LIGHTNINGLORD2'S PROFILE

author=Ratty524
EDIT: Just for clarification, I get your overall point about what you are saying to LL, but I don't think "playing the game wrong" is entirely the fault of the player. Consider that "wrong" styles of play are a result of a failure of communication between the game and the player to some degree.

That is exactly what I'm trying to say - it's actually not important for a game to be done right - the player has to feel that it was done right.

author=Sated

It's probably because of a problem that's actually not that different from the Fighting Game Problem - players disliking that the game itself screws them over and not the other player.

I take exception to the idea that fighting games screw the player over, when it's actually the player who's fucking up basic input.

You can insult players or you can acknowledge that several players feel cheated because they feel the game refused to respond to their input.

What I think is important is that your characters may fit into certain stereotypes or other common tropes, but that should not be their only defining trait. This problem is usually known as "Planet of Hats", named due to its prelevance in science fiction. Usually, alien races are defined by a single, unifying trait that is carried by all members of the species (their hat). It's actually less common in fantasy, because they'll often have that one person in the race who defies the common idea of it (usually, it's a ripoff of Drizzt Do'Urden). Or a renegade faction.

Protip: Making your character defy his stereotypes because he's a half-breed is stupid, especially if it's half-human.

If you're going to make status effects always work, avoid making any that prevent the target from acting, as they'll always be broken or useless with no middle ground.

Still, I've also been wanting to make a highly deterministic system for an RPG. Gonna look into at which places it's good to randomize a bit.

How about saying "I, Moxia, shall knock them all down!"