2010-02-25, 06:50 PM
IllegallySane Wrote:I'm not talking about levels 180-200 HP, but adjusting pre-180 HP level. For example, it can be a one time fix of: HP + (Level - 10 * 5) for adjusting, and from there onwards the HP formula will be accordingly adjusted. I remembered an old game I played called Priston Tale actually increased the HP of archers. I think it was level-wise as well as whatever stat affected HP. Then we have WoW where they upped the base HP of Shamans by 7%. I'm sure if an unheard of MMO and the most popular MMO can do it, Maple can do it.
*Doh, ninja-ed byTakebacker and Alloy, sorta.
For WoW, characters of the same class all gain the exact same amount of HP for each level I believe. That's one reason why it can be so easily done.
Maple involves levels, class, AP, and random distribution, and if they screw it up, you're boned big time. For example, if they changed the amount of HP you gain per level, they would have to change the amount of HP you gain per AP. How would all the HP-washed players and blood built players feel about that? As far as I know, there's no actual way to determine how many AP points you've put into HP. You can only know how many points you haven't put into main-stats. Retroactively giving HP would likely roll a random number based on your level. People would always complain about getting the short end of the stick if they roll the lowest possible number sets, even though the average is much higher, and if you make the roll based on the average, people who level there will feel they got cheated because they had the possibility to hit low numbers and the rollers didn't. Not to mention they probably can't give HP retroactively for AP spent.
I think the better solution would be to give HP bonuses at the 3rd and/or 4th job advancements and retroactively add those, since they're not affected by large numbers of rolls nor AP.
As for Priston Tale though, they had pretty bad development. It wouldn't surprise me if they screwed it up. Though they did have a Vitality Stat, so they could have just adjusted how much HP that gave people.