Hello!
I really like the new achievements, but I have one concern.
Since Alacris gets 1,000 extra HP, you would expect this to make Alacris stronger. However, when a fight goes the full length without a knockout, the winner is the one who has taken the least damage, so the one who loses the most HP loses. Because of this, the extra HP actually makes Alacris slightly weaker against enemies with abilities that deal damage as a percentage of max HP. I'm mainly thinking of three matchups:
- Vitalis (Life Drain)
- The Immortuos/Vitalis hybrid (Life Drain)
- The Abigor/Alacris hybrid (Poison Bite)
Some numbers (Elder):
Life Drain (60% of max HP):
- 5,550 HP: 3,330 damage
- 6,550 HP: 3,930 damage (+600)
Poison Bite (8% of max HP per round, 5 rounds):
- 5,550 HP: 444 per round, 2,220 in total
- 6,550 HP: 524 per round, 2,620 in total (+400)
I like the idea of Alacris getting extra HP and more survivability as an achievement reward. Maybe there is a way to solve this? One idea could be that the extra 1,000 HP is added on top and does not count as part of the registered max HP, so it is not affected by Life Drain or the hybrid's Poison Bite. This is just a suggestion, and there are surely other ways to solve it. But as it stands, I think the extra HP will work more like a debuff than a buff against these three.
Thanks for all the work you put into the game!