Skill Spotlight: Wigfrid & Willow in beta.

[Bird Up]

what does bootleg escape do? how do you use it?

[xhyom]

Is it just me or this new island is... very ugly looking and bland visually?... I hope it's not the final product

[lowercase skye]

2 hours ago, Szczuku said:

For example enlightenment perk for Bernie, so that you can use him in the lunar grotto and on the island

so this skill tree is uninspired because... it doesn't have this specific perk you wanted?

like, i think that should be a thing too and i'm sure it will by the end of the beta once people start rallying for such, but i'm confused as to how this willow skill tree is less original than this one perk that literally everyone wanted?

[Bird Up]

14 minutes ago, xhyom said:

Is it just me or this new island is... very ugly looking and bland visually?... I hope it's not the final product

yeah it does. I think it must be a placeholder perhaps. It also spawns several pieces ice on the area on day 1, but the ice just melts pretty quick. Totally random ice spawn.

[Brago-sama]

Shark boi looking like zamtrios from mh4u

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[HowlVoid]

6 minutes ago, Brago-sama said:

Shark boi looking like zamtrios from mh4u

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No waaaay I loved zamtrios and the little baby sharks that latched on and grew from feeding on your blood. 

Good catch 

Now we just need a desert version and we will have the subspecies.

Edited December 1, 2023 by HowlVoid

[Paxtonnnn]

It'll be fun to see Willow and Wigfrid interact in the trailer for this update

[Vampyre77]

34 minutes ago, Bird Up said:

what does bootleg escape do? how do you use it?

Equip it and toss it in the water while on a boat. Once you select an area to teleport to, pilot your boat into the whirlpool 

[BalkanCockroach]

8 minutes ago, Paxtonnnn said:

It'll be fun to see Willow and Wigfrid interact in the trailer for this update

Girlbosses vs The Constant

[Wardin25]

i feel no one has asked the important question:

Does willow's fire ball activate wormwood's photosynthesis?

[Nikki Darks]

The skill which reduces burn timers on non mobs heavily nerfs Willow's sanity regen from fire due to how short the burn timer is for smaller objects.

Shadow tendrills go for tentacles in the swamp even if underground which makes them not do any damage.

[GenomeSquirrel]

Anyone have an overview of skill trees? Won’t be able to play til Sunday.

[WONTow]

OH MY GOID OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY OD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD MO MY GOD OH MY  GODM OH MY GOD OH MY GPOD OH MY GOD OH MY HODN OH MY GOF OH MY GOD OH MY HOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GODN OH MY HOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GHODN OH MY OGD MU MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY OGD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GODM OH MY OGDH 

[Just-guy]

I still think some of these attribures could be given to the default items and characters rather than making them skilltree perks but is nice they are in the game nonetheless.

[Parusoid]

28 minutes ago, GenomeSquirrel said:

Anyone have an overview of skill trees? Won’t be able to play til Sunday.

Skills description as seen in game

Willow

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Controlled Burning,
Fires you set won't spread, and burnable loot will just smolder.\nItems like torches and Willow's lighter have a 100% chance to ignite targets.,
Burn Duration,
Objects burn down faster, and creatures burn for longer.,
Fire Fighter,
Your fires deal more damage to creatures over time.,

Hungry Lighter,
Absorb fires (even when they're only smoldering) with your lighter to refuel it.,
Ember Tender,
Collect and use Embers to perform Pyrokinetic effects.\nYou can collect Embers from burned creatures with your lighter.,

Spontaneous Combustion,
Use Embers to ignite creatures in an area near you.,
Fire Ball,
Use Embers to create a ball of flame for heat and light.,
Burning Frenzy,
For 30 seconds, add 25% weapon damage when attacking burning targets.,

Brighter Lighter I,
Increase your lighter's brightness a little.,
Brighter Lighter II,
Increase your lighter's brightness a lot.,

Accelerant I,
Bernie's movement speed is a little faster.,
Accelerant II,
Bernie's movement speed is much faster.,

Bearly Sane I,
Bernie will become animated at a higher sanity threshold.,
Bearly Sane II,
Bernie will become animated at an even higher sanity threshold.,

Patch Up I,
Bernie's health regenerates slowly.,
Patch Up II,
Bernie's health regenerates quicker.,

Learn at least 4 Bernie skills to unlock.,

Tough Stuffing I,
Bernie's total health is a little higher.,
Tough Stuffing II,
Bernie's total health is much higher.,

