Hey everyone.

This idea came into being in connection to my other Suggestion about a Biome Revamp.

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I was trying to think of new ways to apply stats to PVE, or at least to NPC fights. The problem with all appropriate ways is that stats are simply inheritable. The base stats are growing and that is something one just cannot stop. The next generation will always be always higher in stats than the previous. So maybe the stat growth was slowed to a crawl but it is still ongoing. And will continue.

One cannot find a suitable system that would work with the growing stats and can be fair to both new members, casual players, active players...

So I came to you with a new idea I have been working on for some days. It is still in-progress and I will need help with thinking up formulas and equations. Mine is quite easy and maybe a bit faulty. But this is just an example.

The base of the idea is that we put a cap... an invisible cap on stats when encountering NPCs in battle, depending on Biome, level, and skill.

I have worked on a complete system as well, so let us read on:

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New Stats Usage in PVE:

Stats would gain new uses in battles, all connected to what they are named.
Strength increases damage output, Stamina increases health, agility and speed increases your dodge abilities, while smarts affects your accuracy. All depending on how much stats you have. No more random misses or sudden unexplained low damage output.

However, we all know that there is a difference between a lvl1 and lvl1 lion nowadays. One can have 15 stats, the other can have 1500. This way the Biomes make no sense and NPC battles could become all too easy for the latter if stats indeed are the same way applied.

So how about...

We put an invisible cap on the max stat that can be utilized in NPC battles?

Traits:
- Cap increases at each Biome.
- Cap is affected by skill. - See below.
- Submales should not gain skill from patrols, only stats. They should build it as leader.
- Stats get removed equally from all traits according to their % value compared to overall stats in order to fit into cap. This does NOT remove the stats from your lion! Just for the NPC fight.
- Cap has no say in stat breeding and training, does not hinder statgain and breeding for stats. Hence why I call it invisible cap. It only, strictly only appears at NPC battles.
- Higher stats enable easier NPC fights, so having higher stats pays off despite the cap.
- Cap does not affect PVP.

Suggested max stat caps:
(Took new members into account, and that perhaps with explore stat interactions statgain might be a bit higher for male lions -see below)

Level 1 - Temperate Savannah - Cap 50 stats
Level 2-5 - Shrubland - Cap 100 Stats
Level 6-10 - Tropical Forest - Cap 250 stats
Level 11-15 - Dry Savannah - Cap 450 stats
Level 16-20 - Rocky Hills - Cap 650 stats
Level 21-25 - Arid Desert - Cap 800 stats
Level 26 - 30 - Marshlands - Cap 1000 stats
Level 31 + - Waterhole - Cap 1500 stats

Eg.:
A lion has these traits as lvl1 lion:
Strength: 424
Stamina: 387
Agility: 438
Speed: 432
Smarts: 393

Actual stats considered for NPC battles at lvl 1 Biome with max cap:
Strength: 10
Stamina: 9
Agility: 11
Speed: 10
Smarts: 10

Same lion with lvl20 biome max cap:
Strength: 130
Stamina: 123
Agility: 137
Speed: 137
Smarts: 123

(My formula per stat trait:
Eg.: Strength for lvl 20 - 424/2074 = 0,2.--- 0,2x650 = 130)

--Of course formula can be changed and applied by developers as they see fit, just make sure we can follow it so we can see our progress--

Upon reaching next biome, the previous cap is lifted to match the cap of the next biome. Newest cap applies even if lion goes back to previous Biome. This way NPCs in previous Biome become even easier to beat but of course will give less rewards.

Eg.: Your lion was lvl10 with 500 stats. Reached max skill of 120, so max cap of 250 stats is reached for Tropical Forest. Only 250 stats apply for the biome. Then lion reaches lvl11. Goes to Dry Savannah. 250 cap is lifted to 450 stats cap. Lion can go back to Tropical Forest, where his stat cap remains 450. Has more stats to fight with and NPCs become easier.

