PangYa/Character Stats

Character stats affect a player's ability to play the game. While skill is more important than stats in the game, extra stats often give an edge over other players. Stats can be boosted in two ways: by purchasing items (either with in-game 'pang' or with cash 'cookies') and by upgrading slots.


 *  Slots and Upgrading : Certain equipment in the game has 'slots' in which you can upgrade at a cost to improve your character stats. Stats in 'slot's are different from stats that are immediately gained when you equip the item. These require upgrades to take effect, and will stay on the particular character until the equipment that provides the slots is removed. For example, if Hana is equipped with a skirt with +1 control and additional +3 control slot, she will receive one extra control and with upgrades, receive another 3. When she unequips that skirt, she will lose all 4 control. If she upgraded all 3 control slots before and she equips a skirt with 3 control slots, she'll automatically get 3 control without upgrading it again. However, if she equips an item with less than 3 control slots, she'll only receive the number of control allowed instead of the full +3.


 *  Downgrading : At a smaller cost, a player can downgrade their stats. This is especially useful when extra stats are making the game hard. For example, over upgrading power (beyond 20 points) will reduce the control and accuracy of a character. Stats cannot go into negative values, and will be read as 0.

Power
Power increases the distance of your woods. This allows players to hit further and reduce the number of strokes required to reach the green. Longer drives make it possible to eagle holes that were impossible to eagle without the assist of extra power. Each point in power increases the club distance by 2 yards. For every point in power above 20, control and accuracy decrease by 1 each. Power does not increase Iron, Wedge, or Putter distance.

Players receives an extra power slot for upgrade whenever he/she levels up to another rank.(From Rookie to Beginner, From Beginner to Junior, from Junior to Senior and so forth)

Control
Control decreases the slider speed on the power meter. This means setting the desired distance and hitting pangya are made easier for the player. Control is reduced whenever power is upgraded above 20 points. High control is useful for players that do a lot of special shots, or have difficulty hitting pangya.

Accuracy
Accuracy increases the 'pink area' on both side of the white pangya tab. This allows greater margin of error if a player misses his/her Pangya shot. A wider pink area allows for bigger error with less 'hook' or 'slice' than a narrow area with even minute error. Hitting too far outside the pink area will give a 'bad shot', and the player will hook or slice the ball at extreme angles or, in the worst case, miss the ball entirely. Accuracy is reduced whenever power is upgraded above 20 points.

Contary to popular belief, Accuracy does not increase the white Pangya tab's width. It, instead, increases the amount of power bar you gain with each hit.

Spin
Spin determines the maximum spin that a player can apply to a ball, which is extremely useful when facing extreme wind in a shot. Front spin on the ball causes the ball to travel at a lower angle to the ground, which is useful for avoiding overhead obstacles. The ball will also land on the ground earlier and roll more than normal shots. Because the ball spends less time flying through the air, wind affects front spin shots less than normal or back shots.

Back spin, by contrast, creates a higher arc of travel. This is useful for avoiding low-laying obstacles like bushes. The ball lands closer to the desired distance and rolls less compared to a front spin shot. Back spin shots travel through the air longer and wind will have a greater effect on the ball trajectory. Because back spin lands closer to the desired distance of a shot, it is useful hitting up hill where ball roll distance is easily diminished by friction uphill.

Applying spin to a ball is required before a 'Power Spin' can be made. See Special Shots for more detail.

Curve
Curve determines the maximum curve that a player can apply to a ball. Curve is useful when a straight shot isn't possible due to obstacles. It is also used to increase or decrease the effect of wind.

Applying 'curve' to the right hand side of the ball will make it arc to the left, while applying it to the left makes it arc to the right. While it isn't required to use curve to score well, it is useful on certain holes (where the straight path is blocked, and going around would take more shots than par) and can also be used to work "with the wind" and make a cleaner approach to the green, as well as increase distance.

Applying curve to a ball is required before a 'Power Curve' can be made. See Special Shots for more detail.