New characters?

[TheKingofSquirrels]

I'm so bored of the current set of characters, you think we'll get some new ones soon?

I thought we could brainstorm. If you have any ideas for any, share em. I really would like one that has night vision and suffers during daylight (maybe has limited vision during day), something that's ideal for living underground...a mole person! Ok, that's terrible. Come up with something better.

 

 

[JohnWatson]

No, focus on improving the current characters first. Character balance is more important than the amount of characters. Quality > Quantity

[ProfessorAlpaca]

First off I'd want my dear Willow to get the buff she deserves, but if there were a new character I'd also want one that really thrives in the caves.

A mod idea I've had for long time was a prospector character. My initial idea was that he'd basically be a mining alternative to Woodie, but I'm sure there's some more interesting aspects he could have.

[verm1ll1on]

I think the characters of don't starve are pretty much established now. Lore-wise, it wouldn't make much sense to simply throw new characters over there, since all of our characters are somewhat related. I don't believe Klei is working to expand the lore to allow new characters to be introduced. Well, maybe Charlie will become one eventually, who knows.

 

Perhaps you should try mod characters. You can find a great variety on the workshop and I'm sure @Arlesienne can make some good suggestions for ya.

[ProfessorAlpaca]

Off topic but I can't help but chuckle every time I see that @verm1ll1on's profile pic is my screenshot of me when I got my first elegant skin.

[. . .]

I'd love some new characters, but we probably will never get any... I mean we didn't even get the SW characters in DST, so yeah.... MOD CHARACTERSS RULEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[Sudura2017]

4 hours ago, verm1ll1on said:

I think the characters of don't starve are pretty much established now. Lore-wise, it wouldn't make much sense to simply throw new characters over there, since all of our characters are somewhat related. I don't believe Klei is working to expand the lore to allow new characters to be introduced. Well, maybe Charlie will become one eventually, who knows.

 

Perhaps you should try mod characters. You can find a great variety on the workshop and I'm sure @Arlesienne can make some good suggestions for ya.

Lore can be retconned fairly easily for the characters.

[erenkozakli]

I think waverly will fit perfectly in the dont starve world

[TheKingofSquirrels]

8 hours ago, ProfessorAlpaca said:

First off I'd want my dear Willow to get the buff she deserves, but if there were a new character I'd also want one that really thrives in the caves.

A mod idea I've had for long time was a prospector character. My initial idea was that he'd basically be a mining alternative to Woodie, but I'm sure there's some more interesting aspects he could have.

I guess why I want new characters, is because I think the current ones are a lost cause. Willow freeze when she goes crazy is dumb and unnecessary. And Woodie, goddamn Woodie.

[mochilo]

I want a viking girl who is able to craft her own equipment and recovers hp and sanity when fighting.

[verm1ll1on]

12 hours ago, ProfessorAlpaca said:

Off topic but I can't help but chuckle every time I see that @verm1ll1on's profile pic is my screenshot of me when I got my first elegant skin.

I have absolutely no memory of getting this screen shot from here, but I thought it was just too cool. That was my Wilson goals for months! haha

 

 

Anyways, hope it's okay that I use this shot of yours

[voyager156]

13 hours ago, TheKingofSquirrels said:

a mole person! Ok, that's terrible.

That actually isn't a bad idea. He could have night vision (like permanent moggles) but when exposed to the sun he would have very limited vision + health or sanity drain.

4 hours ago, TheKingofSquirrels said:

And Woodie, goddamn Woodie.

True, he should be buffed. Maybe some new perk "small" or just let him cut more trees (slower log meter filling).

[Tumalu]

51 minutes ago, voyager156 said:

True, he should be buffed. Maybe some new perk "small" or just let him cut more trees (slower log meter filling).

I'unno, Woodie can cut plenty enough trees as it is. Just keep cutting until you go Werebeaver (-don't- eat logs to stop it when you're busy logging- why would you?) and -keep- cutting until you turn back into Woodie again. Pinecones into Sanity makes sanity a total non-issue for him. The problem is you can't really do much -else- with him 'cept get lots of wood and sanity, so how badly do you really want that wood? (He's very comparable to Maxwell this way) It'd be nice if Werebeaver was a lil' more relevant of a form.

Re:Willow freezing when crazy, honestly, it's one of her best powers; use it in the summer and now you're heat-resistant! Her lighter is still almost pointless after the first few days and Bernie is only okay-ish. Sanity from fire is... alright. She's got a bunch of minor abilities that are "okay", but none of them really add up to much of a character, unfortunately. She's a wonky sanity specialist. Maybe if her lighter was better and her heat resistance was less awkward.

