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This just feels too cheap
but, it is a rare drop
maybe just say a high damaging item that damages you a lot also
Well as far as the information contained in this sugg now is concerned, there is no specification on how it's obtained
The important and only aspect is that it exists at all
that makes sense
(which is fine)
Eh it's more of a "I suck but I still want the good loot" button
Maybe like something that does a percent of the bosses health but costs like 50 health idk
You play rev for challenges, so turn off rev if you're getting rekt
._.
Nothing personal here btw
providence gave me ptsd in normal mode
that skull looks half melted
yeah iunno what's up with this emote
like if a pumpkin has a skull
I just use it to indicate sarcasm/silliness
Danny's beloved creation.
no, Tymon created 
i thought it meant a big oof so big death happens
I use it to indicate an indescribable feeling
Well yeah, he also considers HD his creation.
cringe debuff
It expresses more than one emotion.
imagine a cringe debuff that is purely cosmetic and character's faces
aight anyway
Sorry to hear Prov gave you trouble in Normal
^
this converation rapidly derailed
no matter what, we still need :LETSFUCKINGOOOOOOOOO:
Gen talk is infecting the rest of the channel
(keep this channel to suggs please)
^
i suggest this emote has less discrimination
((damn, I'm minimodding))
#general-talk would be fitting if you wanna talk about emotes and stuff
if this next sugg is a thing lower their health so it isnt basically a stat bloat but once half is gone the other goes angry
not a bluecheck btw, https://discordapp.com/channels/225030931008847874/263382359397761025/743776473688571914 didn't reach the req
To be honest just one split worm would be too easy
And just ends up as boring
That's why I said empowered (or, heck, enraged) to make the fight overall more interesting
Any thoughts on my sugg?
You should clarify that by "recovery" you mean a cooldown
edit: @unreal viper
I was confused and thought of a few different meanings before I understood what you meant
Also, more line breaks in your sugg would help
It's a wall of text
boo, homing
ech
perfect timing
~~what are you on about, homing is
~~
git gud, homing is low skill
from soa server
:sadca:
shhh
it's the only way I can play
Anyway @ashen warren are you fine with this suggestion?
(can't remember if we pinged you about Apoth suggs before)
(or, if you would prefer us to do so or not to do so)
ples dont tell me he's out nerfing ranger or making emode things take you to brazil 
what sug
latest one
Most recent one in #suggestions-posting
Emode queen bee now yeets you to brazil
oh

yeah make it homing
Pog
aight cool, got approval

yey
reminder that ssv is bad now :sadcat:
fuck the skill based gimmick
aight lol
Balance is a different concern but if you want it to be a 0 braincell weapon then that's fine
ssv is cring now
just give it razorback typhoob style homing
or if you're sarcastic, tell us
so it spins around enemies at light speed
Oh boy love me some spinning dog head
yes

fuck the skill based gimmick
wait, you need skill for it rn?
Regarding the ore armor thing
Or you could just
Take your time
Like, any underground cabin chest is guaranteed to have some pre-boss bars in it from what I can tell, those are all over the place
The ore itself is a lot more common than you make it out to be, I usually find more than ik what to do with pretty quickly
And they're also a really common drop from fishing, if all else fails
You have a point on other armors being better, but I wouldn't say ore armor is hard to get by any means
You've just gotta actually take the time to look
Rather than the materials coming to you instead with stuff like Wulfrum
counterpoint: it takes 180 ore, spread over 60 bars, to craft the lowest tier (Tin/Copper) which gives you basically the same defense as Wood (+ some mining speed I guess with Cal)
and it just gets worse adding up to a mighty 360 ore over 90 bars for Gold/Platinum
I've tried to make platinum ore before
I went insane
story of how I ended up being this dumb
Pre-boss metal armors are kinda meh imo
correct
Mainly due to the same fact of how costly they are-
granted some of them look pretty cool as vanity but I usually go for either a piece or two or a different set altogether before post EoW/BoC armor 
You can also just get victide if you wanna.
Speaking of ore armors, time to add my final sugg to the series.
oh yeah, remind me to repasta my various evil suggs once the star req officially drops
wont it be affected by the drop tho
none of them reached 200, I can tell you that much 
@cloud surge We did fix that when the resprite first happened
I'll probably repost both of my other suggs
What's that one function/mod people use to show hitboxes? Is it built into Terraria or is it a part of Modder's Toolkit or something?
But Its still happening to me 
the 1-2 combo of less-than-popular suggestion and absolute tank in star income was funny
also it's a thing in Modder's Toolkit
its modders toolkit
aight
Go pop in-game with Modder's Toolkit and see if you can show the funky hitbox, Shipman
also doggo head has a bit funky hitbox since sometimes im like a few pixels away from the head, im clearly not touching it and then i get insta'd but I guess hitboxes cant be that specific
how do i show the hitboxes?
yes modders toolkit
im loading into it rn
why cant you just tell me?
ah i found it
you could just told me its the empty eye on the bottom right...
Imagine memorizing all the positions of the Modder's Toolkit buttons
yes but i always overcomplicate things 
its not super funky but theres still some space under it
yeah that looks way too big
Aight yeah that PBG hitbox isn't nearly as bad as it was on implementation
Looks like more of a minor change
You can resuggest with that image added
(preferable to have it actually attached instead of putting an image link in your sugg, because otherwise the bot wont embed it)
I might sugg smth about doggo hitbox
hit enter to early as always?
Most likely so
I need to think this through
Then don't post until you made a proper sugg 
fair enough
rough draft
Make Revengence mode-exclusive accessories for every boss
Several bosses throughout the mod have Revengence-exclusive accessories already, so giving the rest their very own would make things more consistent.
Thanks Shipman
I wish it were possible to make hitboxes that exactly match the sprite but that's probably not possible without a ton of unnecessary effort in all types of games
m
many more calculations and whatnot
Yeah, sadly hitboxes are gonna be messy for a long time and it's gonna be painful until computers and engines are good enough to do that
you say that like sprite-perfect hitboxes aren't already doable
the issue is that Terraria is made on a decade-old setup
one that is literally only used in modern times by Terraria
All Calamity Bars should be placable. Change my mind.
apparently there's some janky stuff regarding that
and it might even be in the don'ts doc
I believe it is under "frequently suggested."
The end of the don't doc
I wonder what's up with exo gun tho

Now I just noticed it's nowhere in the game
its not like we have something something Elemental Blaster or something
if terry is the reason there's no exo gun bc he hates ranger then I'm not surprised
Someone could just donate to patreon to do that themselves, the exo yoyo is a donator item
The difference?
right now, thematics
exo is the rainbow sort of weapons
oracle isn't rainbow
like exoblade, gladius, magnomaly, gale, ssv, vivid, immat, celestus, supernova
and photo which I didn't forget existed
so exo mechs will be rainbow?
Later on when draedon is a thing it'll matter more
Since auric will be after yharon used for draedon
And then exo will be after draedon for scal
I'm p sure that's how it'll be
can a mod post the emote pls
i gotchu
ty
Someone make a mmm myes pet acid froge meme emote for that summon
If that gets suggested I'm not going to be surprised
I should probably go to sleep now before spouting some more nonsense 
The buff icon?
Isn't the whole thing kinda a reference to that meme
I just think the buff icon would be the easiest to turn into an emote
Yea
I might try something
But I suck
Anyways I wouldn't be surprised at all if that was suggested considering calam versions of meme emotes
Inb4 I start a whole conversation about this and don't get any sleep
mmm myes
froge
@ashen warren You gotta give a reason
Any reasoning?
(make sure it's on a separate line. Shift+Enter)
Boss Zen affects every area on the server, right?
As in multiplayer, boss zen affects everyone right?
Yes
Mhmm
This is like a textbook example of suggestion bomb-dropping lol
It has a good counterargument in that you already can craft the dolls relatively easy
That'll be earning my exclamation too actually.
Suggbot will actually remove reactions if they aren't from a moderator iIrc.
what is that sugg

"please make it so i can cheat stuff buut cheat it more conveniently pls"
but i want to make a sunken sea themed house before i start a new character
not wanting to cheat or anything
having to build stuff as im playing through is boring
yeah but if we made it require a hardmode pick it would break the progression for no reason, and like
the wording is weird
how would you get a hardmode pickaxe before starting a playthrough
its my first time making a suggestion
and I mean, I see your point, but at the same time it's kinda weird
that's alright but
i think i will be more frustrated if i build in prehm and i need a hardmode pick to break navystone causing a temporary mess

are both options not possible
yeah the suggestion is extremely weird and only beneficial to an incredibly niche group 
like, you either need a HM pickaxe or beat DS
ok i may have worded it a bit wrong but i use a different character that has all the building stuff
or the only way to do that is to make blocks straight up unbreakable
with cheat sheet so its easier
if you're gonna cheat sheet a pickaxe, why not cheat sheet navystone blocks instead, and if you're gonna use a character from a different world, why not bring with them navystone from your other world
^
doesnt that mean you still cant break it bc its tied to the world?
if you're using cheat sheet then use the paint tools to copy air then place it on the navystone
And also you can just butcher DS
fair point about cheat sheet though
most on-boss defeated conditions are world dependent
yeah, if you have cheet sheet, DS should take about 4 or 5 clicks, give or take
and its defeat doesn't fuck the world state that much
it's not like spawning, Idk, WoF
im planning on doing a nohit deathmode run and i want to get all the building stuff done before i start
so i dont waste so much time making npc houses and boss arenas
again, what stops you from spawning it and butchering it?
nohit playthrough sounds like bruh
you can always just... do it legit right after you're done
???
why did you post this here
Mutants_Theme
Is this relevant to any suggestion, Keonzo?
what the
???
This is not a casual discussion channel

please keep it to #general-media
u cant suggest specific weapons

@latent tide Specific weapon suggestions arn't allowed.
wot
WHOT
oh sry didn't know
this rabbit one
W H Y
^
@ashen warren You need to format your suggestion correctly, if you wouldn't mind

