0008966: Make it easier to compare spells of different levels

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0008966	Valley 1	Suggestion - UI Ideas		Jul 17, 2012 8:05 pm	Aug 9, 2012 8:36 pm

Reporter	jruderman	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.200 (Post-Launch Series 2)

Summary	0008966: Make it easier to compare spells of different levels
Description	Maybe the panel should be changed to show e.g. "DPS against Level 3 monsters". This would be useful for comparing an awesome T spell against a mediocre T+1 spell, and could help players understand what shielding/penetration really means.
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

Matthew Carras Jul 18, 2012 11:55 am reporter ~0026878	Instead of "DPS against Level 3 Monsters", which doesn't make sense when you take into account elemental resistances and other possibilities, how about "Damage Against Level X Monsters" where X accounts for the level of the region you're currently in (or the continent level if in no region), and the number is a percentage of damage reduced by Level X's armour. This could be in addition to the spell showing its Armour Penetration.

Brickman Aug 9, 2012 8:36 pm reporter ~0027498	I'd like to note that to a new player there's no clear indication that spell damage is scaled like that at all--the game insists that you'll have a hard time if you don't have spells of at least the chunk level, but it doesn't actually say "spells do less damage against creatures of higher level than the spell" and just gives the impression that they're supposed to be statistically stronger (which isn't helped by the incredibly minor actual increase in spell damage) and that the difference is just that small.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jul 17, 2012 8:05 pm	jruderman	New Issue
Jul 17, 2012 8:05 pm	jruderman	Relationship added	related to 0008840
Jul 18, 2012 11:19 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
Jul 18, 2012 11:19 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
Jul 18, 2012 11:55 am	Matthew Carras	Note Added: 0026878
Aug 9, 2012 8:36 pm	Brickman	Note Added: 0027498