[CF-Devel] weapons, archery... and stuff

[Andreas Vogl]

My own humble opinion about a few things that have been
discussed lately...

First, I´m sorry but I don´t like the idea of wielding
two weapons (or shields) at once too much.
It would make the attack code very complicated for little
outcome: Nobody would want to use a shield anymore.
(Artifact) weapons grant far more protections than shields.
And even more, killing a monsters faster is so much more
useful than anything that could come with a shield.

Two-handed weapons could be nice though. As long as they do
nothing special except "blocking" the use of shields. In
return, these weapons could have extra-good stats.

About the use of bows: Sure, archery still does suck right now. ;)
I think the main problem is that bows must always compete
with weapon attacks. If it´s much easier to kill with weapon,
why use a bow?
I don´t like the idea of creatig a seperate archery-skill
cathegory either, nor the use of spells on arrows.
That would just cause other conflicts (magic <-> archery).
There´s no use for two similar ways to kill monsters, players
will always choose the easier one.

I´d prefer to leave the missile-weapons-scheme as it is now, but
focus more on it´s unique possibilities. There could be some
real powerful arrows/bolts in shops somewhere, for a fair price.
The alch. receipes for the slaying/assassinating arrows need
some modifications too.
And the damage of projectiles in general should rise.


That reminds me... of the reflect-spell/missile fix that still needs
to be done (is it?). I believe there was a positive consens for the
following scheme:

>
     
      Jan E. wrote:
     
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      > I suggest implementing the following protections/immunities:
     
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      >  arrows/thrown objects:  80%
     
     >
     
      >  spell missiles:         90%
     
     >
     
      >  bolt spells:           100%
     
     >
     
      >  finger of death:       100%
     
     >
     
      >  "smite" spells:         90%
     
     
Is there actually anyone up to coding this? If not, I´ll try if I
can do it myself someday.


Andreas V.