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When Cryptic added diplomatic missions, I was very excited about the concept. When I tried it out for myself, I noticed something odd. Missions were either combat, or non-combat and to me that never felt right.
We as Foundry authors will create stories and missions that wouldn't necessarily follow this clear-cut separation, combat missions and non-combat missions. Oftentimes we may write a diplomatic mission that has some combat sequences in it, or combat-heavy missions with some diplomatic decisions for the main character(s) to make especially once optional objectives are added to the Foundry.
Cryptic's current rewards system seems inflexible to me and so I would like, as a Foundry Author, to be able to suggest to the system what type of mission completion reward my mission should grant the player. I would like to determine the split between XP and DXP when the player completes my mission.
Give Foundry Authors a slider so we can suggest the XP / DXP division to Cryptic's mission completion reward system. What do you think, guys?
We as Foundry authors will create stories and missions that wouldn't necessarily follow this clear-cut separation, combat missions and non-combat missions. Oftentimes we may write a diplomatic mission that has some combat sequences in it, or combat-heavy missions with some diplomatic decisions for the main character(s) to make especially once optional objectives are added to the Foundry.
Cryptic's current rewards system seems inflexible to me and so I would like, as a Foundry Author, to be able to suggest to the system what type of mission completion reward my mission should grant the player. I would like to determine the split between XP and DXP when the player completes my mission.
Give Foundry Authors a slider so we can suggest the XP / DXP division to Cryptic's mission completion reward system. What do you think, guys?
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I'm pretty sure there is a question about this in the newest Ask Cryptic.
I would love it if you could point me directly at that question, Nagus, because all I found was this:
A: We are reviewing the reward structure for Foundry missions with the goal of ensuring there is proper incentive to play and experience player made missions. Adding the ability to gain Diplomacy XP for non-combat gameplay seems like a no-brainer. We'll be sure to add that to our review.
not saying it's a bad idea, just trying to think how it could be made to really represent it's purpose, perhaps with linked missions it will be
less
of an issue
ps is the revera mission published?> i still can't bloody find it.
However, leaving this kind of decision to an algorithm doesn't sound right to me because I don't believe DXP should be given based on how difficult a puzzle is, but rather by what diplomatic implications the successful (or failed) result of the mission would mean to diplomatic relations in the galaxy.
If Cryptic deems it necessary to leave XP / DXP division to their algorithms, I'd be fine with that as long as at least such division existed and we wouldn't run into situations where fighting to defend ourselves against one enemy group meant the mission yielded only XP while the author's intent was to write a diplomatic episode!
Sadly, it's visible only to characters Lv41 and above because of the Borg I had to use which sadly set the mission's level at 41+. I explain it all here...
Some of Cryptic first group of Diplomatic missions had some fairly lengthy dialogue braches with searching various databases and using different consoles and interrogating various witness and such. Yet these yield only 30 DXP.
So maybe we are talking about 10 DXP per puzzle with a limit at 30 per mission.
Maybe, I don't know... I guess we'll have to wait and see what they're willing to allow us to do. I'm just worried about the whole Diplomacy == non-combat dichotomy, because as far as I can recall, I haven't done missions that involved both combat and puzzles/dialogs where I got both XP and DXP, and all too painfully I remember "Exploration" missions that should in theory have yielded DXP but had enemy groups placed near every objective I had to interact with, so eventually I'd come out with a bunch of XP, but no DXP what-so-ever.
I know those are randomized missions and all that, I'm just worried... so perhaps I need someone to come hold my hand and tell me it's gonna be OK, you know? :eek::o
Don't worry... I'll do a little hand holding... it will be ok... have some faith..
I remember some too: Gave XP and DXP. But those are rare and the DXP was always 10.
I think if you put in some diplomacy style things it could just automatically give you 10. 20 if you have a successful first contact mission.