off the disc for cosmetic purposes would be good also.


The animatons are important too, but atm I'd rather ride on a disc than have the bright wizard run animation any day :p

Hope you can use dye on your disc also.

[Rerisen]

The disc as a general concept is pretty cool.

But I'm just worried about its practical application or how they pull it off.

It seems too much like a gimmick. I mean it doesn't let us move any faster or turn faster or stop falling damage. We can't go faster over water.

As mentioned the extra height is a definite "come kill me" sign on the battlefield.

And so far in all the videos and images the disc looks very mundane like indeed just a disc, hardly a ferocious, trapped, flying demon shark.

I hope they make it start to warp and change into a much more impressive form at higher levels. And I also want to see some dangerous disc abilities like spikes that shoot out or blades that spin around hitting everyone in your area.

To make it worth it, the disc has to really give the Magus unique abilities that set him apart from other Wizards in the game.

They also need to seriously start thinking about how to make his movement, both general and combat much more interesting on the disc. Right now the animations are just boring. He looks more like he is floating on some D&D 'floating disc' spell rather than a chained ferocious demon.

Even his casting animations are pretty tame compared to the flamboyant Bright Wizard. Come on, this is supposed to be a Magic user worshipping Tzeentch, the Changer of the Ways, chaos magic incarnate. These dudes (Magus's) should be harnessing some primal forces and looking suitably impressive while doing it.

[Chrismorris]

Think it looks abit silly imo, killed any chance of it even being any of my alts.

[Rorshock]

Meh...I don't really like the disc, but it won't stop me from playing Magus.:?

[Ahamix]

It was hard for me to accept the disc when I first heard about it, probably because it goes against all the rules of a traditional MMORPG. I hope that is what will make WAR great, the developers don't mind throwing "zingers" into the world that other companies would shun away from because it's not part of the "vision".

On top of all that the lore behind the disc is awesome. I almost feel like the disc might be more of the character than that hunk of human meat riding on top of it! Maybe I could enslave a magus or two and spin them around really fast like tops and have them run into eachother until one falls down.

[Volbeat]

i love the disc, why? u ask me?
1: its a disc of pain, terror and doom
2: its cool
3: it looks AWESOME
4: its cooler than being a bright wizard fo sho!
5: its so cool tzeentch is envious
6: only the marauder has better fluff (unless they make a chaotic dark elven sorcerer on a disc)
7: its still cool
8: it has teeth
9: its a Shark
10: above means more teeth.
11: still looks rocking hot to me
12: makes KotBS look even worse (feathers? ACTIVATE EVIL DISC-DEATHRAY!)

i could go on for ages and ages, the disc is awesome, and rpers that worry about this.. why on earth would you be in a pub if your a chaos devotee? your LIFE, your entire EXISTENCE is devoted to CHAOS so unless that pub is on the brink of destruction, half of it floating alit with chaos fires and youre there to slaughter humans, u wont be in a pub.

edit//: on the extra height thing being a kill me sign... come try me :)

[Bendial]

I had originally wanted to play the Magus but the idea of a flying disc really annoys me. I wouldn't mind only being on the disc while engaged in combat but even that would get annoying, constantly hopping in and out of your disc...wtf. The whole idea is kind of lame...just make him run like every other class.

[Grothgar]

If any of you played the TT game you would know that the disc is the mount for the champions of Tzeentch and also I notice that some people talk about the disc as if you are forever doomed to be stuck on it, like any mount you can get off of the disc.

[Rerisen]

If any of you played the TT game you would know that the disc is the mount for the champions of Tzeentch and also I notice that some people talk about the disc as if you are forever doomed to be stuck on it, like any mount you can get off of the disc.

You cannot get off the disc straight from the mouth of Paul Barnett and other devs. The disc is not a 'mount' in WAR in the sense of the tabletop game, it is his natural movement means, instead of using his legs he rides around on a disc.

Now while at some point, the disc may get upgrades or be able to switch into a 'mount' mode where it goes much faster to keep up with other mounts like horses or cold ones, it is most definitely not a mount until that time, but just a design feature of how the class looks.

[Gorrr]

The disc is sick, who doesnt want their own personal demonic warp-shark to ride?
But I will never play a magus if the disc....

MAKES A ANNOYING HOVER SOUND

Bzzzz....



Lol,how bout a loud lightsaber sound?

BZZZZZZBZ!BSHHHZZZZZZZBZZZZZZ


i wouldnt really care if it had a hover sound...and the disk itself is pure awsomness

[Fusko]

Honestly, I think it should make the sound that the hover cars in the jetsons made. That would be full of win.

