[suggestion] varglet's loot

[VouMorrer]

Hello.

So, currently we have a new hound called Varglet that appears during late game hound waves.

My idea for the Varglet's drop would be its heart or eye or other part of his body (preferably something that spoils and/or edible so we would not have stacks of the thing everywhere without purpose), and with it we would craft a magic item, similar to the thulecite medallion that change its appearence, warning when the player is about to be raided by hounds, deerclops, bearger or deep worms.

I have no idea if there is currently any way to predict hound or worms waves, besides the warning when they are already there. and for bearger and deerclops i lost track of the day they arrive after few seasons.

Please share your thoughts, could this be solution for the "late game nuisance" that are hound waves?

[Capybara007]

my idea:

varg, not varglets, will drop a blueprint for a magic structure, this structure tells you how much time is left for the next hound wave

however

you can sacrifice "varg's theet" at this structure, if you give it enough theet it will force a hound wave to happen, and will reset the hound wave timer, this will make players purposely trigger a wave when they are gonna do important stuff like a boss, so they dont get interrupted

and this is when varglets come into play: so you dont have to vargs forever, hoping for a varg on every hunt you do, varglets will also drop varg's theet

what do you think?

 

[VouMorrer]

1 minute ago, Capybara007 said:

my idea:

varg, not varglets, will drop a blueprint for a magic structure, this structure tells you how much time is left for the next hound wave

however

you can sacrifice "varg's theet" at this structure, if you give it enough theet it will force a hound wave to happen, and will reset the hound wave timer, this will make players purposely trigger a wave when they are gonna do important stuff like a boss, so they dont get interrupted

and this is when varglets come into play: so you dont have to vargs fforeverhoping for a varg on every hunt you do, varglets will also drop varg's theet

what do you think?

 

that is a good idea!

i was thinking about the varglet giving the key ingredient for the item because when you face a varglet you've already faced a lot of unpredictable hound waves, but the varg fit as well in my opinion.

i really liked the idea of antecipating the wave. perhaps with regular hound theeth? beacause there are already plenty lying around everywhere.

[Capybara007]

4 minutes ago, VouMorrer said:

that is a good idea!

i was thinking about the varglet giving the key ingredient for the item because when you face a varglet you've already faced a lot of unpredictable hound waves, but the varg fit as well in my opinion.

i really liked the idea of antecipating the wave. perhaps with regular hound theeth? beacause there are already plenty lying around everywhere.

that sounds good, i invented the "varg's theet" because i though if varglets had the same drops as a hound they would end up kind of like a mini varg overall

but i would be lying if i said i wouldnt want to get rid of those super stackable hound theets

[Maxil20]

1 hour ago, VouMorrer said:

I have no idea if there is currently any way to predict hound or worms waves, besides the warning when they are already there. and for bearger and deerclops i lost track of the day they arrive after few seasons.

Clops can actually be tracked fairly consistently once you understand their timer (as it always spawns exactly 16.8 days in winter after you killed it) It can take some time to get used to, but it’s certainly doable. The other encounters, however, cannot really be dealt for in advance other then knowing the minimum-maximum amount of time they will attack at and/or the 30-120 second warning you get in advance, with the exception of bearger should you decide to keep it alive. 
 

I do think your idea is neat for sure, though! The tiny warning time you get can put you in really iffy spots that don’t really feel fun, so having at least a warning of the attack coming up to a day prior would be a super nice change and would allow you to plan better as well.

[VouMorrer]

3 minutes ago, Maxil20 said:

Clops can actually be tracked fairly consistently once you understand their timer (as it always spawns exactly 16.8 days in winter after you killed it) It can take some time to get used to, but it’s certainly doable. The other encounters, however, cannot really be dealt for in advance other then knowing the minimum-maximum amount of time they will attack at and/or the 30-120 second warning you get in advance, with the exception of bearger should you decide to keep it alive. 
 

I do think your idea is neat for sure, though! The tiny warning time you get can put you in really iffy spots that don’t really feel fun, so having at least a warning of the attack coming up to a day prior would be a super nice change and would allow you to plan better as well.

thank you!

initially i thought about the medallion predicting only hound attacks, and the giants and worms being an extra that still fits in the theme.