GREDGE109'S PROFILE

Awe thank you so much, Uni. I really appreciate it!

Awesome, thanks for doing a Let's Play and putting it up! You seemed to have fun with it.

Thank you! You've got many great ideas. The examples you mentioned at the beginning of your post, are those coming from Etrian Odyssey? I miss that game.

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I like the status effects. I've got some similar ones implemented. One of the mage-using enemies in the middle of the game will weaken the entire party to ice on the first round, then start peppering different attacks. He's just goon, so he's pretty easy to take out. But it's at a part of a game where I'm saying, "now the training wheels are off."

I also enjoy playing around with the status effects and ability shifting like you mentioned. Most every enemy will do something to your stats, whether big or small. A lot of the random goons are more negligible, but it's enough to stop and make the player think about how they want to approach every troop.

I especially love the dirty bomb, I think I'll have to add a mini-boss that does something like that.

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These are very handy, and I can always use more of 'em! I've got a few similar items in so far, and probably after I'm finished with these enemies, I'll go back over and tweak them.

I've also been working on adding different effects to weapons, so the player will have a choice: do I take this weapon with higher damage, or do I take the slightly weaker one that does massive damage to flying/beasts/humanoid/undead&demon enemies? That kinda' stuff. Along with those will be the other set of unique weapons with different skills: for example, I implemented a unique spear not too long ago that has one skill which attacks, ignores enemy defense and costs nothing, another skill that deals two strikes to an enemy in a row, and finally the default third skill Sweep. I think you'll enjoy playing with the different weapons available. The number of unique weapons are going up pretty high!

I got finished adding a bunch of augments and items, too. Got a couple items I think you may enjoy playing around with: Whiskey and Wine. Whiskey boosts your physical attack, but lowers your hit accuracy. Wine boosts your magical attack, but again it lowers your hit accuracy. Then there's a pitcher of alcohol, greatly increasing attack, magic, agility and luck for the entire party, at the cost of accuracy and lasts the entire battle (instead of the default 3 turn system I am using). That pitcher is a bit rare, so kind of a special occasion item.

Then I added an augment that can be equipped which negates any drunk statuses. I think I'm going to give it to Sally and see if I can turn her into a damage behemoth. The secret is to always be drunk!

author=HikiNeet
On days like these, kids like you... should be dancing in Hell! (What I thought when I heard that Techno battle theme)

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed that funky battle music!

Hmm, looked a bit too easy but then again I'm of the opinion that a boss is too easy unless it kills someone.

Since it has a snake tail, it could also use an Acid Spit attack at your face. Can Blind and/or Poison you.

As this is a guaranteed encounter, you could also have it accompanied by some minions to make it unique compared to the random encounter version. Or not? Maybe it'd be too overwhelming to have it able to Roar and call for allies.

He's kinda' medium-difficulty, not quite at the level of a boss. He's tough compared to the usual goons! The reason I didn't make him stronger, is because in this same area he will be a random encounter, and I wanted to encourage players to put in the effort to kill him because the XP is definitely worth it!

I like that acid spit idea! I never thought of that. I think a good blind would really fit the bill!

Can the Mass-Fire attack not inflict Burn?

I can't remember the reason I chose not to, but most likely its because he became an absolute beast with burn and I couldn't keep up enough Regens on my party to beat him.

In fact when it comes to bosses and mini-bosses, my enemy patterns are set to restrain how much damage the guy can dish out. The chimera, without the limits of the enemy pattern I gave him, will completely wipe the party in a few turns, which is why I wound up limiting how much power he had. I think that's why burn needs to go... but I may wind up adding a very light burn at the end when I do my final tweaking.

Hmm, attacks that trigger when you're statused would be good to have. They come in many flavors. Weak Kill in Devil Survivor dealt more damage to status-ed targets, Death's Door reduces the HP of all sick characters to 1, and Death Call instantly kills all charmed/paralyzed/or muted characters. That's kind of incentive to cure yourself, don't you think? Though there's also the classic 'Doomed' status which instantly kills the afflicted when the duration ends.

I like that! I've got some tweaking to do still. Here's what my Seething Chimera does so far.

Cast Fire - Magical fire damage, can be used every round.
Searing - Magical fire damage to all, set to every other round, swapping with Concussive Blow.
Concussive Blow - Full power strike, causes confusion, set to every other round, swapping with Searing.
Tendon Slice - Physical damage, can wound an opponent, greatly lowering their attack and increasing the physical damage they receive for the rest of the turn.
Attack - Normal full power attack, can be used every round, but set to lower priority.

I'm really fond of auto-life ever since I fought a dracolich boss. Just when I thought I had killed it, it revives. It's a nasty surprise. Then there's a two-headed Zombie Hydra I fought. It's gimmick is that its heads each have their own HP bar and action. But you can't kill one head and make the battle easier on you because the other head will full-revive it in a few turns. So to beat it, you need to reduce them both to low HP and then kill them both in the same turn.

A monster's death doesn't mean you're safe. I also love "If I'm gonna die, I'm taking you with me/doing as much damage as I can before that happens." It's pretty cool when characters in fiction are heavily outnumbered, wounded, and tired but manage to slaughter a lot of enemies before finally being taken down. Basically, a killed monster will deal one final shot at you when it dies. It might stab you when you don't expect it, it might use its last breath to buff or heal its allies or debuff you, and it might even do something like explode in your face.

Heck, you can even have a monster that activates a Determination Last Stand state when you deal a lethal hit to them. The way it works is that they'll have 1 HP no matter what you do to them until the duration of the status ends at which point they'll instantly die. So the only way to stop them without incurring damage is to immobilize them with a status.

I really like these ideas! I'm finished with the mapping now and I'm working on all of my monsters and encounters. I'll have to see what I can add for some of these concepts.

Thank you for your feedback! Keep it coming!

Woaw, it sure is a surreal experience seeing someone do a Let's Play of a project you worked on. Thank you!