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I've been pondering something about game design: the good ol' Defense/Magic Defense buff. An ability that, in effect, reduces how much damage a character takes from physical and/or magical damage. From Bravery to Buff, Shell to PSI Shield, almost all RPGs have some form of Defense/Magic Defense buff.
But personally, I've never found single-target forms of these buffs all that useful in turn-based RPGs, for several reasons:
It makes me ponder whether others who would play my games would consider a single-target Defense/Magic Defense buff even worth using. So I figured I'd see what others think. Are single-target DEF/MDF buffs something you use in games, or do you not find value in taking the time to use non-multi-target buffs? Are there specific implementations and/or examples of games where you find single-target DEF/MDF buffs worthwhile?
But personally, I've never found single-target forms of these buffs all that useful in turn-based RPGs, for several reasons:
- Rarely can you control which character an enemy will attack, so you may end up casting a DEF/MDF buff on someone that doesn't end up attacked at all.
- Assume you have the average party of four. If you have two people with such buffs, it takes them two turns each to buff the entire party, and they'll spend more time doing so if the buff is temporary, making for tedious gameplay.
- In most cases, the cost of the buff vs. the cost of a healing spell to cover what the buff would have protected against is negligible.
- A single-target DEF/MDF only really seems useful for a character who has particularly low DEF/MDF compared to the rest of the party. However, a.) see #1, b.) doing so each time you encounter an enemy that poses a particular threat would be tedious, and c.) it can be very annoying to have a character that is killed far more quickly by certain attacks than other party members.
It makes me ponder whether others who would play my games would consider a single-target Defense/Magic Defense buff even worth using. So I figured I'd see what others think. Are single-target DEF/MDF buffs something you use in games, or do you not find value in taking the time to use non-multi-target buffs? Are there specific implementations and/or examples of games where you find single-target DEF/MDF buffs worthwhile?
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