Nightlight and Moon caller staff should be Willow's lategame damage choices

[Frosty_Mentos]

Considering how fast you could use up embers I'm thinking what if you could have an alternative damage source like one of those structures? Stoke the fire within them to bring the shadow or frost fire from them! Maybe less effective but high durability option kinda? Pressing on a nightlight would send a seeking shadow fire for a charge and moon caller staff wherever you point would send the lunar fires at the direction of choice.

I just think that embers feel kinda inconvenient to farm and have and could remain for other fiery options, while you can pick one of later game items and start damaging enemies with the staff and nightlight to supplement her with better alternatives.

[GenomeSquirrel]

My current ember farm is beardlords since they provide Bernie parts, respawn daily, and are easy to manipulate the AI.

 

Although I’m still working out kinks, their hair has a fast burn time, and risk burning their homes if not extinguished, which can be troublesome if there are survivors.

[djturner]

I don't know. Spontaneous Combustion + Bees is a pretty effective Ember farm. Or more generally, basically Spontaneous Combustion + all the same things that work for Wortox, if you have experience playing him. I haven't found it to be too bad.

[Yuuko]

I don't really see the point to rage farm embers.  Lunar flame is good, but its not that good lol.  I usually carry between 20-40 ember, and refill if it gets too low.  Over 40 is pretty unnecessary b/c the spells just aren't good... IF they had no cd maybe but with such a devastatingly long cd there just isn't much purpose to them in most fights.  I think the only fight where relying on them for more than a niche use is Bee Queen, but even then I feel like its very boring to wait around for 10 seconds between casts...  For the most part I only use lunar flame for clearing things like groups of hounds, monkeys, etc.  Against bosses its either burning frenzy or I'm Wilson again (and tbh even that is suspect some times.)

I'm not sure I understand what you mean about the nightlight and moon caller staff though...  Night light is a stationary structure, do yo mean you build this and it works like a defense turret?  Also mooncaller has a spell, are you wanting to double up on spells?  I'm not sure I understand this part.

[Kwaik]

The odds of getting the devs to make a major change isn't likely. Tweaks to the skill tree sure

At this point if you want an easy bandaid for an end game willow weapon it would be something like using a nightmare fuel to empower willows lighter making it do damage over time to enemies, working on those who are immune to burning damage and offering no crowd control element like regular burning. 

Honestly outside of tweaks to Bernies skill tree the biggest thing I really want to Willow is getting her some kind of defining weapon/mechanic. 

 

[DinsdaleP]

On 1/5/2024 at 6:47 PM, GenomeSquirrel said:

Although I’m still working out kinks, their hair has a fast burn time, and risk burning their homes if not extinguished, which can be troublesome if there are survivors.

Build the farm around an ice flingomatic, something like this - it's an oven design I've used for Nightmare Fuel farming with Maxwell, can fit 23 bunnyman if spaced out properly... though thanks to controlled burning, it probably needs a bit of redesign for Willow. Or maybe not if you use combustion? Bunnies in the "oven" should still die from the fire damage, as they're taking extra damage from each one burning inside thanks to proximity... and there are a lot of bunnies on fire there. 

[Frosty_Mentos]

On 1/6/2024 at 5:37 AM, Yuuko said:

I'm not sure I understand what you mean about the nightlight and moon caller staff though...  Night light is a stationary structure, do yo mean you build this and it works like a defense turret?  Also mooncaller has a spell, are you wanting to double up on spells?  I'm not sure I understand this part.

The nightlight refueled would act like a turret that you point click to shoot for charge and the moon caller would be a flamethrower for her till depleted.