Battle Design Options

[bulmabriefs144]

Okay, so we have a sort of reactive system, where enemies try to guess moves and play strategically (according to their type, more strategically as the game goes on). And we have a counterspell system. And we have an elements system:

Melee
Ranged
(Some things like ghosts are completely immune to both physical, and flying things are probably immune to melee and earth)
Fire
Water
Thunder
Ice
Earth
Air
Light
Dark
(At least)

There should also be all kinds of strategies for bosses, including some puzzle bosses. Ummm let's see... VX has TP, but I think you can turn it off, at least in ACE. Do we want TP system?

[bulmabriefs144]

Sounds good.

We should also (and by we, I mean you, since I can't seem to make VX Ace battles work properly, like I can with 2003) test to see how this battle system works. I've found I can usually come up with more ideas if I can actually see something in action. Make a battle system mockup.

Also, any good MMO has add-ons like pets and mounts. Mounts are simply a graphics and stats change (changing the battle charset and/or class to Rider), pets can simply be an add-on to the animations in battle, or it can be a guest enemy that does special attacks which target the enemy party. The pet causes causes either extra damage, or status effects.

There's more, like costume clothing giving minor alterations to appearance, and some places offer hair dyes. But this is not really battle related.