Friendly Fruit Fly - Deadly Brightshade Updated

[Nevermore_]

All the updates are very exciting for me, but there's one thing I find very challenging about setting up a crop farm—Friendly Fruit Fly is too easily killed by Deadly Brightshade.

Of course, there are many ways to find vegetable or alternative food sources without setting up a farm, but farming itself is something I find very enjoyable in the game (the crop models, fertilizers, and weather mechanics).

Brightshade Gestalts can’t infect any plants within a radius of 7.5 tiles from an existing Deadly Brightshade from the previous wave, but this current radius is too small, even for a mini base. And Friendly Fruit Fly dies in just one hit from Deadly Brightshade.

I hope there will be an update to improve farming in the future. Some suggestions are to increase the radius to 20 tiles or allow Friendly Fruit Fly to enter caves.

[arubaro]

Just make them not atack the fruit fly instead of nerfing an already weak enemy

[grm9]

can't you just summon lord of fruit flies in caves for a fruit fly there?

[Nevermore_]

On 11/16/2024 at 5:45 PM, grm9 said:

can't you just summon lord of fruit flies in caves for a fruit fly there?

This is new information to me. Now I can farm crops in the cave. Thanks for your info.

 

On 11/16/2024 at 5:10 PM, arubaro said:

Just make them not atack the fruit fly instead of nerfing an already weak enemy

It's an idea but for a vegetable farmer it's not fun.

[Nevermore_]

I have an idea about item could be a powerful tool for players who want to focus on farming without worrying about being disrupted by Brightshade Gestalts. Here are a few additional suggestions:

• Crafting materials: It could require items like Pure Horror, Dreadstone and Dark Tatters, or 1 Ancient Fuelweaver and Toadstool drop.
• Active effects: The item might emit a peaceful shadow aura that repels Gestalts while gradually reducing the player's Sanity if they stay too close.
• Limitations: To avoid being overpowered, this item could have a limited duration or require rare resources to recharge.

What do you think about adding this mechanic?