Grip strength circuit main thread

[Seero]

I've talked about this circuit idea before in my own threads and other people's threads, however I never gave it it's own thread.

I think the idea is great enough to deserve it's own thread, so I will talk about it here

The grip strength circuit while I'm not sure which mob could be scanned to get it (Maybe it can be special, you have it from the get-go but it requires a lot of bio data) seems perfect for WX78, it basically allows wx78 to pick anything instantly, allowing him to mimic this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=501385076&searchtext=instant+pick

I think it should cost 3-4 slots.

When it comes to gathering resources, only 2 kinds of perks have been given to characters

Woodie, Maxwell and Wolfgang can all harvest wood faster, but Maxwell and Wolfgang can harvest rocks faster too

Wickerbottom, Wormwood, and even Wurt have been given perks to harvest foods. 

So we have two kinds essentially, adding this circuit to WX78 would make him more unique giving him a third kind of resources harvesting. We haven't seen a character yet who can harvest pickable objects quicker, even though they are present in every part of the game.

Excuse the big image but this is another reason why I think WX78 should have a stronger grip circuit, it fits him as a robot, take a look at this robotic arm specifically, lots of these kinds of machines are present in factories to build complicated stuff like cars, they have to be extremely strong in order to do this (a tough grip), but they aren't weapons (which is why this thread is about grip strength and damage)

Take a look at the hand part of this one specifically, Imagine if WX's left or right hand was the shape of that, do you think he would have an easier time pulling up grass twigs and berries? I think so, I can just imagine him grabbing grass and just ripping it from it's base.

Most characters in DST (excluding Wes and Wilson) have different perks and with that you can assign tasks to them based on their perks, the best example is having Maxwell get a lot wood, or asking Wendy to kill a bunch of spiders, but when it comes to picking stuff, we just do it ourselves and we have zero way to improve upon it, it's the same in the early game and it's the same past day 500 (unless you use Lureplants). - speaking of Lureplants they technically are a way to farm pickables more efficiently, but they aren't available early game and take too much time to make a proper farm with them, it is exclusively for late game and I want something that can be more versatile and more usable in multiple stages of the game, besides they are dependent on Eyeplant placement, and specific formations so they spawn in the right place to pick the maximum amount of grass - It can't pick cactus or reeds if your world does not have a reed trap, using it on lichen/lightbulbs is just not worth it.

Let's recap,. given that

WX is a robot and this kind of thing would suit him

No one else has any perks related to picking stuff - having characters with lots of varying perks is a good thing

Picking stuff in this game has not really changed ever since don't starve was released (as of tomorrow) 9 years ago.

Lureplants are good but limited, this is much more effective, fun and versatile.

I think these are proper grounds to add it in. It should cost orange gems, maybe you can get it from scanning a Lureplant?

 

 

 

[RogerMu]

It would be a fun 3 slotter. We could definitely use more fun circuits, would love to see what Klei could come up with if they went outside the box.

[Mike23Ua]

Wurt has the strong grip perk already.. it doesn’t allow her to pick anything faster, however what it DOES do is allows wet tools not to slip out of her hand or have Moose Goose Honks & Bearger Growls knock weapons out of her Claws.

They (Wurt & WX78) would have to be updated to share the same benefits from this perk if WX were to get it.

[Seero]

20 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

Wurt has the strong grip perk already.. it doesn’t allow her to pick anything faster, however what it DOES do is allows wet tools not to slip out of her hand or have Moose Goose Honks & Bearger Growls knock weapons out of her Claws.

They (Wurt & WX78) would have to be updated to share the same benefits from this perk if WX were to get it.

it's not that her grip is strong, it's that merms probably have special hands that can hold onto slippery stuff better

they probably have something like this, it's not necessarily stronger, just makes holding wet things easier. So there is no connection to my idea and wurt's hands, I don't think wurt should have it, it wouldn't make sense

Just WX should have it

[Cheggf]

Strong grip circuit to mimic Wurt's ability would be a fun 1 slot circuit.