Sugg system is dying 
sugg system has fallen so far
2 brainets in a minute
Look at the pins in #suggestions-posting
And it'll tell you the format you're supposed to use

5 hours to wait

Well at least I can beat yharon in that time
you can edit suggestions
also not much of a reason tbh
ngl its not very self explanatory to me 
"Its kind of self explanatory" best reason smh
"It’s kind of self explanatory" cannot be a part of a valid reason
you should always explain, even if it's obvious to you
there's not really a point in deleting it, mods can see deleted messages anyway
they sent a middle finger in this channel
if a moderator sees that it'll probably net them a nice warn
also im a bit later, but, isn't last prism a indirect upgrade of Charged Blaster Cannon?
but if you mean "indirect", then prolly ye

so is this reason just "because it looks cool"?
if you're referring to the rabbit one, then yea kind of
i suppose the question is why it needs to be a calamity addition, rather than another mod
in this case
@ashen warren
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST READ PINS
I've said it before and I will gladly say it again
it sounds paradoxical, but you'd be stunned how smart people can be when it comes to bein' dumb
people will intentionally avoid learnin' themselves a thing or two and will act as stupid as humanly possible to be wow so quirky so relatable or to get a laugh outta others
even though, particularly in this pair of channels, it shouldn't be that way
because somehow, someway, it seems to be the general concept that bein' stupid gets you way more attention than bein' smart
Nah I think they’re just stupid
that is also very much a possibility
Even before reading the pins I could tell from reading existing suggestions that there was a formula, so it’s really not a stretch to go from that to checking the pins
quiz to be able to use a channel setting when discord
when u type !! instead of ~~ for strikethrough 
but the fact remains that they will stay stupid, intentionally, because it gets them funny views on Roblox and YouTube algorithm favor and attention from important people here and whatnot
because somehow, someway, it seems to be the general concept that bein' stupid gets you way more attention than bein' smart
m, [[wikipedia:Herostratus]]
Yeah I’d be successful rich and famous if only I wasn’t born so smart
You can’t look at a small minority of dumb yet successful people on the internet and make any claims about “society” or “these days”
For the vast majority of people being dumb will not be an advantage
people find that being dumb in the earlier stages of life gets them everywhere
and then they continue into adult hood
ye, I think it's just that you notice successful dumbasses more than you notice unsuccessful ones, or successful smart people
and go 
this is a wonderful conversation and all, but seems more apt for a different channel, perhaps
i read the pins but i dont know how to make my text white like the header
**Bold**
although bold isn't quite necessary for a suggestion, it's just nice to have
and it's not important, the embed will bold it for you when the bot sends the sugg into #suggestions-voting
((wow, the bot takes quite a while to spin up and remove my reaction))
so anywho have we already sufficiently discussed the latest sugg
I meant the ❗
because the latest sugg makes no sense, at least to me
I meant the ❗
yeah that one
don't star it
i assume it takes a while because of discord being silly
yes, explain the system to the local grumpster that knows the system too well
i think it's meant to say pre-hardmode, actually
local grumpster
global*
the question is whether i just delete it 
because it doesn't make sense
(because the suggestion makes no sense and the same applies to the "reasoning" behind it)
i'm assuming it's supposed to say pre-hardmode pickaxe
based on the reasoning they provided
ah, I'm dumb
Changing it so it requires a hardmode pickaxe to mine means that you have to have to use cheat sheet or a different character to do so
What's wrong with Viri's sugg?
heh?
heeeeeeeeeeeeehhh?
I couldn't even understand the reasoning
no
their reasoning is geared towards a pre-hardmode pickaxe requirement, but the title and reasoning both reference a hardmode pickaxe requirement
it's not valid if the reasoning contradicts itself
if you just entered a newly created world, it's pre-hardmode
hmmm yes this early-game is made of early-game
wait
Changing it so it requires a hardmode pickaxe to mine means that you have to have to use cheat sheet or a different character to do so
what does this even mean
oh, but you could transfer a pickaxe from HM
now i don't know what they want
He thinks that that is a good thing
The reasoning was kinda like "make so i don't have to kill ds to get navistone if i had a hm pick
now you see why I don't think it's valid
oh
the reasoning contradicts itself
wait so they're saying that if you skip DS for some reason then you should still be able to get navystone
ah
ok this is really confusing
bitch I'm not gonna wait until Hardmode to mine a post-DS black
i mean, okay, but you could just kill DS with hardmode gear at that point and it would take like 5 seconds
I'm gonna beat up the piss-easy worm and then mine the post-piss-easy-worm block
use cheat sheet to get the summon
with Hardmode gear it's not even a fight, it's just shooting your weapon for like a second and bam you're done
But, they reasoning is basically telling the reader "i created a new character and a new world, but i want navystone without killing ds, so please let me cheat in a hardmode pick to do so"
The suggestion would be better if it was that
the player is allowed to mine Navystone with a Hardmode (or late PreHM) pickaxe req
and it was not only locked behind DS throughout the whole game
alongside being able to kill DS
to mine it
but even so there's still a major flaw
I think they mean that, Rover
but it's not clear at all
in that DS is literally the easiest boss in the game, other than KS, and it shouldn't take that much effort to just do that instead of adding another possible requirement
the wording of the sugg heavily contradicts that concept
They said "rather than", so I don't think that's what they meant
and also it's contradictory too
can people who aren't in the server see pings if they come back?
Are they coming back
probably not
dunno
send a friend request
their last message was about 10 minutes after they posted the sugg
well
@dull prawn Read all the above feedback and rework your suggestion accordingly.
Here is your suggestion:
Change navystone so it requires a hardmode pickaxe to mine, rather than after Desert Scourge has been defeated
It makes it inconvenient if you are wanting to make themed npc houses for a new character/playthrough (I like making mini biomes for mine) requiring that you finish building everything else first, start the new character to kill desert scourge, and then finish building. Changing it so it requires a hardmode pickaxe to mine means that you have to have to use cheat sheet or a different character to do so, and allowing people to still make builds out of it before desert scourge.
and now I will delete it from posting
fuck hang on
@dull prawn
There
their last message was about 10 minutes after they posted the sugg
ding dong ditching taken to a whole new level
pinging a person without them being there at the time of the ping does nothing I'm pretty sure
¯_(ツ)_/¯
and they're not in the server (and likely won't be returning) so 
and @ashen warren has been offline for 12 hours
i don't see the issue with this one, unless there is a reason that eidolist specifically doesn't get a bar?
maybe because its not catergorized as a boss bar but idk
there is no issue
as mini boss*
iirc it was based on a certain amount of health? which is why cnidrion doesn't have one?
but idk for sure
there's no such thing as a "mini boss" in the game source
Demik, counterpoint:
Eidolists literally have 10k health
that's more than a Biome Mimic, which does get a bar
and only 1 being able to be alive at once now implies it's now a miniboss
yessir
I'm pretty sure that there's just a banlist of enemies that do get a bar
somewhere in the hp bar code
ye
there attacks also do a pretty good amount of damage
the only problem with the sugg is that right at the end you say "boss bar" instead of "boss health bar"
nitpick
ok just edited it to fix that
seems fine now to me
Probably should say 'boss health bar' in the top line too
Also the Eidolist being more dangerous than the Paladin is arguable
cuz the Paladin has 50 defense as well as 45% DR in Rev
whereas Eidolist has 0 of both, making it die a lot faster
true
In Expert, Paladin and Eidolist have the same health but Paladin deals more damage than Eidolist does
(In Rev too, actually)
eidolists spawn earlier than paladins do though
That's true at least
wait do Eidolists spawn as soon as hardmode starts or as soon as plantera is killed
Hardmode
an Eidolist would be a threat in early hardmode in the dungeon
if you accidently hit it
eidolists getting a bar sounds good
You could add that to your suggestion
because if you're killing eidolist for the LC summon you might be doing it in early hardmode, when eidolists are a significant threat
edited it
As soon Hardmode enters, you are able to summon LC by using Eidolon Tablet.
In a casual Rev+ PT is not recommended, but on a normal difficulty "speedrun" PT, LC has almost the same HP as both Twins.
@gentle sage specific item suggs aren't allowed
indeed
you can suggest that there be a dye from the sunken sea biome, but no specific names like that
also you have no reason
(I guess in this case I'd allow it, cause it's borderline and there's nothing else it could be)
but if you want it, at least have a reason in your sugg
Yeah sorry about that
hey guys
remember my loadouts suggestion?
someone made it into a mod
this is awesome!
cool, but which sugg is that?
And what would it have to do with Calamity in the first place?..
oop, that picture broke
that picture looks fantastic
so beautiful
I'm guessing it's not in #deleted-notifications
nope
@cosmic voidcould you resend the picture for your sugg here, it kinda broke
just put it here and i'll stick it in voting manually
https://discordapp.com/channels/225030931008847874/263382359397761025/749135304304099411
just LETSFUCKINGGOOO'ED in a sugg channel
i did a ben

