Swamp Slogger
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Joined: Friday, 25th March 2011, 04:05
Two more abyss/banishment proposals
That said I still hate banish/abyss system because with certain characters and classes it basically feels like "The the RNG decide if you die"
Running through the abyss is fine, it's getting in/out there that i have issues with.
Suggestion 1-
Banish is an effect. If it casts successfully on you gain a banish buff. You've got X turns to KILL the caster who cast banish on you. If you don't, Yay abyss trip. If you do the buff goes away and you don't have to run around RNG land. This will help with lower level characters getting totally screwed because they walked around the corner and failed at Dice rolling. Late game when the abyss shouldn't be a certain death sentence you can still have a stronger banish spell that just sends you.
Suggestion 2-
Right now there's 2 ways out of the abyss.
1. Get lucky.- This...seems poor. It's a gamble, but your other option is a gamble as well. Running around the abyss PRAYING you make it is good, but there's a point where you've been alive down there for so long you just feel like your wasting time. Everyone has those horror stories of being down there waaay too long and i've still had games like that with the new one(trunk and now with the new one as well)
2. Convert. I really really really dislike this because if you happen to have a god and need to get out of the abyss so badly chances are you can't survive their punishment either. I'd like one more way out.
Suggestion
Your god pulls you out. God only ability, costs all your piety, takes a LONG time(say 50+ turns. Large range on how long to. So 50-150?), and you'll have mini lugno wrath for X turns after escaping. This way now you have a reason to gamble. Will you sacrifice ALL you piety to get out, and since it's far from quick when will you decide you're too close to death and low on resources and risk it. This is a huge cost, but the clock at least gives you the knowledge that you won't be down there for something silly like 500+ turns unless you want to be.
This way the only really screwed race is demigod, but it's better than it is now.