Speed mechanic reworking

[Toadlord]

I think speed doesn't do enough and the speed-maxing strat doesn't really seem viable, just because compared to armor, damage, etc. going first in a battle just doesn't matter enough.

I think a better mechanic would be that there's some (invisible) base value, say 6 that 0 speed is equivalent to, and this means that each turn your speed value and your enemy's are calculated, and each time it passes 6 you get to attack. So if have a value of 2 speed your value is calculated to be 8 and every 3 turns you get a double strike automatically (8 = 1 attack, 16 = 2 attacks, 24 = 4 attacks).

Hopefully that makes sense. basically just doing what the double strike crown does but built into speed as a mechanic. This also means that if you're behind your enemy by a lot they'll get to double hit you sometimes too (like razerback boar's ability but baked into the mechanic).

[Toadlord]

Oh yeah, speed also could still determine who attacks first this way with no change

[Fool]

Agree 100%, I made the exact same suggestion about calculating extra attacks a while ago (the post called Speedback, on 13th August).

Cos otherwise speed is no help in combat at all past the first turn...

[Saiytanic]

There are items that take advantage of your speed to deal extra dmg, etc.

But yeah, speed only affecting turn order is a bit silly.

[MFdinosaur]

I was CERTAIN it worked this way for many hours. It's just so obvious...
Realizing that it literally only exists for synergy, and the attribute itself only decides who goes first (When the fights you're building around have 50+ turns!?)... That was sort of the moment I started to realize this game isn't actually as brilliant as I thought it was.

The broad structure of this game is genius, but most of the content is really poorly designed. I've talked about it elsewhere, but I'm praying they do the smart thing and keep the gameplay loop, but completely throw out all the bosses and items and start over.