skilltree WX-78 skilltree ideas

[deadtaco0]

Had some ideas about possible skills for Wx78, that i wanted to share, was interested in giving some unpopular circuits use (specificly light and music one now give teamwide buffs(around Wx), improved heating now can assist Willow during combat)

 

Affinity:

 Shadow/Lunar affinity skills:

 Shadow overclocking:

  Your analitical skills allowed you to understand how shadow energy can be used for your benefits. Now you can initiate overclocking by powering yourself with Pure Horror or Nightmare Fuel. Engagement of overclocking fully recharges WX-78. During overclock some of circuit improvments show additional effects.

 Lunar overclocking:

  Your analitical skills allowed you to understand how lunar energy can be used for your benefits. Now you can initiate overclocking by powering yourself with Pure Brilliance or Infused Moon Shard. Engagement of overclocking fully recharges WX-78. During overclock some of circuit improvments show additional effects.

 

 *Pure Horror/Pure Brilliance give 4 minutes of overclocking, Nightmare Fuel/Infused Moon Shard give 2 minutes of overclocking.

 

Improvments:

 Improved cooling:

 Refrigerant Circuit now provides additional effects: you can not be set on fire and your teammates/followers around you stop burning faster,

 Improved heating:

 Thermal Circuit now provides additional effects: enemies around you burn for longer, you can not be frozen and your teammates/followers lose frozen effect faster

 Impact handling:

  Optimization of your hardy circuits yealded unexpected results. Now they allow you to handle impacts without disruptions.

  *Hardy:10dmg, Super Hardy:20dmg, if dmg on player BEFORE reductions by armor dont exceed circuit summs, you dont suffer from stunlock or knockback. Example: if you use 2 Hardy Circuits, they give limit of 20 dmg, and spiders 20 dmg doesn't stunlock you

 Electrical rewiring:

  Use of Electrification Circuit prevents stunlock from electrical attacks. (charged voltgoats, hammering celestial crafting stations during moonstorm, charging from generators)

  During shadow powered overclocking electrical shock may carry some shadow energy, inducing panic in your enemies.

 High intensity illumination:

  Illumination Circuit provides larger area of light.

  During shadow powered overclocking lunar enemies exposed to light lose some of their defence. (+20% dmg taken)

  During lunar powered overclocking shadow enemies exposed to light lose some of their defence. (+20% dmg taken)

*2 circuits effect dont stack, just even larger area of light

 Work oriented music:

   Chorusbox Circuit now plays music, that improves your and your teammate work efficiency.

   Work efficiency x1,5 (includes choping, mining, smashing, Wolfgang training)

   Work speed increase x1,5 (includes crafting, tilling, digging)

*effect doesn't stack

Combat oriented music:

   Chorusbox Circuit now plays music, that improves your and your teammate combat efficiency.

   Damage x1,3 (doesn't affect planar dmg)

   During lunar powered overclocking, your enemies may fall asleep, it takes multiple hits to wake them up.

*effect doesn't stack

 

(its late for me, so no formating for now)

 Proccesing augmentation:

  Processing Circuit and Super-Processing Circuit provide resistance to sanity auras (with some exceptions, mostly player-made) (taken from Uncompromising Mode)

  During overclocking coresponding aura has weaker effect.

 Gastrogain Optimization

   Negative effect from food have weaker effect(also taken from UM)

 

 

Innovations:

 Digitalizing data storage:

  Bio data can be kept in digital form (use up bio data and it is kept in WX-78 memory, that can be used for crafting)

  If need appears, Bio Scanalyzer can be used to reprint data (get used up from memory)

 Advanced Navigation and Targeting:

  Bio Scanalyzer can go to larger distances from WX-78 and scanning radius is increased

 Compatable technology:

  Scrap heals 60hp, Auto-Mat-O-Chanic give regeneration like Jellybeans.

 External Charge Carrier:

  You can now create portable charge carrier, that can be used at any moment.

  Recipe: 3 electrical doodad, 4 gold, 3 scrap

  Can hold 4 charges. Can be charged using Winonas generators or from WX-78 own charges

Specialized External Charge Carrier:

  Requirements: Lunar or Shadow overclocking

  You can upgrade your external charge carrier to hold shadow/lunar energy. Refueled using Pure Horror/Pure Brilliance refuel 50%, Nightmare Fuel/Infused Moon Shard refuel 25%

  Charge carrier can hold 4 charges, each providing 2 minutes of overclocking.

