Game Development: My Log has Something to Tell You

[Gensokyo]

It is, for example, in a tier completely above click-to-kill.

You can kill a rabbit/squirrel/hedgehog with one click.

[jorb]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

[Kaios]

Haven's combat system has always been ambitious, and that in itself frankly puts it out of the shit category. It is, for example, in a tier completely above click-to-kill.

I'm not sure requiring more clicks before the one hit kill puts it in a tier completely above, maybe off to the side instead.

[Gensokyo]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

If you're on a horse and walk over a critter they get instantly killed.

[Zeler]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

If you're on a horse and walk over a critter they get instantly killed.

Critters should be scary enemies, I agree.

[jorb]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

If you're on a horse and walk over a critter they get instantly killed.

Getting on the horse requires two clicks. Launching the game requires several.

[Gensokyo]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

If you're on a horse and walk over a critter they get instantly killed.

Critters should be scary enemies, I agree.

I have almost killed my character by picking up hedgehog and gotten stuck on toad in the middle of road whilist being chased by a boar, do not doubt the power of simple annoyance.

Getting on the horse requires two clicks. Launching the game requires several.

Moving in a forest takes millions of clicks.

[APXEOLOG]

It requires at the very least two by my count. So there's that.

If you're on a horse and walk over a critter they get instantly killed.

Getting on the horse requires two clicks. Launching the game requires several.

Wow, truly complex system

P.S. Seriously, jorb, what was the reason to reject the new combat system? I just tried it on the test server, killed ant with 3 UA, killed them fast with 5 already, i don't think PvE is the real reason.

[jorb]

I'm not sure requiring more clicks before the one hit kill puts it in a tier completely above, maybe off to the side instead.

Ok. So if I implemented a system that simply compared stats and assigned a winner by means of some weighted random, say, that would be fine with you, as it is only slightly to the side of what we have now?

Yeah, no.

[jorb]

Seriously, jorb, what was the reason to reject the new combat system?

It was on balance not good enough to merit the upset that launching it causes. Also the problem wasn't that PvE was impossible, but that there was nothing to it what-so-ever.