Hi everyone,
Last week we started developing a long planned feature: Talent Stone leveling. Actually, our original focus was on creating unique weapons for the upcoming fishing update, where we aim to introduce unique loot as rewards alongside the fishes. However, this endeavor led us to reevaluate the elemental damage systems within the game, requiring some necessary rebalancing. It was during this process that we realized the perfect opportunity to also delve into the development of Talent Stone levels, as they too would require rebalancing. Consequently, our next update has evolved into a more substantial undertaking than originally anticipated.
Talent Stones will gain experience points as you use them at battles and it is not connected to hero level. Gaining xp does not require killing the enemies; damaging them while using the stones will be enough.
Talent Stones will start at level 1 and gain maximum 5 levels. Every level will improve damage or duration. Leveling up will need increasingly more xp.
The price of Talent Stones will be more expensive with every level too. So hero can level up some talent stones and sell them for profit if he wants.
To prevent experience spamming for the Teleport Talent Stone, we are thinking to add some kind of limitation to this power. Maybe hero will get a teleportation sickness if he uses this too often.
Another improvement is about user interface. Because of the Talent Stone levels, we needed to communicate more information. Current cards don’t have the space to show the next level of the Talent Stones or other required information. So we are adding a right click info page. If users right click the Talent Stone, a bigger page with more details will come up. Tips like “fireball doesn’t work when it is raining”, or “next level upgrades” will be written here as well.
To enhance the clarity and convenience of tracking talent levels, small indicators will be added to the icons of Talent Stones, allowing players to easily gauge their current level. The progression of Talent Stones not only adds diversity to character development but also enriches the overall experience, offering more rewarding gameplay.
During our playthroughs, we have observed that the presence of Maximized Talent Stones in one's inventory brings a small but unique sense of joy.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. May the tides bring you triumph!