06-20-2003, 11:24 AM
We have also changed how experience is shared between party members including how close they need to be to a monster death to receive experience.
This comment has worried me a lot. Exactly what kind of distance are we talking about here? Short enough so that you actually have to expose yourself to the threat that the monsters pose? That would mean no less than maybe 2/3 of an 800x600 screen.
Then what about those characters that are actually meant to be able to kill from a safe distance? I mean, Fireball sorcies and Multishot amas can kill from more than two screens away. I know I'd be pretty fudging pissed off if when v1.10 came out, my Fireball sorcie would no longer get experience for monsters her own bloody fireballs killed a few screens away!
Worst thing though, is that this isn't going to do a bloody thing to leeching. No one, at least not in HC, is stupid enough to simply park a leeching character in a corner and leave him there. No, he will most likely lurk near the ones who make the kills - but far away enough to stay away from any danger.
I can only see two possible results for this change, either the distance is long enough so that characters who can kill from a safe distance, will be able to continue to do so, but this sort of distance will not in any way deter leechers. Or, the distance is so short that it will somewhat deter leechers, but will completely screw those who rely on killing from afar.
This comment has worried me a lot. Exactly what kind of distance are we talking about here? Short enough so that you actually have to expose yourself to the threat that the monsters pose? That would mean no less than maybe 2/3 of an 800x600 screen.
Then what about those characters that are actually meant to be able to kill from a safe distance? I mean, Fireball sorcies and Multishot amas can kill from more than two screens away. I know I'd be pretty fudging pissed off if when v1.10 came out, my Fireball sorcie would no longer get experience for monsters her own bloody fireballs killed a few screens away!
Worst thing though, is that this isn't going to do a bloody thing to leeching. No one, at least not in HC, is stupid enough to simply park a leeching character in a corner and leave him there. No, he will most likely lurk near the ones who make the kills - but far away enough to stay away from any danger.
I can only see two possible results for this change, either the distance is long enough so that characters who can kill from a safe distance, will be able to continue to do so, but this sort of distance will not in any way deter leechers. Or, the distance is so short that it will somewhat deter leechers, but will completely screw those who rely on killing from afar.
In my mind, my dreams are real. No one's concerned about the way I feel.