Upgrade the hearthstones next year

[minespatch]

On 11/13/2018 at 7:50 AM, Red and Green said:

The bomb's a strange weapon
I didn't even realize you could make it explode in your hand if you hit an enemy enough times with it before last night
I usually use it as Wilson if there's not a Willow until molten darts drop
It's pretty good against the turtles, who guard constantly
But you'd definitely have to trade it off later on for late-game weapons
I kinda hope they make a late game version of the bomb, though... It's really fun to toss at things

If this year we had upgraded armors, might be interesting to have upgraded late stage weapons as well. I really liked the hearthstones but it could use a second edition.

[maradyne]

I had so much fun with the bombs. Once you're used to it, you can trigger the hand explosion just before the cooldown for the throw is up (on characters that don't have a CD modifier, anyway). Double damage!
Of all people, I got the most use out of the weapon when playing as Webber, after learning to dodge Acid; the spiders have a much easier time attacking mobs that stand still, so being in melee range is actually convenient. It makes the minion armor actually a good alternative to the damage armor, and makes Webber able to annihilate single targets kinda like Maxwell.

Would be nice if we get a version that focuses more on one major aspect of the weapon. The melee buff explosion seems to encourage single targeting (you need to build it up, and if you stop attacking the charge lessens constantly), whereas the special ability is AOE. It's an item wieldable by dart users, so...while I personally prefer using its single target capabilities, focusing this weapon and a later-game version of it on AOE might be better. That would give dart users an AOE option, and give a bit more wiggle room for the Pig wave that Boarrior calls. Fire Staff Willow got popular toward the end, and while you can finish off the Pigs she weakens with a bomb, it takes the Pigs being focused into one small spot; something that most public groups, even on the more experienced end, can't pull off. A variant of the bombs with a larger AOE radius would be nice.
That would also be nice for finishing off the Rhinos.