  Recipes:

    Shadow Charge carrier: External Charge Carrier x1, 5 Nightmare fuel, 4 Thulecite

    Lunar Charge carrier: External Charge Carrier x1, 5 Moon Shard, 4 Thulecite

*unlocked recipe depends on chosen affinity

 Thermoregulating circuit:

  Requirements: Improved cooling, Improved heating.

  Your tinkering with circuits allowed you to find way to combine them in one. Thermoregulating circuit acts as both Thermal and Refrigerant circuit. No heat or cold can stop you now.

  Recipe: Thermal circuit x1, Refrigerant circuit x1, Biodata x10

  Requires 3 sockets.

  *Circuit is affected by Improved cooling and Improved heating skills.

 Electrified Defence Circuit:

  Requirements: Electrical rewiring

  Your experimentations with circuits allowed you to find way to combine them in one. Electrified Defence Circuit acts as both Super-Hardy Circuit and Electrification Circuit. Perfect defence also provides offence.

  Requires 2 sockets.

  *Circuit is affected by Electrical rewiring and Impact handling

 Tact-based acceleration circuit:

  Requirements: Work oriented music or Combat oriented music

  You analysis gave you some interesting ideas. Now you can combine Super-Acceleration Circuit and Chorusbox Circuit into one circuit. 

  Provides original effects with addition of sharing speed buff with teammates/followers.

  Requires 2 sockets.

*Circuit is affected by Work oriented music and Combat oriented music

[Dr.Webber]

I feel like Jimmy should also get alignments

[Dr.Webber]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you.

Here  my take on on the alinements for him

Shadow:

1.You gain the wx equivalent of the first stage of a shadow clockwork after eating 1 pure horror, jimmy Will look like a Wx triumphant skin version of himself , mobs scanned by bio scanilizers will be paralyzed by fear while in the process of scanning

2. You gain the wx equivalent of the second stage of a shadow clockwork after eating  2 pure horror in stage 1, you can give jimmy  the drone mastery circuit it turns red and sticks out of  his head like a crown his entity name is now called master drone and the quotes attached to all the other bio scanalizers would be changed to “one of jimmy’s copies” and the copies  will do the scanning similar to shadow servant’s working

 3. You gain the wx equivalent of the third stage of a shadow clockwork after eating 3 pure horror in stage 2 , Jimmy can fight in a damageable mech as well as fists he can also fight with a  red laser

 

Lunar:

1.Wagstaff upgrade your hardware first stage after eating 1 pure brilliance, jimmy Will look like a Wx moonbound skin version of himself , mobs scanned by bio scanilizers will be paralyzed by REM while in the process of scanning

2.  Wagstaff upgrade your hardware second stage  after eating  2 pure brilliance in stage 1, you can give jimmy  the drone mastery circuit it turns white and sticks out of  his head like a crown his entity name is now called master drone and the quotes attached to all the other bio scanalizers would be changed to “one of jimmy’s copies” and the copies  will do the scanning similar to shadow servant’s working

 3. Wagstaff upgrade your hardware third stage after eating 3 pure brilliance in stage 2 ,Jimmy can fight in a damageable mech as well as fists he can also fight with a  white laser 

(Same as shadow)

(kinda half baked but you get the idea suggestions please )

I also think pure horror/brilliance should affect WX’s charge meter the same way they affect the charge of Winona‘s generator/G.E.M.erator

with the capability of keeping the charge meter at max charge when taking out circuits due to it, taking away from the excess energy

[deadtaco0]

On 7/4/2024 at 11:26 AM, Dr.Webber said:

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you.

