Some Walter skills changes ideas i have

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Slingshot Upgrade Changes:

 

- Thulecite Slingshot Frame: Attacks made with the second ammo slot will now have new special effects:

  - Honey and Icky projectiles slow enemy attack animations and reduce their attack speed by 15%.

  - Purple projectiles slow enemy attack animations and reduce their attack speed by 25%.

  - Poop and blue projectiles now deal small AoE damage.

 

(Developers mentioned that they want to change the charging attack of the Thulecite Frame, and this is an idea for how that could work.)

 

- Scrappy Slingshot Frame: Now costs 6 scrap, 2 gears, and a Vision Expander. You can no longer hold 999 ammo, but similar to the Wigfrid weapon, you can use the Celestial Champion Crystal to increase your damage and again hold up to 999 ammo.  

  (I’ve already made a more in-depth post about why this item should be an early/mid-game item.)

 

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Wobby Training Changes:

 

- First Training: No changes needed (it’s good as is).

  

- Second Training: Combined with Third Training.

  (Both of these abilities are underwhelming, and I believe they could be replaced with better abilities.)

  

- New Third Training: Allows you to have up to three slots and reduces spoilage by 20% in Wobby’s inventory.

 

  - Third Training upgrade: Adds 6 extra slots, which can only hold ammo. If you’re sitting on Wobby, these ammo slots will appear next to your backpack, letting you interact with them even while mounted. Spoilage reduction increases to 30%.  

  (Wobby’s ability to hold items has been largely ignored in the skill tree. This change also gives more reason to use her as a beefalo replacement, thanks to the added ammo slots when mounted.)

 

- Fourth training: Works even if Wobby is large, but is slightly weaker when she is large.  

  (If the developers want players to use Wobby as a beefalo, they probably won’t use this ability much, so this small adjustment would make sense.)

 

- Fifth training; Makes Wobby pick the same resources that the player is currently picking. Upgrading this skill increases the animation speed and the range at which she can gather resources.

  

  - Fifth training Upgrade: Wobby can also pick up resources from her backpack, even if the player hasn't picked them up yet. There's a chance to pick multiple resources if they’re close together. Each upgrade increases the chance of this happening and the range of the effect.  

  (Currently, this system feels gimmicky and not particularly useful. Making it guaranteed would make it much better.)

 

- New Sixth Skill: Wobby loses hunger slower, up to 75% slower, and if you feed her, she restores a small amount of sanity up to 3 sanity per food item.

  

  - Sixth Upgrade: If Wobby is fed enough, her hunger loss becomes 150% slower, and you restore 4 sanity per minute.  

  (I initially thought this could replace the second ability, but I’m unsure if it would be a good replacement, so it’s a new skill instead.)

 

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Projectile Changes:

 

- Dreadstone Ammo: Now deals 68 damage, or 72 to lunar enemies, but you lose 1 sanity per shot. It also has 25% planar damage.  

  (Dreadstone ammo is currently very weak for its cost. It deals only 8 more damage than marble ammo, which isn’t worth it. It could also get a bonus effect when used with the Thulecite Frame.)

 

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New Skill Ideas:

 

- Two New Skills After Unlocking Wobby Training:

  - Increases the number of Wobby training points by 2.

  - Increases the number of Wobby training points by another 2.

  - (Wobby can only have 2 useful training skills or 4 lesser ones. I think there should be a way to increase her potential and make her more versatile for people that like wobby.)

 

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New Survival-Based Skills:

 

- Campfire Stories Increases sanity gain by 25%, and the range of the effect is also increased by 25%.

  

- Walter’s Fire Fire lasts 40% longer,

 

- Walter Can now craft portable campfires and endothermic campfires, which last 40% longer than regular ones.

 

  (I think Walter should have more survival-related skills, but I didn’t have many ideas for it.)