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Dragon Warrior 4 RandoHacker
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Start in Chapter 5 randomize without consideration for Ch 1-4. #84

Open Polantaris opened 4 years ago

Polantaris commented 4 years ago

This is an improvement suggestion. I don't know if this is already on the improvement list, I apologize if it is.

I really love the "Start in Chapter 5" option, but I think a cool way to make it really good is to allow Staring in Chapter 5 to randomize items without consideration for Chapters 1-4. What I mean is:

  1. Key items in Chapters 1-4 that don't have any relevance in Chapter 5 are removed from the pool.
  2. Dungeons and areas in Chapters 1-4 that normally have no relevance in Chapter 5 get randomized to potentially contain relevant items for Chapter 5, including Zenithian Gear and other key items like the Gas Canister.
  3. (This one might be too much, but suggesting it anyway) Change the potential monster pools to be at where that dungeon is in regards to Chapter 5 progression. For example, Birdsong Tower in Chapter 5 has the same monsters as Chapter 2, but if you enter the Birdsong Tower in Chapter 5 it's basically pointless. The enemies are too weak to provide any challenge. However, if they were at the abilities of let's say the Endor Crypt enemies instead, there would be more of a challenge in going there and it potentially having Chapter 5 key items would give the player a reason to go there.

I don't know how difficult any of this would be (especially the last one), but I think it would be a great way to make the "Start on Chapter 5" option really good and more of an "Open World" style that similar RPG randomizers like Free Enterprise and Career Day have.