i should specify that when i say tip i mean in the game, it's not really comprehensible what you have to do to achieve ending 4
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I think I may need to rename the "endings." I have them in numerical order to give a sense of where you are, but you can absolutely blitz past them without losing out on anything.
4 and 5 are mutually exclusive, and I won't spoil why for new players. The important part is that if you get 4, you still have more to do. If you get 5, you've met the same conditions as 4, but you've also progressed far enough into the later game content.
That progression is the gate, not something else you need to find.
alright thanks for the answer, i think this helps, i atleast got a couple ideas like this, i think you should add some tips for the next ending in after one of the beastwave ending like for end 1 the dialogue could go like, whit your qi you managed to barely sustain a small defensive formation around yourself inside the now abandoned sect, you are the only survivor, if you had more qi you could save more (obviously whit some better writing) and so on until you get to end 3 whit the tip saying you need spmething more if you want to save the city not just it's inabitants
this could also explain why you can fight back against the beast wave and survive while having just 2 qi and a attack power in the 300s while you can't even survive whit a attack power of 2000
There are multiple factors in survival. Qi carries more weight than Body in some parts of the Beast Wave because of what the Beast Waves actually are in the setting, but neither is the whole answer.
I do like the idea of the earlier outcomes giving a little more indication of what was missing though. I don't want them to turn into a checklist for the next outcome, since figuring out what actually matters is part of the progression, but there is probably room to make the result itself give you a better idea of where you fell short.
There are reasons for the difference in what you can survive at different stat totals as well. I have to be a little careful explaining that one because I would end up giving away more than I want to, but it isn't just the displayed attack power behaving strangely.