ASHRIOT'S PROFILE

Eh, it's got a long way to go before release. I just started work on it like 2 weeks ago or so. There's no story or maps or anything yet. Just a battle system for now.

It's because there are ideas in here that haven't been done quite like this. So your brain is trying to connect it to something you've seen before, but it can't.

I'd say, if your head hurts from reading all this, then we've done our job of trying to innovate and go beyond the standard realm of RPG concepts! Job system--been done before. Materia--been done before.

I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with from this! :)

Something else you could consider, though this is a little out there and a little odd I guess, but each class could have an 'aura' associated with it that would not stack. So the mage would provide an aura, and if you have 4 mages, well then you're missing out on 3 auras you could potentially have. Some examples might be:

Mage - Aura of Magic - grants everyone additional max MP or slight MP regen during battles.
Priest- Aura of Life- same as mage but HP.
Warrior - Aura of Courage - grants additional damage (so all classes can use) or maybe just 1 stat like STR
Druid - Aura of the Wild - grants slight elemental resistance bonuses.

This is pretty rough, but it's just an idea I came up with when trying to figure out a way to encourage a player to NOT use several of the same class without completely forbidding it.

Also this seems like it'd be complicated to do maybe >.< But I'll leave this post just as a brainstorm.

I must say one of my original and strongest inspirations was The Frozen World. I never realized how simple yet incredibly fun a custom battle system could be. Using tiles was a great way to cross the hurdle of creating an entire menu interface to control the customized system.

Also, it's a great game in general! :D

slashphoenix: that sounds awesome.

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Ok Soli, I'm convinced.

DBS is not bad, and it's hard to be topped in terms of complexity and variety. But it's just too overused. Come on, it's the BS from Final Fantasy, I've been playing it for over 15 years. Forgive me if I like some novelty. Of course I don't like the attitude of "should I make a shitty CBS instead of using the DBS?" If someone can think of a decent CBS, he can't make the DBS work decently as well. But if you're intelligent enough to make an interesting DBS, and you're flirting with the idea of making a CBS, why not? Even if it's not technically as good as the DBS, the novelyy aspect will generate interest.

I pretty much agree with this.

Also, I'm starting to wonder if the actual question is a little lopsided. It's specifically stating that the DBS is very well made and that the CBS isn't particularly well made. Given those two exact choices, I'd probably rather play neither unless the storyline was interesting enough to warrant suffering through the bad gameplay.