[Volbeat]

Honestly, I think it should make the sound that the hover cars in the jetsons made. That would be full of win.
QFT...........

[Apocryphus]

There was a video a couple months back that showed the magus getting on and off his disc. He leapt into the air and the disc materialized. That, and there are screens of maguses not on the disc. Where are you guys getting the "always on disc" rumor? Is there any substance to it?

[Volbeat]

There was a video a couple months back that showed the magus getting on and off his disc. He leapt into the air and the disc materialized. That, and there are screens of maguses not on the disc. Where are you guys getting the "always on disc" rumor? Is there any substance to it?

And Paul replied to this in an interview saying it was a programmer getting a little out of hand or summit, cant recall the correct wording lolz:rolleyes:

[Beo]

I think the disc is cool and has some potential. And I really don't care if it is permanent.

My only problems with it, as previously stated, is the being taller then everyone. Generally I like playing small races in MMOs. So if i'm like 5 feet taller (exaggeration) than everyone else, especially tank classes, I'll probably end up playing something else.

[Sethno]

I really doubt they would make something like that permanent when it would be so easily to just make a command to turn it on/off...

I think some of you are misleaded.

-Sethno

[Gemini]

There was a video a couple months back that showed the magus getting on and off his disc. He leapt into the air and the disc materialized. That, and there are screens of maguses not on the disc. Where are you guys getting the "always on disc" rumor? Is there any substance to it?

It's a Paul video blog where he clearly states "this is just an animator having fun, you won't be able to get off the disc" or something like that. And it's no rumor, devs have said it all the time. Disc + Magus = Always

EDIT: Here ya go, straight from Mythic. http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?p=270769&#post270769

[Volbeat]

Wasnt it something along the lines that the chaos demon shark would most likely eat you if u stepped off it?

[Apocryphus]

Meh, I still like it. Why walk when you have an age old daemonic entity to cart your around everywhere?

[Freak]

You cannot get off the disc straight from the mouth of Paul Barnett and other devs. The disc is not a 'mount' in WAR in the sense of the tabletop game, it is his natural movement means, instead of using his legs he rides around on a disc.

Now while at some point, the disc may get upgrades or be able to switch into a 'mount' mode where it goes much faster to keep up with other mounts like horses or cold ones, it is most definitely not a mount until that time, but just a design feature of how the class looks.

So basically, when you come across a body of water, he'll sink down on the water rather than float and... the sound of Tzeentch screaming. You are now surfing :cool:

[Ethandril]

In my opinion the Disk should be similar to mount for the Magus, and for the Magus only.
Making the Disk permanent isn't the best possibility, when you could make more out of it.

(Note: Tabletop rules will be ignored for it, since it's a MMORPG and the Magus is a
Class and not a Champion of Tzeentch)

The Disk is a gift of Tzeentch to the Magus (and will make this class unique). The Magus
is mental bound to the Disk, he can control it only with his mind.

When you start your career as a Magus you get a spell to call the Disk. The spell icon will
be dark, as long as you use the Disk, if you cancel the spell, the Disk will vanish.
Summoning a Disk will help you in close combat, since the Disk won't be just a mount, it
also works like a Damageshield for the Magus.

Each Tier the Disk get more powerfull, a higher Damageshield with Spikes and glowing
Runes of Tzeentch on it.

Making this spell this way, helps a bit to balance the Magus with other classes, you have
to choose: Do I summon my disk, or do I load another spell?)

Mythic said they want to make every class unique in the way they look and play. Don't making
the Disk permanent would add the Magus another Tactic how you play him in RvR. But hey,
thats just my opinion about it...

[ChosenOne]

I might like it if they drastically changed the way the magus moves with it. As it stands in the video's I have seen I doubt I would play a magus very long before giving up on it. Perhaps its already changed, perhaps not but the original riding style of the magus on the disc was pretty bad.

[Rik Riorik]

The disc whilst suitably involved in making the Chaos Magus what he is, really puts me off playing the Magus (even though I wouldn't be interested to start with as Ranged DPS simply doesn't tickly my fancy). It wouldn't mean anything if he could get of the bloody thing, but if he has to be constantly glued to it, then there is no way in yesterday that I'm ever giving a slot to the Magus on my 10 characters per server allowance.

[epicatlantis]

Before I knew about the disc, the Magus was one of the top choices of mine.

The disadvantages are really high.

Suppose I am a group of Order roaming around and we see a group we are heading for.
Oubviously, we are going to know even from far away which is a damage dealer and stick a tank on him and bye bye he goes.

