Ideas about Grimrock 2

[Neikun]

There was talk about left and right handedness.
I'd really not like to see that be a feature. I place the items in the hands that are easiest to click quickly.

I trust Almost Human to be able to pull off an open world concept with a strong dungeon crawling feel.

[Neikun]

Bumping this thread to have it moved.

[sprawler]

its late here so i have one thing to say , sail between islands , make then creepy , make some potion making example : you have to drink potion to enter depper water and there BAM big squid attacks

[kimou]

NPCs / Traders: Traders could be cool. But I would suggest they don't buy 'crap' and so you don't have an incentive to hoard rusty old daggers when the blacksmith has no need to buy them. However, saving up for cool items could be nice.

I have just one thing to add here.
I think it'd be cool if you could take your junk to someone, but they don't buy it from you, they only maybe give you crafting supplies.

i like the idea of a trader that wont buy too much crap, or the price will decrease if you sell him the same object too much times

[sprawler]

- less scary spiders (toggle in options)

maybe an option that changes them from oryginal to this :

http://lparchive.org/Might-and-Magic-II ... 2-1788.png

or

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UzUmgtAlAus/0.jpg

[badhabit]

Thanks for the well thought out ideas. Keep them coming, but let's not turn this into yet another spider thread

The most voted top 10 suggestions will be implemented ?

Make experience distribute evenly to the entire group, removing the character hit requirement.

+1 (+exp for all "activities" ... which are counted per activity and after you have mastered a activity the gained xp drops exponential.)

Make the crystals less powerful.

+1 (while I would prefer them to be removed altogether...in retrospective I think they were the biggest immersion breaking aspect of LoG1 by game mechanic (exploitation potential!) and aesthetic)

- no crystals at all
I only slept once during my playthroughs. Why sleep when you can hug a crystal..?

+1 (my thought exactly...)

Increase the protection bonuses in the Warrior's Armors skill tree.

+1

Add a Reach Weapons skill for Warriors.

-1 overpowered & immersion breaking, remove reach skill (but add more reach weapons!)

Change the hand icon to something different for characters that have skill in Unarmed.

+1

Add an Accuracy requirement to hit with Missile/Thrown weapons.

+1 (! I consider this a game mechanic bug)

Crossbow damage should not be affected by Strength, Crossbow reload time, however, should be reduced with higher Strength.

+1 (good suggestion, like it)

- Fake walls, not only push a button to open a wall.

+1 (+randomized position and generated/varied look of secret buttons... 1 fixed texture was to simple to spot in LOG)

- Random special objects on specific monsters or for example inside new iron doors. You can obtain an object (only one) inside a short list from x objects. Not the same objects behind iron doors (or doors opened by golden key).

+1 for randomized dungeons & content (like CSB)

- Bracers, necklaces and... rings? (not sauron ring please ).

+1

- Treasures most useful, not only for collecting. For example, a treasure can give a bonus to specific race or class or spell... give an utility.

+1

- We need Toorum on the sequel!! (the most important idea )

+1

Try to add more altered statuses like in other rpg Series like Ultima and Final fantasy
(change the names of course, if you want to avoid jail )
4) Localized Wounds. If you're hit in the arm, you cant use it for a couple of seconds; if you're hit in the leg, the party starts to walk slower...

+1 especially, broken limbs, wounded head ... and influences on stats (like in DM)

Righty - Lefty Characters. There is an arm stronger than another. Use that for that heavy mace!

+1 I'm all in for deeper character individualization... as addition special trait "both handed" great if you want to use two weapons


...and as last wish, please fix the remaining minor (and major) exploitation possibilities and issues in the engine (LoG bug collection), for example the possiblity to "find" secret doors by throwing things on walls or the "strange" damage value form thrown things from the hand

[Dr.Disaster]

Make experience distribute evenly to the entire group, removing the character hit requirement.

+1 (or proportional to the damage amount+ bonus for deadly hit)

Did somebody just turn on that old Dire Straits song "XP for nothing and treasure for free"?

-1 to this suggestion

In LoG characters who do nothing still gain half the XP possible which is more then they deserve from an RPG point of view. Usually it's "no action -> no XP" so LoG is already more then fair to characters who lay back and let others do the job. It would be ok if those who took exceptional actions to kill a monster gain bonus XP but that's about.

[badhabit]

Make experience distribute evenly to the entire group, removing the character hit requirement.

+1 (or proportional to the damage amount+ bonus for deadly hit)

Did somebody just turn on that old Dire Straits song "XP for nothing and treasure for free"? Sorry, but i have to disagree here. In LoG characters who do nothing still gain half the XP possible which is more then they deserve from an RPG point of view. Usually it's "no action -> no XP" so LoG is already more then fair to characters who lay back and let others do the job.

-1 to this suggestion

I already changed my mind on this and edited my comment... (seconds before your answer)
my current vision is: +exp for all "activities" ... which are counted per activity and after you have mastered a activity the gained xp drops exponential. (especially to give non-fighting character builds a possiblity for xp)

[Dr.Disaster]

I already changed my mind on this and edited my comment... (seconds before your answer)
my current vision is: +exp for all "activities" ... which are counted per activity and after you have mastered a activity the gained xp drops exponential. (especially to give non-fighting character builds a possiblity for xp)

XP for non-combat actions is ok.
Yet the distribution would depend on if there will be an active / leading character as in DM or not.

[badhabit]

I already changed my mind on this and edited my comment... (seconds before your answer)
my current vision is: +exp for all "activities" ... which are counted per activity and after you have mastered a activity the gained xp drops exponential. (especially to give non-fighting character builds a possiblity for xp)

XP for non-combat actions is ok.
Yet the distribution would depend on if there will be an active / leading character as in DM or not.

good point
+1 for a clear active/leading character selection possibility (like DM), the current in-between implementation is confusing and inconsistent