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Lorenor
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General suggestions/improvements Dec 12, 2015 15:30:10 GMT -8

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Post by Lorenor on Dec 12, 2015 15:30:10 GMT -8

This is just a collection of random suggestions that don´t fit in any of my other suggestion posts (coming soon). A lot of this was already suggested in the old forum, so don´t be surprised if you´ve already read some of it.

1. Dynamic Resurrection Cost

Since there are many differences not only in the player´s "value" (is it worth to spend time and resources for the resurrection) but also in the difficulty to get the resources based on how long the game goes (Shadow Stone, Radiant Gem and Lambent Sunflower are much easier to get or buy in the later stages of the game), I think this should somehow factor into the resurrection cost:

The resurrection cost is based on levels:

level 1-4: 1 Stone, 1 Herb, 1 Wool

level 5-8: 1 Iron ore, 1 Sage Berry, 1 Radiant Gem

level 9/10: Shadow Stone, Radiant Gem, Labent Sunflower

This seems to only fix the second problem (it´s harder to get resources early in the game), but since more experienced players usually have a higher level, it should also balance the skill difference between players a little bit.

Alternatively, it would be very cool to have random resurrection costs based on the players level and maybe also based on the number of previous deaths, but this would be much more complex; I think the suggestion above should do it as well.

2. AI commands

Even though Qancakes did a great job with the AI, it is still a pain in the a** to have them in your team. They force you to permanently select and control them in case you want them to do something specific like mining or to keep them away from something, for example treasure chests (so the enemy doesn´t get the Spiked Scutum). Sometimes they run 1on1 against a boss monster, which means the enemy tribe can easily kill and loot them.

To make it less annoying to deal with an allied AI, there should be some commands you can type in the chat that the AI will react to. The indicator could either be "-" (like the cheat commands or -hintsoff, -nudge etc) or something more "lore-friendly" like "tribe". If you want to adress only one AI, you can put the name before the actual command.

Commands:

help: All AI allies will come to you and help you in combat until they get another command

back: The AI will play passively, does not attack enemies or try to do quests

Example: "-help" or "tribe help" or "[AI name] help"

Also, the AI should always finish the last command it got from a player, even if the player de-selects it. So if I tell the AI to mine stone, it should mine stone until the deposit is depleted or until it faints. If I tell it to go somewhere, it should go there etc.

I bet there are more useful commands that I forgot, but things like "go there" or "hold position" are unnecessary, you can simply rightclick somewhere to make them go there.

3. Make spellbooks useful

We know that Qancakes had something planned for spellbooks in the next patch, but it seems we will never get to know what exactly that was. In it´s current state, the spellbook is nothing more than a waste of inventory space and an unfair advantage over every new player who doesn´t have the spellbook perk.

My suggestion is to make new spellbooks, one for each spell. To learn a spell, you have to activate the respective spellbook (which then disappears). This would allow us to make spells a completely new alternative for quests, so you could get shadow cloak spellbooks from the dark shrine quest, random spellbooks from the wizard quest and frost armor from the Ice Queen.
The wizard in the tavern would sell spellbooks instead of spells, which means you can even buy spells for your teammates now... even though I don´t know why someone would do that ^^

4. Make the "Veil of Darkness" quest winnable for solo players

Currently it is impossible to complete the "Veil of Darkness" quest in a 1v1 or solo endurance run. To change this, I suggest to make the number of tiles that glow at the same time (in the current version it´s always 2) based on the number of allied kobolds near the shrine. So if you are alone, only one tile at a time will glow, which means you have to remember the order of all 6 tiles instead of 3 times two tiles. If there are three allied kobolds near a shrine, three tiles will glow at once and you can solve the "puzzle" in only 2 steps (two times three glowing tiles).
This would mean that it is easier and faster to do the quest with allies, but it´s not impossible to do alone, which I think should definitely be the case, especially in 1v1 and endurance runs.

5. Attack move enemy buildings

I know there are some ways to keep your kobold from attacking near enemy buildings (hold position), but I still would prefer if a kobold would ignore all non-attacking enemy buildings until you attack-move. That way you can avoid that your kobold destroys a campfire or attacks buildings even though you want to mine or gather berries.

