New Letter from the Producer, XII

[Eldaena]

/facepalm

Guys ... forest ... trees ... your focusing on the wrong thing here. So to clear this up lets say in the hypothetical game it was a PARTY of ninja boys, and a PARTY of samurai girls.

Now then. Here's the hypothetical situation in the hypothetical game.

A ninja party is in a dungeon where they have to defeat a final boss. The ninja boys uses patience, knowledge of monsters aggressive tendencies (sight, sound, etc), items, stealth abilities, and coordinated teamwork to avoid all combat until meeting the final boss ... which the ninja boys defeat in combat.

Now, a samurai party is in the same dungeon and has to defeat the same final boss. The samurai girls uses coordinated tactics, maneuvering, well-timed abilities, items, and their weapons to defeat every monster between them and the final boss ... which the samurai girls defeat in combat.

So ...

Which party was the more "skillfull party"?
Which party took more risks?
Which party should get more reward?

The only difference is Samurai party gets more exp for killing more mobs, and ninja gets more something else for speed. The end.

[Sorel]

The only difference is Samurai party gets more exp for killing more mobs, and ninja gets more something else for speed. The end.

Sorry, added a 4th question on you after you posted.

When should reward be given? Just because you kill something in a game doesn't necessarily mean that game gives you a reward for it. The monster you kill could be guarding a gate, and getting past that gate is what gets you rewarded, not killing the monster in and of itself.

Would a reward system like that reward more or less skillful play in your opinion?