Comments on: Recent heavy armour changes https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes Development live! Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CobbledConcept https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-515 CobbledConcept Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:26:00 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-515 IDK about this supposed game balancing for two reasons: 1. The game philosophy specifically does not embrace the idea that all race/class combinations ought to be equally powerful. This is why Ogres are still so terrible. 2. Wanting to make fighters more playable does not necessarily mean that you need to make casters more fragile. Even with a light-armored caster, the game is brutal. The armor unnerfing is welcomed, the caster nerfing is discouraging. IDK about this supposed game balancing for two reasons:

1. The game philosophy specifically does not embrace the idea that all race/class combinations ought to be equally powerful. This is why Ogres are still so terrible.

2. Wanting to make fighters more playable does not necessarily mean that you need to make casters more fragile. Even with a light-armored caster, the game is brutal.

The armor unnerfing is welcomed, the caster nerfing is discouraging.

]]> By: mitch45678 https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-484 mitch45678 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:58:07 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-484 Light-armored casters were by far the best choice before the armor un-nerf. For non-expert players (like me) light-armored casters were the ONLY thing that had a realistic chance of surviving to rune depth, which made the game extremely unbalanced. Light-armored casters were by far the best choice before the armor un-nerf. For non-expert players (like me) light-armored casters were the ONLY thing that had a realistic chance of surviving to rune depth, which made the game extremely unbalanced.

]]> By: evktalo https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-481 evktalo Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:19:12 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-481 I don't think the light-armoured casters need a boost, lowering their AC was precisely the point. We'll see. --Eino I don’t think the light-armoured casters need a boost, lowering their AC was precisely the point. We’ll see.

–Eino

]]> By: Bein https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-479 Bein Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:23:25 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-479 I worry about what this does to casters, or specifically hybrid characters who don't use heavy armor (eg transmuters). Spells can affect the usefulness of EV (eg paralyse), while there are no spells to my knowledge that reduce the effectiveness of AC. Now that most casters types are now essentially hit with a -6AC, I think it would make sense to say boost magic resistance while wearing the lighter armors, in a similar way that wearing heavy armor affects spellcasting. Perhaps this can be also tied to Int level so that low level characters don't get a huge MR boost for wearing a robe. This probably isn't necessary for races like DEs, but it might be for casters in other races. I worry about what this does to casters, or specifically hybrid characters who don’t use heavy armor (eg transmuters). Spells can affect the usefulness of EV (eg paralyse), while there are no spells to my knowledge that reduce the effectiveness of AC. Now that most casters types are now essentially hit with a -6AC, I think it would make sense to say boost magic resistance while wearing the lighter armors, in a similar way that wearing heavy armor affects spellcasting. Perhaps this can be also tied to Int level so that low level characters don’t get a huge MR boost for wearing a robe. This probably isn’t necessary for races like DEs, but it might be for casters in other races.

]]> By: PigVomit https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-457 PigVomit Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:20:39 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-457 <3 <3

]]> By: REX https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-456 REX Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:26:14 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-456 Great! :-) Great! :-)

]]> By: they https://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/recent-heavy-armour-changes/comment-page-1#comment-453 they Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:46:46 +0000 http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/?p=1540#comment-453 It's great to see the AC issue getting some attention. These are some interesting changes and look like a big step toward finding a better balance for heavy armor. Cheers to the dev team. It’s great to see the AC issue getting some attention. These are some interesting changes and look like a big step toward finding a better balance for heavy armor. Cheers to the dev team.

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