1st of all, soory for the delay, my router software sucks...
@eNTi:
You get only 0.5 life per vit, because otherwise high-level chars would have so much life, that armor wouldn't be useful anymore.
I decreased the dur to make sure that, even if the armor grants more protection than the damage done by enemies, players aren't invulnerable. However, I'll think about the specific values.
I won't weaken the monsters. It's meant to be (too) hard. Well, everything becomes much easier when you get act2 equip...
"a single arrow will most likely NOT kill you in real life"
Well, I think a crossbow or long bow would in most cases. Well, in fact, the weapon's base damage (63-90) isn't enough to kill someone in one hit, but the damage bonus from dexterity (meaning: the aim) does the work here. If the char aimed well, the hit will often be deadly. If you can't aim, you might still hit the target somewhere, but won't kill it in 1 hit.
"you even need to consider, that an arrow fired from a shortbow will never pierce a platemail or similar"
Let's say a player with a short bow does 70 pts of damage. Most heavy armors reduce damage by 80 or 90 points. So, the arrow won't pierce the armor.
"you might even consider, that most weapons that are not blunt, will make you bleed (open wounds) and die of blood loss, while blunt weapons are will affect your movement speed, by squeezing or breaking your bones"
I like that idea. That should be worth a try. As far as I remember, bleeding damage is hardcoded, but we'll see.
Damn, no time, I'll be back later :/
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Internet problems again, but I'm still alive, and working on the mod
A little balancing here and there, light armor has now a little more durability, and a major change:
the leveling speed is now doubled
At higer levels, the game becomes boring. You're too weak for act 4, but too hi-level for anything except travincal - and, believe me, you don't want to do the council twice
So I increased the experience gain at all levels, which seems to help.
News: June//21
I did a lot of balancing work, mostly act 3 and 4. And of course, I continued working on monster skills.
Especially act 4 monsters have become even more evil (or whatever you call a monster that casts a rapid-fire cross-screen armageddon
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News: June//29
I have to redo the existing uniques due to some stupid mistakes, but that's almost done now.
But there's also some good news: Using monprop, I gave certain monsters damage reduction (simulating the armor they wear) instead of physical resistance. This makes some of the fights more realistic and sometimes requires special tactics if you can't pierce their armor.
By the way, I added 5-10% openwounds to swords and axes.
thx @eNTi for the idea.
I will release a new beta in the near future, but I want to make some new uniques and sets first.
News: July//2
I have just finished beta 5, which will soon be released.
There is no hope. There is no salvation. This is Hell's Revenge.
Gambling weapons and armor will work, but rings and amulets have this bug.
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