Lunar Abigail does not deal damage with the attack skill

I believe it's intended 

Dear Klei,

I know this is not the first time this gets brought up, but please, please reconsider and revert this change. It is currently quite awkward and hollow and not worth the skillpoint.

This one little thing is really a Make or Break for Gestalt Abigail.

I've seen a lot of people confused, like OP here.

It doesn't even do a single hit in all it's path. This really takes away the fun, and people just respec to Shadow Abigail.

If anything, at least make it do something. Here are some ideas, that can be also combined:

- it hits anything on a single narrow line, like a piercing arrow with a slightly higher damage, like a Greater Gestalt

- puts things on it's path to sleep, like gestalts

- and maybe do multiple single target gestalt attacks rapidly on the target, like a combo (like the gestalt attack in the blue circle of Celestial Champion phase 3)

- do a blast/explosion on impact, that maybe does the Scare, and synergizes if someone also has the Scare skill. This would also help fix the awkward not getting any agro, since the blast will definitely take the agro

- turns to multiple small gestalts, like shotgun shells, each doing a single hit

Just anything.

I used to be a strong advocator for Gestalt Abi, even when everyone was against it, and I was able to change their minds. But after taking away the conditional, yet interactive AoE, without replacing it with anything, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Ambassadors and content creators also are on the same page, @JazzyGames and @Jakeyosaurus have said this on the forums and their streams.

Thank you for all the efforts and considerations, as always.

Edited March 3, 2025 by Biskit

This IS intentional. Gestalt Abigail does not have the same ghostly aura that ghosts do. 

But, there is a gap in what people seem to expect and what the result is now. We discussed it and have made a change that will come in the next patch. Gestalt Abigail will strike a series of targets on the path you set with diminishing damage as she hits more targets.

On 3/5/2025 at 4:21 AM, Jason said:

This IS intentional. Gestalt Abigail does not have the same ghostly aura that ghosts do. 

But, there is a gap in what people seem to expect and what the result is now. We discussed it and have made a change that will come in the next patch. Gestalt Abigail will strike a series of targets on the path you set with diminishing damage as she hits more targets.

Dear developers, hello! I’d like to ask, in your eyes, is Gestalt Abigail a Gestalt or a Ghost? Since she doesn’t have the aura of a Ghost, but she can still haunt like one, it’s left me a bit confused. Thank you for your time, and I’d be incredibly grateful if you could spare a moment to answer my not-so-important question!