[crossfire] Monsters balance

[Nicolas Weeger]

Hello.


Monsters balance (and game balance in general) is a big topic obviously :)


I think right now monsters aren't really balanced, with big gaps in terms of 
difficulty (how long it takes to kill them, how dangerous they are for players) 
versus experience they give versus rewards they provide, and such.



So I was thinking along the idea of making monsters more like players in terms 
levels.


Basically: for various "types" of monsters, define a level 1 prototype, and 
leveling rules. Then using that generate monsters of various levels.



For instance, with totally random numbers that would need to be adjusted :)

For undead, decide that zombies are level 1, with eg 4 hp, dam 2, they give 
100 exp. For each undead level, add 3 hp, 1.5 dam, 2 armour, and 500 exp.

If ghosts are level 5, then they have approximately 16 hp, dam 8, armour 8, 
giving 2100 exp.


Of course this wouldn't be a hard rule, it could be changed and altered, but 
it could make monsters more interesting.

It also doesn't take into account armour/weapons/spells, or hp regeneration, 
of course.


Exp itself is a big topic too. It really depends on how many monsters we want 
players to kill to level up. Should it be a zillion monsters? A few hundred of 
around the same level? Could one or 2 really though give enough exp to level 
up?



Those are just random thoughts, but I wanted to share them :)


Best regards


Nicolas