Game Development: Artifacts & Artifice

[jorb]

It's a difficulty range. Zero is as easy as it can get, the smaller the span the more predictable the item is.

[iambobthepirate]

It's a difficulty range. Zero is as easy as it can get, the smaller the span the more predictable the item is.

so if i could choose between 2 difficulty spans
40-0
vs 20-10

i would want to choose the 20-10 while my proficiencies are low
but as my proficencies get much much higher the 40-0 might become more successfull

is this correct?

second question
if proficiencies match in both the clothing and artifice what is the effective difficulty span
if proficiencies do not match wat is the effective difficulty span

imo when selecting and artifice the effective difficulty span should be shown.

i get the point that you do not wish to disclose the actually formula for the span itself. but i still don't think we have a good indication as to what direction we should tend to.

[alexbar]

Sure wish I could get maybe $100 (of the $300+) back.



Do you not see how EVERYONE is confused by this? And only the most intelligent people are putting the effort into figuring this out?

I loved Tylan quoting you with the "explain it as if I were an idiot" ~ yet here you are with extremely vague explanation.

What the ***** seriously.

[dageir]

How much will this artifact business affect game play? Compared to gluttony I assume it is minute.

[EnderWiggin]

It's a difficulty range. Zero is as easy as it can get, the smaller the span the more predictable the item is.

But there are two spans - one on clothing item, and other on artifice. So how they affect things? Do they add up to determine effective difficulty or what?

[Rylon1]

This is what I think I know.
[SPECULATION]

When slotting an artifact into a piece of clothing, if there is a proficiency that matches, it will use that one for the skill check. Lets say we slot an arrowhead into some snake skin boots. Both have cloak & dagger on it so it is the skill used. Then you take the difficulty. The boots are (19 to 9) and the arrowhead is (55 to 5). What I think happens is the RNG then picks a number between (74 to 14) and does a skill check vs the proficiency to see if it passes.

What if the proficiency on the artifact does not match or has multiple proficiencys attached to it? Good question.
Either:
A) One of the skills is check in the same manner, or both.
B) Any proficiency on the artifact that is not on the equipment will probably need a max skill check. [So if its (70 to 0 total) you need 70 in the skill to slot it.]

Still hard to tell with just testing it for a day, but with the information given, thats how I would program it.

-Rylon

[iambobthepirate]

How much will this artifact business affect game play? Compared to gluttony I assume it is minute.

well if you were hopping that you could slot an artifice in your boot and completely stomp russians or mm, probably not.

new toys will not likely change the political landscape. but new depth certainly adds to overall fun.

[alloin]

I did not know you had to be good at math for this game :p

[MagicManICT]

Not at all until the Chief and his motley crew have been wiped of the face of Salem.

And that won't happen until cross colony travel happens.

I did not know you had to be good at math for this game :p

Spreadsheet pew-pew?

[Jalpha]

Just on server transfers...

We could speculate forever about whether or not this is a good time to open inter-server travel. In the end though, we will never know unless we try it, this is a beta and if it all goes horribly wrong (which I strongly doubt) important lessons will be learnt by all. You can't please everyone, but I think it would be interesting to experiment by opening transfers.

You gotta risk it to get the biscuit.

That being said, I hope I don't end up being that guy for suggesting it.

That guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXkrdtL4RV4