How to make the spider more threatening.

[dusty pagoda]

Right now the spider isn’t that scary, (unless you have arachnophobia) the model is horrifying and so is its location. The only thing that holds it back substantially is it’s ability to be a threat, which it doesn’t have anything that really makes it that troubling, especially for a late game player farther into the Tech Tree. So here are some ways to make it more terrifying!

1. Make it be able to climb on walls and ceilings, rn you can just grapple or climb somewhere high and the spider will be completely unable to hurt you.

2. Make it deal substantially more damage, I have completely maxed out the utility side of the Tech Tree so I don’t speak for everyone here but for what the spider is in its current form should not kill someone in 2 to 3 shots (it kills me in about 4) if it’s ability to traverse the mines doesn’t change it should be able to kill somebody in 1 fatal blow.

3. Give it less sound, make it more nimble and hard to see coming, right now if you hear the super loud and quick footsteps you know to shut your mouth and go towards a wall.

4. Make it more aggressive, make it seem like it’s actively hunting down players in the mines, right now it just seems to protecting them but it would he more scary if it wasn’t protecting the areas it spawned and rather just looking for blood.

[kind notch]

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[shell trellis]

No my friend has arachnophobia i suggest making a mode where its lest scary for people with arachnophobia

[kind notch]

I honestly think thats brilliant

Making the spider more scary is exactly what we need

Bc yes its really frickin easy

[dusty pagoda]

well it’s meant to be scary 😭

[kind notch]

And not terrifying at all

[dusty pagoda]

thats kinda the point of a horror game

[kind notch]

It doesnt even look like a spider

[dusty pagoda]

thats not part of the problem really its more that the spider isn’t a threat unless you got the game yesterday or you’re a dummy

[kind notch]

True

[kind notch]

Well i say beef it up and screw the dummys

[shell trellis]

My friend threw his headset and broke his controller i feel bad

[dusty pagoda]

top 10 overreactions (respectfully)

[kind notch]

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[copper lark]

The spider shouldn’t one shot just because of one feature

That being the sound detection, if you shoot a gun while near the spider it’ll sprint at Mach 3 just to kill you, also it one shotting isn’t making it scarier, it’s making the spider more annoying, so if they do add this then it’d have to be only one spider throughout the entire mines to not deter people from going into the mine and making people not want to go there, thus wasting development time and resources

[dusty pagoda]

i’d rather it be annoying than not scary at all but thats just me 🤷‍♂️

i find the game fun when there’s actually something that can kill me

[kind notch]

I couldnt agree more but i also think they should still add more to the spider by for sure making it quieter and make it crawl on ceilings and walls, and personally i think it should be maybe 30% smaller

[flint sky]

My main problem with the spider is the fact it gets stunned if you hit it or if you get hit. The reason this is bad is because if two or more people are mining together they can team up on the spider for an easy kill... to avoid this they should allow the spider to deal chip damage with its legs to all nearby players besides the one it previously hit