runic sundial
Hello I think there should be some interaction between Flashfreeze and Sentient Snake that isn't just "ignore sentien snake"
(maybe that's smth like it no longer has to travel horizontally or the snakes move but just faster (initial length is instant as it would be without sentient snakes, but then they shoot forward like they normally would but farther (with less wiggle cause frozen))
or maybe smth that makes more sense idk.
dull pagoda
Alternatively to stop calling them flashfreeze but yeah
craggy sandal
downvoting this because ice snake having travel time is a direct downgrade to the spell and this would slightly nerf sentient snake flashfreeze users for no reason
never in my life have I ever wanted to use the sentient snake function of being able to move your ice snake around slightly
runic sundial
huh read
craggy sandal
since ice snake has a fairly generous hitbox anyways
runic sundial
ice snake already has travel time. flash freeze removes this. my suggestion was to have the current range be instant but have it travel beyond that at some speed
craggy sandal
doesn't feel appopriate for sentient snake to buff flashfreeze ice snake like that either
runic sundial
ice snake has not a very big hitbox up or down. this means timelock is a direct nerf to ice snake which is a little weird too. this would give some way for players to not have this happen
craggy sandal
idk almost no one takes sentient snake because the node's primary function is just completely useless (to my knowledge)
if you're taking sentient snake it's either because you have to or because you want the ice snake damage increase
runic sundial
the body of the post is that there should be some interaction. the suggestions I gave were very clearly indicated as not very well thought out (I can’t think of anything better, not my job)
bro what “this node is useless so it can’t be given use”
what in the hello? yes nodes should have uses
craggy sandal
yeah it should but adding an interaction with flashfreeze probably isn't going to give it a use
the node kind of needs a rework lol
I'm sure someone smarter will come up with something but as of rn I can't think of any flashfreeze/sentient snake interaction that would actually make sentient snake any more worth picking than it is rn
in fact I'm kind of worried that the interaction will make it less worth picking because flashfreeze and sentient snake do completely opposite things
tbh I personally think that sentient snake suffers from the same issue as snake nest
there's like 3 people who love sentient snake/snake nest and run it on every class and swear up and down about how good it is but no one else has ever given it any consideration
runic sundial
maybe an entire rework is better yeah
the first proposed solution would not make anyone less interested in taking flash freeze and sentient snake (it is really just a buff to current state with no drawbacks)
gaunt crescent
it's a major id, it's not really designed to work with everything
craggy sandal
I'm kind of confused by what you mean when you say "snake no longer has to travel horizontally"
runic sundial
yeah snake nest is actually useless idk why they chose to remove aoe of snake and keep the laggy one
runic sundial
I'm kind of confused by what you mean when you say "snake no longer has to trave...
rn u can’t change z movement of snake (which goes back to the timelock interaction where ur put on snake cd for a sec as u have to drop back down to the level of the move)
craggy sandal
might be interesting but that seems like something that should be added to base ice snake
if you're in the air you can cast snake downwards, similar to how you can cast multihit in all directions (with that one assassin node)
unfortunately that probably won't help out ice snake as a whole either because ice snake is genuinely a horrible spell rn and it's only use is building winded
runic sundial
yeah definitely or just to the sentient snake node
idk the horizontal bit was a bit disconnected the main idea was just that there should be some interaction
I got distracted cause I was playing mage just then and kinda annoyed so started talking abt smth else
obsidian tangle
Hello I think there should be some interaction between Flashfreeze and Sentient ...
read it as lenient snake and realized that name is still accurate to what it does, has nothing to do with this convo i just wanted to mention that :P
atomic token
Sentient Snake moves around as you control it. A possible sentient Snake + flash freeze combination would be to have the snakes dynamically path so that they hit the most enemies in their path, but that feels like it would be complicated to code and having a snake with its own path generation might make people very upset who are trying to snipe a mob in the distance and their ice snake just veers to the left dramatically or something
Maybe the snake moves left or right within a 3 block lane of your straight line forward, intentionally moving closer to mobs and hitting them where it would otherwise miss, making sure you will hit your intended target in the worst case scenario, but allowing the snake to intelligently swerve left and right within your targeting lane to hit as many mobs as possible??
Just tossing out ideas here
light crater
sentient snake is a mediocre mandatory node and this is just a needless nerf to it
trim root
idk almost no one takes sentient snake because the node's primary function is ju...
sentient snake is literally a required node for arcanist lmao
limber vortex
It should just be a straight line that you can swing around