Suggestion for Int

[samopop]

  Here is a suggestion for a slight boost for the Int attribute (not that anyone was asking). As I play a high level group through Ep. 4, I felt that the benefit from increasing Int was pretty small in terms of increasing the number of battles/rounds I could go without needing potions or camping.  At low levels, the boost in SP is very noticeable.  It gives you a number of additional uses of your talents.  However, when you are high level, adding one Int point is often equivalent to another 1/4 - 1 use of a high-SP cost talent (and the only characters you would want to increase Int for would be those who are quickly draining their SP through high SP-cost talents).  However, at high level, characters are often dishing out tremendous damage and SP drain is far more valuable in terms of keeping your group going without camping/potions.

  So, in the interest of keeping Int useful at all levels, how about adding an SP-drain aspect to Int?  When characters aren't dishing out so much damage (ie, at low levels) the SP drain would have very small effect and the SP boost would be more valuable.  At higher levels, the SP drain would become more useful and the SP boost would not matter as much.  The overall SP drain would have to be modest for balance purposes.  I'll throw out three possibilities:

  1) 1% SP drain per 4 points of Int (max 4%)
  2) 1% SP drain for every point above 10 Int (max 6%)  (keeps early game and initial stats totally unaffected)
  3) 1% SP drain for every 2 points of Int (max 8%)

[Cory Trese]

That's possible but I think I'd rather see a scaling on damage rather than trying to allow Intelligence (attribute) to replace SP Drain (items.) We really don't want to upset the value equation of items!

Keeping a game as complex as HoS balance for all the thousands of people who play it is definitely a tricky, tricky job and it means we've got to consider all sorts of different options.

If you look at the balancing work we've been doing on Attributes, you can tell we're focused on providing good late game scaling options and features.

Thanks for the feedback!

[fallen]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'd agree with Cory, I don't want to see Int tied into SP Drain % as that is such a critical part of item balance.

[samopop]

OK. Balance obviously has to rule and both developers agree. Thanks for making such a great game regardless!