[Sudura2017]

15 hours ago, TheKingofSquirrels said:

I'm so bored of the current set of characters, you think we'll get some new ones soon?

I thought we could brainstorm. If you have any ideas for any, share em. I really would like one that has night vision and suffers during daylight (maybe has limited vision during day), something that's ideal for living underground...a mole person! Ok, that's terrible. Come up with something better.

 

 

I vote for the return of Wabbit!

[voyager156]

55 minutes ago, Tumalu said:

I'unno, Woodie can cut plenty enough trees as it is. Just keep cutting until you go Werebeaver (-don't- eat logs to stop it when you're busy logging- why would you?) and -keep- cutting until you turn back into Woodie again.

So if I don't eat logs --> how I will turn to normal Woodie again?

[Tumalu]

26 minutes ago, voyager156 said:

So if I don't eat logs --> how I will turn to normal Woodie again?

Gnawing (aka chopping) a tree as werebeaver will raise the meter, so just chop down a bunch more trees instead of eating the logs you're trying to get. Werebeaver chops trees much faster than Woodie too, so it's win/win. You lose a little sanity but all those trees means more than enough pinecones to easily get it back (and then some).

Woodie's -great- at what he does (wood and sanity), his only problem is not doing much else. But if you just want Woodie with more wood, you're good to go! Technically werebeaver can also mine/dig and fills his meter slightly off that- but at the cost of doing through a good chunk more sanity in the process. Unless you -want- to fight nightmares! Haven't tested if he gnaws stones fast enough to be worthwhile.

[Quoth143]

I'd prefer it if Willow got some improvements first...

[minespatch]

I want Wilton in for egotistical reasons, but Quoth has a point.

[EuedeAdodooedoe]

I'm probably the only one here with this opinion, but I see the Rog characters, i.e. Webber and Wigfrid, as a little undeveloped, and in fact (this will trigger some people) I would rather they were replaced by other characters. I've played both, in particular Wigfrid a lot, but in relation to the story and game as well as everyone else in the game, they really seem pushed. Webber, in fact WAS pushed; he was requested by a lot of people, and hence was introduced in the DLC. I don't have a too clear idea as to what could replace Wigfrid, if they were to do this, but for Webber, a good candidate would be my favorite mod character by far: 

As to what specifically grinds my gears about the characters, well, whilst Webber is not actually bad in terms of his little backstory, he is way too focused and designed around spiders, who are not that much involved in the lore of the game and with Shadow creatures being much more involved, that's why I find Minari to be a great replacement for them. Plus, Webber must have been gobbled up WHILE in the world, so, the way he's introduced in the single player might be a little bit of a plot hole. Minari would be a great character to actually have night vision too in the real game, I feel (which he does have in the mod). For Wigfrid... she seems to be like a character pulled out from various bits of other characters, really; insane as Willow, but for a different reason and in a difference sense and she is oriented around strength and combat, which is very much what Wolfgang is all about.

EDIT: Although I know that at this point it would be too late to pull out a change in characters for the lore, so, I guess we need to just roll with what we have. There's been done skins and everything for Wigfrid and Webber anyway, so, that would just make things even more tangled than it already would be, unfortunately.

[voyager156]

26 minutes ago, Tumalu said:

Gnawing (aka chopping) a tree as werebeaver will raise the meter, so just chop down a bunch more trees instead of eating the logs you're trying to get. Werebeaver chops trees much faster than Woodie too, so it's win/win.

Ahh this is what I missed. Thank you very much for this info

[PanAzej]

Woodie and Willow are baad. We need a buff for Werebeaver and a rework for Willow.

New characters? Sure. There are many ways they could go, really. But still, I'd take a clever, interesting design that took them long time to come up with over a quickly released, uninspired one...

[Starlogy]

23 hours ago, EuedeAdodooedoe said:

I see the Rog characters, i.e. Webber and Wigfrid, as a little undeveloped, and in fact I would rather they were replaced by other characters.

I don't know, I kind of like their quirkiness and how they seem a little different compared to everyone else. Maybe it's just me, but they fact that they're the oddballs out of the cast makes me appreciate them more.

 

But back to topic, new characters would be pretty cool. That's something I was somewhat hoping for during A New Reign, a character designed to assist and work better with a team, versus working solo.

[Destros09]

Maybe the fumigater sounds are for a new character

[Sudura2017]

1 hour ago, Destros09 said:

Maybe the fumigater sounds are for a new character

^{pyro confirmed boys}

[darkhero]

i always thinking about a support role character. wickerbottom is already like a support too. but if they add a character who could make cheap heal and power up stuff it could be very funny. or it can be done by adding some more books in Wickerbottom.