Learn at least 8 Bernie skills to unlock.,

Burning Bernie,
Igniting Bernie will give him a firey aura for a short time.\nEnemies that attack an ignited Bernie will take damage back.,

Hot-Headed,
Bernie will take it upon himself to taunt and attack any nearby lunar-aligned or shadow-aligned creatures.,

Find and defeat the Ancient Fuelweaver.\nHave no Lunar Allegiance Skills.,
Learn 6 Bernie skills to unlock.,
Learn 7 Lighter skills to unlock.,

Shadow Fire-Raiser,
The Queen will reward your loyalty with the power of shadow fire.\nSummon multiple tendrils of black flame to seek out hostile targets.,
Shadow Bernie,
Tap into the darkness to strengthen Bernie's planar attack and defense, particularly against lunar enemies.,

Find and defeat the Celestial Champion.\nHave no Shadow Allegiance Skills.,
Learn 7 Lighter skills to unlock.,
Learn 6 Bernie skills to unlock.,

Lunar Fire-Raiser,
The Cryptic Founder will reward your curiosity with the formula for lunar flames.\nUse Embers to blast cold lunar flames.,
Lunar Bernie,
Entreat the moon to strengthen Bernie's planar attack and defense, particularly against shadow enemies.,

Wigfrid

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Bragi's Blessing I,
Inspiration gain rate will increase a little when attacking using Battle Spears.,

Bragi's Blessing II,
Inspiration gain rate will increase a fair amount when attacking using Battle Spears.,

Lightning Spear,
Learn to craft the Lightning Spear: an electric weapon that does more damage to wet targets.,

Lightning Spear Enhancement I,
The Lightning Spear can now perform a special attack.\nThis attack repairs Charged Lightning Spears if it hits a target.,

Lightning Spear Enhancement II,
Upgrade the Lightning Spear using Restrained Static to deal +20 Planar Damage.,

Hard Helm I,
Battle Helms will be a little more durable when worn by Wigfrid.,

Hard Helm II,
Battle Helms will be a fair amount more durable when worn by Wigfrid.,

Commander's Helm,
Learn to craft the Commander's Helm: a helm that protects against knockback attacks.,

Commander's Helm Enhancement I,
The Commander's Helm now has protection against planar damage.,

Commander's Helm Enhancement II,
Wigfrid's natural healing ability will repair her Commander's Helm when she continues to fight at maximum health.,

Battle Rönd,
Learn to craft the Battle Rönd. This shield can be used to attack, block attacks, and provide extra protection while equipped.,

Battle Rönd Enhancement I,
The duration of the Battle Rönd's ability to block attacks will be increased.,

Battle Rönd Enhancement II,
After blocking an attack with the Battle Rönd, your next attack within 5 seconds will deal +10 damage.,

Noble Mount I,
Beefalos will be domesticated 15% faster.,

Noble Mount II,
Beefalos will allow you to ride them for 30% longer.,

Noble Mount III,
Attacking using a Beefalo will deal +10 Planar Damage.,

Battle Saddle,
Learn to craft a new Beefalo Saddle that protects your Beefalo.,

Have 6 different Battle Calls in your inventory to unlock.,

Battle Call Canister,
Learn to craft the Battle Call Canister, a storage solution for Battle Songs and Battle Stingers.,

Perform Battle Stingers 10 times to unlock.,

Fighting Words,
Battle Stingers will no longer consume Inspiration, and instead have a cooldown.,

Play a Beefalo Horn to unlock.,

Encore,
Learn to craft the Warrior's Reprise: Bring your allies back to life for an encore performance.,

Mystic Resilience,
Receive a divine blessing that will provide you with +5 Planar Defense.,

Learn 12 skills to unlock.,

Lunar Melodist,
The Cryptic Founder will reward your curiosity with the ability to craft the Enlightened Lullaby.\nAllies take less damage from Lunar Aligned enemies and deal bonus damage to Shadow Aligned enemies.,

Shadow Chanteuse,
The Queen will reward your loyalty with the ability to craft the Dark Lament.\nAllies take less damage from Shadow Aligned enemies and deal bonus damage to Lunar Aligned enemies.,

 

[SaraH2204]

6 hours ago, Jason said:

We have a couple more skill trees (Willow and Wigfrid) and a new ocean encounter up for testing in the beta branch. There are still some things being worked on here before its final release, but because the winter holidays are coming up we wanted to get feedback on what we have sooner rather than later. So there may be some behavior changes besides those we make from feedback. 

