0005566: Shrink spell should be free at game start/not a spell.

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0005566

AVWW

[All Projects] Gameplay - Balance Issue

Feb 1, 2012 7:22 pm

Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am

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martyn_van_buren

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x4000

Severity

minor

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resolved

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fixed

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0.569

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0005566: Shrink spell should be free at game start/not a spell.

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I didn't mind having crouching be a spell pre-powercoding, but coming back now it seems unfair. A lot of the game has become about getting through big waves of bullets without getting hit instead of healing as you go, and it seems weird that your character can't crouch behind a corner without casting a spell to turn him into a midget. If I remember rightly crouching has been a pretty standard ability in sideview 2D games going back to the NES.

Given the current implementation via the shrink spell, I can see why it's limited as it is --- otherwise you might wind up using it all the time to keep your hitbox small --- but how about reassigning the down key to give you a simple crouch where you can't move (or perhaps can crawl slowly) and keeping shrink as a special spell that gives you a temporary defensive edge?

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(0018666) x4000 (administrator) Feb 6, 2012 3:50 pm	For now: * The mana cost of the miniature spell has been dramatically reduced. ** The cost to learn the miniature spell has been changed to now be just two purple dispersia rather than also including two moonstone. Making it not incur EP to gain it.

(0019664) x4000 (administrator) Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am	Also, now you have crouching. :)

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Feb 1, 2012 7:22 pm	martyn_van_buren	New Issue
Feb 2, 2012 6:32 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
Feb 2, 2012 6:32 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
Feb 6, 2012 3:50 pm	x4000	Note Added: 0018666
Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am	x4000	Note Added: 0019664
Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am	x4000	Status	considering => resolved
Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am	x4000	Resolution	open => fixed
Feb 23, 2012 8:52 am	x4000	Assigned To	=> x4000