huh. I guess deciding to try and fix the mod when all looked hopeless was an attempt by big, bad, egotistical ol' me to hijack the mod. certainly, my efforts over the last few months can be solely reduced to changing numbers here and there, I've definitely not done any actual work. even so, I absolutely think that I'm the best developer to have worked on the mod, because I'm just so full of myself. despite the fact that I'm just a senior in college, I fully believe that I'm more qualified than any on the donkey team combined. I implement balancing changes because I think they will be awful and will be effective in killing the mod, and certainly would not revert any changes that had an ill-desired effect. in fact, I'm so stubborn that I refuse to ever admit to making mistakes, and am so arrogant that I can find no flaw in myself or my work.
sarcasm aside, I've said it before and I'll say it again. balancing is a process. changes made this week might be totally reversed the next. it's never been my intent to nerf classes into the ground, and I don't plan on starting that now.
I make mistakes. made one last night when I included changes to archery that I hadn't run past anyone else, that were different from what I had said I'd do. so I reverted those changes, and implemented the change that I actually told others I would make. which was the -2 to acc.
so you know, these changes aren't being made arbitrarily. currently, agi archery is rather weak, and I'd like to change that. but, that would likely mean buffing bow damage, which is something that will make str/balanced archers even stronger. to combat that, I'm looking to increase the difference in accuracy from agility to strength for archery. however, currently 30-9 builds see a slight difference in accuracy compared to 18-27 ones, even while wearing full plate. meaning that the acc changes aren't through just yet.
by the end of all this, str archers will do more damage, but be less accurate, while agi archers will both do more damage and be more accurate. that's the hope.
there you have it.
the incompetent developer, professor.
funny part is, incompetent developer was my title for a while. but i removed it because having that felt like i was flaunting my powers and also sort of glorifying myself, and i didn't want that. so i removed it.
the actual implementation of accuracy changes to bows, which is what I should have done in the first place
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| [0] Nomad Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 100 |
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| [0] Short Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 95 |
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| [0] Nisun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 101 |
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| [0] Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 103 |
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| [0] Tatar Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
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| [0] Horn Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 101 |
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| [0] Yew Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 99 | 102 |
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| [0] Rus Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
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| [0] Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 99 |
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| [0] Composite Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 99 | 101 |
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| [0] Hassun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 101 |
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| [0] Rokusun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 101 |
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| [0] Yonsun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
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| [1] Strong Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 104 |
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| [1] Strong Nisun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Hassun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Nomad Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 101 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 100 |
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| [1] Strong Tatar Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Composite Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Rokusun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Yew Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 100 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Yonsun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Rus Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [1] Strong Horn Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 102 |
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| [1] Strong Short Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 96 |
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| [2] Fine Rus Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Short Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 97 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Nomad Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Horn Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Composite Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Yonsun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Nisun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 105 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Yew Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 101 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Hassun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 101 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Tatar Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [2] Fine Rokusun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Yew Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 105 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Horn Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Short Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 105 | 98 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Rus Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 105 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Composite Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 102 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Rokusun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Nomad Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 105 | 103 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Nisun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 105 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Hassun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 104 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 105 | 102 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Tatar Bow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 105 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Longbow | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 103 | 106 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
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| [3] Masterwork Yonsun Yumi | old | new |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| accuracy | 104 | 105 |
|____________________________________________________|________________________________|_______________________________|
And most of all, you want to make any hybrid builds impossible/useless. CRPG is boring enough as it is, without restricting every player to either melee or ranged. Question is, with what legitimation does one person and a handful of minions decide these fundamental design choices? You're not fixing stuff, you're just changing it to your personal taste. Anyway, thanks for sharing the party's plans for the future of the mod, chairman. And all it took was calling you an incompentent thief.
Maybe you can also share what you have done to effective wpf. Because you can't tell me that the extreme inaccuracy after the patch is just due to -2 bow accuracy. My bet is that an archer with ~120-140 wpf has actually less effective wpf now.
edit: btw if you want to do something about archers in plate, I've got a brilliant idea: why don't you increase the armor weight wpf penalty? I think it's entirely possible that this is what it was originally introduced for. And there's something wrong with your "actual implementation" list, too.
edit2: and maybe you remember that PD levels used to come with a wpf penalty (like throwing still does... or not... nobody knows aka "opaque game mechanics"). Since this is exactly what you are trying to achieve, have you tried re-implementing that instead of whatever you're trying now?