Would Maxwell's Lunar Affinity Skill Completely Change His Powers?

[Stresslvls99]

This was a random thought I had when questioning how other character who technically have "skill trees" already like Wickerbottom and Maxwell would work. Unlike other characters, Maxwell's whole power is rooted in the shadows so what would happen to his codex umbra if he gets lunar affinity? Would THEM be offended by it and strip him of all of his powers, completely replacing it with some kind lunar summons? Or will it be like Wormwood where Maxwell is only shadow aligned?

[Deactive41year]

Maxwell won't have a Lunar skill, seeing as he's already affiliated with Charlie (his rework short)

[NPCMaxwell]

8 minutes ago, SSneaky said:

Maxwell won't have a Lunar skill, seeing as he's already affiliated with Charlie (his rework short)

Klei better not forget about this. Maxwell betraying Charlie after this animated short would literally break my heart [and my sanity!] (though it would be a fun mod, that if Klei forgot about it and giving him Lunar skills, Charlie would in an endless / relaxed playstyle not allow him to use the florid poster for reviving anymore. OR KILL HIM AT SIGHT! [that means nightmonster biting him immediately at night without a warning sound] )

[Cassielu]

Maybe some old Maxwell style machines, like maxwell door and teleportato in the single-player DS.

I hope Maxwell gets the lunar skill, just like Wilson still got the shadow skill when he already choose Wagstaff side in animated short.

[Mike23Ua]

Didn’t the developers confirm that just like Wormwood who can only choose Lunar affinities, Maxwell would only be able to have Shadow Affinities?

I feel like this whole “Choose a Side” content arc was something Klei added on a whim because it was some silly suggestion brought about in the forums that for whatever reason ended up being popular enough to feel warranted to do updates around.

Ahem However…. I don’t think Klei actually ever decided upon what all this is leading up to, where it’s headed, how it will end, or what they’ll do to explain & tie up loose ends.

To me the whole Lunar Vs Shadow rift stuff is I hate to say this: Boring.

It’s actually a lengthy long RPG style quest and that plain and simply in the nicest way I can put this: Wasnt what the Dont starve franchise was about.

So no Maxwell does NOT need a Lunar side, and I doubt the sides you choose will ever amount to anything beyond a few character perks and extra damage bonuses/resistances against a very small handful of super late game rift mobs.

[NPCMaxwell]

15 minutes ago, Cassielu said:

Maybe some old Maxwell style machines, like maxwell door and teleportato in the single-player DS.

I hope Maxwell gets the lunar skill, just like Wilson still got the shadow skill when he already choose Wagstaff side in animated short.

( I forgot about those machines for a moment. Having those in mind it would ACTUALLY be fun to see them again. OK forget my rejection of Maxwell "betraying" Charlie if this means we can get similar items again. But please let's not forget the mechanical maxwell laughter the teleportato does when being activated. Seriously we NEED to have those old maxwell sounds back.)

8 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

Didn’t the developers confirm that just like Wormwood who can only choose Lunar affinities, Maxwell would only be able to have Shadow Affinities?

I feel like this whole “Choose a Side” content arc was something Klei added on a whim because it was some silly suggestion brought about in the forums that for whatever reason ended up being popular enough to feel warranted to do updates around.

Ahem However…. I don’t think Klei actually ever decided upon what all this is leading up to, where it’s headed, how it will end, or what they’ll do to explain & tie up loose ends.

To me the whole Lunar Vs Shadow rift stuff is I hate to say this: Boring.

It’s actually a lengthy long RPG style quest and that plain and simply in the nicest way I can put this: Wasnt what the Dont starve franchise was about.

So no Maxwell does NOT need a Lunar side, and I doubt the sides you choose will ever amount to anything beyond a few character perks and extra damage bonuses/resistances against a very small handful of super late game rift mobs.

In this (yes sorry I didn't read this before my last post) maybe he can get some Maxwell-machinery back by the skill tree (I can't stand skilltrees that much to be honest but it seems they are a thing that happens for everyone now) (and neither do I like the Lunar thing...it takes away focus from the old shadow-focused lore, sadly. but it is existing now so I try to "accept" it. [although I would remove the lunar vs shadow thing if I could go back in time]) so.............what I wanted to say: If I could choose, Maxwell WOULD stay shadow aligned. But that doesn't mean he can't have Maxwell-machinery stuff back in his skilltree. After all he had the machinery before [ok he gave Wilson the secret knowledge to BUILD the maxwelldoor but that doesn't mean he wouldn't HAVE maxwell-machinery without some scientist building them for him.]

EDIT: That means: If you want to make it mandatory for Maxwell to side with Wagstaff to get machinery you could as well call him "Wilson aligned" for having Wilson build the Maxwell-door. (I'm just joking here to make a remark that Maxwell "aligned" with a scientist before to build a machine for him. He doesn't need Wagstaff for that knowledge)

[Waoling]

Maxwell is too pro Shadow to be with the Lunar, kind of like how Wormwood is too pro Lunar to be with Shadow.

[GimplyGoose]

Maxwell has spurned Charlie before and his character quotes indicate that he is interested in lunar power. I'm not convinced he shouldn't get a lunar alignment option.

[Mr Giggio]

He clearly will not have lunar side like Wormwood doesn't have a shadow one 

[NPCMaxwell]

15 hours ago, GimplyGoose said:

Maxwell has spurned Charlie before and his character quotes indicate that he is interested in lunar power. I'm not convinced he shouldn't get a lunar alignment option.

OK true he does show interest. Maybe they could give him a lunar alignment that comes with downsides [Charlie feeling betrayed once again]