2013-07-08, 08:34 AM
Just out of curiosity, can you define "rat in a maze"?
Do you mean for instance you can't go somewhere because it will be Game Over if you get touched?
Or is it you can't dispose of an obstacle? Because if its the latter, say a giant in a doorway with 127 defense. Then with ATK-DEF you are going to being doing 0 damage unless your weapon is at 128. Unless you can make it under the giants legs he may as well be a locked door.
Whereas with this formula if your weapon is at 127 you do 63 damage. And at 89 you do 1 damage. At 177 or more you do 177.
Compare to 127 is 0 damage. 89 is 0 damage. And 177 is 50 damage.
Remember you are stuck between 0 and 255.
PS: Also consider ATK-DEF while being unintuitive also throws out at least half of the range. If you make a monster that has 250 defense. Then the best weapon the player can muster can only possibly do 5 damage plus bonus. Whereas if you hit that monster with a 250 weapon with SOM's formula you do 128 damage, which is what you expect when two equally matched opponents square off. In other words, a tie.
Do you mean for instance you can't go somewhere because it will be Game Over if you get touched?
Or is it you can't dispose of an obstacle? Because if its the latter, say a giant in a doorway with 127 defense. Then with ATK-DEF you are going to being doing 0 damage unless your weapon is at 128. Unless you can make it under the giants legs he may as well be a locked door.
Whereas with this formula if your weapon is at 127 you do 63 damage. And at 89 you do 1 damage. At 177 or more you do 177.
Compare to 127 is 0 damage. 89 is 0 damage. And 177 is 50 damage.
Remember you are stuck between 0 and 255.
PS: Also consider ATK-DEF while being unintuitive also throws out at least half of the range. If you make a monster that has 250 defense. Then the best weapon the player can muster can only possibly do 5 damage plus bonus. Whereas if you hit that monster with a 250 weapon with SOM's formula you do 128 damage, which is what you expect when two equally matched opponents square off. In other words, a tie.