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sand umbra
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there was no suggestion surrounding pre-boss exploration

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hehh?

fringe sky
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yeah

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you were talking about it like 30 minutes ago

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with rover

hollow shell
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@placid scarab ... The Tongue exists.

sand umbra
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that wasn't really about a sugg it was moreso a discussion of why Life Crystal recipe is fine as it is which then trailed off into a short assertion of "pre-boss could be better"

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also yeah tongue exists and does big chungus DPS for as long as you're behind WoF

placid scarab
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I'm aware of the tongue, however i feel it does barely anything to hinder the player, especially in boss rush

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I'm not sure if this is just me though

sand umbra
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if you're falling behind WoF in BR you did something wrong

placid scarab
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Exactly

hollow shell
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Doesn't The Tongue also disable your items while you're afflicted by it?

sand umbra
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no as in you should not be falling behind WoF without trying in BR

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you have to either have an absolutely garbage warp point or be actively trying to get snacked on

hollow shell
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nah doesn't seem like it disables items actually, just movement

sand umbra
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because you do not fall behind WoF in BR on accident

distant gyro
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unless your original hell arena is garbo and you have no pick

sand umbra
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not with celery tracers and toasty brimchair you don't

hollow shell
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If the issue is that The Tongue isn't punishing enough in BR, you could suggest it deal more DoT in BR or something

placid scarab
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That's also a good idea, yes

sand umbra
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if your original hell arena is garbo how the fuck did you get to BR

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and you get Crystyl post-SCal so e

hollow shell
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I dunno why WoF needs even more punishment for getting collided with
The contact damage, instant projectiles(?), and The Tongue are all plenty punishment enough

distant gyro
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melt wof first time round, and yes the only way past it is crystyl

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50 dps is yes

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100 dps in death mode

hollow shell
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average player in BR has, what, 700 health? 800?

sand umbra
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reminder that that's stronger on the player than most actually late-game debuffs are

distant gyro
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that should be enough for a near wipe in phm

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and in br; whatever

hollow shell
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Vulnerability Hex, Abyssal Flames, and Holy Flames are 8 DPS
Astral Infection and Plague are 10 DPS
God Slayer Inferno is 15 DPS

sand umbra
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yeah those are baby numbers by comparison

placid scarab
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Would it be wise for me to delete that suggestion then?

hollow shell
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I mean
It could be valid if you still think it's worth it
but you should edit it to mention The Tongue, and why you think it isn't enough

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(You can delete it if you want tho)

placid scarab
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Alright, thanks. I'll see if i can find a suggestion that would be both satisfactory to myself and the community as a whole.

hollow shell
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aighty 👍

placid scarab
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I don't feel particularly motivated to find a perfect alternative to my suggestion, so i've come to the decision to delete it.
I would like to thank the three of you for the formal discussion, and have a good day (or night, depending on your time zone)

sand umbra
hollow shell
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Thank you, have a good day yourself

ashen warren
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would suggesting the dance of light be crafted with light god's brilliance instead of wrath of the ancients be infringing on the rules around shadowspec items?

gleaming plank
heady storm
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Dance of Light and Light God's Brilliance are both dedicated items, and as far as I'm concerned you cannot have a dedicated item upgrade into another one.

ashen warren
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thx

tawny garden
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I guess if both dedicatees agreed you could

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but that's still unprecedented afaik

heady storm
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Ben has stated before that it just isn't allowed iIrc.

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Dedicated item rule if you will.

tawny garden
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ah

heady storm
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Nohitters shall have no say on this suggestion.

serene fox
robust lava
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I feel like saying "a lot of players choose to cheat boss summoning items" is kinda meaningless since there's no evidence provided for it

heady storm
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Do they need evidence for it?

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Their statement regarding arma not being a summoning item grind pretty much does the deed to me.

robust lava
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Oh yeah I agree with the sugg and think the rest is fine, I'm just saying that I never really like when people say "a lot of people say..." or "most people do..." since, that's vague and not based on fact

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Just my opinion though, it's obviously not breaking any rule

heady storm
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Ahhh, I get what you mean there.

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Yeah it is pretty vague, but in hind sight they can't really provide evidence for such a claim without interviewing a ton of other people. GWthedarthTohruShrug

robust lava
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Yeah, I suppose it's just me being nitpicky, since there's obviously no way that people could get meaningful evidence for that kind of stuff anyway, so it's fine to leave in

heady storm
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Honestly it wasn't harmful to point that out in your defense, this place is for discussing suggestions and what they propose.

radiant meadow
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It was the rule for donor item, but you generally shouldn't try to make upgrades to donor items anyways

cobalt pewter
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Blunder booster is integral?

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Since when?

still cliff
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@stone epoch your suggestion has already been suggested by an other guy

stone epoch
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O

cobalt pewter
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Also I forgot you don't need folly for feathers now

still cliff
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Here's the proof in just in case

cobalt pewter
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It'd end up as blue check ig

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So no worries on that

heady storm
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That's fine yeah.

versed warren
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@cobalt pewter changed the wording, that was pretty heavily opinionated, soz

cobalt pewter
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It's cool, I was joking around

cobalt pewter
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I love how there are only 2 Enchanted Metal suggs post sugg bot

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And the rest are mostly sis

versed warren
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How does a suggestion get approved for voting? No idea how any of this works lol

cobalt pewter
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Either manually approved by a mod, or automatically yeeted into voting after 24 hours (the latter with a condition of no ❗ reactions on the sugg)

heady storm
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What Feedza just said, yeah.

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It used to just be the former, but ever since the exclamation was introduced, the latter is now usually how it goes.

versed warren
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cool, ty

keen drum
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i really like the summon damage idea

ashen warren
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if you like it then just star it

keen drum
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i mean yeah

ashen warren
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lol

ashen warren
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Is my suggestion alright or does it fall under the rework category?

radiant meadow
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I don't think hm or perfs enrage
They just turn invulnerable

ashen warren
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did a double take on the wiki to confirm that

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says for hive mind that it's nearly immune, and that the perforator worms are vulnerable but not the hive when enraged

limber ocean
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yeah, they just activate hacks when you leave their biome

radiant meadow
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Hive Mind was changed, it turns invulnerable now

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Perf hive still acts the same outside the Crimson pretty sure

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Just invincible

limber ocean
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wonder if suggesting that those two enrage instead of becoming invincible when they leave their respective biomes would be valid

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would make fighting them in the evil island slightly less of a headache

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and it could make for an interesting challenge, for those who like that sort of thing

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perfs are kinda iffy on the floating island though, with how worms spawn

ashen warren
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If I changed it to them becoming invincible for the same case do you think it would be more valid

limber ocean
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I was just thinking aloud. Or in text. Whatever

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your sugg seems valid

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would help avoiding some headaches

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and, you know, consistency

craggy stratus
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this is a nice suggestion

worn current
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What do people think about an Otherworldly Minecart, pieces dropped by the Sentinels? Minecarts are so abandoned.. Whomst

dapper coral
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well you can't come up with an exact name

worn current
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Yeah

dapper coral
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but you can suggest that more minecarts be added

worn current
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It just.. feels like a waste to have a whole dedicated slot, imo, when only vanilla 1.4 really does anything with it. v:

limber ocean
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most of the new carts lack new functionality, though

worn current
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Yeah, the only one that comes to mind is the Hell one giving temp lava immunity.

