Your SRPG preferences

Hopefully, you are taking this poll because you are a fan of Strategy RPGs (or Tactics RPGs) such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, Vandal Hearts, Fire Emblem, and many others. Imagine your ideal SRPG, and answer the following questions about what your ideal SRPG would include.

Hoa many playable characters should the game include?

There should be 5-10 unique characters

There should be 11-16 unique characters

There should be 17+ unique characters

There should be unique characters as well as generic units

How many characters should be deployed (on your team) in a typical battle?

4-6 units

7-9 units

10-12 units

13-18 units

Battles should be massive with 19+ units

How much more powerful should a character be than a similar character 2-3 levels lower?

The higher level character should be much more powerful

The higher level character should have a significant advantage

The higher level character should have a small advantage

Skills and strategy should be the sole factor in deciding the winner; there should be no experience levels

How fragile should typical units be?

Most units should take only 1 or 2 powerful attacks to kill

Units should be killed if attacked 3-4 times

Units should take considerable effort to kill

How powerful should typical enemy units be in comparison to player units?

There should be few, very powerful enemies

There should be about as many, equally powerful, enemies as player units

There should be many weaker enemy units

There should be many weak units with a few stronger "boss" units

Attacking a unit from behind should...

give no benefit

result in increased chance to hit

result in extra damage

result in increased chance to hit as well as extra damage

How can units gain experience?

Only killing an enemy unit should give experience

Only attacking an enemy unit should give experience

Successful actions on reasonably-leveled units should give experience

Successful action on any unit should give experience

Any attempted action should give experience

Experience should be given after battle to all surviving units

Experience should be given after battle to all units involved in the battle

All characters should be leveled evenly, even those not in battle

What should happen when a character falls in battle?

The character should be killed permanently

The character should withdraw from battle

The character should withdraw, but be able to be brought back

The character's body should remain on the battlefield until revived

The character's body should remain on the battlefield, and killed permanently if not revived in a timely manner

How should spells be cast?

Spells should be cast instantaneously

Spells should be charged in advance, and cast on a later turn

Spells should require a charge time and be cast out of turn (as in Final Fantasy Tactics)

How should MP/mana be handled?

MP should be full at the start of battle and not charged

MP should be full at the start of battle and charge over time

MP should be 0 at the start of battle and charge over time

Spells and abilities should not require MP

How do you feel about elemental affinities (strengths and weaknesses)?

I do not like elemental affinities

There should be 4-6 elements with simple affinities

There should be 7+ elements with complex affinities

How should characters be attuned to other units?

Characters should be affiliated with elements and have similar affinities

Characters should be attuned by some other system (eg zodiac sign)

Characters should not be attuned to other units

What sort of job class system do you like?

I like when characters come with preset combat roles and skill progression (eg Fire Emblem)

I like a few major class change choices (eg. Vandal Hearts)

I like changing classes freely (eg. Final Fantasy Tactics)

Characters should not have classes and should develop as I see fit

How should job classes affect stat growth?

Leveling up in a certain job should permanent affect a character's stats

The current job should define your stats, regardless of previous job classes

Job classes should define only skills and abilities, having no impact on stats

Please mark the statements you agree with. (Terrain)

Terrain should have varying height, impeding movement based on a "jump" stat

High ground should give an offensive bonus

High ground should give a defensive bonus

Terrain should affect movement speed

Terrain should affect the power of elemental spells (eg. electric attacks and water terrain)

Weather should affect movement (eg. a river in a rainstorm)

Weather should affect elemental spells (eg. ice spells in a blizzard)

Terrain should be destructible (eg. rocks blocking a path)

Terrain should be interactive (eg. controls for a sluice gate or explosive barrels)

Please mark the statements you agree with. (Weapons)

Weapons should be upgraded or bought to increase attack power

New weapons should be significantly more powerful

Weapons should be specific to a character

Multiple characters should use the same weapon type (Short Sword, Axe, Bow, etc)

Characters should be able to equip multiple types of weapons

Characters should be able to equip any type of weapon

Different weapon types should vary greatly in usage and implementation

This poll was created on 2009-07-22 19:41:45 by Tatoolo