The disc totally gives off ANY element of surprise, and its just boreing to be on the whole time. It is oubvisouly a cool little gadget to whip out now and then to be cool, but it is really going to keep alot of people off the class in my opinion.

Its just a playstyle that you have to deal with I guess, it just seems really annoying and if it makes that sound; I would kill myself. Its like having your character hum or just make loud noises. Can you live with that?

It just all depends on your view. I am sure you will either love it or hate it with a deep passion.

[Accipiter]

I've always liked the disc concept but I must confess that I've always like mounts in MMO's. It's fun to choose the one you like. Plus, there are indications that they will be customizable.

I hope the graphic for the disc changes somehow when one goes into "mount" mode as Magus. Perhaps the disc could mutate slightly or glow or sprout an extra tentacle or something. And, if other races get to customize their mounts, the Magus players should be able to customize their discs.

[Damnien]

i really love that they dare make the chaos careers so special :cool:

As far as i understand devotion to Tzeentch(or any other Chaos god for the matter) is not something you do part time. you don't put it aside and go sit knitting or playing funny games in a pub. once you are bound to Tzeentch it's for life(and probably afterlife aswell) - and the disc is a great indicator of that. The disc is him. it is part of him and he can not leave it behind.

i think it makes him very speciel - it gives the career an identity. if you read alot of lore about the HE arch mages you will learn that they are indeed very powerful and have alot of depth and the same goes for DE soreceress. but you only have to look a second on a Magus to realize that.

The disc is so bad . far cooler than the caster standing on it. it resembles chaos, total devotion, raw untamed magic and Tzeentch.

as for the "it is impossible to make" and "there will be millions of bugs" i fail to see how come a disc would be so much more difficult to make. i played the game at D3expo and there were absolutly no problems moving around as a magus

about the imballence because they are too high i fail to see the problem. if indeed there is a problem i will be fixed either in beta or in a post launch patch. it can't be a huge problem to either lower his height or making the other chaos guys higher. - and there is a cool sense of authority over you when you are higher than the rest :p

[Mirari]

Why is everyone soooo worried about being noticeable? I get that it might make things a little harder in PvP, but if you don't think your going to have escape spells and some crowd control your kidding yourself. I myself love the idea of being a tall badass hovering and looking down at my foes as I throw out spells. As a mage you should just be ready to be targeted before tanks, its just the way things are and i'd rather be targeted as a floating mage bad than a short walking mage.

So whats the deal? Do you want to live forever?

[apartment42]

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/screenshots/0307_SS_001.jpg

Always always always always?

[Loomdun]

What if the magus needs to take a dump? He's prolly not wearing any underwear under those robes, since they'd be hard to take off with your feet stuck to the disc, and still it's probably quite messy.

Also, what if he assumed an unpleasant position when first mounting on the disc. Maybe he thought the pose would look cool, but now all he gets are leg cramps...

It's a hard life for a magus...

I don't think you ever need food, and since you don't ever need food, you won't ever have waste to deposit. Ya know, since you sold your body and soulll......

[DeeHorsey]

after much consideration, I still find the disk lame

[Swiftblades]

After having decided about playing Magus, we come in Phase 2. Phase 2 is all about a choice.

A - I'm going to play Magus, so I'll stfu about the disc.
B - I'm going to play Magus, so I'll stfu about the disc.
C - I'm going to play Magus, so I'll stfu about the disc.
D - I'm going to play something else.

[Eekooja]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=coGB94ROwRE&feature=related

Theres some footage of the disk.. No annoying hum xD

Plus you can do flips so I vote yes

[Guadior]

The disc is different, new idea but shouldnt be the main focus or reason to play, either way whatever the disc offers there will be balances made for the other classes. If it turns out to be a cool looking mount that's awesome, if it can eat people too, great. I love the 'fluff' about it and the game, for me that is where the meat is, the interface is important as well as gameplay, a flying disc is cool, but not THAT cool.

Cheers

All opinions expressed are just that, opinions.

[kdizzle77]

i think if the disk would be cool if there was stuff like:

1. the ability to maybe float high above the battle to rest and be out of reach ( thoughts and criticisms welcome btw)

2. the disk may have some sort of + travel speed increase...with more +speed each tier,also i would like to think a new cooler looking disk each tier...(maybe some tony hawks stickers on the bottom? :P jk ^^ )

3. the option to maybe give people in your group a travel speed increase? ie. like an arua... (i can foresee people giving me stick about this 'idea' lol )

4. maybe you can replenish your life if you hover over fallen enemies? must be out of combat


any more ideas for the disk ?

[thelastlogan]

Magus without disc...

http://ttp.flippati.org/gallery/2_17_02_07_8_23_30.jpg

http://ttp.flippati.org/gallery/2_17_02_07_8_22_13.jpg

[Tompha]

Magus without disc...

http://ttp.flippati.org/gallery/2_17_02_07_8_23_30.jpg

http://ttp.flippati.org/gallery/2_17_02_07_8_22_13.jpg
Those are early development pics of the Magus, that was before they implemented the disc, and if you watch what the devs say and on their description about the Magus, it says he's ALWAYS and ALWAYS on the disc, no matter what.

I love that damn disc :mrgreen:

[Tompha]

i think if the disk would be cool if there was stuff like:

1. the ability to maybe float high above the battle to rest and be out of reach ( thoughts and criticisms welcome btw)

2. the disk may have some sort of + travel speed increase...with more +speed each tier,also i would like to think a new cooler looking disk each tier...(maybe some tony hawks stickers on the bottom? :P jk ^^ )

3. the option to maybe give people in your group a travel speed increase? ie. like an arua... (i can foresee people giving me stick about this 'idea' lol )

4. maybe you can replenish your life if you hover over fallen enemies? must be out of combat


any more ideas for the disk ?

1. How fun would that be :confused: I mean it would be cool for us that play Magus but everyone else? suddenly the Magus you were attacking just flew up in the sky and is buffing himself and then just comes back buffed up and strong again. I don't know about what you guys think but that seems boring.

2. There is a skill that makes so you can travel faster with the disc, you just can't be in combat when using it.

3. That would be cool but, isn't that be more of a Zealots job? I mean he's the real buffer in the race.

4. Would be cool, having the disc eating up dead corpses and filling up your HP and AP.

Just what i think :mrgreen:

(and no im not in the Beta so there is no NDA breach here, just what i have seen on other sites)

[Noli me Tangere]

1. How fun would that be :confused: I mean it would be cool for us that play Magus but everyone else? suddenly the Magus you were attacking just flew up in the sky and is buffing himself and then just comes back buffed up and strong again. I don't know about what you guys think but that seems boring.

Given I've played other games that had the idea of levitation/flight built into them, I'd not be worried if this was possible. If it's properly implemented then it's balanced. There's always an issue with maintaining the levitation/flight, a way to get to your target or some other limiter. Always. Unless the developers of the game were just completely off, which, I might add, Mythic are not.

2. There is a skill that makes so you can travel faster with the disc, you just can't be in combat when using it.

I haven't heard this, or read this, but, It only makes sense really.

This is very City of Heroes, they had travel power suppresion, you could have your "super speed" or "flight" travel powers on in combat, but if you attacked it was suppressed (in flight's case it went down to "hover" speed).

3. That would be cool but, isn't that be more of a Zealots job? I mean he's the real buffer in the race.

Yeah, I didn't like the idea either.

4. Would be cool, having the disc eating up dead corpses and filling up your HP and AP.

I'd prefer the disc eat my still living enemies. :twisted:

[HEATHEN]

Magus Floating On A Disc in a bar trying to fit threw the doorway = Lame

Oh wow, I haven't thought about this.

I guess we could just summon our little horror to frighten the barkeep into giving us free beer while we wait outside.

[Merl]

There should be an " I am not sure as i have not seen or played the class yet" option.

[Merl]

Oh wow, I haven't thought about this.

I guess we could just summon our little horror to frighten the barkeep into giving us free beer while we wait outside.

From seeing a few vids of the magus in action, it looks like he only floats a few inches off the ground and is probably not bigger than a black orc. It is not like the disc is a double decker bus, it is not even that wide...

[Umieslica]

lol why would you want to get off the disc? its like not wanting to achieve daemonic ascension as a Chaos Champion. and as the poster above wrote, he wont be taller than a black orc, i think xD just hope they make him shorter than a chosen, cuz theyre huge xD

[Nazgrol]

magus disc totally RUINED the class it looks so awkward and off. It needs either a animation upgrade or removal. reason i wont be a magus.

[sithborn]

unique and fun I like it

[Phantel]

I love the disk. I guess being on a disk will make you a target but we aren´t glass cannons so i guess we will survive at least a little longer

[Chzrm3]

Haha, I hadn't even considered the illogical nature of the Magus trying to RP in an inn and stuff. The only RP-related solution I could offer is that people probably wouldn't feel comfortable around the disk anyway, such that it might not be allowed in inns to begin with.

