Too slow, not fast paced enough for MMX. That kinda of stuff is more suitable for a puzzle like platformer game.
The same can be said of an experience and leveling system, but the point of that was to add a wrinkle to the gameplay and appeal to a certain kind of player, no?
Besides that, an element of Mega Man X has always been going out of your way to find and do everything the game has to offer, often adding a light puzzle element, though still an action-based one. No one will ever achieve maximum health and full powerups each title has to offer without stopping to think or experiment, and it's not always a fast-paced endeavor (indeed, even some of the stages in the series have been slow paced). Those that don't care and just want to make their way through aren't forced to do it, though, and the above was proposed with this in mind, as an optional feature that can reward the player if they bother to use it, or hell, can offer them a means to goof around if they feel so inclined. Maybe stepping outside of the envisioned model is worth if it the player has fun with the end result.
I thought it was cool. fairly useless, but, still cool.
It was a neat concept. I suppose the idea behind my suggestion was also to give it some weight, to make it feel less like a novelty and more like a gameplay element.
Of course, it's your game, JKB, and it's certainly shaping up well without any of
my input, but every fan has their own version of what the series means to them. Perhaps the same people who will appreciate the work that has gone into the weapons won't mind X putting on his thinking helmet when using them.
Regardless, I find the work that's been done so far to be very impressive. No matter what shape it takes, if the project finishes as strongly as it's progressed, you're on your way to offering the definitive... X-perience here. I can say with a relative surety that no one expects something like this when they see "flash fangame" attached to it, but this has thusfar been a professional effort by some talented people, moreso than the majority of the efforts put out by people who get
paid to do this. And as a fan that feels the series didn't get its proper due, I feel there's no better credit that could be done to it.