Happy 100 people. I think this is the boards longest topic! Hurray! Congrats to the man who started it all, Lorenoth.
BTW, books are a terrible terrible idea IMO. I usually won't play games where I have to read book or memorize stuff
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ssh! The truth is I just bs'ed my way through that last post because I wanted my favorite thread to reach 100 replies, and now I have done it!
Do with this thread as you wish, I'm already designing another one!
(evil laughter)
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He is here...
::materializes, with an icy glare, realizing the fate of the topic::
This toic has run its coures,it has inspired many battles and innovations.
Many have become aware of the different magic systems available, I look forward to seeing them all. (cough slot magic all the way cough) , I still stand for MP, for its overrall convenience
Let us not butcher this reat topic's memory...the time is right...
...lock it down...
...So Says The Chill!
::turns, silently grieves for the topic, disapates as he walks toward the door::
+29° He is gone ??
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Originally posted by Lorenoth:
**ssh! The truth is I just bs'ed my way through that last post because I wanted my favorite thread to reach 100 replies, and now I have done it!
Do with this thread as you wish, I'm already designing another one!
(evil laughter)
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I see some are having fun here...
lock this topic, it's gotten pointless enough...
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**-29°
He is here...
::materializes, with an icy glare, realizing the fate of the topic::
This toic has run its coures,it has inspired many battles and innovations.
Many have become aware of the different magic systems available, I look forward to seeing them all. (cough slot magic all the way cough) , I still stand for MP, for its overrall convenience
Let us not butcher this reat topic's memory...the time is right...
...lock it down...
...So Says The Chill!
::turns, silently grieves for the topic, disapates as he walks toward the door::
+29° He is gone ??
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this topic is older than the hills, but I never got around to asking Chill what slot magic was... Chill what do u mean by slot magic?
Oh and maybe we need some new views on the matter, even if the spell system is now a little more limitted.
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**this topic is older than the hills, but I never got around to asking Chill what slot magic was... Chill what do u mean by slot magic?
Oh and maybe we need some new views on the matter, even if the spell system is now a little more limitted.
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I believe he refers to the systems used in Final Fantasy, especially VII, where you equip magic on characters, i.e. materia.
Whoa, 105 replies?
Saphfire
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**I believe he refers to the systems used in Final Fantasy, especially VII, where you equip magic on characters, i.e. materia.
Whoa, 105 replies?
Saphfire
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Ding Ding Ding
especially in ;7, 6, L1-3, and Adv.
Also I plan to throw in a dark kind of Resident Evil feel to one of my games , watch your back..side , front ,top , HéLL even your below... 
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Whoa, 105 replies?
Saphfire
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oh yeah baby!!!!! this thread is reeeeeeally old. I was at an FF8 forum, they hand a 45 page long topic called "the quiz". well I may have to start one of those here, it would be very interesting.
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mp rockz though the idea of memorization intrigues me, mp is mmuch more realistic
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eh, I hesitate to reffer to anything about a magic wielding game character as "realistic." It's not like changing your oil every 3000 miles -- I doubt there's an "MP Low" light anywhere in a mage's peripheral vision. I mean, when was the last time you saw some guy on the street whip out a magic missile and then say to himself "Damn, only got 8 points left! better down this gooey blue stuff in an oddly shapped flask to top off!"
or, maybe you have seen that guy. different neighborhood, I guess...
On a more serious note: I've always liked the idea of representing "MP" as a more general characteristic like Stamina. Every time you cast a spell, it drains you mentally and physically. I mean, that's some hard work conjuring up that dragon or what have you. My theory goes that it's the same kind of energy needed to run quickly, or fight a sustained battle, or lift a big rock -- and so can be represented on the same meter.
hey, look! Posts = 111. I don't know why, but that's cool -- I'm sure of it.
(edited because I can't post in this topic again)
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**oh yeah baby!!!!! this thread is reeeeeeally old. I was at an FF8 forum, they hand a 45 page long topic called "the quiz". well I may have to start one of those here, it would be very interesting.
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Don't do it please let this topic sleep...
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I, The Chill! hereby do agree to abstain from all predatory actions on said ambrosia board,sorry about that brenty"
I just wanted to add something to this discussion that has long lain(or layed, if lain isn't even a word) dormant(since the last futile attempt at resurrection).
In that recently posted interview with Dee, yes the one with 2 topics based on its announcement, it was stated that while the spell system would use spell points, it could be worked around to include other methods. Therefore, we don't all have to do the whole mana thing.
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Originally posted by Lorenoth:
**I just wanted to add something to this discussion that has long lain(or layed, if lain isn't even a word) dormant(since the last futile attempt at resurrection).
In that recently posted interview with Dee, yes the one with 2 topics based on its announcement, it was stated that while the spell system would use spell points, it could be worked around to include other methods. Therefore, we don't all have to do the whole mana thing.
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What interview where, I wwould like to read it.
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**Note that I will never again play a game in which you have a limited number of spell casts per memorization (ahem, Baldur's Gate).
Saphfire
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yeah I think spell points are less frustrating towards newbies(as in lower lvl characters in the game), but near the end of Baldur's Gate 2 you could have so many spells memorized that it was ridiculously easy. Spell points seem to balance things better.. and they don't just have to be for spells, they could be used for special abilites. It makes a lot more sense to use points for abilites than memorizable abilities. I don't think I need to provide yet another silly "I forgot how to cast fireball" example, which would be even more laughable in the case of special abilites. "I forgot how to jump"
-------How many people are straying away from the spell pts?
(edited for spelling I think, although I could be wrong)
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(This message has been edited by Lorenoth (edited 06-22-2001).)
