[crossfire] Stats and level advancement proposal

[igniz revolver]

It might be possible to examine the characters on the server, seeing what
stats they have.

It might be best if rather than rolling and then assigning stats, stats
could be calculated exclusively by race and class.

So if everyone has a basic 14 stat in everything, then race and class + and
- to those stats and that's your stats for your character.

You can then know the average of players.

This would also require the refinement of races so their benefits are more
in-line with others.

One of the main issues I see is that you have races with large +'s and -'s
and odd restrictions or benefits that can make or break a character. I'd
suggest minimalising the deviance from the base deviation of 0 for
statistical benefits from race.

E.G. make the Fireborn mage focused but less obviously so.

Then decrease the degree of stats needed to run a successful character

Then refine the degree of +stats you can give to a character.

So rather than have everyone with a 30 in everything, you have everyone with
a more uniform increase in stats relative to their starting values.

Imagine if you gained +1 to all stats every 10 levels, but gained a further
+1 to a key stat dependant on class.

So a Halfling Thief would get a +1 to all stats at 10, but with a further +1
to dex due to his class.

If he started at: Str 14, Con 14, Dex 16, Int 15, Wis 13, Pow 14, Cha 12 (or
whatever).

At 10th he'd be Str 15, Con 15, Dex 18, Int 16, Wis 14, Pow 14, Cha 12

By 100th, he might be ~35 in most of his stats but over 40 in dex.

Or perhaps a different formulae, like +1 dex every 20 or whatever.

Then you could have the classes changing titles whenever they gained a stat.

You'd then have a more uniform idea of what to expect from a player.

On 26 May 2010 07:38, Nicolas Weeger <nicolas.weeger at laposte.net> wrote:

> >   It would be useful to add to the page what the different columns mean.
> >
> >   For example, you have armor going from 30 -> 1500.  However, under the
> > current gaming system, max value for armor is 100, so that computing
> > method is something completely new (I'm guessing that it may be
> cavehippos
> > page, but there is no link there, and since that is still a concept, it
> is
> > perhaps hard to judge/understand how that really affects thing.  Does the
> > fact that a level 50 person does 300 damage, and a level 40 person has
> 200
> > armor (delta 100) and the level 40 person has 350 hp means that 3.5 hits
> > will kill a level 40 person?
> >
> >   I'd also note that the values for hp/sp/grace are likely to vary a lot
> > based on class and profession.  Are those values targets for the
> character
> > where that state is key to their profession (hp for fighters, sp for
> > wizards, grace for priests) or something different?  I would imagine if
> > someone is playing a priest, they may not care much about sp, but a lot
> > about grace and would focus on increasing stats which increase their
> > grace, and may not care much about HP.
> >
> >   It is probably also worth documenting what starting values (level 1)
> are
> > as a basis point.
> >
> >   At a quick glance, the hp increases in a fairly bumpy fashion - from
> > level 40 to 50, you get 50 hp.  From 50 to 600, 200 hp.  From 60 to 70,
> > 100 hp.
> >
> >   I'm guessing that some of those values are based on expected stat
> > increases in that level range - but if so, worth documenting that is the
> > basis, and that is the expected progressing in stat increases (1 every 10
> > levels?)
>
>
> The page was created because right now there is absolutely no way (apart
> playing all levels) of knowing such information, at least none I know :)
> Seriously, do you know what AC or WC a level 15 character usually has? Or
> how
> much eg fire resist at level 20?
>
> This page is a first draft for a middle player, whether fighter or mage or
> whatever, page that should be completed for the various classes and races
> :)
> So it is expected to be modified by people who have ideas, to improve it
> ^_-
>
>
>
> Nicolas
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