Okay, so about a week ago CK and I were in chat and he mentioned that he would like some way for items to provide more of a players overall power. So, I took the liberty of coming up with what I hope will be a solution to this problem. I've already sent CK a pm about it, but we haven't been able to really discuss it so I'm going to put it here so that the whole FRP community can get involved. 
So, first of all, base attribute would have to be redone. My idea for this is as follows:
There will be 4 Primary Attributes: Attack, Defense, Health, and Speed (All others, Accuracy, Block, Critical Strike, will be referred to as Secondary Attributes). When a player levels up each Primary Attribute will increase by a set amount of points, however, each race will have a certain Attribute that will increase more than the others. Here's a couple of examples:
Dredd
Attack:+2
Defense:+1
HP:+1
Speed:+1
Kabal
Attack:+1
Defense:+1
HP:+2
Speed:+1
In addition each player will receive Attribute Points that they then could use to increase any of these four stats. Each attribute point would have a different value depending on which stat the player increases. For instance: Each attribute point would increase Attack by 2, Defense by 1, Health by 5, and Speed by 10.
Using the same example from above here is what these players could look like when they hit level 50 (a**uming each player receives 10 Attribute Points per level):
Dredd
Base Stat Total Stat
Attack: 300 600
Defense: 150 300
HP: 150 750
Speed: 150 1500
Kabal
Base Stat Total Stat
Attack: 350 700
Defense: 150 300
HP: 150 750
Speed: 100 1000
Now, on to the items! Instead of each item having a set amount of attack, defense, etc each item would have stat multipliers on them. For example: A level 50 Uncommon item would have a stat multiplier of 4. Now, that does not mean that it will multiply all your stats by 4, what that means is that you can choose which stat(s) to multiply up to 4 times. Again, using the example above here is what each of these players could look like with a complete set of Uncommon items:
Dredd
Base Stat Total Stat Item Bonus Final Stats
Attack: 300 600 6600 7200
Defense: 150 300 2700 3000
HP: 150 750 8250 9000
Speed: 150 1500 6000 7500
Kabal
Base Stat Total Stats Item Bonus Final Stats
Attack: 350 700 7700 8400
Defense: 150 150 3300 3600
HP: 150 750 6750 7500
Speed: 100 1000 4000 5000
Now the number of multipliers you get would be determined by the item level and rarity. Also, there will be tiers for each item. Meaning all items within the range of levels 50-74 will receive the same Stat Multiplier. The Players Final Stats will still be different because of the Attribute Points each player receives when they level up. Having it this way will enable lower level players to beat higher level players a**uming the lower level players have better equipment. Here is an example of how a level 50 player with an Uncommon set could look up against a level 70 player with a common set:
Level 50 Dredd
Base Total Final
Attack: 300 600 7200
Defense: 150 150 1500
HP: 150 750 9000
Speed: 150 1500 7500
Level 70 Kabal
Base Total Final
Attack: 320 640 5760
Defnese: 270 270 2430
HP: 290 1450 10150
Speed: 170 1700 6800
Now, for stats such as Accuracy, Critical Strike, etc we would use a Socket/Crystal feature. For instance: Each item has the ability to hold 1 or 2 sockets, you would then select/craft an appropriate crystal to increase whichever stat you wish. Crystals would also act like items in that, instead of increasing Accuracy for example, you could use them to add additional multipliers to your items. So instead of a level 50 Uncommon item just having 4 Stat Multipliers it could have 5 multipliers and a .5% increase to Critical Strike, if the item had 2 sockets. Or it could have 6 multipliers or a 1% increase to Critical Strike.
There could also be different qualities of crystals. A Flawed Crystal would give a 1 multiplier bonus or a .5% increase to a Secondary Attribute, a Refined Crystal would give 2 multipliers bonus or a 1% increase to a Secondary Attribute, and a Flawless Crystal would give 3 multipliers or a 1.5% increase to a Secondary Attribute. Or something like that.
I know this was incredibly long and I apologize for this, but for those of you who made it this far I would really appreciate it if you let me know what you think. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Hopefully I didn't leave out anything, although I probably did sadly enough. Also, I can not guarantee that my figures are accurate, but they should be close.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edited by Dythark @ Fri Dec 2 10:53:36 EST 2011
This was my idea by the way.
No but seriously, I really like it. Not only does it create more possibilities for different players, in the way they like to play, it also gives Races a distinct difference. Didn't seem like you left anything out. Except for the idea of characters with more speed getting more attacks on their turn, as you suggested. Or characters with high Attack having a chance to stun, as I suggested. Which also makes me think, characters with high HP or Defense could have a chance to halve incoming damage. Possibly, who knows.
I completely love this idea. Even more the socket system, as it would provide even more customizing. Which also leads to a bigger reason to implement more quests. Either rewards crystals, parts of crystals that you need to forge, or materials for said crystals, used by a crafting profession.
As stated before, all this would be amazing, however our cloning device for CK is not yet ready.
Edit: Also your idea of using free points for item building, but the item would be bound to only you.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edited by Symphony @ Fri Dec 2 2:07:11 EST 2011
I still haven't read this, but I will 
I'm just posting to show that I'm aware of its existence 
I'm just posting to show that I'm aware of its existence Invisible War ][
