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Andraste Agent Member # 1934	written Monday, July 14 2003 17:35 Profile Homepage #0 Why don't mages and archers ever run out of spell points or arrows? I'm just curious. [ Monday, July 14, 2003 17:36: Message edited by: Andraste ] -------------------- I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every second of it. Delierious? Posts: 1169 \| Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00
Wise Man Master Member # 1046	written Monday, July 14 2003 18:27 Profile Homepage #1 it depends what game you're playing. in RPGs, it would make sense for them to run out of ammo or MP, but in RTS i think it'd be pretty reasonable to assume all ranged units have a lifetime supply of ammo. -------------------- Urban wisdom is not actual wisdom. It's more like the seemingly philosophical statements that sometimes leak out of my strange mind through my mouth, or in the case of message boards, my hands. -------------------- Clan Xeon - Warcraft III clan Polaris - Weather Balloons YAY Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 \| Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Monday, July 14 2003 18:51 Profile #2 Yes, wiseman. The game has to play realistically, it doesn't matter if it is really realistic (if it was, then no-one would play it, it would be so boring). -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
The Abridged Series Guardian Member # 2080	written Monday, July 14 2003 19:39 Profile #3 No matter which RPG it is, the archers never run out of ammo. You do, but they don't(with the exception of one of the Final Fantasys) Posts: 1918 \| Registered: Sunday, October 13 2002 07:00
Omlette Shaper Member # 517	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 00:52 Profile #4 Um, in Heroes 3, the archers and other ranged units run out of ammo, unless you buy an ammo cart. Conversely, in Ultima 9, you never run out of arrows, and never have to buy any... -E- -------------------- Let them eat cake! Polaris Boards: The System is Up. Perennially. Posts: 2314 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 15 2002 08:00
Lord Bob Shock Trooper Member # 55	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 00:59 Profile Homepage #5 Actually... I distinctly remember a bit in one of the Avernums (I can't remember which, probably was Avernum 3) when I walked along a path where I was under fire from archers I couldn't get at. My party was way out of these guys' league so I didn't worry about them, but I had to double back a number of times because I was confused. After a bit, they stopped shooting. I didn't count how many shots they fired, but I actually think they exhausted their ammo. When I killed them, they weren't carrying any. Plus, it's worth noting that when an archer shoots at you and you kill him, you'll get nine arrows from his corpse instead of the usual ten. Posts: 236 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 01:41 Profile Homepage #6 In GF2, people run out of thorns. And mages and priests do run out of spell points in Exile, but they regenerate faster than PC's do. Running out of spell points actually led to the death of one of my arena monsters. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Ezicel Apprentice Member # 2810	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 01:52 Profile #7 Archers in the Avernum games definently run out of ammo if they keep firing, actually, your average archer has only got ten arrows in the first place. There is one possible exception to this and that is the giants who keep on throwing their huge rocks until you get into close combat with them. Maybe they can run out of rocks but I´ve never seen them do it and since they cause such awful damage I will probably never find out. Posts: 31 \| Registered: Monday, March 24 2003 08:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 02:06 Profile Homepage #8 Presumably they can just keep picking up rocks (or boulders) off of the ground. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Daedalus Shock Trooper Member # 2300	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 03:04 Profile #9 Also, in PoG you and your enemies never have to buy arrows, and you or they never run out. -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00
Omlette Shaper Member # 517	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 04:19 Profile #10 Drakey: they can't. Do you remember that part in the giant caves where they carve the boulders that they're going to throw, and a special pops up to the effect that they only throw these carved boulders. -E- -------------------- Let them eat cake! Polaris Boards: The System is Up. Perennially. Posts: 2314 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 15 2002 08:00
Imban Shake Before Using Member # 75	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 06:56 Profile #11 Drakey also forgot to mention that NPCs have an absurdly large amount of spell points when compared to PCs in the Exile series, which helps make up for the fact that they do not know the first thing about conserving SP. Posts: 3234 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 07:57 Profile #12 Or knowing which spells to cast. -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 13:31 Profile Homepage #13 Nothing makes up for knowing the right spells to cast. I've never seen anything run out of magic in any Spiderweb game, but I've outlasted a few of Avernum's archers. —Alorael, who expects scripted BoA behaviors to reult in at least a few intelligent casters. Even apprentice mages could be dangerous if they were smart enough to use decent spells. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 13:46 Profile #14 I always remain hopefull that a game I await has good AI. Halo had good AI, I hope the new CS whatever has good AI. EG: The NWN AI system disappointed me, it was no-where near deep enough for my satisfaction, I wanted more control, oh well. -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
The Abridged Series Guardian Member # 2080	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:14 Profile #15 I think the single best feature that an Scenario-Based RPG could have would be the ability to set which spells a monster has, thus making the caster able to avoid casting really idiotic(and very useless) spells. Posts: 1918 \| Registered: Sunday, October 13 2002 07:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:18 Profile #16 Or develop an AI system which in which individual AI's could be completely changed/improved (like AoE2, you can make your own AI). -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:28 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Lone Flame: I think the single best feature that an Scenario-Based RPG could have would be the ability to set which spells a monster has, thus making the caster able to avoid casting really idiotic(and very useless) spells. Jeff has said that we'll have this or something like it in BoA. And in BoE, the only AI is shounen-ai. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 14:38 Profile Homepage #18 Shounen-Ai? Anyway, the possibility to script the usage of spells by NPCs would be great. Like: If HP < 1/2 full HP, cast Heal Else, if not hasted, cast Haste If Party is close, and you're a weak fighter, back up and Slow, or cast a field spell, or web. Target the mages first, and preferably cast Antimagic around them. If party uses Summoning, ignore the monsters and concentrate on the party. If you could implement that, the party would get their behinds sorely kicked even by weak mages, let alone Haakai or other powerful casters... -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Sir David Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Member # 919	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 15:33 Profile #19 The giants have inexhaustable stores of carved boulders, but all other ranged guys can, and often do, run out. I say "often do" because I am sometimes too lazy to hit the combat button and simply walk up to the guys and kill them with my 1st person, who is always my strongest melee character for just that reason. Anyway, there is generally a trail of arrows in the direction I came from, but only one or two in the place where the archer's body lies. Same with vahnatai, sliths, etc. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency,break glass. Posts: 3351 \| Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Tuesday, July 15 2003 15:37 Profile #20 I'm laughing for some reason, I'm sorry. Could someone please clear up the part about the extent of the anything-related-to-AI changing features of BoA for me? I would appreciate it immensely, because I could start ideas-tasting. [ Tuesday, July 15, 2003 15:39: Message edited by: stranger ] -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 01:28 Profile Homepage #21 For spellcasters, you can choose which spells they like to cast and which member of the party they target. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 04:16 Profile #22 Hmmm...so you can't really change much...oh well. I wish you could make conditions for casting. [ Wednesday, July 16, 2003 04:34: Message edited by: stranger ] -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00
qwd BANNED Member # 3121	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 04:30 Profile Homepage #23 Could that be done with scripts? -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 \| Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00
stranger Agent Member # 1558	written Wednesday, July 16 2003 04:36 Profile #24 I don't know, I haven't used proper scripting in ages. -------------------- I'm tired of the strain and the pain, ohhh, I'm tired of the strain and the pain. Lair of Blades Wise Forums Desperance Polaris Bash Posts: 1112 \| Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00