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Old January 9th, 2007, 04:00 AM
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Just gone through a Behemoth, a Vivi, a Guard Bot and a Bomb - nice xp tallies - burnt through 400HP (roughly) and 300+MA and got ... 2 Devs!
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Snuggling? Involves cheese-wire, nut-crackers and boots filled with boiling custard, right?

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Just gone through a Behemoth, a Vivi, a Guard Bot and a Bomb - nice xp tallies - burnt through 400HP (roughly) and 300+MA and got ... 2 Devs!

I just killed the same 4 bots - lost 1160 health and 300 MA; earned
1075 exp and 20 Devs!
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I ran the series: Cost me 254 HP, 0 MA, I gained 24 Dev and 1115 XP.
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Old January 10th, 2007, 11:15 AM
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I think the usernames in the Top 10 should be links that display the relevant users' stats.

There could also be links there to challenge someone - and knock 'em down a few pegs.
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Old January 10th, 2007, 06:22 PM
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Old January 10th, 2007, 06:46 PM
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I agree with making the usernames link to the user's stats and I suggest to expand the list (not as the default option, but have a link like "Top 100" for example under the top 10 list).

It would also be good to sort users and with other criteria than only the number of wins. Criteria like levels (XPoints), or number of battles played...
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i would like to have some higher level monsters opened up, i'm at level 21 and i can kill every monster it will let me attack in just one hit, my karate kick does about 1700+ damage, none of the monsters have that much health either, i think monsters that are too hard to fight should always be available, not necessarily all of them, but enough that there is always a monster you can attack that is a challenge, as it is now i just have to make sure my MA and HP are full, and just try and kick, i'll trip about 4-5 times and then hit him and i win
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Old January 12th, 2007, 03:37 AM
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This game is poorly balanced.

Like edman007 was saying in the postcount++ thread - there's no point fighting higher level monsters - there needs to be a clear relationship between risk/reward.

E.g.
chance of finding Devs = base chance(1%) + character modifiers + monster modifiers + scene modifier

amount of Devs found = base amount(1) + character level modifier + monster modifiers + scene modifier

Here's an example of a character modifier; a character with a Battle Type of Thief has +10% chance of finding devs after a battle.

Similaraly, maybe some monsters are "hoarders", making it more likely that Devs are found after defeating them.

EDIT:
I think scense could play a significant part. Different characters/monsters could have different advantages/disadvantages depending on the scene. Although, if it worked this way, the scene selection should be random each battle.
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not just that, it needs the special attacks to do less damage and work more often, something like kicking is not a thing that should fail 80% of the time, and no attack should ever be able to take out the highest level monster available to you with just one hit

i think most of the constants involved should be completely reversed, special attacks should work out to get a success rate of at least 70% (its about 20-30% now), and their power should be maybe 1/8 of what it is now, so a level 20 does maybe 250-4