add hotkeys in pendulum

[sturdy rune]

It is a simple suggestion, after all they are optional and will not affect the server for bad, it would really be nice if they added hotkeys in old worlds as was done in purity (currently called progeny)

[lost flare]

And merge with progeny

[deft orchid]

This is no "simple" suggestion and in my opinion there is no good solution for dead highrate servers. I don't know what devs should do about it, I just know what they shouldn't have done and still they keep releasing servers with new rates and rules that are not fairly mergable. Saying that hotkeys are optional is quite ridiculous and with that logic you could say that anything in the game is optional.

Hotkeys changes everything about the game and how its played and if we were to balance medivia for hotkeys I see no other way than to go the route of Tibia. After implementing hotkeys (which they did to combat cheaters) they added a lot of logical solutions to hotkey problems such as lowering SD damage, destroying UHs in favor of HP pots and so on. The problem here is that a lot of people play medivia because we prefer the oldschool game where runes are used manually. We moved away from tibia for a reason and slowly but surely medivia is walking in their footsteps. It's very sad.

[sturdy rune]

At least they should do something to revive the old servers that are already becoming obsolete, if you are old school and are clinging to the past that's fine, stagnate.

[deft orchid]

It is not about nostalgia and "clinging to the past", for that feeling there are plenty of other servers (games) to play. In my opinion this type of game was never meant to be played with runes on hotkeys. It was a lazy solution by cipsoft to create a more fair playingfield between cheaters and legitimate players.

Hotkeys removes so much skill cap and finesse and I don't see myself ever playing it without literally falling asleep. Its implementation requires a lot of rebalancing too which is why this feedback section is such a joke. We're discussing changes for different games that affects both games. Thank you for not using "It's 2024" argument though.

[sturdy rune]

And why would it be cheating under your logic to play with hotkeys?

It's really boring to play with hotkeys, but it helps in part, such as the runes, uh, explosion, hmm etc.

[deft orchid]

Cheaters played with hotkeys on tibia before hotkeys were actually added to the game. Instead of punishing said cheaters they added hotkeys for everybody. That's why I call it a lazy solution to a problem that Medivia doesn't even have. Like I said hotkeys requires rebalancing of the game because it doesn't play the same way as the non-hotkey game. The best way to balance it is literally the route tibia went with and disable UHs for HP pots and stuff. It's just a recipe for failure.

Yes it's boring and yes of course it helps your gameplay to use hotkeys 😂

Edit: To answer your question below, I'm RP/EK player without hotkeys. For hotkey gameplay I prefer to play mage/druid or not play at all.

[sturdy rune]

Tell me what vocation are you?