Deterioration change?

Started by Dukkha, September 26, 2018, 01:36:07 AM

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Dukkha

So hey, does deterioration no longer effect weapon and armor stats? (aside from market value)
I have to say, I really miss that mechanic of the game. It was a nice touch of realism that really kept me on my toes keeping all my equipment new and well taken care of. It was also great for story building. I really hope it gets reimplemented.
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5thHorseman

No it does not, and I think it's sad too.

There's an argument that quality of gun doesn't actually affect accuracy but I don't really care if it's realistic so long as it makes things interesting. Maybe they could still shoot fine but jam a lot or take longer to reload, I don't know, but I totally agree with you a 5% hp gun should be in some way worse than a 100% hp gun. Ideally, it should be 95% worse :)
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BLACK_FR

I proposed changes here - https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=45723.0 and made a discussion about it here - https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=45664.0

In short - health should affect efficiency for most of the items. And for those items where it's stupid it shouldn't affect wealth.
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Thane

This was removed? Why would Tynan do that? A worn out thing should be worn out. A rusty and abused masterwork sword should be arguably worse than a brand new normal one and old guns should jam and if a vest has a bullet hole well there's always the chance that a bullet will again find that hole.  :/
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Dukkha

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I know it was never a major mechanic but I feel like a disproportionate level of immersion has been lost to its removal. There's not the same sense of urgency to get a masterwork shotgun out of a fire, and no repercussions for leaving it in the rain.

If I could make any change it would be that the deterioration to effect ratio doesn't necessarily need to be linear, but I'd take it back in any form.
Losing is fun!

vzoxz0

I've been playing as if hp mattered on guns ... if I knew about this, I could reduce colony wealth considerably and maintain firepower simultaneously.

Dargaron

Seconded. I'd been replacing armor once it got close to 50%: that's expensive when you're wearing Power Armor!

This also gave a good incentive for players to make their own guns, rather than using looted weaponry from raiders: IIRC, most early-game raiders came with weapons in the 30-50% range, and it took quite a bit of time before a player could loot a 100% condition weapon which wasn't absolutely terrible.

BLACK_FR

So true. Some guy in suggestion section said that fixing (making good) wealth and raid systems is not a priority. I think that those mechanics are cruical for reasons above. Current system is not only not balanced but is also not fun.
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mebe

Surely the easy solution is to get rid of the mechanic entirely and have damage effect the quality of the item (leave a masterwork shotgun in the rain for a week and it is no longer a masterwork). That would then automatically pick up on the quality bonus system.

vzoxz0

I think it should just go back to how it was. That means raiders with bad gear are worse than a prepared outpost, too, which makes sense.

raydarken

This change was news to me also, and I'm guessing the change had something to do with raid balance.

Quote from: mebe on September 27, 2018, 03:13:39 AM
Surely the easy solution is to get rid of the mechanic entirely and have damage effect the quality of the item (leave a masterwork shotgun in the rain for a week and it is no longer a masterwork). That would then automatically pick up on the quality bonus system.
This makes sense to me as a solution. To simplify the quality of raider weapons I would have them start with always 100% durability, and then have a chance at poor craftsmanship. Come to think of it, raiders may already start with 100% weapon durability, don't remember off the top of my head. I've seen both perfect weapons and some damaged on dead/downed raiders, not sure if they came in with worn out weapons or not.

Anyhow, I hope this particular mechanic can be looked at again before full release!

5thHorseman

I'd love it if the entire "tainted" system vanished and whenever anybody died, everything they were carrying lost 50% (or so) hit points, coupled with this idea that number of hit points actually matter.
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I never got how pawns in the game could have such insanely bad reactions to such mundane things.
Then I came to the forums.

rkagerer

Quote from: 5thHorseman on September 27, 2018, 05:15:47 PM
I'd love it if the entire "tainted" system vanished and whenever anybody died, everything they were carrying lost 50% (or so) hit points, coupled with this idea that number of hit points actually matter.
Agreed.  Although I think it should just applied to worn apparel, not their inventory.  After all, whatever they were wearing probably got a bunch of bullet holes in it (or torn up or blood on it or maybe the pawn simply peed himself...)

5thHorseman

Quote from: rkagerer on September 28, 2018, 04:42:59 AM
Quote from: 5thHorseman on September 27, 2018, 05:15:47 PM
I'd love it if the entire "tainted" system vanished and whenever anybody died, everything they were carrying lost 50% (or so) hit points, coupled with this idea that number of hit points actually matter.
Agreed.  Although I think it should just applied to worn apparel, not their inventory.  After all, whatever they were wearing probably got a bunch of bullet holes in it (or torn up or blood on it or maybe the pawn simply peed himself...)
Oh I didn't think of inventory, but yeah sure. Though I think armed weapons should also take a hit.
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I never got how pawns in the game could have such insanely bad reactions to such mundane things.
Then I came to the forums.

ertxyz

Quote from: rkagerer on September 28, 2018, 04:42:59 AM
Quote from: 5thHorseman on September 27, 2018, 05:15:47 PM
I'd love it if the entire "tainted" system vanished and whenever anybody died, everything they were carrying lost 50% (or so) hit points, coupled with this idea that number of hit points actually matter.
Agreed.  Although I think it should just applied to worn apparel, not their inventory.  After all, whatever they were wearing probably got a bunch of bullet holes in it (or torn up or blood on it or maybe the pawn simply peed himself...)
How about losing the hit points when receiving the bullets then, instead of when dying? Clothing could lose quality proportionally to the wound severity and armor status. That way, the clothes from a downed pawn just about to die would be as useless as a dead one's, removing the "strip the guy before he dies" trick.