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Alright I'm making an ORPG where the player can control one master at a time with up to 3 ownable.
I was given the idea to make the monsters indirectly controlled. You'd be given a spellbook ability full of monster commands like attack, move, ability 1,2,3,4, hold position, etc. By default it will follow you around and attack anything close to you.
Would this be better than say the creature being under your direct control? I mean what do you think people would be more open to?
Pros and cons to indirect control:
[+]More realistic and simpler to control.
[+]Adds depth and strategy to character control.
[-]More coding work.
[-]Makes some systems impossible or incompatible.
Will add more as I see them, or expand them to be more detailed.
Would like to get an idea of what people think. This is gonna be a save/load ORPG, and the monsters do save. Levels and all.
I was given the idea to make the monsters indirectly controlled. You'd be given a spellbook ability full of monster commands like attack, move, ability 1,2,3,4, hold position, etc. By default it will follow you around and attack anything close to you.
Would this be better than say the creature being under your direct control? I mean what do you think people would be more open to?
Pros and cons to indirect control:
[+]More realistic and simpler to control.
[+]Adds depth and strategy to character control.
[-]More coding work.
[-]Makes some systems impossible or incompatible.
Will add more as I see them, or expand them to be more detailed.
Would like to get an idea of what people think. This is gonna be a save/load ORPG, and the monsters do save. Levels and all.