oh boy it's time
It is time sorry I was in the middle of a run
it's that time
iirc 17 suggs are affected
17 is already like 10 more than usual
I'll get started, then
how difficult would it be to have the suggestion bot send messages?
sending messages to a different guild is easy, there's a function for that in the api
the catch is that there are tags
but then there's the tagging of suggs
we already had this discussion iirc and it came down to "too much effort for not enough actual benefits"
also epicly getting the dev part of the sugg channel spammed 
alright that should be everything
good job

it has occurred
time to--
wait a minute slowmode and sugg limit exist
fek
I'm gonna need to spread this out over a few days 
mmlol
@hollow shell update this https://discordapp.com/channels/225030931008847874/465195069406707722/713643186366578708
also it still needs to mention❗
Hrrm, I don't have the picture anymore
...might repasta my old mat removal suggs first
m, did you trash it?
should I condense them all into one sugg, or no?
no
The Thomas re-suggestioning will be upon us soon
7 suggs hit the req in 2 days?
be nice with the suggestions
if we get like 7 delivered suggs/day again you know the deal
e

just repost the suggs when you selfsabotaged
don't worry literally none of them reached 200 to my knowledge
strike at the right moment
I have a bunch of suggs if i beat yharon today
aka when the star count changes 
maybe watching leviathan's new video will help
that's not the right moment, Altix
practically you'd have to do it a day earlier, so you're too late on that
that is very much the wrongest moment
the last time I presumed the star count changing was the right moment two entire subsets of suggestions of mine got scammed by a sudden plummet in star income
and also self-sabotage probably but shush
i have past experience that the suggestions after the star change tend to meet their delivery levels in a day or so
time to kill Ancient Bone Dust then 
this is the first time star count has been lowered
ye
by the looks of it
it is
probably because the star count was lower on the previous systems
https://discordapp.com/channels/225030931008847874/263382359397761025/714921770020372550 look at that beast of a wall after the star count change
hrm
no
I think the image broke because the suggestion itself got deleted
it just got into voting
I think he might need to
and it's affected by the lowering
And we'll delete the one in voting
the image didn't work yes
Also that's not how it works gseal, the lowering was retroactive
oh, and manually approve
yeah
So
Yeah sure you can repost, Dakota
(about 44 voters will need to reinstate their vote, but this should be better for your sugg in the long run anyway cuz of the helpful image)
darn, 43 stars will be lost
Thank you xP
Why did Dakota reupload
Image broke in voting
Oh
Explained right above
bruh moment
a good thing to do is to fucking read prev. messages
yes that's a good thing to do
unless that broke
Right I coulda done that considering it was consecutive
Jumped the gun on the deletion
Yeah like mods did with letsfuckinggo and that scarf sugg
I was about to suggest to Dakota that he convert the image into a JPG or something so it is encoded differently
Could still be removed and I do that
May as well try
could the slowmode be reset?
not for one person
No biggie
the whole slow mode has to be removed
only Thomas will be affected

Here's a .jpg either way, I can repost or whatever soon
apart from Dakota
Aight cool, thank you
yeah if it breaks again I'll just, post it like the LETSFUCKINGGOOO emote
yeah, do a ben
uhhh I'm pretty sure an animation is supposed to play
let me check the wiki
Yeah it's in the sheet
If it's not playing that may be a bug @wispy heron
oh, ok then
Yes, it has an start animation and a final animation.
Likely
did smb send a message in #suggestions-posting and then instantly delete it?
Yes it was a sugg that was actually (probably) a bug
ah
aight @cosmic void I think you can repost now
hm, for some reason the messages above didn't show up as unread
aight @static falconver I think you can approve now
tf
Rip that ping.
that is strange indeed
it resends as a download link
I am the sad
hmm, you know what
But hopefully it climbs again
if someone posts a test sugg with an image and it gets approved and it also does that, that'd indicate a bot problem
mb Amber messed with em
I'll test

Did the star count get lowered?
yes
@sand umbra Repost evil series time, tho I suppose you're doing material series first.
ok
oh, now we can have rover approved rover memes
yeeeees, that is the plan
I'm doing suggs one at a time though so that people have time to star each one more
evil series repasta will come after material death series repasta
I could have used a much funnier Rover-based image but I didn't wanna come off as meme-ing in official channels
(material death series may also be getting expanded this time around)
(since those suggs were originally posted I've found a couple other materials which could stand to perish)
rover banned for posting memes 😳


