...This thread houses any ideas I come up with, plain and simple description. Because of the general theme of my ideas, though, they have been separated based on their themes. Aside from that, expect this post to get updated every now and then. New content since the last time I updated my ideas are in bold.

6/27: Tidying up the thread prior to an idea thought of by someone else that I am taking time to refine. That idea will be placed in its own section at a later time.


AI Ideas

...I used to have a somewhat lengthy discussion on difficulty modes, but since those are removed from the update, this is just a general idea list of AI tweaks that could be applied in general or under some special circumstances like a boss:

- = Normal AI
+ = Harder/Boss/Late Game AI?


The changes that shouldn't require much new code:

-Never switch out under any circumstance (or switch out less often).
-Ability List updated to not include abilities from other robots (like Metal Man not using Quick Boomerang, but allowed the moves he learns normally and also Neutral abilities that are global to all robots) [The Copy/Shadow/Neutral robots can be excluded from this].

+More likely to switch out as WE gets used up (much like how the AI is more likely to switch out the lower their LE gets).
+In later battles, give AI more Starforce on their side to work with (could even go so far as to include Laser and Shield Starforce for AI).


Changes that may be a bit more difficult to implement:

-More likely to use lower WE cost moves, including Buster Shot, even at full or near-zero LE.
-Lessen the effect of bench modifiers for the enemy team.

+Favor abilities that are super effective against the target, reverse if not very effective.
+Have them more likely use their held items as their LE gets low.
+Prevent them from using abilities that either do nothing to them or only harm them (like using Repair Mode at full LE).
+Favor higher WE abilities at the start, like perhaps Field Support to make their abilities much more effective. Higher WE moves should become less favorable as WE goes lower.
+Favor abilities that attack sooner as LE gets low.
+Favor abilities that reduce the target's stats (Hard Knuckle) or increases own stats (Thunder Beam).
+If Attack or Defense hits 0-1, give priority to increasing that stat instead of attacking.


The change that definitely will require some careful thought:

+Prevent them from using abilities that do nothing to their opponent or heal them (not using a Flame ability if their target is Fire Man, for example, opting instead either to use Buster Shot or switching to a better robot if that's not too hard/tedious to code). The only exception to this is if the AOE ability will work against some robots in the bench, but not the active target, in which the move should be allowed.


Other Ideas

-Change the value of Cores to be based on unlocked robots instead of Starforce (1,000 base price, or number of robots x2,000 if robot count of said element > 0)
-Allow players to see what overkill their robots sustained when they get dealt a blow that disables their robot.


Retired/Irrelevant Ideas (for ideas that are either already implemented or cut for some other reason like a removed feature)

-Higher chance of Dark Elements appearing in battle.
-Make dark elements appear less often.
-Favor Neutral abilities if Dark Elements are present in battle.
-More fields that have a negative effect on Time. Only one field at this time does it, that being Sky Ridge.


...That's all for now.