RAMSHACKIN'S PROFILE

Glad to have another subscriber :)

author=Frogge
I honestly love the variety of all the dungeons you have shown ram. Each location looks consistent yet different at the same time. Also I wonder what purpose that hand serves.

Thanks for the support :)

I hope the time spent on each dungeon's theme ends up being worth it.

author=Red_Nova
Well, that's a demon claw, and it certainly looks like a swamp, so I think you're on the right track!

Other than the claw, the right sludge pool looks a little barren. Maybe put some more trees/claws there to break the monotony more?

Good catch! I felt the same and originally had a tree out there, but it was a bit much. I'll come up with something else to put there.

Good work on the new trees. They fit stylistically with the rest of the graphics a lot more than the previous trees.

I'm probably in the barely notice camp. It's a feature I've used in games before, but wouldn't notice it missing.

@narcodis - thanks! Glad you got something out of it :)

@Link_2112 - the example written was chosen because it was an easy way to convey the idea of the article, not for realism. I'm definitely with you that actual battles have more interesting choices about which enemy to kill first, and probably more than one party member to help with the job.

author=Link_2112
Any moderately skilled RPG player would not be wow'd by big numbers and avoid other tactically valid skills simply because the numbers aren't as high. I would never use a skill based on how it feels. I would use it based on what it does and what I need to get done.

I'm lucky to have access to some pretty hardcore RPG players to test and give feedback. They fine tune party equipment, analyze enemy group composition and attack patterns, and develop a counter plan. But there are certain "dud skills" that never make it into that plan, despite being the mathematically superior option for the situation. After digging into why, the answer is simply those skills don't feel good to use.

Discovering synergies and combos between party members feels awesome. Building off of skills used on the character's previous turns feels awesome. Getting a bonus from a well timed use of a situational skill feels awesome. Turning a skill's downside into it's strength feels awesome. Flat damage skill that does like 20% more than all those other options? Just not as cool.