What materials are they
may I ask
👍
so the original trilogy was Ancient Bone Dust, Ectoblood, and Maneater Bulbs + Gypsy Powder, right
I think so.
Suggestion was deleted again? o:
Suggestions are always deleted from #suggestions-posting when they're reposted in #suggestions-voting
It's in voting
It's aight
possibly fixed, give it 15 seconds or so to re-initialise
aight
as a sneak peek, here are some other materials where I've found arguments for deletion since posting the original trilogy:
- Evil Essences (all uses can just be replaced with the pre-existing evil-exclusive mats and nothing would change)
- Cloaking Glands (used for 1 potion which could honestly just drop directly and in most cases isn't useful anyway, kill or give more purpose to both)
- Enchanted Metal (p. sure I already made a sugg on this, but tl;dr there are better potential ways --- now more than ever with the addition of Draedon's Arsenal shit --- to ease the process of farming Mech summons, and the one time it had any other purpose there was literally a whole point made to make it not have that purpose. heeeeeeehhh?)
- Hadarian Membranes (used for one item which can stand to just drop directly and isn't even on the same tier, kill or give more purpose)
- Murky Paste (Jungle still has too many mats ae. also probably something about how you could replace all uses of this with some other Jungle mat and nothing would change. I'm iffier on this one)
- Murky Sludge (there are honestly other mats that would fill this stuff's purpose much better, I think)
a lot of Calamity's material bloat right now tends to rest in the Jungle and sorta the evils, thinking about it further
poggers
Yes this all makes sense
cept uhh
Murky Sludge is a lil bit trickier
Also arguably Hadarian Membranes are fine in that they are consistent with other wing mats (the feathers)
mmmmmm
see I'd start to argue against you but I don't wanna ramble for 15 minutes
tl;dr wing tokens suck and are not a good standard to follow
wing mats aren't exactly good design though
yeah but we can't do anything about em
yeah you can do things about the Membranes
though, for Membranes in particular
alternatively
you can add some new shit which takes them to craft
there's like nothing crafted primarily out of Astral mats currently
so like if they're not gonna die they could really do with having more purpose
Suggbot came online
The only similarity between like ancient bone dust and bones is they're both bone based items
one is bone, and the other is smushed bone
Also it gives an incentive to fight the underground skeleton enemies other than the skeleton archer, which is honestly a good thing
Awesome, works now
everything that uses ABD uses Bones or some other much later mat as well, with the only exception being Calcium Potions
@ashen warren All good 👍
yey
I do actually kinda like the incentivization to kill normal Underground skeletons
Right now they drop
Bone Sword (amazing)
Ancient Helmets (amazing)
vanity Skull (amazing)
and Hook (amazing)
epic, i don't even remember what i did but epic

That's not really very much considering that there's only four recipes that use ancient bone dust
And also it's actually 2 items that use ancient bone dust and no bones
Which isn't bones
however they are both Hardmode items
So?
It's not like materials become irrelevant after their tier, essences are important even endgame despite being just after WoF
that's because they're used in the most unnecessarily complex compression tree I have ever seen
Cores of Calamity are used for like everything in late-game
...that's because it's a post-ML mat

I have problems with Phantoplasm, don't get the wrong idea
What's wrong with phantoplasm?
but the concept that it is useful far after the tier you start being able to get it is not one of them
the issue with Ancient Bone Dust is that any purpose it has outside of Calcium Potions, thematically speaking, can be filled just as well by other mats, be they added to or already in the related recipes
What about bones for calcium pots.
Ancient bone dust also helps make marble caves better because they're commonly dropped by the javelin guys
A little issue is that you don't acknowledge in your sugg that Crumbling Potions use no Bones
You only mention that ABD would be replaced with Bones in Calcium's recipe
why do crumbling potions use ancient bone dust in the first place
(ofuck you're right)
ABD honestly does more help than harm as they are
because "crumbling"
(lemme fix that so that it says those can use Bones as well
)
Ancient Bone Dust is fuckin pulverized bones
They could be more used but like really what problems do they cause
Thomas doesn't like redundant materials
^
material bloat is a real problem that large mods tend to suffer from 
and Calamity has. quite a bit of it, to be blunt
His strongest argument is Maneater Bulbs
because Maneaters already drop Vines near-exclusively, so Maneater Bulbs can easily be replaced with Vines in all Calamity recipes
Then get rid of materials that don't help much at all?
That's the idea
Like hadarian membranes, what do they do that's good
Hadarian Membranes are in a really awkward spot, I agree
they're post-Aureus yet the one thing they're used for takes Astral Bars anyway

