Unseen Studios

As of right now we are still working on the XP jump levels. But I think its probably a good idea to begin to think about the standard attack forumla for melee weapons. This will probably be long and complicated. Here are our factors:
Character level
Weapon base damage
additional weapon damage. from special stuff
Strength
Weapon type
Character's skills
Magical buffs
any other damage enhancing effects.
small random effect.

I am too tired to start constructing the formula right now. We will work on the other formulas later. (defence. chance to hit. Xp from kill. etc)

Well the old system of damage was based more on level, not stats. I am unsure where you are going with his, but balance should be a huge consideration, as well as a system that eliminates a single build type (I hate carbon copy characters)


Character level - this should adjust damage by one point per

Weapon bases damages - these should have smaller variations, so that a top weapon will not own everyone

Strength - adds one per, plus an additional +1 for bonus structure

Weapon type - not sure the meaning of this, but I'd say any non-trained weapon will be only 4% effective for each point in the skill to a max of 25 points 100%

Character skills - each point of a skill is = 4% of total bonus

Magical buffs - 1 point per buff

level 10 versus level one with a club 1-4 damage
level 1 3-5 damage
level 10 17-20 damage

this would keep things quite close, so that most times a single hit won't kill, as long as the level difference is not too large.

uhm, this isnt exactly what Im looking for.
I was trying to come up with the actual formula for calculating damage.
using skills in a% fashion is a good idea though. That way a highly trained character can really dish it out compared to someone who has wasted their skill points.

actually make the skill points, add a slight percent but a larger percent hit bonus. say you have swords maxed out you get 75% chance of a hit bonus

I've got a melee damage formula in the works, I'm just tweaking it for balance