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>The formula itself is extremely simple, but why isn't the first part just (Attack - Defense / 2)? The conclusion I've come to is that doing it this way allows your stats to soar to big numbers (cool, leveling up feels better because of that!) while the numbers that are used in battles stay lower, and thus more comprehensible - and even more predictable especially during the early game.

Yes this is something I really appreciate about Dragon Quest, the games keep a tight balance and dealing with predictable small numbers makes the player feel in control. I also like how for the first 4 games every time you end up stronger than you were in the end of the previous game; this stopped being the case with 5 though

Anyway the other advantage with dealing with small numbers is not going beyond the 255 cap and thus not having to deal with an extra byte and 16-bit data for every stat. The only thing that go beyond that in the early DQ games are money and experience, which are added or in the case of experience for a single enemy use a base stat through a multiplier

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Is there any database containing the damage (and other) formulas used by JRPGs? I haven’t found any and it seems like it would be interesting to…