6. Make buildings neutral after death

Instead of instantly destroying all buildings of a kobold after he dies, I would prefer if they simply become neutral like the Monument and then maybe start to slowly loose health until someone claims ownership. Also if someone is crafting on an ally´s workbench or smithy, he can proceed even when the ally dies.

7. Hotkeys for inventory

I know that there are hotkeys for the equipment (num pad 1-3), but it would be cool if it´s possible to put all items on a hotkey, preferably the number keys that are usually used for control groups. If it´s not possible to make it so that you can individually assign one item to one key, it would be helpful to have at least the number keys 3-0 assigned to the first 8 inventory slots, so if you put the lantern in your 1st inventory slot you could always switch to it just by pressing 3 (and switch back to your offhand by pressing 3 again).

8. Not fully grown trees

Not fully grown trees should have a chance to drop lumber parts equal to their percentage growing progress (so a half-grown tree drops a lumber part with 50% chance).

9. Campfires only cost 1 lumber part to refresh

Spending a whole lumber each time you refresh a campfire means that you loose potential 12 gold, which is a lot. I don´t see a reason why it shouldn´t be only a lumber part, that would give lumber parts an additional function except for building palisades and also lower the advantage of higher leveled kobolds with the campfire expert perk. Talking of the campfire expert perk, if it is possible I think it would be better if it applies to the kobold and not to the campfire, so a kobold with campfire expert can refresh EVERY campfire without cost, but someone without the perk still has to spend a lumber part even when refreshing the campfire of someone with the perk.
Lastly, I would make the warmth of campfires apply to all nearby kobolds, not only allies. It´s just my personal opinion though, I don´t really can tell why I would prefer it.

10. Traps and palisades don´t give vision and give 50% reduced stamina from artisanship

The longer the title, the shorter the explanation... ^^ I just think that it´s unbalanced that building a tavern or storage outpost gives just as much stamina as a simple palisade for almost 90% less cost.

11. Murloc shift command

When using the shift command qeue on a murloc, he should complete each step before continuing. That means if you send him to three different mineral deposits with shift command, he will mine down all three instead of walking form the first to the second to the third and then only mining the third. Same goes for gathering.

12. Auto-hold-position while fishing

Whenever I try to fish, one of my pets (or sometimes even an ally) will most likely push my kobold so that he instantly stops fishing. It´s really annoying, and even with the hold position command I sometimes get interupted. It would be very nice if that somehow gets fixed so that the kobold won´t stop fishing unless I explicitly tell him to go somewhere.

13. Backpack of allies should be visible for dead kobolds

Again, not much more to explain. If it´s possible to program, please do it!

14. Mineral and gold deposits have changing models based on the amount of minerals left

This was one of the things I had planned with Qancakes. There are already fitting models for gold deposits in the starcraft asset library, since they are simply gold mineral patches from SC2, but for the mineral deposits we had planned that I make new models with varying sizes.

15. "Stop crafting" command

Instead of automatically failing the crafting process if you move to far away from the workbench or smithy, there should be a "stop crafting" key similar to the "stop building" command. Unless you press this key, you can´t walk out of crafting range. Alternatively it would be at least good to have a range indicator for crafting so that you know how far you can move. Same for cooking, of course.

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General suggestions/improvements Dec 14, 2015 12:49:05 GMT -8

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Post by Seitan on Dec 14, 2015 12:49:05 GMT -8

I always look forward to your suggestions Lorenor, you are more familiar with the mechanics than most and usually suggest things that don't go outside those intangible 'bounds'. For what it's worth, here are my thoughts:

1. Dynamic Resurrection Cost

Since there are many differences not only in the player´s "value" (is it worth to spend time and resources for the resurrection) but also in the difficulty to get the resources based on how long the game goes (Shadow Stone, Radiant Gem and Lambent Sunflower are much easier to get or buy in the later stages of the game), I think this should somehow factor into the resurrection cost:

The resurrection cost is based on levels:

level 1-4: 1 Stone, 1 Herb, 1 Wool

level 5-8: 1 Iron ore, 1 Sage Berry, 1 Radiant Gem

level 9/10: Shadow Stone, Radiant Gem, Labent Sunflower

This seems to only fix the second problem (it´s harder to get resources early in the game), but since more experienced players usually have a higher level, it should also balance the skill difference between players a little bit.

Alternatively, it would be very cool to have random resurrection costs based on the players level and maybe also based on the number of previous deaths, but this would be much more complex; I think the suggestion above should do it as well.

I like where you're coming from with this idea, and I think it would really add to the game to get implemented. I would think noobs would get revived more often, which has a few benefits; for one, they learn about the revival process sooner than they do now. Sometimes noobs leave the game before even knowing it's possible to revive. And we can all admit it, it is frustrating to spend about a day's work traveling/gathering for those rare resources to revive someone who's likely going to die again anyway. But if it scaled to be easier to revive a new player who dies early on than it is otherwise, they will see the game as more forgiving and are more likely to want to keep learning, and who knows, maybe even develop a keener sense of teamwork.
However what I would do differently is rather than base it on player level, I would base it on one of two things; either game time, or perhaps how many times that player has died. So they become harder to revive each time they die. To me, those seem a little more relevant than their level.
Note: Just realized you said at the end 'based on the number of previous deaths', so we're on the same page here.

2. AI commands

Even though Qancakes did a great job with the AI, it is still a pain in the a** to have them in your team. They force you to permanently select and control them in case you want them to do something specific like mining or to keep them away from something, for example treasure chests (so the enemy doesn´t get the Spiked Scutum). Sometimes they run 1on1 against a boss monster, which means the enemy tribe can easily kill and loot them.

To make it less annoying to deal with an allied AI, there should be some commands you can type in the chat that the AI will react to. The indicator could either be "-" (like the cheat commands or -hintsoff, -nudge etc) or something more "lore-friendly" like "tribe". If you want to adress only one AI, you can put the name before the actual command.

Commands:

help: All AI allies will come to you and help you in combat until they get another command

back: The AI will play passively, does not attack enemies or try to do quests

Example: "-help" or "tribe help" or "[AI name] help"

Also, the AI should always finish the last command it got from a player, even if the player de-selects it. So if I tell the AI to mine stone, it should mine stone until the deposit is depleted or until it faints. If I tell it to go somewhere, it should go there etc.

I bet there are more useful commands that I forgot, but things like "go there" or "hold position" are unnecessary, you can simply rightclick somewhere to make them go there.

I really like just about everything about this idea. The only thing I would change is that rather than the AI draining a resource node or fainting or death, maybe they'd just have a new button/ability that disables AI for 60 seconds. Because lets face it, if they didn't go back to AI eventually, people would be giving them orders and getting distracted and leaving them somewhere doing something stupid that's going to get them killed.

3. Make spellbooks useful

We know that Qancakes had something planned for spellbooks in the next patch, but it seems we will never get to know what exactly that was. In it´s current state, the spellbook is nothing more than a waste of inventory space and an unfair advantage over every new player who doesn´t have the spellbook perk.

My suggestion is to make new spellbooks, one for each spell. To learn a spell, you have to activate the respective spellbook (which then disappears). This would allow us to make spells a completely new alternative for quests, so you could get shadow cloak spellbooks from the dark shrine quest, random spellbooks from the wizard quest and frost armor from the Ice Queen.
The wizard in the tavern would sell spellbooks instead of spells, which means you can even buy spells for your teammates now... even though I don´t know why someone would do that ^^

This suggestion I'm not sure I understand. So you would buy a spellbook from the wizard, and instead of now being able to cast it, you receive a literal, physical, spellbook item for that spell? Like in your inventory? And then you would left-click it I'm assuming to use it, which would then enable you to cast that spell? Or you could give it to a teammate or whatever. If I'm understanding that correctly, that's sounds like it's just doing what you currently do now, but with more steps. Steps that I don't see a use for, like having an inventory item spellbook that teaches you a spell. Even if you wanted to give it to a teammate, you could just send them the gold equivalent isntead. I do understand that this method would free up one inventory slot, but to me, I do feel that the currrent spellbook mechanic is balanced. It's only a tier 2 perk to start with it I believe, and doesn't it only cost like 5 gold? And even if you start with it, the perks for starting with spells are in the very last tier, so in my opinion, starting with a spellbook is definitely not an unfair advantage over new players, especially since unless you're account lvl 16+, the only spells you'll start with that they won't are nature's grace and/or mineral tap. Which are useful, but useful is exactly what perks should be.
The one part I do think sounds kind of cool though, is getting spells from completing quests. Making it possible to have a spell that the enemy tribe does not. It could make for very unique strategies if balanced properly. But that's a whole other story

If I understood you wrong, please correct me.

4. Make the "Veil of Darkness" quest winnable for solo players

Currently it is impossible to complete the "Veil of Darkness" quest in a 1v1 or solo endurance run. To change this, I suggest to make the number of tiles that glow at the same time (in the current version it´s always 2) based on the number of allied kobolds near the shrine. So if you are alone, only one tile at a time will glow, which means you have to remember the order of all 6 tiles instead of 3 times two tiles. If there are three allied kobolds near a shrine, three tiles will glow at once and you can solve the "puzzle" in only 2 steps (two times three glowing tiles).
This would mean that it is easier and faster to do the quest with allies, but it´s not impossible to do alone, which I think should definitely be the case, especially in 1v1 and endurance runs.

I do agree this needs to be doable if you're the only living kobold on your team. I would also say just make one tile glow at a time, but I would base it off whether or not there is only one living kobold on your team, instead of how many allied kobolds are nearby. I say this because I do actually like that part of the quest. To me, one of the main purposes of quests is to force either conflict with enemy tribe, or force interaction/teamwork within your own tribe. So I would leave it at lighting up two tiles at a time if you have at least one living teammate, to require some teamwork. Otherwise I think it would be way too easy. The part about three tiles lighting up I kind of feel is only overly-complicated. I mean, it's hard enough getting one teammate to come do the quest with you, but if you have three, and three get lit up at a time, I bet there's a 75% chance one of the three is not going to go for the tile the rest think they will, a wrong one gets stepped on, and you're all zapped. Kind of comical now that I imagine it haha.

5. Attack move enemy buildings

I know there are some ways to keep your kobold from attacking near enemy buildings (hold position), but I still would prefer if a kobold would ignore all non-attacking enemy buildings until you attack-move. That way you can avoid that your kobold destroys a campfire or attacks buildings even though you want to mine or gather berries.

I don't really have an opinion either way on this. I do know what you mean, I often want to be picking up items or something near enemy buildings, and my kobold keeps running off inbetween each item I pick up or whatever. But I think that to remove that behavior would do more harm than good. To me it's probably better to just take those few extra seconds to tear down a building or two.

6. Make buildings neutral after death

Instead of instantly destroying all buildings of a kobold after he dies, I would prefer if they simply become neutral like the Monument and then maybe start to slowly loose health until someone claims ownership. Also if someone is crafting on an ally´s workbench or smithy, he can proceed even when the ally dies.

I totally agree with this idea, Qancakes and I were actually talking about it when he disappeared. I also think when you die, your buildings should become neutral, and fall under whoever's control that clicks on them when nearby, just like Lorenor's Statue. And it just makes more sense. If I sneak in to an enemy's base and kill them, I think I earned the right to use his tent or workbench, seeing as how it's the exact same as I would have built it haha. Same goes for dying away from your base. My teammates should be able to use my buildings anyway. Or enemy's, if they succesfully invaded.

7. Hotkeys for inventory

I know that there are hotkeys for the equipment (num pad 1-3), but it would be cool if it´s possible to put all items on a hotkey, preferably the number keys that are usually used for control groups. If it´s not possible to make it so that you can individually assign one item to one key, it would be helpful to have at least the number keys 3-0 assigned to the first 8 inventory slots, so if you put the lantern in your 1st inventory slot you could always switch to it just by pressing 3 (and switch back to your offhand by pressing 3 again).

I do believe that assigning hotkeys based upon where something is at in your inventory is not possible. But I could be wrong, Broot would probably know. I actually suggested a similar idea to Qancakes about a year ago. My suggestion was that you would have a two new abilities/buttons on your command card. One would rotate your weapon with a weapon or weapons in your bag, and the other would do the same for offhand. I felt armor unnecessary. But I think it would be extremely useful to be able to switch weapons quickly, and same with offhands. Every game, when given the time, I have a ranged and a melee weapon. And I always have 2 offhands, a lantern and something else. And I know that's common with many other players. It'd also be very easy to implement. But as for the first part, I'm almost positive it is not possible to assign hotkeys the way you describe. The game engine allows the numpad hotkeys, and only 1 row of inventory, being the bottom row.

8. Not fully grown trees

Not fully grown trees should have a chance to drop lumber parts equal to their percentage growing progress (so a half-grown tree drops a lumber part with 50% chance)

Eh. This one I just disagree with entirely. Even irl, a sapling, if 10% it's max size, is not worth 10% the lumber. It's small, weak, and you can't make larger logs out of them. Not that KT is that detail oriented, but I just feel this is unjustified.

9. Campfires only cost 1 lumber part to refresh

Spending a whole lumber each time you refresh a campfire means that you loose potential 12 gold, which is a lot. I don´t see a reason why it shouldn´t be only a lumber part, that would give lumber parts an additional function except for building palisades and also lower the advantage of higher leveled kobolds with the campfire expert perk. Talking of the campfire expert perk, if it is possible I think it would be better if it applies to the kobold and not to the campfire, so a kobold with campfire expert can refresh EVERY campfire without cost, but someone without the perk still has to spend a lumber part even when refreshing the campfire of someone with the perk.
Lastly, I would make the warmth of campfires apply to all nearby kobolds, not only allies. It´s just my personal opinion though, I don´t really can tell why I would prefer it.

I have mixed feelings about this one. I do sometimes feel like 1 lumber can be a lot, especially if you're putting out your fires every night to avoid being spotted by foragers. I think my take on this would be to cost 1 lumber part OR 1 lumber, depending on what's in your bag. If you have a lumber part, it'll use that first, if not, then just the usual 1 lumber. The reason being, I rarely carry around lumber parts, I don't think anyone normally does. You might say that if you have only lumber in your bag, refreshing it sort of 'splits' it for you, by relighting the fire and leaving 1 lumber part in your inventory. But then.... you have 1 lumber part in your inventory. What are you going to do with that? You can't sell it. 1 palisade is pretty useless. I would think, chances are, it's just going to get tossed on the ground, totally useless. Which means you just spent 1 lumber to refresh a campfire anyway.

10. Traps and palisades don´t give vision and give 50% reduced stamina from artisanship

The longer the title, the shorter the explanation... ^^ I just think that it´s unbalanced that building a tavern or storage outpost gives just as much stamina as a simple palisade for almost 90% less cost.

I like some of this idea. I personally like that they give vision, I wouldn't change that. But I'd also leave their stamina the same, (with 1 change to spike traps, will mention in a second). The reason being, palisades take time to build. So when you're running from an enemy, dropping buildings for stamina, which is actually more useful, insta dropping a tavern (but, if you were thinking straight, you'd drop 2 farms), or stopping, and taking a second to build a palisade? Chances are, you'd rather spend twice or three times the resources to isnta drop and keep running. But that's just me.

Something a little unrelated, is that I think spike traps should take some time to set. Not nearly as much as building a turret, but not instant. The reason being, it's a trap. If you don't believe me ask admiral Akbar. But no, what I mean is, a trap is by definition something that's set up in place, prepared before the enemy is there. Taking literally no time to set up a spike trap right beneath the feet of a boss for example, makes almost no sense.
"Excuse me Murloc Chieftain, could you just, step aside real quick? I need to dig a hole for this metal spike, then toss some leaves/grass over it so you don't know it's there. Then I'm gonna need you to step back on it. K thx bro"

11. Murloc shift command

When using the shift command qeue on a murloc, he should complete each step before continuing. That means if you send him to three different mineral deposits with shift command, he will mine down all three instead of walking form the first to the second to the third and then only mining the third. Same goes for gathering.

In my opinion, that's too easy. I think Murloc micro'ing should require constant attention etc if you want to keep them on task and efficient. I like the way it is.

12. Auto-hold-position while fishing

Whenever I try to fish, one of my pets (or sometimes even an ally) will most likely push my kobold so that he instantly stops fishing. It´s really annoying, and even with the hold position command I sometimes get interupted. It would be very nice if that somehow gets fixed so that the kobold won´t stop fishing unless I explicitly tell him to go somewhere.

Broot is all-to-familiar with my strong feelings for my pets shutting up and getting the fuck out of my way until I say otherwise hahah. I've bothered him a lot about pushing this next update out that fixes their hold position ability. And the only thing more frustrating that pets running around like idiots at night, is my pets running around like idiots and knocking me all over the place while I'm trying to g'damn fish. Like. Comeon man. Maybe bears, I understand, they're bulky fellas. But if my wolf bumps into me while fishing, I'm gonna hold the rod in 1 hand, and use the other to backhand him. Then I'd continue, mostly uninterrupted with my fishing. I do think this needs to be fixed, one way or the other.

13. Backpack of allies should be visible for dead kobolds

Again, not much more to explain. If it´s possible to program, please do it!

Simply just agree with this one. If I'm really interested in what's in their backpack, I'll ask them to share control, and promise not to move them or anything. But that's a heck of a process to ask of someone just to peek in their bag while you're dead. We should change this.

14. Mineral and gold deposits have changing models based on the amount of minerals left

This was one of the things I had planned with Qancakes. There are already fitting models for gold deposits in the starcraft asset library, since they are simply gold mineral patches from SC2, but for the mineral deposits we had planned that I make new models with varying sizes.

No real feelings on this either way. It'd be very easy to do, but it's purely aesthetic, only adding some realism I suppose, not a whole lot of functionality. Worth doing I think, but not exactly a priority.

15. "Stop crafting" command

Instead of automatically failing the crafting process if you move to far away from the workbench or smithy, there should be a "stop crafting" key similar to the "stop building" command. Unless you press this key, you can´t walk out of crafting range. Alternatively it would be at least good to have a range indicator for crafting so that you know how far you can move. Same for cooking, of course.

I'm still kind of going back and forth as I consider this idea, but I think ultimately, I agree more with the way it is done now. The reason being, moving around while crafting, without losing your item, to me, is kind just one of those small things you learn from experience. If you are unsure, stay in the obvious safe zone. If you wanna chance it and see if you can get close enough to your tav to buy a spell before nights over, or whatever, then 'chance' it. If there was a radius displayed around smithy/bench or something, I just think that'd be too easy. Same with cooking.

Woo, that was a lot of feedback. Lorenor I'd like your feedback on my feedback if you have any. You too Broot if you feel strongly about anything said.

Lorenor
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General suggestions/improvements Dec 14, 2015 15:33:11 GMT -8

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Post by Lorenor on Dec 14, 2015 15:33:11 GMT -8

Thanks a lot for the feedback

Now to the "feedback of your feedback":

2 - I think both ways have the possibility to kill the AI accidentally, if you disable their AI behavior for a minute it´s almost the same as telling them to mine down a mineral deposit, at least time-wise - and stamina can´t kill you. But if you have a short command like going somewhere, 60 seconds would be slightly overkill, they would just stand around for the last 30 or 40 seconds. So maybe a combination of both would be best, they either go back to AI mode after 60 seconds OR after they completed their task.

3 - You understood everything right and tbh, I just wanted to change the mechanic of the spellbook to somehow justify it´s existence (other than, as I said, wasting inventory space). I thought it would be nice to make spells somewhat more "material", something you can earn with quests, share with allies etc. But you are right, this is probably too complex to be worth the extra amount of work. Still, I want SOMETHING to be done about the spellbook... if anybody has a better idea, please share it!

4 - Completely agreed.

5 - Well, maybe it´s possible to set the mining or gathering priority over "attack building"? That might be a compromise...

7 - I already thought it would have probably been implemented already if it´d be possible. If your solution works, it would definitely be a big step forward.

8 - Yeh, I just had the idea after lumber parts got implemented and wanted to bring it up somehow, I know it´s not really important. But together with the reduced campfire refreshing cost, it would be a good way to give lumber parts more function other than building palisades, and it would be less annoying to accidentally chop an ungrown tree.

9- Since you usually only refresh campfires in your base, I don´t think the second lumber part would go to waste, you can simply drop it next to your fire and pick it up next time you need to refresh.

10 - I didn´t explain my thoughts behind taking the vision from palisades. If you build a wall of palisades, you would usually not be able to see the other side of it due to the vision block. But since the palisades give vision themself, you can still attack everything on the other side, while the enemy´s vision is indeed completely blocked. The 50% damage reduction from palisades is already a huge combat factor, but with the vision advantage, it´s basically 100% damage reduction unless you scan or do have a bird.
It would proabably be necessary to implement new ways for detecting enemies though, because building single palisades in every chokepoint are currently the best way to get map vision in the lategame. But I do have some suggestions for that as well, so if that´s the main problem, wait for some of my next posts.
About the stamina: I don´t really care, for my current playstyle it would even be better if they keep giving a lot of stamina, but it still somehow feels wrong.

11 - Well I like easy ^^ but sure, there always has to be a good balance between apm/skill and convenience. Let´s see if anybody else has an opinion about this

14 - I know it´s not important, but I really like these details you usually don´t think about, yet still somehow influence how you perceive the game. And it is also somewhat convenient, you don´t have to click on every deposit to see how many minerals are left. Lastly, unlike many other suggestions, there´s nothing that would speak against this change, so there´s nothing to loose (except for programming time, that is).

15 - Of course players with enough experience do know at some point how far they can walk until the crafting fails. But first, not everyone is an experienced player, so I don´t see what speaks against at least a range indicator. And why I would prefer an "interrupt crafting" button is because sometimes your kobold takes unexpected paths when you navigate him through your base while crafting, or he runs away from a wolf while your camera is somewhere else on the map. This is nothing you can blame the player for, so I think if it can be avoided that he looses the equipment that way, it should.

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General suggestions/improvements Dec 28, 2015 5:30:47 GMT -8

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Post by thegoldenchicken on Dec 28, 2015 5:30:47 GMT -8

To number 15, I think we need to keep in mind, that a kobold crafting is a juicy harassment opportunity, I think that it should stay the way it is, but add a circle or marker that shows how far you can move from the crafting building, before crafting is interrupted

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General suggestions/improvements Dec 28, 2015 12:32:13 GMT -8 Lorenor likes this

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Post by thegoldenchicken on Dec 28, 2015 12:32:13 GMT -8

Fortress mode "balance"

Now I know that fortress mode is far from the most popular gamemode, but I still enjoy it now and then. And while playing the other day, I noticed that artisan, foraging, mining and cooking all have a fortress-based upgrade tied to it. I think it would an idea to add an upgrade that requires 15 forestry. So here's my take on it:

Druidic infusion
2 infused lumber, 3 sageberry, 3 lambent sunflower, varying gold costs, 15 forestry

Automatically regrows berries and herbs in an area around the fortress, nearby trees increase fortress regeneration by 2 life per second and armor by 1.

Dorryza
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General suggestions/improvements Jan 8, 2016 13:00:57 GMT -8

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Post by Dorryza on Jan 8, 2016 13:00:57 GMT -8

I had an idea regarding the spellbook- why not make it upgradable?

So, for example, three leather could make a cover for the default spellbook, reducing energy costs. Then, maybe one iron, two raw lamb, two wool makes an arcane amplifier, increasing energy costs but also increasing efficacity of spells. A third, greatly expensive spellbook upgrade could be turning it into an eldritch grimoire, being really expensive (like a shadowstone, a radiant gem, two sageberries, two lambent sunflowers, and a spellbook. Maybe high art requirement?), and could give spells unique effects like conjurer's charm/necromancer's amulet gives now. Say- Clair gives oracle revelation vision, siphon life steals a small amount of movement speed, and affliction also burns a small amount of energy.

Ofc the numbers/resources/effects are probably off somehow, but what do you guys think about the basic idea?

thegoldenchicken
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General suggestions/improvements Jan 8, 2016 17:17:07 GMT -8

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Post by thegoldenchicken on Jan 8, 2016 17:17:07 GMT -8

I REALLY love the idea of getting to upgrade your spellbook and specialize it. But I'm afraid it would make mages too powerful. Now I am aware that not only mage kobolds can do magic, but they are arguably the most proficient at it. Adding another upgradable part to kobold mages is just a bit too much killy stuff for them.