2013-03-29, 04:52 PM
EDITED: I think another useful variable would be a weighting system, so that you don't have to think about things, like for example, if Fire magic is always stronger than the other elements, then an automatic weighting system can make sure it always gets a damage boost. I think for KF since Earth is healing, and Water is lesser healing (poison) then, the general damage weights would look like Fire > Wind > Water > Earth (edited: also just happens to roughly line up with the familiar physical states of matter; plasma, gas, liquid, solid)
I don't know if the weights should be pre-applied or post-applied (would be much simpler WRT the Void model; so probably) or if the results of the weighting should appear in the stats in the Equip menu or not. It would be more informative of actual damage output, but would also make the stats appear much more noisy, which when you are dealing with so many affinities already, might not help players make informed decisions about equipment (at the very least it would be tougher to gauge the stats at a glance if they say 77, 66, 55, 44, instead of 60, 60, 60, 60 or whatever... plus if would make a sword like the Dark Slayer look like it is shifted towards fire, when really it is all elements being equal)
I don't know if the weights should be pre-applied or post-applied (would be much simpler WRT the Void model; so probably) or if the results of the weighting should appear in the stats in the Equip menu or not. It would be more informative of actual damage output, but would also make the stats appear much more noisy, which when you are dealing with so many affinities already, might not help players make informed decisions about equipment (at the very least it would be tougher to gauge the stats at a glance if they say 77, 66, 55, 44, instead of 60, 60, 60, 60 or whatever... plus if would make a sword like the Dark Slayer look like it is shifted towards fire, when really it is all elements being equal)