LogFAQs > #915438361

I feel like I've discussed this before, but something we wanna do for M5 in general is make terrain more meaningful - and this starts with giving actual consideration to whether we wanna remove the native fauna (read: enemies) from a terrain. I don't know if you guys have ever thought about it, but our old reliable standby of 'and no enemies or NPCs are present' is a humongous nerf to stealth characters, which is why their respect is so swingy. It's hard as fuck to stealth around when every level is deader than the graveyard's tenants! By contrast, with a big crowd of noisy people milling about, characters like Ezio, Snake and others start performing at their 'proper' level instead of getting nerfed because we keep asking for stand-up fights. It also gives more of a chance for personality arguments to matter - 'kefka is batshit insane and will hurt anyone' becomes relevant if there's a couple hundred guards with machineguns in a given terrain and the other team is being led by a charismatic goody two-shoes who can talk them into joining up with the team. We probably won't do this for every terrain, but it's something we're giving actual consideration to to mix up a few matches. Thoughts, everyone?
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