[CF-Devel] Armour type resistance

[Peter Mardahl]

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      I agree with Mark, the armour code is very good I think right now as it
     
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      tapers of well, perhaps we could even make it tapering off lower?
     
     
I like that behavior as well.

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      And what about Acid? I think we should leave that as protection and
     
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      immunity although I don't like how immunity doesn't protect your items. I
     
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      can see the logic, but I still don't like it =)
     
     
Hmm, yes, I guess we cannot use the old protected + immune == protects items
hack anymore.  How about >100% protection Acid protects items?

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      Perhaps PR should only work for the major attack_types?
     
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      Magic/Fire/Ice/Elec/God_Power? and of course physical which is just
     
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      armour. Although if physical is armour, what then is the purpose of
     
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      protected phys? Wouldn't it be better to convert protected armours into
     
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      arm +50% or something? (obviously not 50%). Hmmmmm
     
     
I think ALL current protections should be set to 33, for items,
and 50, for protections on living things.  I think this default will
produce a balanced game at the outset of the new protection scheme.

Immunities should add 100% protection as before, at least to start.

We can then go through and modify some monsters, maps, artifacts, 
and treasures as needed.

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      changes in. Pete has already finished the Immolation spell for ruggilli
     
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      and the Creeping frost for devourers. These changes are quite big and I
     
     
These are not spells.  They're more like abilities.  If Immolation +
Immolation_immunity is placed in a player, he may set fire to someone
he hits, and it is a god-driven fire.  The player does NOTHING to
explicitly turn it on.

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      don't want to do something and get told after I have done it all that it
     
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      is no good. Speak now or forever hold your peace ;)
     
     
Give it a week or so as a review period, dnh.  Some of the less active
contributors may need a bit of time.  However, I will ask:   the
gods mod is a major shift in direction, everyone interested please weigh
in!

PeterM