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But at least it's something more than just.. like, two carts.

limber ocean
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yeah, there's that one, one that moves freely (i.e. not slowed) by water, and the one that places tracks

worn current
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There's tons of hooks, pets, and light pets in vanilla, and those have slots.

limber ocean
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rest are just recolors

worn current
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Then minecarts just....... exist.

ashen warren
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As a matter of fact a majority of the 1.4 carts don't do anything speed wise, they just look nice

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Mechanical is still fastest HyperFailure

worn current
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To be fair, not a lot of people use minecarts, I'd imagine, outside of the mineshaft(?) rails, but it'd be a welcome addition to have some variety.

limber ocean
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yeah, that's what I meant

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there's like 20 minecarts

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but only 5 have unique functionality

wooden wedge
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minecarts don't even fit in terraria, you have so many other mobility options that're better than wasting wood and iron on something that takes a while to complete where you could just go cave diving for a minute and find boots that have a million more uses than carts

hollow shell
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Carts are way faster than boots tho

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default wooden cart's top speed is 51 MPH, Hermes is 30 MPH, Lightning is 34 MPH
"Minecart" item is 66 MPH

wooden wedge
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they may be faster but you have to use them on rails

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which in this game limited movement ends up with you being hit a fuckton

hollow shell
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I mean
They're not really meant for combat

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unless you got a really well thought out whack ass setup

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They're mainly supposed to just connect distant locations together (pre-teleporter)

wooden wedge
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but why would you do that if you could just run the distance?

hollow shell
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Cuz it's faster HyperFailure

wooden wedge
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reminder that you need to place rails

hollow shell
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With the Minecart item it's double the speed

ashen warren
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The tracks underground exist for a reason HDfailure

hollow shell
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Yeah that's called an investment

wooden wedge
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why invest that time when you could just spend a couple more hours to get to hardmode and get teleporters pre mech bosses?

hollow shell
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couple more hours

cobalt pewter
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The only unique carts are hellcart, molecart, and minecarp afaik

wooden wedge
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and 1.4 also adds pylons

cobalt pewter
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The new ones in 1.4 at least

hollow shell
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1.4 does add pylons which will help a lot
but you get those in a trickle throughout the game and there's only so many total

cobalt pewter
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Hellcart gives temp lava immune, molecart digs blocks and places tracks underground, while minecarp gains speed Underwater

ashen warren
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Pylons are more convenient than teleporters imo

hollow shell
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They are

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Teleporters are only gonna be used for getting to, like
Hell, or other underground locations

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cuz Pylons got all the main surface biomes

cobalt pewter
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You can use Underground pylon to make a shortcut to hell doe

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Just put 2 npcs on the edge of cavern layer and put the underground pylon there

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Boom

hollow shell
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Indeed

ashen warren
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Yea that's what a majority of players do

hollow shell
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Terraria Wiki

The Demon Conch is a rare pre-Hardmode item obtainable by fishing in lava. When used, it teleports the player to the center of the Underworld. Like the Magic Mirror, it can be used infinitely at no cost, making it a viable alternative to using conventional hellevators.

wooden wedge
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oh good

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even less reason to use rails

hollow shell
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(I don't think people were using rails to go down to hell)

ashen warren
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what the fuck

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is that an actual thing

hollow shell
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No it's a fake page

ashen warren
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oh thank god

hollow shell
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It's a real thing yes

wooden wedge
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there's one that TPs you to the oceans

ashen warren
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damn that's super useful

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the age of teleporters is dead

violet dagger
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I remember hunting through the underground desert like crazy for it in my master playthrough

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And I ended up finding a billion golfers all of which got killed HDfailure

ashen warren
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you can also get it from the oasis crates too-

limber ocean
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teleporters are more versatile

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pylons are more convenient

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also, IIRC, pylons don't work during events or boss fights

ashen warren
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Correct

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Which sucks during the pillars

rose jewel
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Any thing about my suggestion?

unreal viper
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It sounds good to me.

rose jewel
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thx

dapper coral
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concept is fine, just make it multiple sentences instead of one run-on sentence

rose jewel
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K

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I think I fixed it

dense ferry
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Yeah, honestly that's really good

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I saw many people who got killed by SCal because of this

fresh stone
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does anyone else think that moon lord weapons should be craftable (post moon lord)

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like heres a recipe for star wrath

hollow shell
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You don't need to give a specific recipe

fresh stone
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ok

hollow shell
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Why do you think they should be craftable?

fresh stone
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it can be tedious if you didnt save fragments for sigils

hollow shell
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It can be, yeah.

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He's got like 9 (10?) different things to drop, one at a time

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You can make a suggestion about it

dapper coral
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another reason could be that these items are used in various crafting recipes and so grinding for RNG-based drops can be irritating, perhaps

fresh stone
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yeah

ashen warren
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does anyone else think that moon lord weapons should be craftable (post moon lord)
I second that suggestion

fresh stone
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this goes for vanilla too but i cant count how many hours ive lost to grinding for a specific moon lord drop

ashen warren
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This new sugg makes a lot of sense

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I'm on board with it

edgy pagoda
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mine?

ashen warren
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yea

edgy pagoda
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thanks

hollow shell
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Looks good.

edgy pagoda
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i came up with it last night but was too tired to write it

fresh stone
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what about mine

edgy pagoda
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It was actually rover that helped me with it

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they suggested the blood sample/true shadow scale

hollow shell
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mhm

edgy pagoda
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wait i have an idea to add to it

hollow shell
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And well you gotta write your actual sugg first Greg

fresh stone
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ok im new to this server to id

edgy pagoda
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What do you guys think-
After defeating Hive Mind/Perforators, underground enemies have a chance to drop life essence, which can be used to craft life crystals. Or just add a new enemy that drops life essence.

ashen warren
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if your new just be aware to follow the suggestion formatting rules too

fresh stone
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ok thanks for the heads up

hollow shell
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Ehh that's a bit specific Magicoal

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as it is.

