What are your opinions of viewing charcter stats in RPG''s? Would you rather see numerically how your avatar advances or is it enough to see it as a result of in-game actions? For example, you would notice that your guy delivers stronger blows over time, etc. Or as another option, what about knowing your "strength" relative to others? I see a problem with hiding stats in that the advances would probable have to be more rapid than normal level-ups so the player won''t have to wait a long time to see improvement. What do you think? --I don''t judge, I just observe Stuck in the Bush''s, Florida

Personally, I prefer to see how my character develops. It''s always interesting to see how what you are after equipping affects your stats. As for releative strengths, I would leave that as it is commonly done, through the magic system.

I disagree slightly with your point on hiding the stats resulting in the necessity to speed up level-up. You would not necessarily have to increase the spped at which they happen, but you would certainly have to make them more evident when they do; eg: flares from punches, burlier looking avatars, more violent enemy falling animations, etc. This is why it is best to leave the stats visible, it saves on production time elsewhere.

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A historic thread on a similar subject can be found Here.

It''s 400 messages long, so quite a read. I think one of the conclusions was that hiding the stats away where they cannot be seen by players might be counter-productive, scaring away the type of player that you''re trying to attract.

doodle:
Thanks for the input. That''s actually what I was thinking about increasing the effect as opposed to the time, but I guess I didn''t write that out too well!

MadKeith:
Thanks for the link, I will scroll through it over the next few months!




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