Winona major rework ideas + perks

[Mortalbane]

Why rework?
My impression of Winona is that instead of being played as a wholesome character, she is mostly used for farming setups and some boss fights, but other than that has little to offer. Also, nobody likes her spotlights.
I suppose that the main problem is her catapults, i thought about making them portable, and saw a lot of people suggesting the same. Maybe, that is the answer, along with some other tweaks, for example that you have to repair them instead of them regenerating health.
But in this post i'll try to explore alternative solution.


Base kit
- increased crafting speed at the cost of hunger increased crafting speed when Winona is at high hunger
- turrets, spotlight - removed
- added Trusty Wrench
- added Light Stick
- can craft Sturdy Wall and Sturdy Gate

Sturdy Wall and Gate
A 1 by 4 wall, which has more hp (4 regular walls make a side of a tile, if i remember correctly), and a gate for that wall (1 by 2 or also 1 by 4).

Trusty Wrench
Winona's special tool that she can craft and starts with. It has no durability and very weak damage. Can be used only by Winona to repair the structures broken after a Short Circuit or dilapidation.

Generator
Now can be fueled with anything that ice flingomatic is fueled with, but burns the fuel very fast. Powers all the consumers in a radius, increasing the fuel consumption for each. Can be turned on and off. Can have Short Circuit and break.

Energy cell
Craftable fuel for the generators and electric devices, very efficient.

Light stick
A lamp-like structure with yellow light and small radius. Requires power, and can have Short Circuit.
 

Skill tree
Expert builder

Perk examples:

• hammer is more effective
• hammer damage is increased
• hammered intact structures drop up to 100% of the materials
• structures that are constructed in several steps require less materials
• i saw people suggesting repairing the burnt structures, but i doubt anyone can fix a burnt thing
• ability to craft a Shed, which is like tent, but more effective and with more/infinite uses
• make a better chest with increased storage
• maybe a better ice box too

Some people like switching characters, some don't.
If switching is the problem, all of Winona's structures could dilapidate at some point, reducing their effectiveness, and eventually break entirely, turning into a pile of rubble. And only Winona would be able to fix them.



Electrical engineer

perk examples:

• make a lightning rod upgrade for her generators, giving them the ability to gain charge from the lightning and also act as lightning rods
• craft GEMerators, which are the same as generators, but better in every way. Powered only with gems, which can be removed at any moment
• craft Power Relay upgrade for the lightning rods, which lets them increase the generators' working radius
• upgrade the Sturdy Walls with Electric Fences, which deal damage to anything nearby and require power to operate. This is my alternative to the turrets
• craft Receiver, a structure upgrade which forbids the structure to accept fuel, but lets it connect to the energy grid, also giving the chance to Short Circuit. Can be used on structures like ice flingomatic, and the structure can be hammered to remove the upgrade
• learn to upgrade the lamp and miner's hat to their electrical versions, applying the same rules
• learn to craft Portable Generator - a back pack item, which acts as a small generator and can be placed on the ground
• learn to craft Battle Prod - an upgrade for the Wrench, which now gains charge meter. The more the charge, the bigger the bonus electrical damage. Fighting near working generators can direct a lightning discharge from the generator into the target for some bonus damage at the cost of the generator's charge. Battle prod can't Short Circuit, and its name comes from the cattle prod, which is fun =)
• upgrade the devices' effectiveness in various ways
• reduce energy or fuel consumption
• reduce the chance to Short Circuit

Affinity perks
coming up