lots of materials in vanilla are exclusively for wings, so at least it's somewhat okayish
(at least it allows you to build up a stock over time and you don't need to farm em post-Deus)
You don't really see hadarians much, though
(they're used for literally one thing that isn't even on the same tier e)
Exactly Macaroni (kinda)
Skeleton type enemies are all over and basically there's nothing worth it that any of them drop except for ench quiver
The cave skeletons not the dungeon skeletons
honestly i don't really like how astral infection spawns hardmode, where another infective biome also spawns, but that's something too large for me to actually sugg
Astral infection doesn't spread though
It's not actually infectious it's just... There
that's not even the word, it's Magic Quiver
also from skeleton-type non-Dungeoneers: Marrow from literally the exact same enemy, Beam Sword (wait a minute this sucks never mind), Armor Polish, Bone Sword to beat things up, Ancient helmets, Hook for an early grappling hook, Javelins + Gladiator armor from Hoplites (the latter even has an immensely increased drop rate in Calamity)
i mean when it was just a meteor it made sense
but then it becomes another infectious biome with a infection in the name, yet it doesn't spread
i honestly wish that its spawntime would be moved to after moonlord dies
Okay... One word difference from magic quiver
mmm moving it to post-ML is a bit extreme
that's why I thought it was too much for me to sugg, so I guess this is going on deaf ears
((Also Marrow, Beam Sword, and Armor Polish are only the HM skeletons))
You would also need to move aureus and deus to post moonlord
yeah and that too
(the HM skeletons still drop Ancient Bone Dust and I'm making a point)
ok
And every early-hmode craft with stardust would need to be changed
Basically none of those are very useful or are obtainable more easily elsewhere
(the point being that there's already a good deal of loot from non-Dungooner skeletons that is worth getting, ABD notwithstanding)
But the thing is, nearly none of it is worth getting/worth your time waiting for the skeletons specifically to show up
Gladiator armor in particular not only has a greatly increased drop rate but is buffed into a rogue set by Calamity
that's from Hoplites (the "javelin guys" you mentioned)
Yeah but the thing is, there's already enough rogue sets easier to get and if you just use one of those you'd be further than if you farmed
You don't even need to get far at all to get sulphurous armour
.
alright
this isn't gonna get anywhere like this, so let me present to you a variant of the prompt that makes more sense:
Why should Ancient Bone Dust be kept in the game as it is right now, given that various skeletons drop other items already and other mats can fill the thematic purpose of ABD and do it better?
to increase the wiki page count
yes wiki points for everyone
(I mean, I disagree that other items will fill the "thematic" purpose of ABD better. That argument only applies to Crumbling, and replacing it with Bones or removing it entirely will take away slightly from the "crumbling" theme.
Calcium ABD replaced with Bones is more of a gameplay argument than a thematic argument because of the tier-shift that would result)
They drop items but are the items they drop worth it? Not really, honestly. ABD is pretty worth tryna get if there are things you'd want from it, it's just that it's not used much
You can use ABD for all of one thing before fighting Skeletron or WoF.
One very particular thing which I have a special breed of disdain for and which invalidates multiple other item effects including completely cucking the Lucky Horseshoe, an accessory typically found later than the average underground skeleton.
So then make it used in more stuff?
Like what?
I dunno, do you expect me to have a list?
Even just one or two things will do. I'm looking to get examples here, not a whole-ass list.
The whole-ass list is my job. 

although if ABD can be reasonably saved from death with more uses I wanna suggest a rework to, or the removal of, Calcium Potions
would people be against that or
Absolutely not calcium pots are kinda stupid
good to see we agree on something
I mean I use them when I was using certain accessories that didn't allow for me to have horseshoe

