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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0010713Valley 2Suggestion - Balancing IssuesFeb 14, 2013 10:32 am
Reporterwindgen Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.806 
Fixed in Version0.808 
Summary0010713: Rescueable survivors shouldn't spawn near Demonica's keep
DescriptionI think that survivors shouldn't start out within 2 squares or so of Demonica's keep.

The issues with this are:

Playing the tutorial and starting with survivor(s) on the same square(s) as one (or two) of your starting units can give the player a substantial advantage entirely based on luck.

On the other hand, having survivors on other squares adjacent to the keep is tricky because monsters arrive every 2 turns, and it's hard to arrange the rescue so that neither the rescuer nor rescuee is immediately hit by the arriving monsters.

I'd suggest fixing both issues by simply forbidding survivors from being generated within two squares of the keep. You might also consider making up for the increased time to rescue the first survivor by simply giving the player one more starting unit, especially on lower strategic difficulty settings.
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keith.lamothe

Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am

administrator   ~0030767

For 0.808:

* Rescuable survivors no longer spawn within 2 tiles of the overlord keep to avoid work-schedule collision early in the game (which could lead to unintentional rescues and thus messing up early-game food balance, etc).

Thanks :)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Feb 14, 2013 1:50 am windgen New Issue
Feb 14, 2013 1:55 am windgen Description Updated
Feb 14, 2013 9:43 am tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Feb 14, 2013 9:43 am tigersfan Status new => considering
Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am keith.lamothe Note Added: 0030767
Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am keith.lamothe Status considering => resolved
Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am keith.lamothe Fixed in Version => 0.808
Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am keith.lamothe Resolution open => fixed
Feb 14, 2013 10:32 am keith.lamothe Assigned To => keith.lamothe