The Mauler having a ramping healing instead

[arubaro]

1 hour ago, cybers2001 said:

My stance has been that the Maul doesn’t need nerfs because it doesn’t absolutely replace all other weapons.

While true, both NF and living logs are things I tend to accumulate a lot of collaterally, so it doesn’t feel like I’m going out of my way for it. Plus both can be farmed virtually anywhere, especially now with Woodie being able to craft treeguards idols.

That is one of the problems of adding inks as an optional encounter instead of a thread, you are forced to go to fight them so you can get the loot to fighting them..

[cybers2001]

59 minutes ago, arubaro said:

That is one of the problems of adding inks as an optional encounter instead of a thread, you are forced to go to fight them so you can get the loot to fighting them..

Agree with you there. Most mobs that you go out of your way for the loot is either a one-and-done sorta thing like MacTusk, can be migrated to your base like goats, or raid bosses.

Both pure brilliance and void tatters are a conscious effort to farm.

[Kevinnator]

On 9/10/2024 at 6:04 PM, Jakepeng99 said:

They are meant to be balanced by cost but they are extremely cheap.

They said its to try avoid powercreep.  (Outclassing old gear)

Initially, the new gear was on par with old gear, though they buffe dit a lot.

All weapons are balanced compared to each other because of the upkeep of resources. Even the grass suit has fair reasons to use over the thulicite suit, to save thulicite resources if you feel safe with the lower protection. 

I think it was due to many complaints about the equipment not being worth the effort that they buffed them. But I feel like they buffed them too much with the existance of repair kits.

Personally I think the repair kits are a neat addition as it's convenient and fitting for something lategame BUT they shouldn't fully repair all equipment. It made the rift equipment cheap enough to use them over pre-rift equipment against normal enemies. Even something as simply as only repairing 50% of melee weapons and armour would be good. That way it's still cheaper to repair these with repair kits but not by too much.

Although I don't mind the weapons dealing more damage (although feel like their durability is a bit too high, should be halfed or repair kits only repair half durability). They should be powerful due to you making your world more dangerous and how late you get it.

[Ridley]

1 minute ago, Kevinnator said:

Personally I think the repair kits are a neat addition as it's convenient and fitting for something lategame BUT they shouldn't fully repair all equipment. It made the rift equipment cheap enough to use them over pre-rift equipment against normal enemies. Even something as simply as only repairing 50% of melee weapons and armour would be good. That way it's still cheaper to repair these with repair kits but not by too much.

I'd probably stop using them at that rate. You have to go a hunt down the materials for repair kits each time and you can only get so many during a rift. The Shadow Rifts in particular weren't spawning the dark tatter creatures for hours in my last run. The more players wanting rift gear on a server means less repair kits for everyone else too. A 50% reduction in repairing means doubling the cost on top of all this.

[arubaro]

20 minutes ago, Kevinnator said:

I think it was due to many complaints about the equipment not being worth the effort that they buffed them. But I feel like they buffed them too much with the existance of repair kits.

Personally I think the repair kits are a neat addition as it's convenient and fitting for something lategame BUT they shouldn't fully repair all equipment. It made the rift equipment cheap enough to use them over pre-rift equipment against normal enemies. Even something as simply as only repairing 50% of melee weapons and armour would be good. That way it's still cheaper to repair these with repair kits but not by too much.

Although I don't mind the weapons dealing more damage (although feel like their durability is a bit too high, should be halfed or repair kits only repair half durability). They should be powerful due to you making your world more dangerous and how late you get it.

They could repair 50%, cost 2 piece of each material and stack to 20... and not even that would make them feel free...

[Jakepeng99]

26 minutes ago, Ridley said:

I'd probably stop using them at that rate

I sorta doubt this. They are still really efficent.

26 minutes ago, Ridley said:

You have to go a hunt down the materials for repair kits each time and you can only get so many during a rift. The Shadow Rifts in particular weren't spawning the dark tatter creatures for hours in my last run.

You get 9 repair kits currently for each ink blight encounter. Idk if they changed something with the spawning because its every two days.

26 minutes ago, Ridley said:

The more players wanting rift gear on a server means less repair kits for everyone else too.

Normally it accumulates fast, but riff materials being just things you wait for on a timer is kinda a problem too.

14 minutes ago, arubaro said:

They could repair 50%, cost 2 piece of each material and stack to 20... and not even that would make them feel free...

Thats too expensive.

[Ridley]

19 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

You get 9 repair kits currently for each ink blight encounter. Idk if they changed something with the spawning because its every two days.

I used to be constantly harassed by the Ink Blight trio before and then I rarely saw them in the beta. I haven't played the most recent patch, but I think the Ink Blights no longer show up every rift? Like its a toss up between them, Rictus, and mimics? I'm probably wrong.

[Jakepeng99]

3 minutes ago, Ridley said:

used to be constantly harassed by the Ink Blight trio before and then I rarely saw them in the beta. I haven't played the most recent patch, but I think the Ink Blights no longer show up every rift? Like its a toss up between them, Rictus, and mimics? I'm probably wrong.

The mimics are not meant to do that anymore.

Its meant to only be Rictus and the blights.

[Ridley]

2 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

The mimics are not meant to do that anymore.

Its meant to only be Rictus and the blights.

Ah, so the mimics were taking up my spawns pre-patch?