0007780: Shards float to players

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0007780	Valley 1	Gameplay Idea		May 12, 2012 2:29 am	May 12, 2012 12:25 pm

Reporter	7foot_sativa	Assigned To
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	1.018

Summary	0007780: Shards float to players
Description	In many games, having to manually pick up everything can be a chore, so often they add features can attract money/gold/orbs to the character for a cost or as a feature that is default or unlockable. I like getting shards, but often I can't be bothered gathering them all as it slows things down. If they floated to you extremely slowly, or home in on your character, just like life does but with a smaller range, it would be less of a chore. Also, if they are able to float to you like life does, they will be able to fly through walls, making the current issue with them being stuck in the top-left corner less of a problem. They are a prize for killing enemies, so it isn't like removing the manual gathering of them destroys the purpose like it would with enchants that are required to be found. Perhaps even implement this as a spell that pulls mined minerals that you missed and dropped shards to you.
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Internal Weight	New

Kazmahu May 12, 2012 4:38 am reporter ~0024125	The way it is now seems to fit the design philosophy of having to go out of your way to get rewards, and of monster not inherently having a reward giftwrapped with them - it's the player's choice whether to pick up what they can, or take the time to trek down a cave to get the shards an esper dropped. That said, an enchantment that pulls them towards you (at the cost of an enchant slot) sounds like a great idea, allowing the player to kit themselves out for a shard-gathering mission.

7foot_sativa May 12, 2012 4:54 am reporter ~0024126	When I thought of them slowly going toward you, I did imagine an enchant that had different percentages of strength to the pull.

tigersfan May 12, 2012 12:24 pm reporter ~0024145	Kazmahu is right, this is intentional. As for an enchant to do that, we want to avoid having the type of enchants that would make folks want to switch them back and forth often, which this would.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 12, 2012 2:29 am	7foot_sativa	New Issue
May 12, 2012 4:38 am	Kazmahu	Note Added: 0024125
May 12, 2012 4:54 am	7foot_sativa	Note Added: 0024126
May 12, 2012 12:24 pm	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> New
May 12, 2012 12:24 pm	tigersfan	Note Added: 0024145
May 12, 2012 12:25 pm	tigersfan	Status	new => closed
May 12, 2012 12:25 pm	tigersfan	Resolution	open => no change required
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea