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Two girls, one cup... The numbers doesn't always have to matchChristianity = 1 wife (whatever)
Cult of the elder = 2 wives (who cares)
Church of the TWO moons = should be TWO wives !
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I have finished my first complete run, playing by ear, as an full scholar with 2 steps in hunter, Prince Charming style, in 118 days. All quests done, almost all the books read, all the courses done, and the home almost completely updated. Time to summarize my though about the last version and update. The run have been made with the mostly with the 8.3 c and 8.3e.
All in all, the update have lived up to my expectations. I was expecting Master of Raana II, and I get delivered Masters of Raana II, and it´s great. But I though that there are aspects of the game that are unbalanced and unpolished, and this aspects it´s what I´m going to talk about. They are not deal breakers, mostly because I can always avoid them by using self restrain and playing suboptimal (playing suboptimal!!!, just the thought make me feel dirty!!!), but a serious part of the fun for me it´s try to find the optimal way to play, so I would greatly appreciate if they were adjusted in future updates.
This aspects are, in order of importance, Melee Combat, the Workshops and the Pool Parties. I will talk in this post about melee combat only, talking about the other topics in other posts
Have been a trend in Masters of Raana a constant increase in the efficiency and efficacy of melee combat. Since I have started to play (V 8.0) I have seen the introduction of the Great Sword, the Power Strike, the Start Advanced if Melee/Dex 80+ for the MC and the Start Advanced for every one with Melee/Dex 80+. We have moved from a starting point (VS 8.0)where the Melee Weapons were an option for poor people that can not afford ranged weapons and the ammo cost (and a few ninja style NPCs) to a point were the melee weapons rules.
Let´s make a comparison. Enya, with 81 melee skill and 39 strength, brawler with her power katana, vs Mr Doyle, with 103 ranged skill and a Coil Gun. Enya, using power strike, regularly delivers +/-10 points of damage that Mr Doyle and about the same that Mr Dole with a Plasma gun. And no, she don´t hit 61% of the time (Power strike supposedly gives you a +20 chance), she hit´s always, or almost always. And if we talk about top combatants the Arena Champion that you can find in Kahill outpost with a great sword delivers regularly damage, each and every round, close or the same that the dreaded first shot of Ayden Coil Gun.
There are some ways that came to my mind to re-balance things.
1.- Remove the magical 80+ effect. In any game, I hate magical numbers. A combatant with a 79 in melee should be almost as good as a combatant with 80, but now one it´s deadly and the other it´s really weak (loosing one round closing range it´s a very heavy toll). The rationale is that part of the training of a skilled melee combatant it´s closing range, and that´s fine. But also you can argue that part of the training of a skilled ranged combatant it´s to be aware of his surroundings and avoiding being ambushed by melee combatants. Instead of an automatic positioning, let´s make a context roll. Your melee MC and NPC can try to start close and personal and the other side will try to avoid it, and the outcome will be decided by competitive rolls between your Melee skill and the best ranged skill on the other side, may be with a bonus (+20,+30) for the ranged side. And may be this can be combined with a really nasty effect that, if you close and attack hand to hand an opponent, he can not use ranged weapons. This way, your melee combatants would sometimes be wildly effective (if they success in his ambush) or be forced to fight with his secondary weapon (if not). And also your ranged combatants would be really effective if they spot the ambush, and, if not, they must ditch his coil gun and draw swords.
The bad thing of this suggestion it´s that suppose a serious revamping of the combat engine. And I have not a clue if this it´s easy to do or if I´m asking for a lot of work. so, some more easy suggestion.
2.- Balance the power strike/aim. While the Aim maneuver it´s a maneuver that it´s rarely used, the power strike it´s used each and every round. I don´t know what are the maths involved, but the -20% chance it´s not feeled at all. May be because it´s negated by the des penalty of armor?.
But the fact it´s that the Aim makes you loose a round. May be making the power strike also loose a round (and instead of a penalty a bonus to hit)? May be halving your chances to hit after all the factors have been adjusted?. I don´t know what it´s the best mechanism, but a special maneuver should be something that you do in special cases, not as a norm.
All in all, the update have lived up to my expectations. I was expecting Master of Raana II, and I get delivered Masters of Raana II, and it´s great. But I though that there are aspects of the game that are unbalanced and unpolished, and this aspects it´s what I´m going to talk about. They are not deal breakers, mostly because I can always avoid them by using self restrain and playing suboptimal (playing suboptimal
!!!, just the thought make me feel dirty!!!), but a serious part of the fun for me it´s try to find the optimal way to play, so I would greatly appreciate if they were adjusted in future updates.This aspects are, in order of importance, Melee Combat, the Workshops and the Pool Parties. I will talk in this post about melee combat only, talking about the other topics in other posts
BALANCING THE MELEE COMBAT
Have been a trend in Masters of Raana a constant increase in the efficiency and efficacy of melee combat. Since I have started to play (V 8.0) I have seen the introduction of the Great Sword, the Power Strike, the Start Advanced if Melee/Dex 80+ for the MC and the Start Advanced for every one with Melee/Dex 80+. We have moved from a starting point (VS 8.0)where the Melee Weapons were an option for poor people that can not afford ranged weapons and the ammo cost (and a few ninja style NPCs) to a point were the melee weapons rules.
Let´s make a comparison. Enya, with 81 melee skill and 39 strength, brawler with her power katana, vs Mr Doyle, with 103 ranged skill and a Coil Gun. Enya, using power strike, regularly delivers +/-10 points of damage that Mr Doyle and about the same that Mr Dole with a Plasma gun. And no, she don´t hit 61% of the time (Power strike supposedly gives you a +20 chance), she hit´s always, or almost always. And if we talk about top combatants the Arena Champion that you can find in Kahill outpost with a great sword delivers regularly damage, each and every round, close or the same that the dreaded first shot of Ayden Coil Gun.
There are some ways that came to my mind to re-balance things.
1.- Remove the magical 80+ effect. In any game, I hate magical numbers. A combatant with a 79 in melee should be almost as good as a combatant with 80, but now one it´s deadly and the other it´s really weak (loosing one round closing range it´s a very heavy toll). The rationale is that part of the training of a skilled melee combatant it´s closing range, and that´s fine. But also you can argue that part of the training of a skilled ranged combatant it´s to be aware of his surroundings and avoiding being ambushed by melee combatants. Instead of an automatic positioning, let´s make a context roll. Your melee MC and NPC can try to start close and personal and the other side will try to avoid it, and the outcome will be decided by competitive rolls between your Melee skill and the best ranged skill on the other side, may be with a bonus (+20,+30) for the ranged side. And may be this can be combined with a really nasty effect that, if you close and attack hand to hand an opponent, he can not use ranged weapons. This way, your melee combatants would sometimes be wildly effective (if they success in his ambush) or be forced to fight with his secondary weapon (if not). And also your ranged combatants would be really effective if they spot the ambush, and, if not, they must ditch his coil gun and draw swords.
The bad thing of this suggestion it´s that suppose a serious revamping of the combat engine. And I have not a clue if this it´s easy to do or if I´m asking for a lot of work. so, some more easy suggestion.
2.- Balance the power strike/aim. While the Aim maneuver it´s a maneuver that it´s rarely used, the power strike it´s used each and every round. I don´t know what are the maths involved, but the -20% chance it´s not feeled at all. May be because it´s negated by the des penalty of armor?.
But the fact it´s that the Aim makes you loose a round. May be making the power strike also loose a round (and instead of a penalty a bonus to hit)? May be halving your chances to hit after all the factors have been adjusted?. I don´t know what it´s the best mechanism, but a special maneuver should be something that you do in special cases, not as a norm.
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You use armor? I am only 198 days into this run so I may consider getting armor at some point...
I just sell my guns and use staffs so AIM isnt really a factor for me.
Bonk and rope FTW
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if you leave them be and do not kill they will become part of the guard for your house and occasionally after that they will still show up and eat a few rations but it really isnt that big a deal for free guard force
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meh i use rifles and whipping cane one shot from rifle and one hit from whipping cane for the win
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You (the MC) are the second Moon. With your wife, you become The Holy Duality.Christianity = 1 wife (whatever)
Cult of the elder = 2 wives (who cares)
Church of the TWO moons = should be TWO wives !
Help a brother out
Okay, having a dead girl show up for morning blowjobs, is... I'm not gonna lie, a little bit out of my comfort zone. I'm not going to totally dismiss the idea, but it's not on the cards at this moment..
In other, totally unrelated news, I signed up again and got my babe back!
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It's been a trend in suggestions to make everything easier. Try reading the suggestions in Discord, everyone wants things to be easier: easier to remove traits, easier to gain traits, easier to gain skills, easier to gain stats, etc.
Thing is this is F95zone where people want games that don't take too long to play and don't want to have to expend much effort which is fine for VNs and such, but this is supposed to be a crpg. Those require hours to play, literally some take 100's of hours depending on if you do it leisurely or you want to speed run it takes a lot less. Not only is this a crpg it is more of a campaign rpg like a d&d type campaign, which is meant to be played a long time.
The dev is dependent on his subscribers so they have a degree of influence on these changes, but he is constantly trying to balance the game and there is a combat revamp that is due in the near future so maybe your points will be addressed.
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I can guarantee all gods will hate me. I'm sticking to atheism. That way I can marry every female with working reproductive organs and can help crank out an army of brats to take over the world for me.
Also, I am really liking the party revamp shown in Discord. Keep up the good work!
Also, I am really liking the party revamp shown in Discord. Keep up the good work!
I don't know where the one used in this game came from, but there is a lot of 10 hours video on youtube, with everything from waves breaking on the beach to thunderstorms.. Great to sleep to, if you suffer with tinnitus like I do. I blame Sepultura in 1991 for that, but I would do it again in a heartbeat if I had the chance.
The MC aging is frozen. NPCs still age normally now.
I use the 10 revitals found in the trash pile in the garden to keep my favorite girls from aging at first. Then, after asking the question, i've been pointed to the palace area where you can aquire more for 9000$ and 1000 influences each.
Each revital vials adds 360 days to the counter until the next birthday
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Wait, what? NOOOOO
Hello, I will take your entire stock of revital please. And can I get the recipe so I craft it too
NPC Menu ---> click NPC you want to age up ---> Actions menu ---> Age +1.
It can only age them up to 18. It does not update their height or weight I think so your NPC will read as severely underweight in the inventory checkup. Not sure if it matters though for their actual mechanics.
If you meant from the Nursery, check the options menu, second page. Nursery aging x100 means they can be released from the nursery in 30 in-game days.
Talking about kids, am I the only one uncomfortable with the fact than i can compliment 14yo Laika's sexual appeal ?
If she's hot, she's hot.Talking about kids, am I the only one uncomfortable with the fact than i can compliment 14yo Laika's sexual appeal ?
This IS a dystopian world.