Here  my take on on the alinements for him

Shadow:

1.You gain the wx equivalent of the first stage of a shadow clockwork after eating 1 pure horror, jimmy Will look like a Wx triumphant skin version of himself , mobs scanned by bio scanilizers will be paralyzed by fear while in the process of scanning

2. You gain the wx equivalent of the second stage of a shadow clockwork after eating  2 pure horror in stage 1, you can give jimmy  the drone mastery circuit it turns red and sticks out of  his head like a crown his entity name is now called master drone and the quotes attached to all the other bio scanalizers would be changed to “one of jimmy’s copies” and the copies  will do the scanning similar to shadow servant’s working

 3. You gain the wx equivalent of the third stage of a shadow clockwork after eating 3 pure horror in stage 2 , Jimmy can fight in a damageable mech as well as fists he can also fight with a  red laser

 

Lunar:

1.Wagstaff upgrade your hardware first stage after eating 1 pure brilliance, jimmy Will look like a Wx moonbound skin version of himself , mobs scanned by bio scanilizers will be paralyzed by REM while in the process of scanning

2.  Wagstaff upgrade your hardware second stage  after eating  2 pure brilliance in stage 1, you can give jimmy  the drone mastery circuit it turns white and sticks out of  his head like a crown his entity name is now called master drone and the quotes attached to all the other bio scanalizers would be changed to “one of jimmy’s copies” and the copies  will do the scanning similar to shadow servant’s working

 3. Wagstaff upgrade your hardware third stage after eating 3 pure brilliance in stage 2 ,Jimmy can fight in a damageable mech as well as fists he can also fight with a  white laser 

(Same as shadow)

(kinda half baked but you get the idea suggestions please )

I also think pure horror/brilliance should affect WX’s charge meter the same way they affect the charge of Winona‘s generator/G.E.M.erator

with the capability of keeping the charge meter at max charge when taking out circuits due to it, taking away from the excess energy

 

Quote fits WX-78 perfectly

For affinity my idea was to lean into WX-78 mechanical nature and provide additional buffs for circuit skills, circuit skills were main idea of post.

Idea for paralysis is close to my Chorusbox Circuit + lunar overclock / Electrification Circuit + shadow overclocking (shock to fear or song to sleep)

Master drone in my opinion is bit excessive (there isn't really need for a lot of biodata) and contradicts lore(WX remarks lack of fast, long distance information transfer(Magician's Chest), which would be needed for remote drone control)

Mech J1mmy seems like just mechanical BERNIE, which is closer to Wagstaff than WX-78. WX-78 circuits were always cyberization of living being's adaptations to world of constant, going from flesh to steel

J1mmy's purpose is scanning, switching to fighting is something completely different

Also WX-78 wouldn't play nice with Wagstaff, so affinity skills reference WX-78 own intelligence, analytical skills and bio-cyber expertise

[Dr.Webber]

45 minutes ago, deadtaco0 said:

 

Quote fits WX-78 perfectly

For affinity my idea was to lean into WX-78 mechanical nature and provide additional buffs for circuit skills, circuit skills were main idea of post.

Idea for paralysis is close to my Chorusbox Circuit + lunar overclock / Electrification Circuit + shadow overclocking (shock to fear or song to sleep)

Master drone in my opinion is bit excessive (there isn't really need for a lot of biodata) and contradicts lore(WX remarks lack of fast, long distance information transfer(Magician's Chest), which would be needed for remote drone control)

Mech J1mmy seems like just mechanical BERNIE, which is closer to Wagstaff than WX-78. WX-78 circuits were always cyberization of living being's adaptations to world of constant, going from flesh to steel

J1mmy's purpose is scanning, switching to fighting is something completely different

Also WX-78 wouldn't play nice with Wagstaff, so affinity skills reference WX-78 own intelligence, analytical skills and bio-cyber expertise

it Could be just Jimmy freezing things that he scans 

beanbooster circuit  as it is currently is a waste of potential

Wagstaff is who allows you have the lunar  affinity, wx-78 it’s quite fond of the moon, And They’re smart enough to play nice long enough to exploit the The opportunity for tech upgrade then betray him?

Also, there could a skill(s) Where they could scan their fellow survivors

[deadtaco0]

1 hour ago, Dr.Webber said:

it Could be just Jimmy freezing things that he scans

there also could be skill, that makes J1mmy quieter, to not scare off mobs or shiny, to attract mobs to it

if it will freeze mobs, that could be used for fighting to get close, so it will be unlikely to be added

 

1 hour ago, Dr.Webber said:

beanbooster circuit  as it is currently is a waste of potential

had no idea what to add for it (in different post someone had idea to prolong mob loyalty)

 

1 hour ago, Dr.Webber said:

Wagstaff is who allows you have the lunar  affinity, wx-78 it’s quite fond of the moon, And They’re smart enough to play nice long enough to exploit the The opportunity for tech upgrade then betray him?

