2012-11-10, 07:27 PM
There definitely needs to be some rebalancing to make all content viable. Questing, party play and normal maps should all get similar, satisfying results.
Okay design is just alternatives being there for the player to use, Great game design is when a player feels efficient no matter what choice they make. Which is the point of your OP IF i'm not mistaken.
And i agree.
Funny part is, its not too hard to do in the case of MS, just make sure everything in game has a similar HP:Exp Ratio for the level range. Slightly improve the ratio as monster levels get higher to prevent training map bottlenecking at prime mob maps. Make quest exp rewards equivalent to killing a set number of monsters matching the quest's level. Accounting for how time consuming said quest is. However this actually takes a small amount of time for the devs to... y'know, actually research their game. They might hurt themselves with such a novel concept. A FEW quests i admit, do succeed in being rewarding at least. For sparely populated maps, a 'map exp bonus' to help compensate? This is a pipe dream thread as you said correct?
Party play? If only they could introduce a mechanic that only increases the exp for every member that *attacked* said monster before its killed, that would be fixed instantly.
Yes, i totally agree here. Though i have to point out, as a sort of counter-balance to the XP superiority of the gMS mobs, a lot of the ones listed have VERY bad drops compared to similar leveled mobs by kMS. I'm not saying the difference IS sufficient though, the significance is just massacred by our economy.
Okay design is just alternatives being there for the player to use, Great game design is when a player feels efficient no matter what choice they make. Which is the point of your OP IF i'm not mistaken.
And i agree.
Funny part is, its not too hard to do in the case of MS, just make sure everything in game has a similar HP:Exp Ratio for the level range. Slightly improve the ratio as monster levels get higher to prevent training map bottlenecking at prime mob maps. Make quest exp rewards equivalent to killing a set number of monsters matching the quest's level. Accounting for how time consuming said quest is. However this actually takes a small amount of time for the devs to... y'know, actually research their game. They might hurt themselves with such a novel concept. A FEW quests i admit, do succeed in being rewarding at least. For sparely populated maps, a 'map exp bonus' to help compensate? This is a pipe dream thread as you said correct?
Party play? If only they could introduce a mechanic that only increases the exp for every member that *attacked* said monster before its killed, that would be fixed instantly.
Yes, i totally agree here. Though i have to point out, as a sort of counter-balance to the XP superiority of the gMS mobs, a lot of the ones listed have VERY bad drops compared to similar leveled mobs by kMS. I'm not saying the difference IS sufficient though, the significance is just massacred by our economy.