Thormac
Veteran
More versatile game options would make the game please more people.
When you think of changing or tuning something think if it could be put to options menu. Does it screw up the storyline or game balance etc at some point or not. There is many "minor" things that people feel differently about. I know that some things can't be in the options though. Some might alter too much or stop the game at some point if changed after the game has started. Maybe some options could be chosen only at the beginning of a new game.
At this point I suggest the following items in the options menu:
--Hero companion and mercenary developement speed:
This is tricky. Maybe it could be just another difficulty option. Personally I wouldn't like it if their leveling up would be fixed to players developement in any way.
--Movement speed in map:
I don't feel the speed being way too slow currently, but a bit faster wouldn't hurt. Maybe 2 modes is enough. this could be a toggle ingame button also. No big deal though.
--Custom battle settings:
This is what I mostly want to be included. Player could tune the game to what he feels is realistic. Player would be able to:
-set the damage ratio of all weapons (set a multiplier within certain boundaries to change all damages. 0.5 would halve all damages, 1.5 would make all weapons do half more damage etc.)
-set the protection ratio of all armor
-set the hp ratio of all units
All these would affect player's character too. Changing the basic difficulty setting to easier level would make player's character more stronger than AI (guessing here). Not these. If some player felt that battle is somehow unrealisic he could change the emphasis towards armour for example. Or someone might think that even dagger swing should bring an unarmored man down and could then lower all hitpoints and/or raise all weapon damages. This of course should be in the additional gameplay settings and player wouldn't have to touch these.
When you think of changing or tuning something think if it could be put to options menu. Does it screw up the storyline or game balance etc at some point or not. There is many "minor" things that people feel differently about. I know that some things can't be in the options though. Some might alter too much or stop the game at some point if changed after the game has started. Maybe some options could be chosen only at the beginning of a new game.
At this point I suggest the following items in the options menu:
--Hero companion and mercenary developement speed:
This is tricky. Maybe it could be just another difficulty option. Personally I wouldn't like it if their leveling up would be fixed to players developement in any way.
--Movement speed in map:
I don't feel the speed being way too slow currently, but a bit faster wouldn't hurt. Maybe 2 modes is enough. this could be a toggle ingame button also. No big deal though.
--Custom battle settings:
This is what I mostly want to be included. Player could tune the game to what he feels is realistic. Player would be able to:
-set the damage ratio of all weapons (set a multiplier within certain boundaries to change all damages. 0.5 would halve all damages, 1.5 would make all weapons do half more damage etc.)
-set the protection ratio of all armor
-set the hp ratio of all units
All these would affect player's character too. Changing the basic difficulty setting to easier level would make player's character more stronger than AI (guessing here). Not these. If some player felt that battle is somehow unrealisic he could change the emphasis towards armour for example. Or someone might think that even dagger swing should bring an unarmored man down and could then lower all hitpoints and/or raise all weapon damages. This of course should be in the additional gameplay settings and player wouldn't have to touch these.
