Dear Everyone (Leveling and Stats discussion)
04-05-2010, 02:55 AM
Aren't the damage formulae explained in the help file? >.>
I'd recommend making your own battle formulae, if you're up to it. The default ones are ill-suited to anything involving smaller numbers. In particular, I didn't like how most of the power vs. def calculations rely on subtraction. It makes things scale very poorly, so enemies end up getting sorted into very distinct 'tiers', so to speak. Things end up being either ridiculously easy or ridiculously hard, which makes balancing a lot more work than it needs to be. Of course, making your own could very well end up being even more work...
I'd recommend making your own battle formulae, if you're up to it. The default ones are ill-suited to anything involving smaller numbers. In particular, I didn't like how most of the power vs. def calculations rely on subtraction. It makes things scale very poorly, so enemies end up getting sorted into very distinct 'tiers', so to speak. Things end up being either ridiculously easy or ridiculously hard, which makes balancing a lot more work than it needs to be. Of course, making your own could very well end up being even more work...