Gutten dias !

Slower progress on the writing this week, so I feel like talking about the equipment system I recently implemented. Everything seems to work – the new menu, the new tab in inventory for weapons and accessories, and the effects in battle.

Weapons are pretty straightforward, as they give more and more ATK bonus stats. Accessories, on the other hand, should allow some strategy : aside from the basic bonus stats, I made a ring that has a % chance of blocking damage, another that makes offensive items (gysahl green to summon chocobo or bomb) more powerful, or another that makes the potions restore more life.

I have plenty of other ideas, so I’ll have to make a choice as to what I put first, especially as this is the kind of stuff that will need to be thoroughly debugged. 

Armors will come too, but in a later update : introducing Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Carpenter as crafting jobs to make weapons is already a big step, especially in the number of assets to commission.  Doubling that with Armorer, Leatherworker and Weaver would take a huge toll on Michelle (and my bank account), not to mention it might overwhelm the players seeing all these new crafting jobs at once !