40 minutes ago, Seero said:

We haven't seen a character yet who can harvest pickable objects quicker,

Wickerbottom with a lureplant is incomparably good at harvesting pickables. You also forgot Warly in your section of smashing and chopping.

[Seero]

16 minutes ago, Cheggf said:

Strong grip circuit to mimic Wurt's ability would be a fun 1 slot circuit.

Wickerbottom with a lureplant is incomparably good at harvesting pickables. You also forgot Warly in your section of smashing and chopping.

You can argue that wickerbottom is the only character with perks able to harvest pickables faster

But being able to pick stuff instantly is more versatile and good for early game it does not require big lureplant farms

however big lureplant farms are still good because they are very industrial. Wickerbottom is like bearger in this regard, we only have a "bearger" method of getting pickables and it doesn't apply to all pickables

WX would have a more "wolfgang like" perk in this regard, more efficient, but you don't need to create a factory for it, if that makes sense

This idea is still good, just because wicker has one niche way of farming grass/twigs doesn't detract much from the grip strength circuit

16 minutes ago, Cheggf said:

Strong grip circuit to mimic Wurt's ability would be a fun 1 slot circuit.

 

Not really because then you would have to have a freezing circuit on at all times or else you wouldn't even be able to charge it while wet

which means it ends up being 4 slots, my idea doesn't need any of that hassle

[Masked Koopa]

12 minutes ago, Seero said:

Not really because then you would have to have a freezing circuit on at all times or else you wouldn't even be able to charge it while wet

Wurt's perk includes mgoose and bearger now too. Don't know if it includes frogs but it could probably be changed to include them as well.

[Seero]

18 hours ago, Masked Koopa said:

Wurt's perk includes mgoose and bearger now too. Don't know if it includes frogs but it could probably be changed to include them as well.

this thread is about wx78.

[Cheggf]

1 hour ago, Seero said:

this thread is about wx78.

You are responding to a comment about Wurt's perk.

[Seero]

1 hour ago, Cheggf said:

You are responding to a comment about Wurt's perk.

Because mike was trying to make a connection between my idea and wurt, - there is no connection so my responses were to explain why and move back to WX78 and then Koopa says something (no offense) that wasn't very necessary, Koopa did nothing wrong I am just reminding them this is about WX

Cheggf, don't make this more difficult than it has to be.

Now then, does anyone have any other thoughts/comments on my idea?

[Cheggf]

43 minutes ago, Seero said:

Because mike was trying to make a connection between my idea and wurt, - there is no connection so my responses were to explain why and move back to WX78 and then Koopa says something (no offense) that wasn't very necessary, Koopa did nothing wrong I am just reminding them this is about WX

Mike isn't a part of this and Koopa is right that your comment wasn't about WX. Your comment was replying to me saying Wurt's perk would be good as a 1 slot circuit. You dismissed it as being too weak (because 1 slot circuits are so strong) due to you forgetting that there's more than one way to drop things out of your hand, and now that you've been reminded you're just trying to deflect and pretend like we weren't taking about this.

You are the one making this difficult. You could have said you forgot, or said nothing at all. Instead you made these two weird comments acting like you weren't just doing what you were doing.

[Seero]

1 minute ago, Cheggf said:

You dismissed it as being too weak (because 1 slot circuits are so strong) due to you forgetting that there's more than one way to drop things out of your hand, and now that you've been reminded you're just trying to deflect and pretend like we weren't taking about this.

I didn't even think about it because even if it prevented moosegoose and bearger from disarming you it still would've been weak I also responded 18 hours later, I am allowed to forget things

[BonesJrOfficial]

Someone already said it but strong grip is the term for not dropping your equipped item from your hand. Which I feel could be a 1 or 2 slot WX perk.

For faster picking I think something like "Automation" would be along the lines of what you want. Should probably be like 3 slots. Would be really nice to see wx with this perk. Other characters can cook faster, craft faster, chop faster. I want to see the robot pick faster