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You could include it in your sentence as a possible alternate option, as long as you don't call it ""life essence"" and just say something like "a material"

edgy pagoda
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ok

hollow shell
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(or maybe cut out the middle man and just add enemies that can drop em uncommonly
Same vein as ore slimes or Cosmic Elemental)

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(but, at that point we're deviating from your sugg's topic, of changing the recipe)

edgy pagoda
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Well, that could be an alternate recipie

fresh stone
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sorry for all of the questions but where can i find the suggestion format

ashen warren
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Scroll up a bit in sugg posting and you should find it

fresh stone
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thx

dapper coral
hollow shell
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You can also just look at all the other suggs in posting

ashen warren
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Also to add to the life crystal idea

hollow shell
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as a reference

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Separate top line with the main idea
Paragraph below with your reasoning/elaboration

ashen warren
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Instead of bones, since life crystals can be found at the start of the game anyways, swap it for ancient bone dust?

hollow shell
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(bolding the top line is optional)

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I said it last night but

edgy pagoda
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oooh that is actually good

hollow shell
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the point of the current recipe is to allow you to 'catch up' on life crystals that you're missing at that point in the game
The main source of them is still supposed to be exploration

edgy pagoda
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yeah, and ancient bone dust is found during exploration

hollow shell
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thas not.. necessarily the same thing
But I mean I guess you could add that as another possibility to your suggestion if you want

dapper coral
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hit enter too quickly, i assume

hollow shell
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@fresh stone s'gotta be in the same message

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separate lines using Shift+Enter

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((better to edit what you have than to delete cuz there's a slow mode))

ashen warren
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edit the current one with a brief description instead of a separate line

sand umbra
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pre-boss Life Crystal recipe is gonna be a no from me, chief

hollow shell
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but Thomas

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Ancient Bone Dust

sand umbra
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Rover I swear to god--

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no
that is not the kind of use Ancient Bone Dust needs to justify keeping it

rose jewel
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Idk with planetoids that give life crystals too and the jungle I don’t think it even needs a recipe

hollow shell
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There are indeed

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the Life Crystal planetoids.

untold cargo
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you do realise you could have made it one whole sentence/paragraph and skip the 10 min slow down

dapper coral
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yep, you gotta make em one message @fresh stone

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just edit the first one and paste your reasoning in there

fresh stone
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got it thx

craggy stratus
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you can shift + enter

hollow shell
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Example recipe is unnecessary btw

tawny garden
radiant meadow
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That's a really fat indent

hollow shell
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There we go

fresh stone
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sry im new to this

hollow shell
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it's aight

tawny garden
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Ye, including recipes doesn't help too much

fresh stone
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oh sry

dapper coral
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that's fine, that's why we're here

winged patrol
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the post moon lord bosses should be nerfed

dapper coral
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uh

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do you have a reason for that?

fossil finch
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I'm pretty sure they don't
The only one i've seen real complains is polterghast, and as i have experienced them, they were all fun and fair

haughty owl
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Only bosses I've seen complains about are Polter, Ravager, and possibly Deus

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But only one is post moonlord

ancient crow
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ok i'll agree with the ravager one

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deus is really hard, but it doesn't feel unfair or anything

tawny garden
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I've had problems with ML himself

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but not as many with post-ML bosses

golden narwhal
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Which mode is feedza referring to (or is it unknown), since in dmode it is quite ... balanced?

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Same level of occurence

dapper coral
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seems about balanced to me

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it's just that cocoon spears come first

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in her attack pattern

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so you see them more often by default

violet dagger
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while we're on the topic of cocoon phases did that provi doesnt go cocoon while guardians sugg get in anywhere

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it got 140

radiant meadow
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Dragonfolly does have a music box though?

median dove
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how do i get it

ashen warren
median dove
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huh

hollow shell
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??

median dove
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i cant get it

violet dagger
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rng

hollow shell
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Bad RNG

violet dagger
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just get alch npc lite and buy it from the musician

median dove
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he wont sell it

violet dagger
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not updated ig

hollow shell
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Dunno why that would be the case

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the internal name is still the same

violet dagger
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bumblefuck music box hellyes

median dove
dapper coral
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probably because there's too many

hollow shell
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How strange
Inventory might be maxed out ig

violet dagger
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let me see if mine sells it

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if its inventory problem

radiant meadow
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but NPCs can sell up to 40 items

violet dagger
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get shop expander

radiant meadow
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the last slot should be filled

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like tavernkeep

sand umbra
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this seems outdated

ashen warren
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it's probably like that so you can still sell stuff

sand umbra
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Old Duke's box and the acid rain boxes are missing from here too, see

violet dagger
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he's missing it for me also

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alch npc issue most likely

unborn quiver
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Wouldn't you still be able to get it through the random chance recording, or is it not possible at your current level of power?

hollow shell
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No astral underground music box either

unborn quiver
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Bosses do hurt a lot, after-all

violet dagger
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it is possible but rng :/

ashen warren
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the method to obtain music boxes is questionable imo byeah

median dove
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im post scal, if anything i have to worry more about the boss dying

violet dagger
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just cheat sheet it in tbh

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there's no harm in doing it for a music box

median dove
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even with shop extender

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he wont sell it

dapper coral
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can you not just leave the boss alone and sit the music box down?

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or is that not how it works

ashen warren
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yeah and pray that it works

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if it doesn't then you have to do it again

hollow shell
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You should be able to just leave it in your acc slot and let Dragonfolly fuck around

ashen warren
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huh

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it's via accessories?

hollow shell
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Yes that's how music boxes work

ashen warren
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the fuck

median dove
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yeah but demonshade armor says otherwise

hollow shell
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How did you not know this

ashen warren
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i thought you had to place the "normal" one and let it record or some shit

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idk

dapper coral
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then toss on auric instead

hollow shell
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Or Fearmonger cuz iirc that has no on-hit or auto effects

dapper coral
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and just fly around while you record the fight

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that too

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or just don't hit em at all

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ever

radiant meadow
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I think he means that demonshade has the red devil which kills angery bird

dapper coral
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yeah

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so then use auric

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which doesn't have a minion unless it's summoner iirc

novel belfry
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or you could find a way to get the Chibi anime doggo, because it cancels red devil from existing apparently

ancient crow
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it can also stab you for a shit ton of damage and spawn a cosmic guardian

limber ocean
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yeah, think it's like, 500 damage or so

median dove
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what

hollow shell
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m, seems that your suggestion is a more detailed/specific version of Cy's sugg

mighty knot
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that's why I'm bringing it up

hollow shell
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It's fine ig

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If I had foresight I prolly woulda asked Cy to not even try with his repost, cuz his original sugg didn't even get close to 200

mighty knot
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PensiveCore lunatic cultist suggestion

hollow shell
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What

chilly solstice
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About that "alter the recipe for life crystals" thing...
It's not the first time I've seen a sugg like this. Are people really that lazy? I mean Calamity already adds about 10 crystals just floating on planetoids and all you need to get them is Gravity Potions (or enormous quantities of both platforms and patience). Cavern exploration on top of that is a quick way to get to 400. I mean we do need a recipe for the life crystal to turn it into a renewable material for lamps and such, but we really don't need it to be craftable before the Skeletron

clever canopy
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Ive always seen the recipe as a way to help players in multiplayer

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Cause it can be quite hard to find life crystals underground when 4+ people are looting the same areas

sand umbra
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something to keep in mind: in 1.4, Golden/Titanium Crates can grant Life Crystals