I've never used Calcium Pots cuz I didn't think they were very useful
tl;dr Lucky Horseshoe in a Bottle
iirc a calcium potion rework has been sugged in the past
They don't sound useful but like they completely invalidate horseshoe
it's Lucky Horseshoe as a potion effect
or was it a repurpose/relocation sugg?
lucky horseshoe will be gotten from gold chests in 1.4.1
🤷♂️
(I'd also say "and earlier" but there's a change to Lucky Horseshoe in the final update which is--)
To be fair, you could buff horseshoe instead of nerf calcium but idk
(yeah)
which is something to keep in mind
(that)
the accessory would be from the same place as the potion
yeah Horseshoe is gonna be found in underground Gold Chests once 1.4.1 drops
which makes it even more awkward
Yeah but that doesn't really help much
It'd be on the same tier then but like... Come on. Which would you choose between, horseshoe or calcium pot
Calcium Potions, easily
you have 5 (6 in Master) acc slots
you have
buff slots
the only downside to Calcium Potions is that they require a bit of upkeep
Yeah, which isn't really a downside
but
yeah that's. not a downside at all compared to the immense advantage it provides over Horseshoe
which is freeing up an accessory slot
that early in the game you don't have that many accessories to choose from
or you'll have wings in a bit
Honestly in general horseshoe should probably get a buff, even with the retier and even if there was a calcium nerf because it just isn't very helpful
I personally dislike managing potions so I think Horseshoe would be a better investment
just me tho
and yes, fledgling wings will be in sky chests
Probably actually gonna make a sugg about a horseshoe buff since it just kinda stinks anyway
I personally dislike managing potions so I think Horseshoe would be a better investment
horseshoe balloons are a bit better than that
but you see, Philo
Horseshoe Balloons don't upgrade into BoB
and what is an accessory loadout in Calamity if not dominated by meta
that's been bugging me for a year and a half and I never got around to sugging cause I didn't care too much and I used wings as soon as I could
Actually wait would that count as sugg chaining if Thomas' sugg mentions horseshoe getting kinda memed on by calcium pot
Or whatever it was called
if your sugg stands on its own then no
@teal whale You should be more clear with the line "don't summon actual minions"
Do you specifically want more head-hover minions?
yeah
Alright, top line should be reworded then
At first I thought you were talking about weapons like Borealis Bomber
which have no minion slots
aighty
the head hover minions are still minions
should be better/more clear
Your top line wasn't changed . _.
fuck hang on
There’s quite a few head minions already tbh and I like the one summon limit
im not asking for more specifically
Just so you know you can summon more than one at a time as long as they’re different
but changing some of them to work like sirius at different stages in the prehm/hm would add a lot of consistency
yeah i understand that
Like you can summon frost blossom and sun spirit at the same time which is pretty good for that point in the game
Also if you go for the reaver shark you can get the cinder blossom at the same time
Add that to the armor bonus from victide and I really don’t think it needs a buff
but if you take pre slime god/wof for example, the head hover minions are a waste of minion slots
How come?
not enough damage for the cost of a minion slot when that slot could be taken up by two herrings
at the same time, herrings dont deal with slime god that well once the bigger slimes have been taken out
simply too fast
I think having the one minion limit just adds more variety to the summoner class, if you could just keep summoning them for more damage it’d take away that variety
anyways if any more minions of that type were added, then balance them correctly so we dont get another sirius or saros
yeah, variety is a fair point, but would it not be considered adding variety if you were picking and optimizing minion slots to find the perfect balance between the over head minions and normal ones?
You can use the cinder blossom staff up to wof as it helps deal with the hungries that get close to you while herrings are busy with the wof
Huh.
for balancing, i was thinking of making them weaker than regular minions of the same tier
1k dps
I hate herrings, so I'll keep that in mind.
Wich is easy af
evil slimes are actually garbage unless you have an arena specifically tailored to them
Going to abyss is piss easy lol
thats not specifically tailored
an arena whose ground is entirely flat and can easily reach one of the eyes
that is very much specifically tailored
how many people do you know that have the patience to literally flatten Hell for an arena they'll never use again
...hi that's me
(well, I didn't flatten it, but I did excavate a lot of it)
...I think that's the first time someone's invoked Exact Words on me
That kinda makes me think about how it’d be nice if minions could walk on lava/water if you had waders or a water walking potion
clearly I am off my game
anywho in my experience evil slimes weren't really impressive at all when fighting WoF
herrings were way more consistent
however, on the other side of the same coin
herrings are actually fucking trash at keeping up with SG
ngl i used hornets for SG
haha aestheticus
bc they shot fast
Grounded minions in general are pretty bad
hornets are lowkey hella good as minions
consistent, frequent fire rate
relatively fast projectiles
and free Poison tick damage
For most bosses you gotta dodge way too much for ground minions to keep up and deal damage
the main reason imps aren't better is because imp fire rate has the consistency of a wet piece of paper
Fixed in 1.4 thankfully
i wouldnt say "fixed", but the higher rate of fire helps
I’d say they’re better than hornets in 1.4, which is all that needed to happen for them to be fixed
idk i dont like hornets
always preferred imps
though neither compare to ballista spam
b a l l i s t a
s p a m
the one summoning option that trumps all others for a large chunk of the game
ballista spam actually makes master mode wof a joke
exactly
uh
and d mode wof
sanguine staff?
actually DAD wof
I like that sentry spam is so effective though cause it actually gives summoners something to do other than dodge
Imagine doing SG last phase without head summons
wait a minute why is there a Spec Mask sugg
You called?
The fact that head summons are so effective is exactly why they shouldn’t be buffed
the thing is, even with head summons, it has 8000 health in death mode
more importantly how did it take me this fucking long to see that
no, no, I can't even point out the main flaw with it because it's already
there
@unreal viper hi I'm too late for this to affect the sugg but
Spectre Mask in particular was buffed like hell in 1.4 and is now actually disgustingly good
and you have frost blossom, cinder blossom and sun spirit
good luck getting through that 8000 health
"but Thomas that doesn't count because Calamity isn't--"
I know that but it needs to be prepared for when 1.4 does come, because it will come and it will be fantastically awkward for most of the mod
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only the finest of wisdom from yours truly
chain spotted 
kil
(anywho that and Spectre is honestly on the high end of armor viability)
(if Reaver is substantially better than Spectre...I think there's a deeper problem than the latter being "bad", because it is most certainly not bad)
and you have frost blossom, cinder blossom and sun spirit
@teal whale that’s not the only minions you can have though, you can use other flying ones in conjunction
yes, but the herring staff is really really bad at hitting it
Then use a different one
reaver is big meme




