03-21-2020, 05:59 PM
I've been analyzing the game as well as various other games with similar systems for their progression and came up with the following suggestions.
Increase the RPP timer to 3 hours.
There are many people who ICly shit post and rely on their 'crackhead energy' to post every five minutes, on the minute, to ensure they always get their checks. I have seen people go from 182 to 194 in under 24 hours. And it distorts progression and genuine character design. For those who are addicted to getting checks every hour on the hour. I feel this also keeps them away from tending to RL duties such as washing their clothes, getting food, etc. Most gamers are prone to addictive personalities. SO I think giving them this bigger window will help them in feeling safe to take a break and focus on RL.
Rework Mana Capacity
Make mana capacity no longer start at the ridiculous number of 100 and throw the scaling off with other stats. Also rebalance the DR you get from it to make investing in it more worth it. Make Mana Capacity start at 3, like all other stats. But make the amount of Spirit(the actual expendable mana amount) Be like, 100+Mana Capacity. Or 50+, or 75.
Mining Timers
Instead of making ores despawn and take hours to respawn, make players have timers upon them. After mining 10 of any ore, a timer is ticked on. For common ores like copper and iron, it could be about 10 minutes, but for stuff like nyeshk and mythril? It should be closer to perhaps, 12 hours. Make the ores spawn back quickly, but the players themselves having the huge timers. This also allows players who are on during high-population hours to actually be crafters and gather ores. These timers can also be placed on different alchemy nodes. making ou unable to interact with that node depending on what you pick up for it, for a set amount of time.
A /Mining command so people could check their mining timers would also be good. It will list what ores they have a timer on and how much longer.
I feel this would also make it so people arent afraid to go out and mine due to no finding any ore, and make conflict be a thing. Also make mugging people a profitable venture for low-key antagonism.
Increase the RPP timer to 3 hours.
There are many people who ICly shit post and rely on their 'crackhead energy' to post every five minutes, on the minute, to ensure they always get their checks. I have seen people go from 182 to 194 in under 24 hours. And it distorts progression and genuine character design. For those who are addicted to getting checks every hour on the hour. I feel this also keeps them away from tending to RL duties such as washing their clothes, getting food, etc. Most gamers are prone to addictive personalities. SO I think giving them this bigger window will help them in feeling safe to take a break and focus on RL.
Rework Mana Capacity
Make mana capacity no longer start at the ridiculous number of 100 and throw the scaling off with other stats. Also rebalance the DR you get from it to make investing in it more worth it. Make Mana Capacity start at 3, like all other stats. But make the amount of Spirit(the actual expendable mana amount) Be like, 100+Mana Capacity. Or 50+, or 75.
Mining Timers
Instead of making ores despawn and take hours to respawn, make players have timers upon them. After mining 10 of any ore, a timer is ticked on. For common ores like copper and iron, it could be about 10 minutes, but for stuff like nyeshk and mythril? It should be closer to perhaps, 12 hours. Make the ores spawn back quickly, but the players themselves having the huge timers. This also allows players who are on during high-population hours to actually be crafters and gather ores. These timers can also be placed on different alchemy nodes. making ou unable to interact with that node depending on what you pick up for it, for a set amount of time.
A /Mining command so people could check their mining timers would also be good. It will list what ores they have a timer on and how much longer.
I feel this would also make it so people arent afraid to go out and mine due to no finding any ore, and make conflict be a thing. Also make mugging people a profitable venture for low-key antagonism.
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