Category points mechanics rework proposal
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:01 am
Category points is an interesting game changing mechanics that make cornac different and make level 10 and level 20 important branching spots for character builds.
We have 4 uses for category points:
1) Buying Infusion\rune slots
2) Buying locked talent trees granted to characters from birth
3) Buying locked generic trees gained from various quests
4) Improving mastery of unlocked trees
Problem is the lack of balance between this options. For 2 many classes have some inferior options, for 3 there are a world of difference between spending a point to unlock Celestial\Chants or Celestial\Light. 4 and a clear waste of point for almost every talent tree existing.
My suggestion:
Give not 1 category point but 10 category points(rename to some better sounding ***** points?) and alter ways to spend category points and then go for
1) infusion\rune slots cost 10 points. Maybe make progressive scale for the slots, 4th costing 5, 5th costing 10, 6th costing 15 and so on.
2&3) Alter unlocking cost of different trees, by default everything costs 10 bringing no immediate changes and huge one time rebalancing effort. Then step by step, cost of "worse" trees may go down to 8, 5, 2 or whatever. Some may become more expensive than 10 (for example those tasty mindslayer starting trees that every adventurer should get for one more weapon slot). Plus we can make more generic trees aviable from quests. Aegis is overpowered to let it learn for everyone? Make it 25 points worth to unlock!
4) 1 point can be spent to improve known talent mastery by 0.05 with a cap of +0.25 per tree. Improving some trees may cost 2 or 3 points per 0.05.
5) I'd love to get a new way to spend category points. Exchange 20 category points for a prodigy point, giving a way to get 3rd prodigy and to get prodigy at level 20.
We have 4 uses for category points:
1) Buying Infusion\rune slots
2) Buying locked talent trees granted to characters from birth
3) Buying locked generic trees gained from various quests
4) Improving mastery of unlocked trees
Problem is the lack of balance between this options. For 2 many classes have some inferior options, for 3 there are a world of difference between spending a point to unlock Celestial\Chants or Celestial\Light. 4 and a clear waste of point for almost every talent tree existing.
My suggestion:
Give not 1 category point but 10 category points(rename to some better sounding ***** points?) and alter ways to spend category points and then go for
1) infusion\rune slots cost 10 points. Maybe make progressive scale for the slots, 4th costing 5, 5th costing 10, 6th costing 15 and so on.
2&3) Alter unlocking cost of different trees, by default everything costs 10 bringing no immediate changes and huge one time rebalancing effort. Then step by step, cost of "worse" trees may go down to 8, 5, 2 or whatever. Some may become more expensive than 10 (for example those tasty mindslayer starting trees that every adventurer should get for one more weapon slot). Plus we can make more generic trees aviable from quests. Aegis is overpowered to let it learn for everyone? Make it 25 points worth to unlock!
4) 1 point can be spent to improve known talent mastery by 0.05 with a cap of +0.25 per tree. Improving some trees may cost 2 or 3 points per 0.05.
5) I'd love to get a new way to spend category points. Exchange 20 category points for a prodigy point, giving a way to get 3rd prodigy and to get prodigy at level 20.