wortox My thoughts on the Wortox skill tree and final requests

[Dingle]

I played a lot of Wortox and Wendy in beta, and gave a lot of feedback. Near the end of beta I was worried that some issues of Wortox weren't going to be addressed, but then most were in an update right before launch. I still have some requests for Wortox, that I am listing below.

Overall, I am pretty happy with the Wortox skill tree! The last tweaks to Wortox, and the AOE bugnet addition to the knabsack, really helped a lot. It made it go from a wasted filler point for me (I never use it as a weapon), to something I use all the time. A cheaper bug net is always useful, and the AOE gives Wortox and the knabsack a new special niche. The discounts to the grab function also really helped make it useful.

Thank you for those changes! @JesseB_Klei

I still have some requests for Wortox. These are simple, but I think these changes would add a lot:

1. Soul Bastion 2 could use something extra for solo Wortox, and a little more in general. You pretty much have to pick it for a solo nice build, as lifegiver 1 and 2 do nothing for you solo. My suggestion is a half-drop worth of extra sanity, so it increases both your healing and sanity gain for dropping a soul by 50%.

2. During soul echo, it would be nice if the vfx around Wortox changed when it was a second or two from expiring. Right now you have to have your eyes glued on the souls in inventory. There's probably going to be a simple client mod for this, but I think it should really be part of base game.

3. Cloudy Carmine still seems really bad, though I could also simply never get it, ever. This just seems like a waste to me. Making it work in multiplayer would make it worthwhile, right now it only works for Wortox.

4. Being able to soul hop when on a beefalo would be great. Or at least map teleport. I used to tame a beefalo as Wortox, but don't anymore. I would do so again if you could teleport on it.

5. Having lifegiver 2 apply to the heart, instead of the user ofnthe heart, would be great. I saw that this was being considered.

That is all I can really think of! I finally got to play with the affinities, and I like them both.

I think Klei did great work on all three skill trees last update. Wendy, Wortox, and Walter all turned out amazing. My appreciation for all 3 characters went up a lot, especially Walter. Wendy also went from "interesting, but don't like playing" to really fun for me, due to the removal of a lot of her tedium combined with the Team Spirit commands and other new toys.

[Echsrick]

what i wish is that soul pierce dont generate threat, so things that fight each other dont suddenly stop and go after you instead because 1 soul touched them, for example leading a hound wave into beefalos and the hound dying then hits the beef and so everything that fights each other now is against you

[Koomin]

1 hour ago, Echsrick said:

what i wish is that soul pierce dont generate threat, so things that fight each other dont suddenly stop and go after you instead because 1 soul touched them, for example leading a hound wave into beefalos and the hound dying then hits the beef and so everything that fights each other now is against you

This would be nice if there was a toggle like they added for the other trees, or some way to not have it always on.  

Edit: it also really ruins the panflute souls skill if you can't turn it off, since they just wake the target right back up again often.

[Dingle]

25 minutes ago, Koomin said:

This would be nice if there was a toggle like they added for the other trees, or some way to not have it always on.  

Edit: it also really ruins the panflute souls skill if you can't turn it off, since they just wake the target right back up again often.

Yeah, that was a small thing that turned me against Pleasant Pastorale.

Though mostly, I personally don't think the 0.75 soul regen per minute + extra souls for burning through a flute was worth it, for me. I know it has its uses, though. Mostly for speedrunning. In a real game, I don't think it's worth it to basically convert green gems to souls, plus the 2 insight point cost.