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What it means is that taking out the leveled monster grants the player more bonuses.

I set limits to various stats, limits that would please hexadecimal freaks like you and I.

Kinda yeah, though the exact mechanics of how it works makes it really risky. Because the enemies don't at all level up the same way player characters do. Most Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes use a rank system where enemies have about 3-5 different palette swap ranks rather then enemies having a finely gradated levels. First rank enemies mostly show up at the start of the game and max rank enemies mostly show up near the end of the game. It only takes one kill to make them rank up. So they don't just become slightly more powerful, they get vastly more powerful, and often have better abilities too. The extra experience just isn't worth it most of the time.

My game doesn't have ranked enemies but enemies with classes and levels like actors instead, but I could probobly do something a lot like the Disgaea games do when enemies fuse (usually happens if you throw an enemy into another one in the item world dungeons). Basically when an enemy fuses, the first enemy acquires all the experience points the second (and skills and stuff too, but that's not as relevant here) and levels up. That is to say, all the cumulative experience points mind you. That means a level 5 enemy that fuses with a level 10 enemy gets at least enough experience to reach level 10 from level 1. The result usually ends up being less then both their levels added together, but often not that much less. Granted this is actually really really useful in the Disgaea games for leveling sometimes, but it's also really really easy to create an unstoppable behemoth who will utterly crush your whole party.

TL;DR: In most Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes, a enemy accidentally killing another (often by shooting a projectile at you while another is in the way) is not something you usually want to have happen unless you are prepared for a tough fight, even more tough if it happens more then once. I don't know if I actually want to do that or not in my game. It might also be fun to just let you exploit enemies accidentally attacking each other. A large percentage if the exp you get in my game isn't actually directly from killing things anyhow.

There are actually a few enemies in Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes that exploit this though: Some attack other enemies and rank themselves up, and they can be nasty if not taken care of quickly. Some others will spawn a weak but fast spirit enemy a few turns after they die that just runs away form you, but if it finds another enemy it can possess it, making it rank up. The little ghosts can be a total pain in the ass to deal with sometimes, but if you aren't careful they will make your other enemies too strong to fight. I guess I could still make versions of these two enemies without doing the rank up thing though. The first could be reworked to a cannibal effect which ate enemies it killed with an attack, and the second doesn't really require it.

*cuddles even more*

You are just too cute! Okay then, only one thing for a self respecting fairy like me to do in this situation!

*giggles and suddenly jumps up with you in her arms and runs off with you* Mine now! Tee-hee-hee-hee...

 I'm ok with this.

I thought you might have been.

What did I just watch?
lmfao

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty62YzGryU4

What is this? It isn't a badly animated flash animation collage of random images found from google image search and then reuploaded as a low quality youtube video at all! It actually has production values! I didn't even see even one JPEG compression artifact! This is an affront to my sensibilities!

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What did I just watch?

A video on the internet.

For the record, videos like the 1st one should be avoided at all costs! Watching such nonsense has been proven by the MHA (Mental Health Association) to be hazardous to your mental health & has been known to cause loss in IQ points, especially in long durations (half hour videos or longer). Please watch responsibly.

Signed, RPG Maker Central Neighborhood Watch Committee (PSA)