Wagstaff would recognize attempt at scamming, he has experience in that field (snake oil quote) + it is known fact of WX-78 dislike of Wagstaff

also Wurt's skills don't reference Wagstaff

 

1 hour ago, Dr.Webber said:

Also, there could a skill(s) Where they could scan their fellow survivors

unlikely as this would take away survivor personal quirks, as example, no one can use Wolfgang's dumbbells

[Dr.Webber]

5 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

there also could be skill, that makes J1mmy quieter, to not scare off mobs or shiny, to attract mobs to it

if it will freeze mobs, that could be used for fighting to get close, so it will be unlikely to be added

 

Well I want jimmy to have an alignment so if you if you have any idea I’m all eyes 

 

5 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

had no idea what to add for it (in different post someone had idea to prolong mob loyalty)

Maybe he could make other robots and it gives him greater control over them or maybe it give him the crafts or fix broken clockworks better or something 

 

5 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

Wagstaff would recognize attempt at scamming, he has experience in that field (snake oil quote) + it is known fact of WX-78 dislike of Wagstaff

also Wurt's skills don't reference Wagstaff

Tosha 

5 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

unlikely as this would take away survivor personal quirks, as example, no one can use Wolfgang's dumbbells

Think smaller

webber: eating monster meat without negative effects 

Maxwell:long distance information transfer

willow: fire resistance

wolfgang: harder hitting  or damage resistance 

woodie: working efficiency 

Wormwood:solar panels 

 ect. I’ll think of more later 

 

[Dr.Webber]

Winona: Charging by eating nighter

wurt: wetness resistance

wickerbottom : more efficient bio data use

Wigfrid:Chorusbox Circuit makes everything you do in battle more efficient

Warly: everything ate has increased beneficial effect

wortox: health steal

[Dr.Webber]

Walter: you can give Jimmy a number of scrap to temporarily turn him into a mech to fight in

Wanda: can you remove circuits without damaging them or something to do with clockworks

wilson:can convert  a number of Frazzled Wires to scrap

Wonkey: immunity to the curse

Other WX 78: you can give circuits to befriended broken clockworks

Wendy: WX now has similar effect to ghostly petals

Wes: WX can harness the force of unluck plagues Wes to impose it onto enemies 

[deadtaco0]

18 hours ago, Dr.Webber said:

webber: eating monster meat without negative effects 

Maxwell:long distance information transfer

willow: fire resistance

wolfgang: harder hitting  or damage resistance 

woodie: working efficiency 

Wormwood:solar panels 

 ect. I’ll think of more later 

 

webber: cook it

maxwell: thats magic skill, not biology of maxwell, he has weak heart

willow: Scalemail

wolfgang: Combat oriented music

woodie: Work oriented music

wormwood: energy already passively and actively restores(lightning rod, generators, volt goat milk)

16 hours ago, Dr.Webber said:

Winona: Charging by eating nighter

wurt: wetness resistance

wickerbottom : more efficient bio data use

Wigfrid:Chorusbox Circuit makes everything you do in battle more efficient

Warly: everything ate has increased beneficial effect

wortox: health steal

winona: WX has no internal burning engine, neither has winona, also if winona present then generator present

wurt: can be own skill

wickerbottom: wicker has memory, not efficiency, skill would need to add more crafts

wigfrid: not her biology, attack speed can be increased by switching hats, damage - Combat oriented music, health - hardy circuit

warly: skill for hunger circuits

wortox: vampirism is wigfrid skill

15 hours ago, Dr.Webber said:

Walter: you can give Jimmy a number of scrap to temporarily turn him into a mech to fight in

Wanda: can you remove circuits without damaging them or something to do with clockworks

wilson:can convert  a number of Frazzled Wires to scrap

Wonkey: immunity to the curse

Other WX 78: you can give circuits to befriended broken clockworks

Wendy: WX now has similar effect to ghostly petals

Wes: WX can harness the force of unluck plagues Wes to impose it onto enemies 

walter:

