Monsters level up with the player + difficulty setting

[Ian]

What about making it possible to spawn monsters with varying strength depending on the level of the character?
That would bring more fun to the game, especially for high-level players who can't fight any more challenging mobs.

As you now, mobs drop a set amount of xp right now. We should keep that number as minimum xp drop. Upon every level-up, the hp, ac, bc and ad of the npc should increase by 10% of the base stats. To make that happen, the player's stats (hp, ac, ad, bc) would need to be calculated in xp.

But that should only trigger under particular conditions:
-The player's xp (p) is 2 times greater than the monster's xp (m) to prevent overpowered mobs:
p/m= >2
For example, m is 400 and p is 1000: the stats increase by 10%.
If m is 1000 and p is 500 or 1500, the monster won't level up.
-There should be a max amount of monster level-ups: 20 times
If the player doesn't start with that feature because of an old version, the monster would need to level up upon loading the save until the p/m would equals 2 or the max level 20 is reached or the player's level-ups are depleted.

I also suggest adding an option to the game allowing the player to set the difficulty of the monsters. Options are: very easy, easy, normal, hard, very hard and impossible like in normal game. If the player changes that option, the stats need of course to be recalculated:
Very easy: mobs drop the min amount of xp and stats aren't increased when player's level is changing.
Easy: m*1.05; mobs level up slower; p/m >3
Normal: see above
Hard: m*1.15; p/m >1.5
Very hard: m*1.2 ; p/m >1.75
Impossible: 1.25; p/m >1 I think, that'll be but a nice challenge for hardcore players

I know, that's more coding but I definitely think, it will make AT much more fun for everyone.

What's your opinion?

[Sarumar]

+1 nice ... but perhaps too hard ?

[Ian]

I suggest coding that and to just try it out and to tweak the numbers if needed.

[Sarumar]

I suggest coding that and to just try it out and to tweak the numbers if needed.

+1 that is the path where even Nyktos & Pyro will suffer

[Tomcat]

The design of the game seem based on making the player find the right location for their level,, rather than have the game constantly adapt itself to the player. Personally I prefer the existing approach, both in terms of game play and a consistent story line.

However, it would certainly be an interesting twist to have a specific type of monster that tunes itself to the player level. How would you like to have to defeat a roomful of Doppelgangers?

[Pyrizzle]

The design of the game seem based on making the player find the right location for their level,, rather than have the game constantly adapt itself to the player. Personally I prefer the existing approach, both in terms of game play and a consistent story line.

However, it would certainly be an interesting twist to have a specific type of monster that tunes itself to the player level. How would you like to have to defeat a roomful of Doppelgangers?

+1 Good points Tom! This idea has been brought up before and if i remember correctly it is currently on the rejected ideas list.

And I would LOVE to see a doppelganger or two in the game, the might Sarumar might have a heck of a time with them. Bwaahahaha! +100 for Doppelgangers!

[Tomcat]

The design of the game seem based on making the player find the right location for their level,, rather than have the game constantly adapt itself to the player. Personally I prefer the existing approach, both in terms of game play and a consistent story line.

However, it would certainly be an interesting twist to have a specific type of monster that tunes itself to the player level. How would you like to have to defeat a roomful of Doppelgangers?

+1 Good points Tom! This idea has been brought up before and if i remember correctly it is currently on the rejected ideas list.

And I would LOVE to see a doppelganger or two in the game, the might Sarumar might have a heck of a time with them. Bwaahahaha! +100 for Doppelgangers!

Oh I had Sarumar firmly in mind when I wrote that!

[Sarumar]

The design of the game seem based on making the player find the right location for their level,, rather than have the game constantly adapt itself to the player. Personally I prefer the existing approach, both in terms of game play and a consistent story line.

However, it would certainly be an interesting twist to have a specific type of monster that tunes itself to the player level. How would you like to have to defeat a roomful of Doppelgangers?

+1 Good points Tom! This idea has been brought up before and if i remember correctly it is currently on the rejected ideas list.

And I would LOVE to see a doppelganger or two in the game, the might Sarumar might have a heck of a time with them. Bwaahahaha! +100 for Doppelgangers!

Oh I had Sarumar firmly in mind when I wrote that!

... so nice people here..

[Ian]

The design of the game seem based on making the player find the right location for their level,, rather than have the game constantly adapt itself to the player. Personally I prefer the existing approach, both in terms of game play and a consistent story line.

However, it would certainly be an interesting twist to have a specific type of monster that tunes itself to the player level. How would you like to have to defeat a roomful of Doppelgangers?

Doppelgangers would be pretty nice

+1 Good points Tom! This idea has been brought up before and if i remember correctly it is currently on the rejected ideas list.

And I would LOVE to see a doppelganger or two in the game, the might Sarumar might have a heck of a time with them. Bwaahahaha! +100 for Doppelgangers!

You're right. That idea has unfortunately been rejected But I don't really mind because AT is a great game even without this.

[sorrow]

This idea I think is pretty cool AT becoming self aware lol I love it haha