Rare accessory/weapon variants

[short hinge]

Mostly in regards to structure loot to add a reason to keep seeking them out, adding variants of existing weapons/accessories that have different spins on the effect or have a much more "flashy" ability could add a lot of hype to structure hunting. (Idea of a name for this could be "prismatic" tier items)

Main inspiration here is the tempad mod, where by default it's a braclet that let's you teleport anywhere you've saved with a 3 minute cooldown. But end cities have a 0.5% chance to hold a unique version with no cooldown.

as an example for gear in the mod:
prismatic basic rifle could have a chance to fire 2 bullets
prismatic null scarf could have less cooldown and grant a low tier haste effect
so on

[solemn kettle]

personally im not sure if im a fan of rng dictating an outright better weapon. Maybe the weapon would have some other property? like a tradeoff?

[short hinge]

yeah a tradeoff or downside would be fine

Also the hype when you find something rare is nice

[solemn kettle]

yeah i agree with that. i like this suggestion

• i wont have to remodel the weapons 🙂 🙂 🙂

[short hinge]

I guess to expand on that philosophy:
Prismatic elite rifle could have a chance for double fire, but shots now have bloom
Prismatic life ring could give more hp but hurts base regen

[short hinge]

Give them a cool texture or pattern on the item card tho if possible

[solemn kettle]

yeah ill retexture them for sure

assuming i add this of course

i still have a lot of work cut out, and guns already are pretty fleshed out

[short hinge]

Concept could apply to any curios or weapon (both melee and gun)

like the attack speed amulet you've shown a lot. The prismatic version could give you descaling attack speed per hit but in return multiply the damage of each hit by 1.1x, then 1.2x up to a cap say 2.0x (giving slick guts sword synergy)

lot of creative options, but I trust the process

[short hinge]

had some follow up ideas i wanted to add:

prismatic gear could exist as having no downside and being very strong, however you can only equip 1 curios prismatic or have 1 prismatic weapon in your inventory (think exotics from destiny)

post final boss could include a method to craft prismatic versions of gear (very costly)

other route, let ppl use as many prismatic as they want, but you gain a stacking effect that applies curses to you the more prismatic gear you have (examples such as all neutral mobs are hostile, once set on fire you burn forever, debuffs last 2x longer, hp reduction, etc.)

was tempted to make prismatic concepts for every curios in the mod but i think thats not needed (extreme boredom hours)

[solemn kettle]

im not doing one for every curios thats for damn sure

theres over 200 of them things

[short hinge]

its something for the popular ones only and thats valid

[solemn kettle]

yeah those only lol

[short hinge]

do not give into intrusive thoughts

[deep meadow]

I wouldnt say having a way to craft it

Takes away from the rarity of it all

I love it being randomized like a skyrim enchant or something