EXODUSTRIBUTE'S PROFILE

author=shayoko
i shamefully admit this game is too hardcore for me :3 i cant beat 2 of the bosses on easy XD so i give up! :D

The key to beating Paragon is not to stray too far in front of him (assuming you can't just-guard his rush attack). Since you've beaten the Prowlers and Cerberus Twins, you're only one boss away from gaining permanent Panic Mode against Regnal and making that fight almost trivial. Keep trying!

author=Dragnfly
Disclaimer: I don't know the scripts your using so some of my control advice might just be pointless.

Thankfully all of the controls are connected to my own scripts, so it's very easy to make changes, such as...

author=Dragnfly
one option is to make CTRL a toggle.

Done. This will delay the next release since I need to do further testing, but I think it's worth it. Since my own CTRL key is much easier to reach than SHIFT, I'd suppose it would depend on what keyboard you're using, but this should serve as a good compromise. Edit: After testing, this kind of feels less responsive, so I might look to making it another option.

author=Dragnfly
I never even learned what meditating is for but unless it's function is instant I doubt it'll ever be usable in battle.

Meditation slightly increases HP regeneration rate, but it's better to look at it as an action modifier (and I have other actions planned that will likely be mapped to the directional keys during meditation, such as magic).

author=Dragnfly
Getting knocked around is a problem and, likely due to the combat system, action cancel is by far the worst. Many times I was trapped in a crowd of imps and couldn't fire, repel or teleport out because their actions were superseding my button presses. Add to this the direction change when you get hit and it basically meant getting gooned = certain death.

Now this, I need help understanding. The player's actions cannot be interrupted in any way—in fact, for special weapon attacks (the only attacks that require charging), Goatchild will literally lock in place until the action has been performed, preventing her from being knocked back. All other actions (except the full knife combo) are instantaneous, so I'm not sure what you mean here. As for not being able to teleport out of it, that's only possible if the imps were perfectly aligned in rows of eight in every direction (which is also impossible, since not that many imps spawn). If nothing else works, you could use ALT + S to instantly knock them back.

As for the direction change, that is actually part of why the turning controls are important. The other reason is that, when using special firearm attacks, you want to be able to aim in the case the enemy were to, say, teleport behind you and out of your line of fire. If you didn't change direction to face the enemy that just attacked you, then that would make Paragon a lot more annoying. Basically, it's there to allow the player a chance to easily retaliate against or teleport behind an enemy that just attacked you, although it could be turned off when guarding, if that sounds like a good idea.

author=Dragnfly
Regarding the Super Cerberus Bros fight, is there a touch event or enemy attack there that teleports the player? I could swear several times I was warped rather than the enemy warping to me. If so, then don't do that. Please don't do that. It's terribly frustrating and outright disorientating. If not, then there's some sort of problem because I swear it happened.

I forgot to mention it, but that's actually one of their skills; you can tell that they're about to use it when they stop and do a casting animation similar to Goatchild's special attacks. The teleportation can be prevented by either guarding or getting closer to them (the general rule is that enemies will become much more desperate when the player is far away). Aside from that, it's actually rather easy to use it against them with good timing, my favorite way of doing so being to prepare the magnum's special as soon as I see them preparing to teleport me, effectively greeting them with a powerful blast to the face the instant I appear in front of them and denying them a chance to counter.

author=Dragnfly
Regarding the guns, you should change it so that the F keys select them in the same order as the menu shows them, or change the menu order to properly reflect the F keys.

And... done.

author=Dragnfly
Shift = Run, despite being an RM staple doesn't seem all that useful when you can just teleport.

I was worried that players would complain if I was to exclude it since teleporting isn't always a good idea, but I could always use it for something else if my concerns were indeed unwarranted (and there is always Panic Mode, I suppose).

I think that covers everything. Please let me know if I missed something. ^_^

A couple of questions:

• Because you are unaware of what scripts I'm using, then that must mean you haven't finished the game yet; but have you beaten any of the bosses? If not, which one are you gunning for?

• What is your preferred weapon and why? I need to know if the weapons are well balanced, so knowing this would help greatly. Also, do you have any ideas for a fifth firearm? (I still have room for one more)

author=Dragnfly
it'd be great if others chimed in with their ideas and impressions

Seconded. I need to know that my changes are satisfactory to the majority of players and that I'm not just screwing everything up by mistake. (I'm actually surprised no one commented just to brag about easily dominating some of the bosses yet >->)

author=Frogge
Looks so great <3 Gotta lp this as soon as the download is added *w*

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