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There is no reason for heroes to get faster. Faster ATB is just something the player has to deal with. Try this out: give everything a speed of about 7 and stay around the area as much as possible, make faster things up to 15 and slower things as low as 3. Seriously. You DO NOT want level up bonuses having to do with ATB speed.
Seriously, I know what I'm talking about. If you don't listen your game will always be broken.
And again; completely get rid of the Slimes and Drakees, especially considering you put the slimes in the main story. re-write some of the script, get rid of the auto-text and use plain text. Design a more interesting main protagonist(s) while you're at it too, The two in the prologue were well made so you should be able to create equal quality work with the ones in the main game.
Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:10 pm 
Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:36 pm
oh right. the prologue DID exist when you played it. nevermind about that.
about speed: maybe you're right about that. the player's speed increases slowly, but still increases, even though the speed cap allows actions every 1.9 seconds, pretty much attainable only through haste. i still don't see a problem with it, but if you're not the only one who thinks it is, then... it is.
like i said, the auto-scrolling text is already taken care of. i was planning on using it only in the beginning for narration anyway, but that's entirely unneccesary.
the slimes and drackys are way old. these are the monsters i used at first to test the game and battle formulas. i guess i can do away with them now and replace them with original characters. and as far as being in the main story, they're pretty much only there to teach the player about battles before the first REAL battle with the real hero, but nothing says that any other kind of monster can't teach you a thing or two about battle. i'm just going to miss those cute little slimes.
and yeah, the characters are boring. i didn't even bother giving them any personality until recently. i've been rewriting the beginning anyway, though.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy... So here's some lunchmeat... Sandwich, maybe?
about speed: maybe you're right about that. the player's speed increases slowly, but still increases, even though the speed cap allows actions every 1.9 seconds, pretty much attainable only through haste. i still don't see a problem with it, but if you're not the only one who thinks it is, then... it is.
like i said, the auto-scrolling text is already taken care of. i was planning on using it only in the beginning for narration anyway, but that's entirely unneccesary.
the slimes and drackys are way old. these are the monsters i used at first to test the game and battle formulas. i guess i can do away with them now and replace them with original characters. and as far as being in the main story, they're pretty much only there to teach the player about battles before the first REAL battle with the real hero, but nothing says that any other kind of monster can't teach you a thing or two about battle. i'm just going to miss those cute little slimes.
and yeah, the characters are boring. i didn't even bother giving them any personality until recently. i've been rewriting the beginning anyway, though.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy... So here's some lunchmeat... Sandwich, maybe?