I found something I think is probably a bug. If it's on purpose, I think it's really bad.
My Cartography skill is six. When I cast Reveal Map, my cartography skill goes up to 21. If I walk around an area with my skill at 21, I get a fairly detailed automap. When Reveal Map wears off, areas that I already revealed with a skill of 21 go back to level six if I walk over them, again. In essence, the game is punishing me by degrading the quality of my maps after I have already made them. This renders Reveal Map nearly useless because
A) It's not reasonable for me to completely avoid areas I have already mapped just to avoid degrading the map quality
and
B) It is basically impossible to keep Reveal Map active at all times since fifty turns goes by in about thirty seconds, so I would be draining my mana entirely every couple of minutes, in addition to the fact that I have to keep constant watch on the little message box since there's no effect shown when a status spell wears off.
I also think there might be some balance issues with casters.
I'm still very impressed with this game, overall. It's good to see such a polished product come out of left field like this.
NOTE:
- The quest to carry the seventy-pound item displays incorrect information in the quest log (it says eighty pounds, but the item weighs seventy and all the dialog when you get the quest says seventy).
- Maybe it's just me, but it drives me nuts that my character's dialog displays, "Show me what you got," when I want to see a merchant's goods.
SpaceAce
My Cartography skill is six. When I cast Reveal Map, my cartography skill goes up to 21. If I walk around an area with my skill at 21, I get a fairly detailed automap. When Reveal Map wears off, areas that I already revealed with a skill of 21 go back to level six if I walk over them, again. In essence, the game is punishing me by degrading the quality of my maps after I have already made them. This renders Reveal Map nearly useless because
A) It's not reasonable for me to completely avoid areas I have already mapped just to avoid degrading the map quality
and
B) It is basically impossible to keep Reveal Map active at all times since fifty turns goes by in about thirty seconds, so I would be draining my mana entirely every couple of minutes, in addition to the fact that I have to keep constant watch on the little message box since there's no effect shown when a status spell wears off.
I also think there might be some balance issues with casters.
I'm still very impressed with this game, overall. It's good to see such a polished product come out of left field like this.
NOTE:
- The quest to carry the seventy-pound item displays incorrect information in the quest log (it says eighty pounds, but the item weighs seventy and all the dialog when you get the quest says seventy).
- Maybe it's just me, but it drives me nuts that my character's dialog displays, "Show me what you got," when I want to see a merchant's goods.
SpaceAce