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couple that with DS' fishing drops galore and you have an easy way to fast travel to 400 health

unreal viper
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Is the prismatic armor set bonus ability the exact same as deathhail staff besides damage?

hollow shell
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Yes

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(surprisingly)

keen drum
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are you allowed to repost your own suggs?

ashen warren
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one week after the last one i think

hollow shell
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Yes, after a week

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and if the original didn't reach the req

keen drum
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alr

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should i put it in posting?

heady storm
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It has been well over a week since that initially got into voting, so yes.

keen drum
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cool

hollow shell
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Melee's the special one of the bunch

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cuz it's got Turtle Armor right before and Beetle Armor right after

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post-3Mechs and post-Golem

keen drum
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most people arent a fan of turtle

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although i guess in vanilla it does get beetle after golem while every other class keeps their post plant armor

hollow shell
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You could mention Beetle in your sugg if you can think of a way to make it support your argument

keen drum
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but in calamity, summon and ranger have plague armor, which sets melee apart less

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ill think of ways to tie it in

hollow shell
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aighty

violet dagger
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who's the donor for prismatic since we need to ask them

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some guy named prism

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not gonna ping tho since ik how it is

sand umbra
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yeah uh

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Prismatic is unfortunately a dedicated set

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so unless you can get a hold of the person that designed the set I don't see it happening

violet dagger
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a list of people was made

dapper coral
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i'll find it

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@noble sonnet are you okay with this sugg?

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oop

violet dagger
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not in discord

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that's a problem

dapper coral
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yeah, they're not here anymore

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uhhhh in that case ig we proceed as if they gave consent

sand umbra
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no

dapper coral
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and if they want it reverted down the line then they can say so?

sand umbra
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you don't

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that's not how that works, Demik

dapper coral
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is it not? then what do

violet dagger
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you have to treat it as no consent until they give it

radiant meadow
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that's like saying if Thomas left, Infected Remote can be changed to whatever

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which probably wouldn't fly

dapper coral
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this is true

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i seemed to remember that conversation being brought up at some point when this happened before, but clearly my mind is playing tricks on me

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apologies

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then in that case, this sugg is void?

radiant meadow
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just reword the sugg

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Make Deathhail Staff distinct from Prismatic armor

unreal viper
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Yes, easy.

radiant meadow
unreal viper
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Will be done.

violet dagger
sand umbra
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what doesn't help is that, even if they were here

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there is no set precedent for a patron item being notably mechanically changed

violet dagger
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and they might not even respond

radiant meadow
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closest precedent is Ataraxia losing its scaling

violet dagger
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wait ataraxia scales ?

radiant meadow
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"losing" means no longer does

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so no

sand umbra
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it used to, I think

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in ancient times

radiant meadow
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It wasn't like leggie scaling

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It's closer to like Polaris Parrotfish

sand umbra
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I see

radiant meadow
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good aim and dodging increases dps

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get hit and you lose your scaling

violet dagger
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oh kinda like drat

sand umbra
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anywho, that's the one example you can even begin to cite as precedent
and Ataraxia is by no measures a recent wep

violet dagger
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ye it was added with sunken sea or smth

radiant meadow
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and I think it was also removed partially because it caused an error in the transit to tmod 0.11

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but the patron was asked about it and they consented

violet dagger
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was added 3 days before SS

sand umbra
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what makes it hard is when a patron wishes for their item to be notably mechanically changed but there's like no precedent that can be cited to get it to pass echsnap

radiant meadow
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after ataraxia, there was basically a hard no on scaling and stricter patron item rules btw

sand umbra
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that's fair

radiant meadow
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not really, I would like that this chat pertain to suggestions and stay on topic

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I can see deleted messages you know.

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If you're just here to make fun of me, then that's gonna be a warn.

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You're off topic

violet dagger
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wot is going on here

radiant meadow
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that is offending a rule

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now drop it please and move on

void kelp
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@fiery grove have a mute for persisting, to be honest.

radiant meadow
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Muted, I'm not dealing with this

rapid pivot
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If I were to suggest maybe a reduction in the DoG's max acceleration when it's being a zoomie boi, would anyone vote for it?

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(Mostly because I'm playing on Death Mode, and I've noticed a disturbing amount of occasions where suddenly, he starts going a million miles per hours, and makes U-turns that'd put Tokyo Drift to shame, resulting in an unavoidable 1-hit-kill.)

violet dagger
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ye that's happened to me

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hes at like 5% in final phase and then he just starts going super speed for no reason

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he's supposed to go super speed catching up to you

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but he keeps it after going close to you

rapid pivot
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like, i appreciate that D-mode doggo is supposed to be hard, and it'd be dumb if you could outrun him

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but his sudden dashes can get ridiculous

mighty knot
cobalt pewter
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It's not gonna be removed if it doesn't have ❗

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Just thrown into voting automatically

rapid pivot
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Any thoughts on my sugg?

mighty knot
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oh wow that was easy

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I sent that like a minute off

radiant meadow
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in a few hours quickly dwindled to a minute

cobalt pewter
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There

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Just popped into voting

mighty knot
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I had that message here for like three hours and forgot to send it lol

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soo

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anyway, @rapid pivot seems fine to me. More reasoning and maybe some more objective or factual points and it should be fine

rapid pivot
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Eh.. the problem is, I don't know exactly how fast it is.

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One of those things where you only really notice just how bad it is once you see it for yourself, yeah?

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I just know that i've seen loads of complaints in the past about D-mode Doggo being cheap, unfair, and unfun.

mighty knot
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then attach a gif of it killing you

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or cite those complaints in the suggestion

rapid pivot
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Well, yeah; i said it became infamous for that.

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and i kinda don't know how to make gifs.

radiant meadow
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you can get a little bit of stealth if you equip dark god's sheath with omega blue armor

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although idk if that'd be better than bloodflare w/ dark god's sheath

long ivy
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I know that the Dark God's Sheath increases max stealth by 20 or something, but will it actually work for stealth strikes on its own?

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If so, my reasoning is invalid

radiant meadow
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yes

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if you wear omega blue

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it only boosts stealth if you wear a multiclass or rogue armor

long ivy
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Oh, that's really neat

unreal viper
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Huh.

