Category: Suggestions and Improvements
Topic: Bugs - Combat
Author: Zoha (DRAGONREALMS)
Posted: Dec 14, 1998 20:33:50

Today a bug involving damage to critters in combat was fixed. It seems that for at least several months critters have been receiving a double dose of hit point damage from every damaging attack. Now critters receive only the damage you deal out. This will result in it taking longer to kill many critters, particularly the bigger ones and make it tougher to get a critical hit. This may result in some critters becoming more dangerous to you depending on your hunting style: If you count on your first hard hit giving you the advantage, for instance, or depend on the critter taking a crit on you second hit. This may also give the creature more time before their hit points drop to dangerous levels, making their hits potentially more powerful in the early stages of battle after the first hit from what you normally experience. The creatures are not actually more powerful, but you may perceive them bein more effective.

Zoha