Travelers of Eluna

Yesterday Nils, confirmed Upcoming Battle Stages & Ranged Weapons! Here is his direct quotes from the CozyQuest.com forum:

"Well. We will of course be happy to make the system a bit more entertaining, also letting you have more stategic possiblities than just attack or flee.

Were working on battlestages where the character and the monster is represented in the combat environment, and can move around, take cover and such.

This is not only to make it more entertaining, but it will greatly expand the concepts of combat (alas, making them a tad longer to complete.)

yeah and its the only way i can justify ranged weapons and melee weapons ;]"

Good stuff. ^ ^

Really, not all the revolutionary, as things like this have been done since the NES days and before.

But to see it on a web-based type game would be interesting.

This also makes group combat more feasible.

I'm excited as well. ^ ^

Interested and excited.

*puppy dog eyes of eagerness*

I wonder how merchants will play a part in combat stages. Maybe we can wander around the battlefield and hawk scythes to the local sprites?

I am quite interested and can't wait

And it will make botting more difficult

Yay!

What is the significance of ranged weapons? Perhaps they could be a more effective weapon against flying or speedy monsters than close combat weapons.

Nils would have to design a class of monsters who would be less effective against ranged weapons.

Well, with the battle stages, ranged combatants will be able to attack without fear of counter attack. I'd call that a pretty good bonus. Plus, like you mentioned, some enemies might be out of range of melee attacks.