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Skill penalty:

Each Biome as a max cap which only applies fully if the max skill for Biome is reached.
Eg.: Rocky Hills - 240 skill needed to reach max 650 stat cap.

Anything lower will give % cap penalty according to how much % difference there is between max skill and current skill.

Eg.: Rocky Hill - 240 skill. If lion has only 216 -being at lvl18-, then he gets a 10% cap penalty. So his cap is 585 stats instead of 650.

The skill penalty would be a security measure that high statted lions won’t be able to one-hit kill NPCs of biomes the moment they enter and they feel the challenge of battling through the Biomes.

Eg.: Enter Rocky Hills with lvl 16, so your max skill for lvl 16 is 192. Max skill for Biome is 240. Lion spends lvl 16 with a 20% cap penalty, so your max stats for this level is 520. Even if your lion has 2000 stats, only 520 will be applied at NPC battles.

Of course, developers are free to think up a more complex formula. But the main point is that we should be able to follow our progress.
Penalty can grow with Biomes. And penalty can be taken out at lvl1 and lowered for next Biome.

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NPC Stats:

NPCs should have strictly set stat ranges, in which they pick the stats randomly for each NPC fight, thus generating the bonuses according to it. All-Biome creatures’ stats are set as the middle ground of the Biome they appear in.

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Unlocked Biomes:

Maybe all Biomes could be unlocked for all players. Cap, level, skill would stop high statted lions from acing all biomes with one-hit kills. But bonuses would help to have a better chance to win in higher biomes, paying off hard work for stats. Higher level Biome NPCs -if defeated- would give higher rewards, depending on the level difference.

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Changes to Boosts

Boosts remain completely untouched and independent of the stat cap per Biome. They apply according to your whole stats.
(Maybe stats should be visible? So we can plan our tactics instead of stabbing in the dark.)

Boosts should be giving different advantages in NPC battles.
- Strength - 5% damage bonus per arrow
- Stamina - 5% Health bonus per arrow - Visible health numbers!
- Agility - 5% dodge bonus per arrow
- Speed - 5% chance of double attacks per arrow
- Smarts - 5% accuracy per arrow

There can be more bonuses than just one if more of your stats are higher than the NPC’s.

These apply for enemy too if they have a bonus.

Bonus arrows applied: - Per stat trait (Eg.: Strength)
1. arrow: 5 stat difference
2. arrow: 15 stat difference
3. arrow: 45 stat difference
4. arrow: 135 stat difference
5. arrow: 405 stat difference

This way the greater bonuses will be harder to acquire. They after all will mean more.
Developers can modify them as they see fit.

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Stat Gain Modified:

We also should be able to gather specific stats in order to truly work on a strategy and what kind of lion we want. (Eg.: concentrate on speed and agility, or concentrate on strength and stamina, or any combination).

Idea:
Take out Sharpen Claws interaction and have new explore events which give you choices in how to solve them. According to your choices they give specific stats, giving you the chance to build your lion.
Submale should get the chance to concentrate on specific stats too when patrolling. Maybe send them out to do different tasks instead of just patrolling which will train different traits.

This will not give more stats than what we are already able to acquire, just give us the choice in what we want our lion to be like. I don’t ask to give us more ways to gain stats, just give us control over what we get.

The lower the stats of a lion are, the more such interactions would appear. Just to aid new members.

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PVP Battles:

PVP battle has the same interaction choices as current NPC battles. Same bonuses and stat abilities apply.

No cap, full stats apply.
They are automatically applying the stats and bonuses of your opponent -opponent doesn’t need to be online to battle you.
PVP battle for exp should give far more exp than what you can get from explore, due to you losing 20 energy instead of just 10. Receive double exp?

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Other Player Suggestions:

Kima (#53124) - I was thinking Impression might have to do with giving a small bonus to “Roar” as that tends to scare or chase off enemies? Just a small bonus, but the more ‘Impressive’ you are, the more chance you have to intimidate something to run off with a loud roar.

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Thank you for reading,