I see several times that people saying that pressure stab is OP (but IMO it isn't, but still powerful). If devs ever decided to nerf it I suggest adding side effect: you will receive organ damage if you're outside of water without diving suit
#Way to nerf pressure stabilizer
fading fossil
winged perch
Pressure stabilizer only recently got good, I think it's a bit early to make it suck again.
pearl orchid
Pressure stablizier is a meme in current barotrauma because of husk
though that is being addressed in unstable
torn totem
Pressure stablizier is a meme in current barotrauma because of husk
How so?
vale kayak
because staying husked gives you immunity and water breathing indefinitely and is easier I reckon
winged perch
I'm sorry, but do you read before you type?
-Husk lets you ignore pressure and oxygen in the current version of the game.
-Nuh-uh, it doesn't.
The update isn't out yet.
torn totem
It's not immune to pressure
winged perch
It is.
winged perch
In vanilla?
torn totem
And clowns lost power
winged perch
What kind of vanilla version are you playing?
torn totem
The vanilla kind
winged perch
Like, why is everyone able to ignore pressure while husked, except for you?
torn totem
Are you playing on unstable
winged perch
No. We're talking about the current version. The current stable version.
torn totem
I had husk and an acolyte robe thingmabob to keep myself stable
Went outside
Popped
I can retest it later
winged perch
Again, in the stable version?
torn totem
Yes
winged perch
Were you past 75% infection?
torn totem
Should have been
Most likely I was but I am gonna retest it because I'm not 110 percent sure
Just 96 percent sure
winged perch
Alright. The intended behavior most people are familiar with is that the infection protects you from pressure when it's above 75%.
So if you were past that stage and still popped, it'd be a bug.
vale kayak
can confirm.. you don't die to pressure
winged perch
But yeah, in Unstable you need 100% quality husk genes in order to stay at over 75% infection without dying.
vale kayak
Oh, does it inflict damages now
winged perch
It just kills you like husk normally would. Lower-quality genes slow down the rate at which the infection develops, but only 100% quality prevents the infection from reaching the lethal stage.
So you either work hard to refine them or get 70 reputation with the Church and buy fully refined genes from them.
vale kayak
What else is new about the update then? was the zealot robe removed?
winged perch
Zealot robes no longer give you any kind of husk immunity, but they still heal husked players passively. So it's still a good item to have.
vale kayak
what's the healing rate like?
Oh doesn't do any husk immunity
I mean.. if it doesn't protect you from dying to husk
not sure it's better than an actual innerwear with some protections on it
winged perch
0.25 normal damage/s and 0.1 bleeding/s. It's pretty nice, and stacks with other sources of healing, such as hammerhead matriarch genes.
You can choose to put them on after the battle for free recovery, or go all-in on passive healing even in battle.
vale kayak
fair enough
I did think it was a bit silly you could cure husk in lethal stage with the robe when even calyxanide can't
winged perch
The silliest part of it was how early you could get the robes by knocking out a member of the Church and stealing their clothes. Needing 70 reputation or some effort put into refining genes to make use of the bonus feels about right.
pearl orchid
Just 96 percent sure
If you are above 75% infection (the bitey is present) you are immune to pressure, no ifs, no buts unless you've modified it
In the nicest way, you are probably wrong and went outside too early
but if you test and it still doesnt work
you might wanna verify some files
true swift
while you say its OP, i think its situational, its only ever used in an emergency where no suits are near and you for some reason have it in your hotbar...which is so rare, though i have seen it be used as an alternative for CPR
also do note: its not forever like husk
ornate prairie
Imo pressure stab is silly all together, but it's not inherently OP, as all it does is provide you with pressure immunity.
It's pretty situational, and should you come into a scenario where you might need it, it'll likely be too late
Sure, you get to fore-go needing a suit for like, 5-10 minutes, which has its niche uses, but like... What are the chances of you carrying pressure stab when you actually need it 😂
pearl orchid
Best you can do with it is short term usage of makeshift armor
ornate prairie
Though yeah I'd assume pressure stab would have some kind of downside, but it's kind of a joke to begin with
peak flicker
There's a talent in Aquatic Armaments for the lead diver role that basically turns it into a free novel item
ornate prairie
Like, sure, being able to use better armor in underwater combat is nice and all but like
🤷
peak flicker
In vanilla it's like situationally useful as mentioned already
ornate prairie
It's a funny drug but imo it shouldn't even be a thing since it basically has no real place in Baro
peak flicker
Like, sure, being able to use better armor in underwater combat is nice and all ...
Feels kinda immersion breaking lol
Here's the thing though, having some of it stashed somewhere if you're playing with Immersive Diving Gear will actually save your ass if you're panicking and can't get your diving gear on and pressurized in time before you pop
In vanilla it has pretty much no reason to exist because of the way diving suits work
No mechanic really works in harmony with it, there is no real urgency in putting on a diving suit to make it worthwhile to use when it acts like a pocket diving suit that runs on a timer
Diving suits are technically superior and are much cheaper to fabricate
vale kayak
It also keeps people alive that are maxed out on morbusine poisoning and unconscious
bonus points if you toss them out the airlock
while permastunned
rare umbra
In my 900 hours of barotrauma i have yet to use a single pressure stabilizer
diving suits are cheap and being husked is cheaper, so I dont see anyone in my server using it either
half echo
though that is being addressed in unstable
What is? Husk or stabil?
winged perch
Husk.
vale kayak
from what I gather the only way to maintain husk without it killing you in the update is to have 100% husk genes, husk is otherwise unchanged
winged perch
You can edge your husk infection with antibiotics with lower-quality genes, but I wouldn't recommend it.
half echo
So symbiosis then
winged perch
You can go for symbiosis, but I assume you'll be able to buy those 100% genes before you finish the questline.
half echo
Oh good point
winged perch
I don't remember what the reputation threshold is for getting symbiosis, but for genes it's 70.
half echo
Zealot robes are so fun. You can literally shoot them in the head and kill them and they just get back up in like a minute
Pair it with improved stun mod and they go nappy time
winged perch
Eepy.