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That would let you spam stealth.

long ivy
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Alright, that's so cool! I'm excited to use Omega Blue when I get there in my rogue playthrough

unreal viper
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Tho isn't there a cooldown or something?

radiant meadow
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pretty sure stealth always takes a certain amount of time to regen to full

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regardless of the max

unreal viper
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Really?

long ivy
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Yeah, max stealth just changes the stat boosts you get

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You get a small boost for every point of stealth

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So higher max stealth just gives you bigger boosts

radiant meadow
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quickest way to test would be to compare dark god's sheath + omega blue vs DGS + auric or something I guess

long ivy
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Mind if I test it before removing my suggestion?

radiant meadow
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yes, you can test it

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feel free

long ivy
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Alright, thank you

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I appreciate your patience

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Okay, I just tested it out

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The Dark God's Sheath does allow for stealth strikes while wearing the Omega Blue

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That's just straight up some good game design right there

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Okay, I'll delete my suggestion now then, thank you

dapper coral
long ivy
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Like I said, I'm working on a rogue playthrough right now, so I'm super excited to try that armor out

clever canopy
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I’m thinking about writing a suggestion to change how dark gods sheath and eclipse mirror affects Crit chance. Currently it makes it 100% when doing a stealth strike, which makes any increase to Crit chance useless when going for a stealth build

radiant meadow
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eclipse mirror you mean?

clever canopy
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My suggestions would either be adding the ‘normal’ Crit chance to the damage or making the sheath only double the Crit chance gained from stealth

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Yeah I’ll edit that

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Wanted to post here beforehand to see if anyone had any suggestions about this suggestion as I’m not convinced that either is the best way to fix it

hollow shell
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Turning crit chance into a further damage increase seems like a fine way of doing it
if stealth crits are guaranteed with those accessories

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imo

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Making those accessories double crit chance on stealth strikes would be easier to understand
but chances are with late-game builds that doubling will result in 100% crit chance anyway

cobalt pewter
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Or just convert excess crit chances with stealth into damage

clever canopy
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The tooltip would probably have to change to something like
“stealth strikes will always deal critical hits
Critical strike chance is added to damage”

hollow shell
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Yes that was the other option Feedza

cobalt pewter
clever canopy
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Yeah the problem I had with doubling it is exactly that, even at the stage of the game where you unlock dark gods sheath it’d still be really easy to get 100% Crit stealth strikes, which still makes Crit a non-issue from there on

cobalt pewter
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I'd say go with excess crit conversion with those accs

radiant meadow
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excess crit conversion might be weird to program I think

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unless you also meant remove the 100% crit SS's

hollow shell
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(why would it be easier if the 100% crit SS's were removed?)

clever canopy
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The problem I thought Crit conversion would have is making end-game stealth builds a lot more OP

hollow shell
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cuz if they're kept then the "excess" crit chance is all your crit chance

cobalt pewter
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The problem I thought Crit conversion would have is making end-game stealth build a lot more OP
@clever canopy it probably deserves it, stealth rogue gets a bit weak in variety late game

radiant meadow
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because the accessories set your crit to 100 if you have a SS available

hollow shell
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I see

radiant meadow
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any excess currently is just because it's added after it sets it to 100

hollow shell
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Gotta save the player's non-stealth crit chance somewhere I guess

clever canopy
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I’m no programmer, but could the game read the players Crit chance, add whatever is needed to make it 100, then also add the original Crit chance as damage?

radiant meadow
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it would have to be moved then to account for everything

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the code

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since it's not calculated at the very end

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actually, there's the stat meter stat

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could mess around with that

cobalt pewter
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Interesting

violet dagger
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yes

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give rogue more weapons

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although they already have a bunch of viable weps for provi

cobalt pewter
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Well I guess at least it should have one proper "Elemental" weapon

violet dagger
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or just end the rogue-melee system since melee already has everything they want

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rogue actually needs those weapons

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and stealth strikes could be done with them

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but anyways yes

cobalt pewter
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or just end the rogue-melee system since melee already has everything they want
@violet dagger this is a massive yes

violet dagger
violet dagger
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here we go another epsi meme ech

heady storm
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@swift wadi I could also see it being a consistency with stuff that buffs players, such as campfires if I'm not mistaken, at least in the case of drunk princess candles also being affected.

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Your sugg is fine as is rn but I just wanna say that.

swift wadi
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Oh yeah I wanted to say that too let me edit it

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@heady storm that should be better, points are clearer that way

heady storm
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Oh that does actually make it look clearer. wegud

radiant meadow
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Is this drunk princess candles?

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Or also chaos and tranquility

heady storm
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Pretty sure epsi means all candles in this context.

violet dagger
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even furniture candles probably

radiant meadow
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Furniture candles should already be togglable by wire

swift wadi
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I actually meant Cirrus' and forgot to clarify that

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So are the combat ones

ashen warren
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did 1.4 change how wires affect candles or am I thinking of something else

radiant meadow
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I don't know if chaos and tranq can be wired

swift wadi
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There

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Yeah they can be

ashen warren
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ah that's more clear

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I get it now

swift wadi
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Seems like Cirrus' are meant to be but maybe was forgotten

heady storm
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There we are finally?

radiant meadow
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Cirrus candles are different

swift wadi
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That should be good lol, sorry for forgetting to clarify that, made it confusing

radiant meadow
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They're candles in name

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Not much else tbh

heady storm
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I should be sorry for not noticing that at first, Epsi. CompleteFailure

radiant meadow
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And that they count as lighting for housing

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They could be passed under different name and nobody would think candle I bet

violet dagger
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sprite

radiant meadow
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They look very different from the other candles

ashen warren
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They look more like bottles or jars

radiant meadow
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I guess they kind of look like those scented candles?

ashen warren
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^ maybe

swift wadi
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yeah

radiant meadow
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The fat ones

swift wadi
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yeah scented candles come in glass jars kinda

violet dagger
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the ones with what looks like jelly beans insideHyperFailure

ashen warren
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actually yeah looking at the item sprites they do look like scented candles I'm dumb-

swift wadi
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lets be honest would cirrus be using any candle that isn't scented HDfailure

ashen warren
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nope

gusty geode
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Came in very late
But the problem with the Solar Flare armor dash isn't that it's bad
It's that dashes are made a more crucial mechanic by the mod and pushed to greater heights as a result, meaning vanilla, which only barely touched on the topic and had it as a novelty moreso than a front-line mechanic, is left in the dust as a result

cobalt pewter
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Again, this is one of the things I rather dislike about Calamity, ignoring a lot of stuff vanilla needs fixing

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But in any case, simply making the dash not restricted to Solar Blaze buff would make it on par with other Calamity ramming stuff

heady storm
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@near obsidian you could also add how that would make those consistent with Worm Food/Bloody Spine, as they are both sold by the dryad regardless of what evil boss you fought.

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Oh wait, did I misread your sugg?

near obsidian
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Oh, because rn when I defeat perfs I don't get the teratoma

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ye

heady storm
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Ah, excuse me for being blind there, your sugg is pretty much fine as far as I can tell.

near obsidian
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Also on a side note, hive cysts don't appear to spawn in crimson world even in artifical corruption biome

ashen warren
heady storm
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Just have a mute then.

ashen warren
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fuck

heady storm
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If you can’t move past the whole situation and feel like complaining still, you don’t need to make it apparent.

