... Redo tease? Do you happen to know if we can still defeat enemies with lust alone? CoC2 has me worried with how lust no longer plays such a vital and fun part.
CoC2 has a very different style of combat, as well as class-based abilities that can be swapped around. The basic tease doesn't have to be powerful because if it was, why would you use an ability that induces or enhances lust damage? In the case of TiTS, I'd be very surprised if Fen wanted to simply nerf it, because that would effectively remove a major component of a combat system that is already noteably lacking in options, as well as require certain enemies to be rebalanced, especially bosses.
I am curious as to what Fen would do with the Tease system if he had a chance to redo it. Right now, it seems like a pretty good system - players get sultry descriptions of Steele's assets, and since it's split into multiple choices (butt, hips, genitals, or chest), you can focus on whichever you think are Steele's best assets. Enemies also have a system of auto-generated interests that influence how successful a certain tease will be, giving you a sense (literally) for what these NPC are into before you've even engaged in any major scenes with them. It's quite novel, if you ask me. Meanwhile, most enemies that deal lust damage focus more on using drugs, pheromones, and psionics that the player can try to counter using their equipment, instead of simply flashing their assets, thus addressing one of CoC's more annoying problems: quite often it would tell you how hot & bothered you got from an enemy's display regardless of what you, the player, might find attractive. A lot of enemies (particularly bosses) only use tease attacks once they've been teased enough themselves. There are still exceptions, of course - Raskvel females, nyrean huntresses, gray goo, Briha, Lys, Queen Taivra, Dr. Khan, and the Milodan Priestess all still have lust attacks that amount to "shake something, get horny", but most of those were from early in the game's development and I think it's safe to say lessons have been learned.
Tease attacks also have they're own separate set of progression, which I think adds some risk vs. reward factor to it, since you can try to take down enemies you might otherwise be unprepared for if you think you're sexy enough. Alternatively, tease weapons and special abilities allow for other ways to win through lust damage without needing to grind your tease attacks.
I'm definitely looking forward to the oral teases, since I think with the current system, it would have a very positive impact.
