a question of balance
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a question of balance
will there be a 'cap' on how high the powers of items, or will they be allowed to get as good as you can make them before passing them on to your new characters, a few generations down the line when you get items that all have +10% xp +1 level and so on, with damages on the order of the ridiculousness of open battlenet?
There could be creul and unusual ways to deal with this, such as items loose 10% effectiveness each time a quest is completed, dropped on the ground or another trigger. But the resoruseful player will still have more mox than Mel Brooks.
Felt I had to bring this up, did not see it in any of the other threads, admitedly got a bit tired of reading. The previous incarnations of the rune mod kicked ass, and the next one looks to do the same, but this seems to need to be addressed. Mabye have the runes affect the character instead of items. Now there's a bad thought. That's my damage for the day good night all.
There could be creul and unusual ways to deal with this, such as items loose 10% effectiveness each time a quest is completed, dropped on the ground or another trigger. But the resoruseful player will still have more mox than Mel Brooks.
Felt I had to bring this up, did not see it in any of the other threads, admitedly got a bit tired of reading. The previous incarnations of the rune mod kicked ass, and the next one looks to do the same, but this seems to need to be addressed. Mabye have the runes affect the character instead of items. Now there's a bad thought. That's my damage for the day good night all.
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Re: a question of balance
In 1.10 it is a straightforward process to limit how high a stat can grow and set a level requirement so boosted items aren't easy to twink.
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Re: a question of balance
I mentioned previously that items will have a level system of their own. An item will only be able to get to the same level as the person using it and to equip an item you must be the same level or a higher level than that item. Since the levels will directly effect the power of an item this will be a limiter of sorts.
I will say that I haven't fully worked this out and am still testing it so I may make it that an item will be able to be twice the level of a person or half the level of a person. I don't know. I may also make it so that once a player reaches their max level the item can still go much higher but still be used (allowing items to become real powerful through time, but only with a high level player using it).
Also remember that the items strength will also be effected by the player's elemental strengths. This means that a low level player won't be able to provide as much of a bonus to an item as a high level player.
All in all, balance is a big issue with this version and I hope to get things to the point where there is a strong challenge for the player but plenty of incentive for them to keep fighting away.
I will say that I haven't fully worked this out and am still testing it so I may make it that an item will be able to be twice the level of a person or half the level of a person. I don't know. I may also make it so that once a player reaches their max level the item can still go much higher but still be used (allowing items to become real powerful through time, but only with a high level player using it).
Also remember that the items strength will also be effected by the player's elemental strengths. This means that a low level player won't be able to provide as much of a bonus to an item as a high level player.
All in all, balance is a big issue with this version and I hope to get things to the point where there is a strong challenge for the player but plenty of incentive for them to keep fighting away.
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Re: a question of balance
Does this mean that there will be a 'public' beta version of the new runemod?Sir_General";p="153227" wrote: All in all, balance is a big issue with this version and I hope to get things to the point where there is a strong challenge for the player but plenty of incentive for them to keep fighting away.
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Re: a question of balance
Yes, at some point I'm sure there will be.
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Re: a question of balance
Ow goody, /me likes beta's
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