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Yes I got it Cry0n.

ashen warren
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ok

neat wave
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Will abyss biome get exclusive boss?

sturdy geyser
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no

ashen warren
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would be a cool idea but i've think than we will not have it for a long time...

earnest vine
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dont adult eidolon wyrms count?

sturdy geyser
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they dont

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those are not bosses

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Fab has said before that an abyss boss just isn't happening

earnest vine
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eidolon wyrms are in the bosses wiki page

ashen warren
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yes, under the "mini bosses" section

earnest vine
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oh yeah sorry

dry latch
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ironic how most people want the other shields hidden instead

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also, isn't greg's sugg a tad bit too specific? mentioning materials for an example is one thing, mentioning numbers is another

sand umbra
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the example recipe provided as an example for one wep out of 10 and which ultimately isn't the focus of the sugg is rather specific yes

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okay so I get where this sugg is coming from but that completely defeats the point of the❗reaction

dry latch
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true, but that's how it was before voting became a separate thing

sand umbra
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the point of the❗reaction is to show that a sugg has been seen by someone and has a problem

dry latch
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yeah, but that boils down to someone actually seeing it

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repurposing the reaction would be more efficient than creating a new one

sand umbra
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you do realize there are people other than Rover that check these, right

dry latch
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yes? I never mentioned rover tho. what brings him into the discussion?

sand umbra
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it's a 24-hour timespan on a server with dozens of moderators + Rover and a ton of people looking at this chat who will also point out that a sugg has a problem (thus giving it the reaction) or help to get a sugg with the reaction to where it doesn't have a problem (thus getting the reaction off of the sugg)

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if a sugg doesn't lose its exclamation mark after 24 hours, the original poster simply never showed up to bother fixing their sugg

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this is a very differrent assertion than "oh a mod/Rover hasn't seen it and said it's good"

dry latch
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that's how it's used now, yes. and I'm suggesting to repurpose that

sand umbra
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lemme put it this way

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what practical benefit does this suggestion for repurposing the reaction have over the way it is used now

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what problem does this solve that the current use for the reaction does not, and how

dry latch
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it guarantees that all suggs have been checked

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the current system relies on someone finding an issue and mentioning it. if something gets posted in downtime and gets buried, no one will bother reading all the way up there other than me maybe lol

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exhibit A is right there

sturdy geyser
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but the thing is

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there are lots of people who dedicate time to checking suggestions

dry latch
sand umbra
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but it has

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except the only thing to criticize about it is how the example recipe is unnecessary

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it's a good sugg otherwise

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raise or fold

dry latch
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yes. which rover mentioned when it was originally posted

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and yet no one bothered double checking whether the poster did change it

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and yeah I agree it's a good sugg

sand umbra
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personally I don't see a fundamental problem with it
all it does is provide an example recipe as something to work from if the devs so choose

dry latch
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one thing I've noticed is that ever since the suggbot gained the ability to approve stuff itself, the requirements have been getting generally lax

sand umbra
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it doesn't make or break the sugg

dry latch
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yeah, but this wouldn't have passed before

sand umbra
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before as in when

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because last I checked it's never been illegal to provide a damn example, specific or otherwise

dry latch
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before voting became a thing? before the bot became a thing?

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I've always been under the impression that giving numbers in a recipe example is a don't

sand umbra
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are you getting confused with the long-standing Specific Item Suggestion ban

dry latch
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compare:

S.D.M.G. recipe: 1x Gatligator, 15x Vortex Fragments, 3x Luminite Bars, 25x Shark Fins
vs
S.D.M.G. recipe: a Gatligator, Vortex Fragments, Luminite Bars and/or Shark Fins

sand umbra
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nothing actually changes

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it's still an example and it's still pretty specific without the numbers

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if it's an issue of specificity the example recipe doesn't need to be there and shouldn't be at all

dry latch
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exactly

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it was a trap question lol

sand umbra
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oh I wasn't done talking HDfailure

dry latch
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kek

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god how long is this gonna be

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I am not ready

sand umbra
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you have no idea who you're challenging here HyperFailure

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as I've said to you already, it does not actively hurt the suggestion in its current form, because specificity isn't an issue in a sugg that involves a recipe for a pre-existing item or group of items
and going back to the point of your sugg, which is what we ought to focus on here (you've gotten me off-track quite enough), the concept that every sugg needs that reaction to specifically mark whether or not it's been checked actually defeats the purpose of the reaction at all because then the mark has to be kept if the sugg has a problem --- which is basically the same as the current use
it's not only redundant but it just causes more issues than it solves

dry latch
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how valid would this sugg be if we added:

rich mahogany wand: 100 rich mahogany blocks, 10 living shards

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what issues exactly? that a sugg with issues stay with a signifier for issues?

sand umbra
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you mean like how it currently does after one of the dozens of people that dedicate time to staring these three channels down the barrel inevitably see the sugg and point out the flaws where they exist?

dry latch
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yes. this simply serves as a safety net

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we aren't infallible after all

sand umbra
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reminder that if a sugg reaches the auto-assessment point with❗it dies

dry latch
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yes

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with my suggestion, that simply means that it was never approved of

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by any of the people who come here

sand umbra
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can't wait to have the same problem we did before

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where perfectly fine suggs died, more often than they had any business doing, because nobody approved them

this is the exact reason❗was added

dry latch
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it's a simple matter really. which would you prefer: for good suggs to die? or for bad suggs to pass? I vote for the former simply because it's way too easy to repost stuff. tho tbf it's also easy to just delete a sugg in posting after it passed, but that brings into question the integrity of the process if they ever end up doing something as drastic as that

sand umbra
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I'd prefer if you gave me examples as to what kinds of "bad suggs" this would keep out of voting

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tangible examples from the past month, preferrably

dry latch
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I already present exhibit A

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which obviously was just discussed once and was never checked again

sand umbra
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exhibit A hasn't passed, and there's no shame in pinging someone to try and discuss it again before it does

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it's not illegal to speak about a sugg more than once and it certainly isn't so to be the one to start such a conversation

dry latch
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yes

sand umbra
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you could've just pinged Rover or one of the mods that cares about this place about it

dry latch
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but the thought that no one might have noticed it if I didn't bother checking urged me to make my sugg

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just call me paranoid lol

sand umbra
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the only thing that urged you to make this sugg is making the matter more complicated and more drastic than it ever needed to be

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don't be afraid to ping people with concerns about a suggestion

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bonus points: ping the original poster

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there's at least a 65% chance they'll hear you and fix the sugg

dry latch
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he's already here lol

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yeah, but the point is: there was a possibility for everyone to have missed it. I simply want to remove that possibility

sand umbra
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to be frank, there is no perfect solution
people leave after making a sugg, people just never get around to reposts, there's still entirely a possibility that a sugg goes the entire 24 hours without ever being seen even if this does happen

dry latch
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brb in a couple of minutes, I gotta roll my timed gacha lol

sand umbra
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this doesn't remove the possibility, all it does is make that possibility more punishing for honestly no reason

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@fresh stone hi PoiHi
apologies for ping because I know you can see me HDfailure
but in the interest of getting the guy above me to calm down could I convince you to remove the exact numbers from your example SDMG recipe so it's less specific or whatever

