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6/15/2025, 1:20:49 AM
>>11800272
I just can't stand the way magic works in Dragon Quest.
In DQ a 30% resistance to a spell doesn't mean you only do 70% of the normal amount of damage, it means that 3 out of every 10 times the spell fail will fail.
And there's no way to see what resistances the enemies have in-game, so if you aren't using a guide you can very easily waste tons of MP on an enemy highly resistant to your magic without realizing it because you got a few lucky hits in early and thought that they were vulnerable. The reverse scenario where and enemy luckily resists your magic several times in a row and convinces you they have a high resistance when they don't is also frustratingly common.
Whenever I play a DQ game I always end up just having my mages spend all of their turns attacking or using items, barely having them use any spells.
It feels incredibly lame and random and out of my hands as the player. It's one of my least favorite magic systems in any RPG.
I just can't stand the way magic works in Dragon Quest.
In DQ a 30% resistance to a spell doesn't mean you only do 70% of the normal amount of damage, it means that 3 out of every 10 times the spell fail will fail.
And there's no way to see what resistances the enemies have in-game, so if you aren't using a guide you can very easily waste tons of MP on an enemy highly resistant to your magic without realizing it because you got a few lucky hits in early and thought that they were vulnerable. The reverse scenario where and enemy luckily resists your magic several times in a row and convinces you they have a high resistance when they don't is also frustratingly common.
Whenever I play a DQ game I always end up just having my mages spend all of their turns attacking or using items, barely having them use any spells.
It feels incredibly lame and random and out of my hands as the player. It's one of my least favorite magic systems in any RPG.
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