I needed 5 minutes of google research because I could not just roll past that statement without understanding.
Excited for Ars Magica?
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Ars Magica is in HEAVY development still. Of course a lot of parts feel off and slowly over time that changes one update at a time. This, for those that had not caught the fact, is also including blatant intent towards compatibility with Thaumcraft. Both Mithion and Azanor working from the same source material (AM has outright permission to use names, etc.).
As for depth, in addition to nearly being REQUIRED to explore the world a lot in order to find all the spells without it costing you extreme amounts of resources (a spell research table primarily), the spell system is remarkable by itself but the second you look at spell creation...well... This is a rough calculation of 70 spells, 3 modes per spell, and up to 5 spell layers during custom creation (assuming friends are stabilizing for you) will provide a rather insane 70^15 in potential combinations! Granted, some spells have similar traits and some may not do anything tangible, plus new spells are likely to be added at times so it will always be a rough measure. If you have no clue what the numbers are, pull up your PC-provided calculator...
Of course, to each their own in how they want to play. Personally, I will mix Ultimate with Ars Magica and a few others. I'm a somewhat meandering player, so it is hard for something to really be OP to my taste and if it is, I just stop using it when it feels less fun.
Give Ars Magica some time to develop, and importantly, refine and polish.
As for depth, in addition to nearly being REQUIRED to explore the world a lot in order to find all the spells without it costing you extreme amounts of resources (a spell research table primarily), the spell system is remarkable by itself but the second you look at spell creation...well... This is a rough calculation of 70 spells, 3 modes per spell, and up to 5 spell layers during custom creation (assuming friends are stabilizing for you) will provide a rather insane 70^15 in potential combinations! Granted, some spells have similar traits and some may not do anything tangible, plus new spells are likely to be added at times so it will always be a rough measure. If you have no clue what the numbers are, pull up your PC-provided calculator...
Of course, to each their own in how they want to play. Personally, I will mix Ultimate with Ars Magica and a few others. I'm a somewhat meandering player, so it is hard for something to really be OP to my taste and if it is, I just stop using it when it feels less fun.
Give Ars Magica some time to develop, and importantly, refine and polish.
Its alright. It just doesn't really have any structure outside of it to apply it in. Woo i can change cobble into smoothstone. Its like if Wow were only 1v1 duels. Nothing else. Maybe a really weak dragon that could only be killed once per server. Thats about it.. You need a whole RPG server designed around it, then it could be good, but likely not balanced in the least. It feels more like it is suppose to be part of a whole rather than the full mod itself.
Its something a lot of people will find really cooool for maybe a couple weeks, and then gradually mostly not give a crap about expect for one or two spells they mindlessly still cast.
Thaumcraft fits the FTB type of server far better.
AM would fit a structured RPG/Faction server far better.
Its something a lot of people will find really cooool for maybe a couple weeks, and then gradually mostly not give a crap about expect for one or two spells they mindlessly still cast.
Thaumcraft fits the FTB type of server far better.
AM would fit a structured RPG/Faction server far better.