Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Mini Post: February - Something something about laying down on the job.



This month was a slow month as far as progress goes.  I did finish up the double teams for the male elves, so that's good.

The rest of the progress though is mostly behind the scenes stuff that y'all shouldn't see or care about.  Of those, the biggest one is I'm still not happy with how poison works.  Right now, you can tick down & change poison levels when the game really isn't ready for it.  It's not game-breaking, but it can (temporarily) cause half of your character to change color and the other half to remain the same.  So that's not right, but my first real "fix" made it worse, so I'm back to square one.

That probably sounds a bit bitter, and I'm really not.  These are the sort of problems I like to chew on, it just wears on ya a bit when you think you've fixed it & the fix is worse.  The good news I can leave it alone & the game does still function, so fixing this is a pretty low priority (say, compared to actually making new content).  But this level is the last place where poison really plays a role, so I'd like to have it fixed while I'm here, so to speak.

And that's what's up.  See ya next month.  :)
-DirtyC101

4 comments:

  1. My only complaint about Poison is how long it lasts. I don't mind the slow-down mechanics but when you have to wait minutes to be able to run again really sucks, especially when there's nothing left to interact with.

    In my opinion, Poison should last 80 seconds max: 40 seconds to clear level 2 poison, and another 40 seconds to clear level 1. And that's based on a character with 3 body. For the level 3 Poison (petrify) it shouldn't last more than 5 seconds since you're guaranteed to get grappled when the petrify wears off.

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    1. Well, poison is resisted with your body stat, so yes, it's going to last a lot longer if you have a low body score.

      Compounding that problem is that there is supposed to be an item reduce poison duration - but it isn't available yet. One of the many problems with having a playable beta.

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  2. pls kepp going ich glaube an dich :3

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