The numbers game

[Gormal]

I was just curious if a decision had been reached on whether or not to switch from the current vague combat system chocked full of adjectives, and move towards allowing people to know exactly how much damage they're doing, how hard mobs hit. I think that the changes to stat display was a step in the right direction, but the current messages are so uninformative you really have little clue about how well you might be doing.

Now I know a lot of people will cry to the heavens about flavo(u)r, but I really think that allowing players a deeper insight into combat engines and character performance would be a positive change. This kind of information doesn't just make the game easy, it lets players theorycraft a bit, and min/max to their hearts content. Playing a game now that requires you to understand some of the more intricate mechanics has been quite fun.

[Ragorn]

I think we came up with "a toggle would be a great idea."

[Gormal]

Since when did ideas show up on these forums?

[Dalar]

Can we have damage meters and heal meters too?

[Malvareth]

I'd be happy with a system of damage adjectives that didn't simply depend on how much of a mob's current hp you're taking away. It's silly how everyone's barely grazing a mob at first no matter what, and inflicting grievous wounds toward the end even if they're wielding pixie sticks.

[Birile]

I'd be happy with a system of damage adjectives that didn't simply depend on how much of a mob's current hp you're taking away. It's silly how everyone's barely grazing a mob at first no matter what, and inflicting grievous wounds toward the end even if they're wielding pixie sticks.

Being addressed in 2.0. Shevarash has even posted examples of how the descriptions look, and has mentioned something about probably implementing a toggle to make both "numbers" fiends and "flavor" fiends happy. :)

[Teyaha]

there was a gc command when sojourn 3 came back that showed group combat statistics - dmg done (spell, melee) dmg taken, etc. could always turn that bad boy back on :P

[Ragorn]

there was a gc command when sojourn 3 came back that showed group combat statistics - dmg done (spell, melee) dmg taken, etc. could always turn that bad boy back on :P

In the alpha, yeah ;) More stats than you could ever care about.