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EASY mode

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EASY mode

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when you level - you get double benefits [10HP / 6%BC etc...]
Skill Points every 2 levels, instead of four... [maybe even turn OFF rare drops?]

for very casual players - most people aren't hardcore, like this game is
I LOVE A.T. - but i think this would get Oskar & Team more downloads!

it feels like 99% of us are adults...
[hence my prior foul mouth - i will watch my tongue! sorry :? ]
but this might make it kid friendly?

just some thoughts... 8-)
thx oskar & team!

[im just guessing, but... i am assuming that the coding would be easier this way]
[as opposed to curving the difficulty of the mobs / monsters / enemies]

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Re: EASY mode

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I would rather see the game go the other direction and get more difficult.
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Re: EASY mode

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Intersting idea. This could potentially bring A.T. to a larger sized market by making it playable for people of a wider variety of ages.

Very interesting idea indeed.
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Re: EASY mode

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@tek [you are old-school / hardcore & i LOVE that!!!]
easy games SUCK & this game could be harder... [or just balanced differently...]
tek wrote:I would rather see the game go the other direction and get more difficult.
[+1]

the general populace doesn't have the patience that we do...
i just want AT to be the best it can!

if they get an easy mode, then we get a hard mode...
and Highscore = Hard Only!

eh??? *grin*
8-)

[but i see how my suggestion could pull away from what Oskar is truly getting at]
cheers guys!!! [and gals!]
happy hunting!!! 8-)
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Re: EASY mode

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There was talk many many months ago about implementing a difficulty mode. Not sure where that talk is, but I'm sure it could be rekindled.
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Re: EASY mode

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hard mode = harder / more puzzles! [maybe riddles too?]
colored crystal room was a tease!!!
and a breeze 8-)
maybe make it harder to crack? :twisted:
in HARD mode of course
but, icing on the cake...
future development ineed.
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Re: EASY mode

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Good points everyone. This is actually something that I have wanted to implement, but never had the time to do properly.
http://code.google.com/p/andors-trail/i ... ail?id=130

My general feeling is that the "normal" game should be as it is, but that there might be an "Easy" mode that doesn't reward as much story-wise or in terms of drops or whatnot, and a "hardcore" mode that is much harder but more rewarding in drops and exp.

We'll see about getting the time to implement something like that for a future version. If anyone is willing to do the coding for it, I might be positive about committing it to svn :)
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Re: EASY mode

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Awesome ideas, but both could be done. Have Easy, Regular, and Difficult (and possibly "Impossible") modes like a lot of games do...
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Re: EASY mode

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possibilities: maybe have the game start out in easy mode, and increment up in difficulty automatically according to current player level... game reloads from save so regularly could put a level check just into the load program to set difficulty... for that matter, could end up infinitely difficult by doing something like a 1% increase per whatever lvl amount seems reasonable... just a thought :)
Also, could possibly add a "grind mode" that could increase mob rez % and/or repopulate a room a soon as one leaves it?
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Re: EASY mode

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i like the idea of the whole 2 lvls for a skill point but why not make it 2 lvls for easy mode 4 lvls for normal mode and for the hardcore players make it like 6 lvls just so they dont have as many skill points to dump into magic finder or quick learner. that would truly make it harder to get the xp to lvl up and the item drops for the l&e items
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