Current Events > Why are RPGs with random battles still being made?

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Why would a developer do this without giving the option to adjust the encounter rate like in Bravely Default.

It's 2018 ffs
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SeanRexBach posted...

It's 2017 ffs

um
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chill02 posted...

SeanRexBach posted...

It's 2017 ffs

um

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argh i mean 2018

My point remains, however.
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Why not? It's a design choice like any other. Adjustable encounter rate is an interesting idea though.
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SeanRexBach posted...

argh i mean 2018

My point remains, however.

Nope, you left your point back in 2017.
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Spidey5 posted...

SeanRexBach posted...

argh i mean 2018

My point remains, however.

Nope, you left your point back in 2017.

random battles should have been left back in 2000
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I enjoy random encounters, and most games with them nowadays have some way to control their frequency.
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TC showing how stupid he is like usual lol

I like random encounters
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I think some types of games need them, like, drpgs where every time you go out exploring it's just constant attrition until you have to return home

more standard rpgs though I'm not sure if they're really that necessary
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Yes op, we are aware it is in fact current year.

Count on CE to actually like random battles.

Christ.
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Tjey are unacceptable really. Battles where you can see the enemies in the field are alot better like in newer tales or the legend of heroes games.

Ideally, most encounter should be hand placed and unique but thats more a wrpg thing

With games like bravely default at least you cam change the % so that id at leaat a good thing
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I think running into enemies to fight is stupid as shit.
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Its a shame that you are mandated by law to play games with random encounters. Thats just a part of life. Developers make games with random encounters, you are forced to buy them.
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Lmao TC doesn't even know what fucking year we're in and he expects us to take him seriously.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Lmao TC doesn't even know what fucking year we're in and he expects us to take him seriously.

If you've seen him post you can tell he's not completely alright upstairs.

apolloooo posted...

Tjey are unacceptable really. Battles where you can see the enemies in the field are alot better like in newer tales or the legend of heroes games.

Ideally, most encounter should be hand placed and unique but thats more a wrpg thing

With games like bravely default at least you cam change the % so that id at leaat a good thing

Etrian odyssey does it pretty well imo
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my god the butthurt in this topic

over random battles no less
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ChainedRedone posted...

Lmao TC doesn't even know what fucking year we're in and he expects us to take him seriously.

i could care less what year we're in

because we still haven't abolished random battles
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Hue hue hue look how butthurt tc is about random battles

You want some butthurt creams for that butthurts?? Hue hue hue
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SeanRexBach posted...

my god the butthurt in this topic

over random battles no less

...youre describing yourself, dude.
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kirbymuncher posted...

I think some types of games need them, like, drpgs where every time you go out exploring it's just constant attrition until you have to return home

more standard rpgs though I'm not sure if they're really that necessary

Elminage called. The encounter rate is extremely low, but several dead-end rooms have guaranteed encounters. This means that once you find a path through the dungeon, you'll have one or two fights, if that.
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For dungeon crawlers its an integral part of the gameplay. And dungeons in rpgs in general. But yeah, itd be cool if you could turn it on and off for the Overworld in games like Final Fantasy 1-6
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Stay out of the grass.
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the problem with random encounter is it's hard to find the correct frequency.
if it's too often it will be frustrating, and if it's less it would be not fun to grind.
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Random encounters make since in several games such as pokemom.
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Random battles are fine as long as they're not too frequent
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I'm not ideologically opposed to random battles (although controllable encounter rates and similar features seem almost mandatory nowadays), but I tend to prefer other systems like enemies in the field that you have to touch or get close to.

Relient_K posted...

Random encounters make since in several games such as pokemom.

Pokemon is an interesting case in that it has a sort of hybrid system, with various other ways of encountering Pokemon (e.g. fishing), some of which actually show visible enemies in the field.

I particularly liked ORAS's approach where some Pokemon would actually be visible in the grass, with the DexNav giving extra information on them (and a screen showing what Pokemon you've already found, greyed outlines of Pokemon you haven't, and medals for certain combinations of Pokemon).

BTW, which current games have random encounters?
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Dumbass topic

ORAS had pretty much the system that Pokemon should always have for its encounters

I'm fine with both symbol and random encounters but both have ways to be handled poorly, which usually is more a problem with level design itself in the case of the former or simply making encounters too frequent or infrequent with no way to avoid or promote them whatsoever in the latter

Bad_Mojo posted...

BTW, which current games have random encounters?

the recent Digimon Story games on Vita/PS4 use random encounters

can you name 5 commercial RPGs in 2017 that had random battles? no indie trash.

Dumbass topic lmao

Random encounters are fucking stupid and the same goes for people who somehow like them
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dumbass topic lmao

dumbass topic lmao

I prefer enemies on the screen.
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Got yourself banned over random encounters?

Or was it something else?
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King Rial posted...

Got yourself banned over random encounters?

Or was it something else?

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I like random encounters

I'm sure some of the people on this board wouldn't even be here if their parents didn't feel the same way.

Ving_Rhames posted...

Random encounters are fucking stupid and the same goes for people who somehow like them

You're just upset about what happened in that pawn shop.

Necessary evil.
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Because they want to, and because there's still a market for them.

And the best part? You don't have to actually play them.
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Cause they are fun? What kind of weirdo hates fun? Random battles make back tracking so much better, you can totally avoid everything with a spell or item, whilst for visible encounters, you have to dodge stuff, even if they can't see you, walking into them still triggers battle.
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I like the system in Cthulhu Saves The World, where every area/dungeon has a limited number of random encounters and once you exhaust them, the place becomes squeaky clean with no enemies apart from any yet-unbeaten bosses. If you still want to grind, you can 'look around for a fight' to trigger an encounter at your whim.

Sure, it doesn't work in the overworld because the limit there is a ridiculously high number, but in this case enemies scale to your level to keep things interesting, and the encounter rate is comparatively lower than dungeons.
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