On 7/11/2024 at 6:54 PM, deadtaco0 said:

Mech J1mmy seems like just mechanical BERNIE, which is closer to Wagstaff than WX-78. WX-78 circuits were always cyberization of living being's adaptations to world of constant, going from flesh to steel

J1mmy's purpose is scanning, switching to fighting is something completely different

wanda: clockworking is skill and wx doesnt age, also no damaging makes circuit durability useless - makes bioscaning useless - making J1mmy useless after collecting enough biodata

wilson: scrap already has wires, so its wires + something, also just go to junkyard and break fences, they give scrap

wonkey: give bananas to queen

other wx: befriended broken clockworks are unreliable (if on server, they forget u if u leave)

wendy: u mean gives ghostly petals to mobs? thats abigail. also Combat oriented music

wes: he's weak, nothing to learn, also what would bad luck do? ignite enemy-burned loot, frozen-unfrozen upon getting hit, sleep-woken up upon hit

 

And as final nail in coffin: everything would need presence of another player, making this mechanic unusable on solo plays(lazy deserter can be used to quickly lower sanity by turning it on(-15 sanity) and off)

[Dr.Webber]

2 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

webber: cook it

maxwell: thats magic skill, not biology of maxwell, he has weak heart

willow: Scalemail

wolfgang: Combat oriented music

woodie: Work oriented music

wormwood: energy already passively and actively restores(lightning rod, generators, volt goat milk)

 

Webber: can eat all meat without negative effects cooked or not 

Maxwell:I have a theory that the reason he’s shorter is he is at least partially made of shadow magic after becoming dust

willow: flame thrower

wolfgang : less effected by weight

woodie:More efficient use of wood

wormwood:can convert fertilizer into power 

2 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

winona: WX has no internal burning engine, neither has winona, also if winona present then generator present

wurt: can be own skill

wickerbottom: wicker has memory, not efficiency, skill would need to add more crafts

wigfrid: not her biology, attack speed can be increased by switching hats, damage - Combat oriented music, health - hardy circuit

warly: skill for hunger circuits

wortox: vampirism is wigfrid skill

Winona: can use Circuit extractor to do minor repairs to heal a bit

wurt: stronger grip

Wickerbottom: it’s supposed he gains her ability to absorb knowledge so more efficient bio data use but what crafts did you have in mind 

Wigfrid: can use her swift attack when weapon is in hand

Warly:can charge yourself with Volt Goat Chaud-Froid

Wortox: it also is similar to take stealing souls

3 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

walter:

He’s not the one fighting I reworked the other idea so he’s only adding wx’s cause rather taking part directly Which aligns more with how he is now

 

3 hours ago, deadtaco0 said:

wanda: clockworking is skill and wx doesnt age, also no damaging makes circuit durability useless - makes bioscaning useless - making J1mmy useless after collecting enough biodata

wilson: scrap already has wires, so its wires + something, also just go to junkyard and break fences, they give scrap

wonkey: give bananas to queen

other wx: befriended broken clockworks are unreliable (if on server, they forget u if u leave)

wendy: u mean gives ghostly petals to mobs? thats abigail. also Combat oriented music

wes: he's weak, nothing to learn, also what would bad luck do? ignite enemy-burned loot, frozen-unfrozen upon getting hit, sleep-woken up upon hit

 

And as final nail in coffin: everything would need presence of another player, making this mechanic unusable on solo plays(lazy deserter can be used to quickly lower sanity by turning it on(-15 sanity) and off)

Wanda: no changes removed when removing circuits

wilson: the metal in some of the wires could be converted into the other parts

wonkey: this one’s for convenience and because of how much more distressed he is versus other survivors when transforming 

other wx-78:in this scenario this would be Qol 

Wendy:craft temporary upgrades for jimmy 

wes: his level of unluckiness is unnatural there has to be some external force and a force can be manipulated, probably have a boulder, lighting,or meteor  randomly hitting enemies or maybe attract mobs aggressive to it

I also thought about less likely to be noticed by mobs as a reference to Wes’ silence

also I thought of of reversing the luck for wx-78

 

Fair enough 

maybe he can scan item

Also based on the fact he can scan rooks and shadow creatures I think the scan has to do with the ability/skill of the biological rather then the biology it’s self