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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0007516Valley 1Suggestion - Balancing IssuesMay 4, 2012 8:46 pm
Reporterkhadgar Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.008 
Fixed in Version1.009 
Summary0007516: Bat form adjustments
DescriptionAs it stands right now, bat form is useful for a few things. It's useful for exploration (though a lot less in windstorms now), escape, and possibly a few mission types, like lava escape, supply depot, or journey to perfection. The 95% reduction to damage, however, is not the best way, in my eyes, to limit it's effectiveness in combat.

I suggest that bat form reduces mana regeneration by a huge amount, or possibly max mana, or both. Damage could still be reduced it turns out to be neccessary. Perhaps reduced to half or a quarter. This would allow a player to use bat form in combat, while still having a drastically reduced potential damage output. The advantage of this system is it would allow a player to harvest resources more efficiently, and possibly be slightly more effective in a limited few combat situations (for example, in a battleground mission where one tower is in a very difficult spot to attack without being shot, a player could switch to bat form to get a better angle on the tower)

Alternatively, all cooldowns could be increased by some large factor, effectively accomplishing the same goal, but without disabling some super-heavy spells like meteor shower or creeping death.

If you would rather stick with the current method for bat form, then I suggest that summon spells, which currently operate at full effectiveness as a bat, are somehow reduced in bat form.
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Chris_McElligottPark

May 4, 2012 8:46 pm

administrator   ~0023487

Thanks!

* Player bats no longer have their attack power reduced to 5% of their former values. Now their mana recharge rate is reduced to 10% of its normal value instead.
** This makes player bats more viable for combat in most ways, but it also means that they still have a huge disadvantage to go along with their greatly-increased mobility.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 4, 2012 3:46 pm khadgar New Issue
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Internal Weight => New
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0023487
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 1.009
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
May 4, 2012 8:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark