StatusEffects
A UML link was created before coding commenced. This laid out the design plans of the classes clearly, allowing all of the team members to work on the code efficiently (i.e. Not wasting time making classes that have already been defined).
More classes and coupling were required in the end however it was after making the UML diagram. When coding more classes were nesseccary to implement the function such as a statusEffectTask class. The StatusEffectComponent class was also renamed to StatusEffectController to stay in form with the other examples of entities create in the NPCFactory class.