(also what's the Black Lens crafting recipe again? I don't even remember)

fossil finch
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Lens+Black Tint

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It's easy but used in two recipes so i don't think it matters too much

sand umbra
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so

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counterpoint:

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Squids are fucking impossible to find

fresh stone
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battle potion and water candles can fix that

sand umbra
#

those and Sea Snails

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they're sitll super rare

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though I wouldn't contest the recipe taking like

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Demonite/Crimtane Bars or some shit

fresh stone
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yeah

fossil finch
#

It's only actual use is optic staff as far as i'm aware so that wouldn't change much

sand umbra
#

one is also used for Mirage MIrror apparently

hollow shell
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@dry latch Absolutely not, to your sugg
The whole point of switching to the current system was to be less strain on the mods
(and the fact that valid suggs are more common than invalid suggs)

dry latch
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people leave after making a sugg
how is this an issue? if the sugg is bad, and they don't update it, it shouldn't pass. if you meant something else, read next point.
people just never get around to reposts
if it's a good sugg, someone is bound to repost it. if no one does, it's unlikely to have gotten enough stars if no one really cared about it lol
there's still entirely a possibility that a sugg goes the entire 24 hours without ever being seen even if this does happen
exactly, and such suggs shouldn't get approved simply because no one saw them

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kek

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aight

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guess I'll remove it

hollow shell
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And also as Thomas mentioned before
it'd result in more valid suggs accidentally dying
which was the other main point of switching to the current system

dry latch
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so what's the SOP if a bad sugg does pass? it get's removed in voting?

sand umbra
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if a bad sugg does manage to pass it probably doesn't get enough stars to matter and so just gets lost in the sea of actually good suggs

hollow shell
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If it's just like a bit more specific than it should be, then it's whatever and we'll keep it

but if it blatantly breaks one of the Donts (and somehow went unnoticed) then I'll consider doing so

dry latch
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nice. I've been thinking of what'd happen if someone modified their valid sugg into an invalid sugg a couple of minutes before it gets approved. I'm paranoid okay?

hollow shell
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That'd be really stupid

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Also @fresh stone why exactly should Black Lens be harder to craft (and especially why should it be locked to Hardmode?)

fresh stone
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I was planning on editing the suggestion to require pre-hardmode materials, like any evil bar, etc. I think it should be harder to craft because it is already a very low drop rate item.

hollow shell
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You don't need to specify the materials

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but, you should mention that reason in your suggestion. You currently don't.

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You just say it should be harder because rn it's too easy, without saying why

dry latch
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That'd be really stupid
use case:

  • user is new and didn't read the don'ts doc
  • user made a valid sugg
  • around 23 hours later, user comes up with an idea regarding their sugg and decides to "upgrade" it

unlikely, yes, but possible. I just like poking holes into systems okay?

hollow shell
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That'd be really stupid

fresh stone
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did i fix it?

dry latch
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no you did not

hollow shell
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yeah that's better in terms of reasoning but if you're keepin it to Hardmode you should also give a reason why it should be Hardmode

fresh stone
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nah, after i saw there was a recipe that required it in pre-hardmode, i think it should stay pre-hardmode

hollow shell
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Ok then edit your sugg further

dry latch
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The current Black Lens recipe doesn't require any hardmode materials, but the materials it does require are not very difficult to obtain. It should require extra pre-hardmode ingredients to make the lens.
think you mean pre-hardmode

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also, it's kinda redundant

fresh stone
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alright nvm then

dry latch
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wdym nvm

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?

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I meant that the two sentences are redundant cuz they're saying the exact same thing

hollow shell
#

The sugg is fine now but just worded weirdly

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Like it prolly shouldn't mention PreHM/HM at all in the sugg cuz iunno if any readers will think that's relevant

dry latch
#

yeah. just the last sentence is enough

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and maybe mentioning the current recipe

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aight good to go

fresh stone
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thx for the editing help

dry latch
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np

hollow shell
#

Better, good 👍

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Also @still cliff It would be good to mention Brand of the Inferno in your sugg, which requires a visible shield in order to function.
While this may not apply for early game shields as much, it does apply for Frigid Bulwark and Rampart of Deities

still cliff
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The brand of inferno has a little shield when you right click, but for a couple of seconds

hollow shell
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That little shield only shows up if you have a shield accessory equipped

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and if the accessory has no shield visual, it doesn't work

still cliff
#

Really?

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Oh yeah i got it, right

dry latch
hollow shell
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Partially, yes. Could involve overwriting some vanilla code and would be bad for vanity or screenshotting or other purposes if the player lacked an option for full invis.

However, we have more control over Shadow Potion and it's a separate entity, so this sugg's all good

dry latch
loud cloak
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ok im gonna go now, its fair cus noone commented on my sugg for over 5 mins right?

sturdy geyser
#

yeah its a good suggestion

loud cloak
#

well i'll see what the mods say when they do...

keen drum
#

i updated my melee armor sugg to include a bit more explanation

loud cloak
#

k

hollow shell
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Ah yeah I wanted to check source to make sure what you said was correct
And, yep, it is

loud cloak
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Yep

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It’s very strange, is there any reason?

hollow shell
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Maybe they thought it was communicated well enough with "Reduces the damage caused by the pressure of the abyss while out of breath"?
Even though that does clearly say "while out of breath"

loud cloak
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Ye

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Is it valid sugg then?

hollow shell
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Ye

loud cloak
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Noice

hollow shell
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Let's hope it get dat fat 200 now

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Got 153 last time so chances aren't great but, it could happen

sand umbra
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to be fair, 153 wasn't really a bad performance at the time

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I distinctly recall this and the other two reposted contenders happening like
right after the huge drop in star income

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so that might've been a contributor

hollow shell
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We'll see

sand umbra
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in any event, of the three reposts this is the one I can most reasonably see getting to 200

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because unlike Ancient Bone Dust I hopefully don't have to defend my stance on whether or not it should die for a straight hour
and unlike Ectoplasm (Ectoblood) these two mats aren't used in everything under the sun

gaunt quest
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Hooks are very easy to get though

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And for the most part who makes the normal grapple hook I just go straight for gem hooks

ashen warren
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would honestly like the avoid going into the cavern layer as much as possible

tawny garden
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the slime hook is also pretty easy to get

whole sedge
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Yeah gem hooks exist and are way better than just making the normal grappling hook plus Hooks are only used in that one thing

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And plus slime hook or jungle hook also exist as an alternative

weak field
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Gem hook or slime hook

tawny garden
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or go home

weak field
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i only use the normal hook if I got lucky

clever canopy
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Normal hook is situationally better than gem hooks cause it can only fire one hook

weak field
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Just jump after each hook

tawny garden
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would honestly like the avoid going into the cavern layer as much as possible
uhhhhh
you can't just avoid the caverns

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that's not how the game works

weak field
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Mining moment

sleek turret
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or just get a random ore-seller npc mod ech

tawny garden
clever canopy
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Caverns is like 90% of pre-boss progression

sleek turret
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ore armor, weapons, potions, etc