The new ocean character can be found at any time, and is not an end game rift encounter, so please frame feedback with that in mind.

Thanks for taking a look and start some fires out there in the constant.

Notes for Modders

• This update’s mod release ID is R32_ST_WATHGRITHRWILLOW.
• The tag oceachfishing_catchable has been changed to oceanfishing_catchable.
   

 

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WINONA REWORK PLZ 

[landromat]

4 hours ago, thegreatmanagement said:

@JasonI find it odd that Willow's 2nd general skill tree item is to make objects burn faster, considering that she benefits massively from longer burn times in objects; for instance 
1. She gains sanity from nearby fires, and objects being on fire (vs mobs) is almost always what you would have burning for sanity, so these entities burning quicker means you get less sanity  
2. In winter time, it's nice to burn random trees/objects for warmth considering she is sensitive to freezing, so these objects burning for less time too also hurts this feature of playing Willow 
I heard a suggestion from someone else in the community to make the fires burn slower if a Willow (or another player even) is nearby, but quicker if no one is nearby the object; that might be a really nice solution if that's possible to do. 

just burn your enemies

[ansuman]

The Whirlpool should last one season, instead of one-time use.

This can open whole new gameplay elements like island basing

Edited December 1, 2023 by ansuman

[Creatorofswamps]

3 hours ago, Parusoid said:

Skills description as seen in game

Thank you very much

[Paxtonnnn]

5 hours ago, xhyom said:

Is it just me or this new island is... very ugly looking and bland visually?... I hope it's not the final product

haven't played with the beta much, but I was really hoping for a glacier island for a while and I'll be kinda disappointed if it stays as just an arena

[KvltBear]

Glad you guys picked Willow, been looking forward to playing her for a while. The tree looks pretty good and I'm glad Bernie is getting buffs, and has his health back in the hotfix. Hungry lighter definitely needs a buff. As mentioned it's difficult to even keep up with the usage depletion rate as you absorb the fires much less actually add durability. Has to be at least 5% to be worth the time doing it. Probably closer to 10 since I can easily craft another one for one gold, some flowers, and a rope. I do like how it just removes fire. The affinity perks look amazing. Overall I'm looking forward to feeling powerful when playing Willow.

Never played much Wigfrid so I don't have tons of opinions on the tree. Seems a little equipment heavy but the special abilities do look awesome. The beefalo perks seem...I don't know, not quite right? I know she's a Valkyrie so the horse aspect makes sense but I'm not sure how the last two synergize with her fighting style. I am excited to see Beefalo perks appearing in skill trees as well as ways to actually give them some defense. Her affinity perks are pretty disappointing for me, a solo player. While I understand she is a sort of paladin style class where she's a strong fighter, tank, and buffer of teammates, I just think they should affect her personally to some degree. Compared to the Willow's they feel lackluster.

[Szczuku]

7 hours ago, finn from human said:

so this skill tree is uninspired because... it doesn't have this specific perk you wanted?

No, I don't like it because I was one of those people that believed that Willow would be better off if she remained just a pyromaniac and that turning her into a fire mage would be a bad move. Not to mention that Maxwell's rework now feels less special as Willow also has spell casting

[greenxworld]

Wigrefried's new skill tree is too useless when it compare with Willou's.I have too many questions I want ask.

What's the relationship between Wigrefried and beefloo? That's skill is too strange to understand! I don't think there is too many players paly the Wigrefried use the beefloo.

And the new weapon is too difficult to obitain and How does the new equipment replace the Brightshade and Void equipment?

Why not the skill tree focus on how to reduce the CD'S of Battle Songs and enhance the special status like the Wolfgang.

Last but not least, why I must waste a skill point to unlock the speacial bin,as far as I'm concerned,that equipment should become the basic thing when i paly the Wigrefried and don't need to unlock it.

[BudinDePan]

oh no giving spells to charactres in a heavily magic game. who would have imagine that?

Edited December 1, 2023 by BudinDePan

[Soul7k]

couple of suggestions. when using a controller casting the new spear's ability requires the bottom button instead of left to activate, but you cant attack cancel out of it. Having it on the attack button would feel smoother in combat or having the ability to attack cancel out of it would also be nice. Also dropping the song canister when using it and having to pick it back up is a bit strange. it would feel just a lil smoother if you could open it in your inventory. dual stick aiming would also be nice while aiming the ability.

Also a nice tweak would be if ember collection homed in like Wortox souls.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Soul7k