If we are going to win technologyās by defeating bosses (something that I think can make the game progression better) maybe we donāt really need a āresourceā at all: Maybe when we win a prompt can open up with a technology tree and 2 āfreeā points that can be used to unlock 2 techs from it.
Statues and throne will also use the same resource as technology, so it makes sense to keep it as a resource. Otherwise good idea though.
If it needs to be more role play-oriented the bosses or final area could hold āancient tech/magic booksā that can be read/spent to win those 2 points.
At some point maybe I’ll try to come up with a more role play-oriented story, but it’s not that easy, for example giant ants normally wouldn’t have books in their hive š
I presume the elemental damage types (fire, poison etc.) are still in game? That would be a shame to loose. Itās more fun when a dragon breathes fire than when it breathes ranged damage.
Yes they are, and later on I’ll try to incorporate them better in the combat. Right now there aren’t really fire or poison based direct attacks.
How will other spells than those with direct damage be influenced by increased magic damage? Will it have no effect? Will eg. teleportation go farther, healing restore more HP or stun last longer for casters with high magic damage?
Right now only one new spell, magic missile, uses the new magic damage attribute. For other non-combat spells I’ll probably make the cooldowns dependent on the attribute, I’m not sure yet.
How exactly does damage and defense interact? Is a random amount of damage up to defense blocked, or does it work otherwise? I assume you donāt subtract the whole defense from every attack, because then high defense monsters would be untouchable. I also like some randomness in combat, but if defense is randomized, then thatās enough for me.
It’s a simple formula: assuming no buffs, to do any damage you need to hit with more than 2/3 of the victims defense. If the damage and defense are equal, then 1/5 of health is subtracted, and if you hit with more than double the defense then it’s an insta-kill. It seems to be working well, but also very easy to modify if there is such need.
Iām not sure how I feel about all attacks always hitting. I always liked fragile, but fast and nimble combat style/units. Maybe attacks would not normally miss, but each monster could have a chance to sidestep the attack, moving to random adjacent tile (a bit like Dwarf Fortress does for dodging)? This would make unarmored/fragile speedster builds possible, plus you could try to lure the speedster into an area where it has no free tile to dodge, thus all your attacks would actually hit.
I can do something like that later on. I assume that the speedster needs to do a dodge move ahead of the attack?
I really like the new health bar! I just hope we will still get some limbs flying reasonably often, that was always quite fun, even if you were on the receiving end.
Of course š
Iām especially looking forward to the new combat mechanics. When attacking an elven village in the current version you immediately lose track of whatās happening since all your units run off in the forest chasing elves.
Yeah, it really improves the combat experience.
