Oh my, been quite a while since my last post! I apologize for that folks, been having computer issues here and there (possible HDD or other hardware failure) so that's drained a bit of my motivation to work on the game a little, in addition to trying to keep up with Let's Plays for my Smashfest amongst other things. ^^;
So this is something that I need to get around to. LockeZ has helped with revamping some bosses, which I have yet to actually get around to touching, but overall just about every fight in the game needs retweaked so that they're not...all the same. This may also blend in with fixing characters and their abilities too (I kinda feel like I made AoE skills too cheap...but doing MP costs accordingly to level is hard!). I am looking for anyone who is willing to help brainstorm and fix up the enemies (and possibly playable characters as well) so that the game is more challenging and interesting to play. That is all really, nothing too major. I would be revamping these right away, but I am also in the midst of doing dialogue for beta5 so to speed that up. Eventually the ideas and whatnot will be implemented into the game, but not at the current time. Still...hearing inputs and the like on various enemies and bosses would be swell.
I suppose what I can do is list a boss/enemy, or the enemies and their groups in an area, and let you guys discuss them and try to come up with solutions for fixing them up? I guess with that said, I'll start with the initial area of the game, Misty Lake:
The main premise behind Misty Lake is to be a tutorial dungeon really. It's relatively short and the enemies aren't meant to be super tough or anything (you come through here initially with only two party members, both of which can generally OHKO any enemy short of the Alligator in one hit). Overall gimmick of each enemy, and what they're meant to be tutorial on, are as follows:
Fairy: Basic elemental magic, to get the player somewhat used to the elemental stuff, including resistances towards them (Marisa halves Magic damage naturally for now, but that may change).
Hornet: Standard enemy that attacks quickly and generally inflicts Poison. Usually attacks in groups of 3 or 5. Just an introduction to quick enemies and enemies that like to use status attacks, and whether or not the player comes prepared with status healing items or status preventing equipment.
Water Toad: Just a generic Water-elemental enemy, just there to get the player used to using elemental weaknesses to their advantage (Marisa is Lightning-elemental, making her strong against Water-elemental enemies but in turn she takes double damage from Water-elemental attacks).
Eagle: Generic enemy that just uses physical attacks, and usually attacks in groups of 3 or 5. Nothing special here, generally there to see how players handle large groups of enemies that are quick with physicals.
Alligator: Strong physical based enemy, the starting Notorious Monster of the game (rare monsters that are super powerful for the area the player visits). Not too difficult in terms of fighting, but hits pretty hard and has high stats in comparison to every other normal monster in the area.
With that said and done, let's talk about the bosses:
Daiyousei: Standard support unit, but as she stands right now she doesn't do much other than attack. See below for LockeZ's and my suggested update to her.
Cirno: Standard offensive unit. Is a check to see if the player brought the Barrette helmet or Anti-Freeze items to prevent/cure Freeze status. Nothing else too special about her right now.
So that's the first area in a nutshell. As for the suggested changes to the bosses? This is what is in mind:
Cirno: Goes Berserk when Daiyousei dies. Hit rate goes down as well but gains Haste.
Attack
Diamond Blizzard
Minus K
Icicle Fall
Daiyousei: Runs away when Cirno is dead and has no MP to revive her.
Attack
Heal
Regenga
Cure
Life
Slow
This is also keeping innate enemy species abilities in mind. For Fairy type enemies (in this instance, the Fairy, Daiyousei, and Cirno), have innate Auto-Life, where after X turns (X has not been defined yet), they will revive with 50% Max HP.
That is all! Any suggestions or fixes you have in mind for these enemies, or anything to ask or discuss, feel free to do so! I hope that some of ya'll would be interested in helping on this bit, as I feel it's one of the aspects of the game that kinda suffers a bit. ^^;