As far as the actual disk, yes, I love it. It's actually what turns me on to the class more than anything - the gameplay sounds cool, what with the summoning of demons and the survivability and all that, but it's really the disk that seals the deal and makes this my likely choice for "first destruction character".

[logicalmayhem]

about the imballence because they are too high i fail to see the problem. if indeed there is a problem i will be fixed either in beta or in a post launch patch. it can't be a huge problem to either lower his height or making the other chaos guys higher. - and there is a cool sense of authority over you when you are higher than the rest :p

just 1stly say i think the disk is awesome like FRICKEN awesome
i like the idear of flying around on a disk summoning demons and lighting people on fire with my chaos powers (not sure if i wana be a BG SH or a magus yet beta will decide that)

about this guys post. MAKE HIM A LIL SMALLER AND ALL OTHER CHAOS A LIL BIGGER that's a great idea i didn't even think of it chosen and marauders should be big they are infused with chaos powers all the chosen s ive seen are like 7-8 feet tall ffs (as long as we dont tower above the tanks ill be happy + magus being a little shorter isnt the end of the world)

also what is the melee attack for the magus (it better be my disk eating somone) coz that would seal the deal for me the hole "im chosen by the gods i wont waste my time with melee attacks" lol

also i want to see some awesome disk animations i want it to be like a cloud of doom i ride around on that also eats people


ohh and you will have to be able to sit on your disk and move around slowly :P

[kook]

You have to consider what a magus would do with his disk when he gets off it. He'd look kinda weird carrying a big disk under his arm. Unless it could transform into a toaster and be put in his bag.

[DorianGray]

http://www.massively.com/2008/06/03/massively-goes-to-war-spotlight-on-the-dwarven-engineer/

Look at the final paragraph on the magus, looks like the discs role is being redone. At the least making it an active element rather then mainly visual.

[Yojinj]

What roleplayers? Most of them seem to go Order. So many actually go Order that i think it will be PvP VS RP battles and not destruction VS order fights.
Some Elf: *prepares his magical atta...* "Who killed me again before i got to finish my emote! I will report YOU!"

I did and do alot of roleplay, but i just don't see the RP potential in WAR.

[Morgoth]

So erm... can you turn it off or is it on permanently? Pardon the noobism.

[Auron_ff10]

So erm... can you turn it off or is it on permanently? Pardon the noobism.

No one really knows any more. The Devs stated that 'Magus + Disc = Always' but that claim was about a year ago now and since then we've seen a few major changes to the class as well as a large number of people who want to play it but have concerns about the disc so the Devs' stance on the disc issue could easily have changed too. The only info we've had on the class in ages is a single paragraph in Massively's recent article on the Engineer. :rolleyes:

[Lord Iraadi]

I like the idea, but... It's just in videos and stuff it looks so awkward. The way it moves and the Magus just stood on it. It looks like its bugged, when it doesn't appear to be. If the Magus moved about a bit, rather then just standing like a statue... Might change before release at any rate, and I'm gonna play Zealot anyway... Just my opinion is all.

[logicalmayhem]

Ide like to see the magus lower his stance a bit (specaly when he is riding it like a mount)
kind of like a snow boarder or a surfer / martial artist he is ridin a chaos shark after all he should be bracing him self

[Tezztoy]

Ide like to see the magus lower his stance a bit (specaly when he is riding it like a mount) kind of like a snow boarder or a surfer


lol... From california much? *sk8ter boi*

Anyways, they really should make the animations atleast less static, and i am realling hoping you can get off the disc outside of combat / inside of building. But in no case should they completly remove the disk. As far as disk customizations go i heard nothing on this but really hope it is implemented into the game (which i assume it would be).

[logicalmayhem]

lol... From california much? *sk8ter boi*

Anyways, they really should make the animations atleast less static, and i am realling hoping you can get off the disc outside of combat / inside of building. But in no case should they completly remove the disk. As far as disk customizations go i heard nothing on this but really hope it is implemented into the game (which i assume it would be).


im from Australia and i dont even surf or scate (my coment was based more of martial arts but seeing he is riding "a chaos shark" i feel he needs to put in a lil effort to keep it under control + his movments would all be more dynamic like this shifting his weicht to cast spells (ide also like the disk to tilt a bit with the recoil of spells (verry slightly)

i just feel that the magus needs to widen his stance so he dosnt look like he will fall over (im not talking much here just a bit)

ide vote for a lower more centred stance when using the disk as a mount and a cool like dust trail and some animations and stuff.