Hey Fellow Citizens!

Few made it through the weekend & all the ALPHA systems seem to be running fairly smooth now, a few bugs here and there but nothing major so I have been able to work on some fun things & really take a look at the current state of the game, the balance of early gameplay, and get some feedback from the community which has been super helpful.

One of the largest flaws with the game systems now is Staked SCRAP has not really been useful past just having enough room for the SCRAP you can get to attacks...and FAVOR is currently way overpowered. The end goal here is to allow users to be able to choose how they want to build their character out and still be competitive, it should not be you need to Build X,Y,Z way or you will be at a disadvantage.

Breaking Down the Changes:

STAKED SCRAP

Staked Scrap now also serves a secondary function that is defense called toughness, the bigger your stash the more resources you can hold & the tougher you become. This toughness will allow you to dodge attacks more easily.

This is number is rolled first when someone attacks you and gives you a chance to dodge their attack entirely!

function checkDoge(_target) {
    // Calculate player's toughness based on scrap staked
    var toughness = 0.001 * _target.stakedScrap;
    // Generate random number between 1 and 100
    var dodgeRoll = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;
    // Check if toughness is greater than 25%
    if (toughness > 25) {
        // Calculate the excess toughness and make it 2x harder to gain more toughness
        var excessToughness = toughness - 25;
        dodgeRoll = 25 + (dodgeRoll * (1 + (excessToughness / 2)));
        // Check if toughness is greater than 50%
        if (toughness > 50) {
            // Calculate the excess toughness and make it 4x harder to gain more toughness
            excessToughness = toughness - 50;
            dodgeRoll = 50 + (dodgeRoll * (1 + (excessToughness / 2)));
        }
        // Check if toughness is greater than 75%
        if (toughness > 75) {
            // Calculate the excess toughness and make it 6x harder to gain more toughness
            excessToughness = toughness - 75;
            dodgeRoll = 75 + (dodgeRoll * (1 + (excessToughness / 2)));
        }
    }
    // Check if dodge roll is less than toughness
    if (dodgeRoll < toughness) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

FAVOR

There is a new roll system based on favor that will use the code below to determine an rng factor based on the amount of favor you have.

First it check the attack damage vs the opponents Defense to get a base attack damage # this has been normalized to reflect the game better and is now divided by 10

var scrapToSteal = (user.damage - target.defense)/10;

Then a RNG roll is made to determine your chance of critical hitting, this is all based on your FAVOR. This scales flat until you hit 25% to crit then becomes harder to gain after that.

async function rollAttack(_player) {
    var favor = 0.001 * _player.favor;
    console.log("Favor: " + favor);
    // Check if favor is greater than 25%
    if (favor > 25) {
        // Calculate the excess favor and make it 2x harder to gain more favor
        var excessFavor = favor - 25;
        favor = 25 + (favor * (1 + (excessFavor / 2)));
        // Check if favor is greater than 50%
        if (favor > 50) {
            // Calculate the excess favor and make it 4x harder to gain more favor
            excessFavor = favor - 50;
            favor = 50 + (favor * (1 + (excessFavor / 2)));
        }
        // Check if favor is greater than 75%
        if (favor > 75) {
            // Calculate the excess favor and make it 6x harder to gain more favor
            excessFavor = favor - 75;
            favor = 75 + (favor * (1 + (excessFavor / 2)));
        }
    }
    //roll a random number between favor and 100
    var steal = Math.floor(Math.random() * (100 - favor + 1) + favor);
    console.log("Steal Roll: " + steal + " Favor: " + favor);
    //check if steal is greater than 100
    if (steal > 100) {
        steal = 100;
    }
    //return steal
    return steal;
}

We will be adding the most info we can regarding these changes to the wiki so that people can do a deep dive into the new system this weekend!

We are excited about these changes & hope to bring the best balanced experience to the game & keep creating more utility for $SCRAP in the future, this is the lifeblood of the game & will be needed for all upgrades and future additions to the game.

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