0007904: Monsters treat different races differently - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0007904	Valley 1	Gameplay Idea		May 18, 2012 11:57 am	May 21, 2012 6:41 am

Reporter	Bluddy	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.022

Summary	0007904: Monsters treat different races differently
Description	The idea here is to add more of a bonus to different races. Monsters from specific time periods would treat races from their own time periods better. Practically this would amount to the detection range being decreased because monsters see people from their own time as 'belonging', so they wouldn't aggro unless you get really close. This reduced detection range wouldn't combine with stealth enchants, because the 2 are supposed to be different effects: one is actually seeing the player, while the 2nd is getting ticked off by the player. If the player fires at a monster or if a monster thinks it is being fired at and the player is within range, or if the player just gets close enough, it'll attack the player as if the player was from another time period. Once you get migrations at tier 2+, this bonus becomes less and less useful.
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

BenMiff May 18, 2012 12:03 pm reporter ~0024438	This might work for Time After People characters, since skelebots look similar enough at a distance, but it really doesn't make sense for a lot of characters. I can't see a T-Rex deciding it likes Bronze Age characters - they would pretty much register as food, much like other characters.

Bluddy May 18, 2012 12:07 pm reporter ~0024441	I think highly predatory animals like T-Rex wouldn't fit with this idea, but then again are T-Rex's from the Bronze Age? But most of the monsters aren't carnivores -- they seem like they would be pretty peaceful and used to people from their age. They'd probably have a sense of smell and some limited intelligence to be able to differentiate people, not to mention the fact that people from different ages would behave differently.

7foot_sativa May 21, 2012 6:41 am reporter ~0024517	Monsters don't attack unless you get super close anyway. Even if you have stealth, and walk into the red line, they will sometimes go to you, but won't actually shoot until you get too close or shoot them first. PS T-Rex doesn't fit in anywhere, he's too big to fit :P He's so slow, he isn't much of a predator.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 18, 2012 11:57 am	Bluddy	New Issue
May 18, 2012 12:03 pm	BenMiff	Note Added: 0024438
May 18, 2012 12:07 pm	Bluddy	Note Added: 0024441
May 21, 2012 6:38 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
May 21, 2012 6:38 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
May 21, 2012 6:41 am	7foot_sativa	Note Added: 0024517
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea