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QCF Design Community • View topic - New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters.
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Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:31 pm
by Darvin
I'd still say health is third place after attack damage and MP, but it's no longer a distant third now that we have some good options for it.

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:02 pm
by The Avatar
Maybe I just love it cause I've played so many Vamps...

I dunno though. A dwarf Berserker with a sensation stone and a Vampiric Blade would be kinda like a Vamp who can raise resists. But still not as exaggerated as a Vamp.

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:17 pm
by Darvin
Obviously if you're comboing off Dracul you want to raise max health (and the vamp just makes this ridiculous), but that strikes me as confirmation bias. The game still has a wide range of combos available, many of which favour attack or mana. Even with new Dracul I'd say health is third fiddle over attack damage and MP given all the other options we have.

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:15 pm
by gjaustin

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:01 am
by fall_ark
The thing is, Conversion bonus of Damage Reduction is also an interesting concept, if done right.

Right now it's too useless late game and can be too strong early game, which is, of course, hard to balance. +Resistance would be fine, and suits the theme well, but again, that means we lose an interesting mechanic.

I think the problem right now is that we have too few races for too many solid and interesting ideas. -- No one would want to lose Attack/Mana/Health/Potions bonus, which means either we need new races to fit new ideas in (not gonna happen), or we should make "alternative" conversion bonuses available, so after a few quests or what not, every race has an alternative conversion concept. For example:

(We might even split Resistance into physical and magical)

Human: Attack / Extra Shop
Elf: Mana / Piety
Dwarf: Health / Resistance
Halfling: Health Potion / Dodge
Gnome: Mana Potion / Compression Scroll
Orcs: Damage / Damage Reduction
Goblin: Exp / Gold

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:18 am
by The Avatar
Compression scroll? Err, why would you ever want that? Dodge would be either too good or not worth it, and shop is pretty useless, but could occasionally be good. I like races because they're so basic. Snazzing them up is not the way to go. If you want interesting things, go worship gods.

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:03 am
by gjaustin

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:41 am
by The Avatar
That would be super unfair. You could stack such a massive amount of life steal, and you could still get high enough damage with a Tri-sword and other items.

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:07 am
by fall_ark

Re: New Dwarves v. Old Dwarves, Paladins, and Magic Monsters

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:14 am
by Darvin