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all the things you need are in the cavern layer

clever canopy
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More so the chests and life crystals tbh

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Ore armor is pretty unpopular in calamity playthroughs other than for mining speed

sleek turret
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just get only two accesories here:
hermes boots
cloud in a botlle

tawny garden
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the pre boss part of the game is the longest
the progress is so sloooooow

sleek turret
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yeah, feels slow pre-boss, and feels ultra-fast post-ml

clever canopy
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It’s supposed to be though, it gives a base level for you to try to progress away from

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If the early game was fast and easy there’s less incentive to progress

tawny garden
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ye, making it faster would be weird

clever canopy
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I do think it could be slowed down post-ml

tawny garden
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I hope

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it's a boss rush with prep breaks rn

clever canopy
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Beating ml should be like beating the wof imo, with the player having tons to do afterwards before the next boss

sleek turret
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yeah

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sometimes i get confused about all the things I can do post-wof.

tawny garden
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well, I didn't get lost

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it wasn't like Deus Ex lol

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but there's a lot to do early HM

clever canopy
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I’m honestly not sure how to fix that though

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Other than adding more enemies, ores, minibosses etc. And making those materials necessary

sleek turret
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Gem hooks, even amethyst.

clever canopy
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Adding luminite as an actual ore would spice it up a bit

sleek turret
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Seasonal hooks? (depends)

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Or use platforms, why not?

sand umbra
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Hooks are fine as they are

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cool bug fact's: gem hooks, seasonal hooks, Slime Hook, and Goblin Tinkerer all exist

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(and as with many suggs that have entered the court before it, I'd say this falls under the category of "things that Calamity really doesn't need to do")

keen drum
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are there any changes i should make to my melee armor sugg?

hollow shell
keen drum
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yeah

sand umbra
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seems good as it is

keen drum
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alr cool, just making sure

clever canopy
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question:
https://discordapp.com/channels/225030931008847874/263382359397761025/750325648727212132
there was a sugg before about doing the same for the invisibility potion, but that was never approved (it defeats the purpose on an invisibility potion they said). is it cuz it's a vanilla potion?
@dry latch yeah I made both suggestions but think this’ll be more likely to pass as it doesn’t change vanilla behaviour. Getting 1/2 potions is better than neither

gusty geode
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That Life Crystal sugg is kinda missing the point of the recipe to begin with
It's a safety net for the event in which you somehow didn't find enough to max your HP by then
Kinda like how Stardust exists partially to make it easier to get Fallen/Mana Stars if by chance your mana isn't maxed out by HM

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I think anyway
Perf/HM drops could work
But it shouldn't be something that's theoretically available early game
Cuz you know the meta slaves serious players will abuse a chance like that and suddenly there's even less reason to go exploring
Since you could instead just set up a grinder somewhere where you'd get Ancient Bone Dust or whatever other material and wait for it all to come to you

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Remember that rant someone I think Thomas? went on about how balancing an item around how hard it is to get doesn't matter because if it's good people will go to any lengths neccessary to get it and/or complain until it becomes easier to obtain, invalidating the whole philosophy

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I think the same idea could be applied to recipes
If it's more reliable/faster than getting something the intended way people will go for it even if it's harder

hollow shell
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(I think that was Vetus actually)

gusty geode
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Was it? I forget

hollow shell
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but, yeah

ashen warren
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The whole point of the life crystal crafting sugg is just to take it back a couple of bosses since players would most definitely have max life by the time they fight Skeletron anyways, making the recipe include bones practically pointless

gusty geode
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Exactly
You'd definitely have max hearts by then
So if for some reason you don't (changes have been made to accommodate smaller chances than that) there's an easier way for you

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Like
Yeah, the odds that you wouldn't find enough life crystals after all that time are super slim
But so are the odds that you wouldn't find a particular item in one of the chests around the world that are just as common as them

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Yet 90% of them were made obtainable by other means to accommodate for those unlucky enough to have it happen

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I feel like this is the kinda mechanic that uses that philosophy
A safety net for the really unlucky, but not one that can be taken advantage of by the less unlucky

sand umbra
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shoutout to the time Markie went on a like 5-hour expedition for a Flare Gun

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because Spark Spreader takes it

gusty geode
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Idfk what my problem is but the only cavern chest item I've ever had issues finding was the Magic Mirror

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I wish I was kidding

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So yeah
Unless you're stupidly unlucky like that, chances are you won't need those QoL recipes
Which is why they're designed with the fact that you shouldn't need them by that point in mind

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Having them be theoretically accessible to early runs the risk of people whose luck isn't in the negatives abusing it and that method just becoming how you're "supposed" to get the item

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Examples of this already in-game include anything that's bought from the Traveling Merchant and used in a higher-tier item

sand umbra
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unfortunately, not all vanilla item recipes are created equal

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case in point: both Mirrors and Hermes Heels

gusty geode
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Originally odds are you weren't gonna get those items
They were a novelty, nothing more
Then it turned out you needed them for some high-tier item so now you needed to get it
But the recipe was usable before the upgrade the item crafted into arrived
So now you just got the item by crafting instead of buying it as was originally intended

sand umbra
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you might as well be supposed to craft them with how easy they are to make

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Shadow Key recipe is also basically free

gusty geode
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Yep

hollow shell
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Should we do the thing that Metal Detector and some other items have
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make it so most/all of the vanilla item recipes are a tier or two above when they can be obtained via exploring or farming

sand umbra
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honestly? yes

hollow shell
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It's already the case for a decent amount of em

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Celestial Magnet needs Frigid Bars
Flying Carpet needs Souls of Light & Night
Megaphone needs Hallowed Bars

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but, numerous others are on-tier

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gotta single/list em out

radiant meadow
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I'm not sure how well changing hermes recipe to post boss or something would be taken by the public

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there were already complaints when it took 4 swiftness potions so I reduced the amount it needed

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before that, it was just some silk

sand umbra
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you should have to play the game at least a little bit to try and get shoes before being handed a piss-easy recipe on a silver platter echsnap

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playing without 'em for an extended amount of time isn't as bad as people make it out to be

sinful steeple
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Hermes boots post-boss would be fine but like, after which boss

pine star
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Probably EoC/DS

sand umbra
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a post-EoC recipe would be fine, honestly

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that's around the point you'll normally beat up goblins anyway

vocal grotto
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Honestly, I do see players possibly getting annoyed by a change.
Once you give them a new, easy solution, they typically become complacent, and then get upset when that easy thing is changed/taken away.

distant gyro
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locked on cnidrions at minimum

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15 victory shards HDfailure

sinful steeple
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Maybe enough victory shards that by the time you got it from cnidrions you'd have three children so that it's effectively post-DS

pine star
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Lol

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Though how many victory shards is that

dapper coral
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that's one way to put it, i suppose

summer sentinel
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I like that idea Altix for the sole fact that you need to work more for it because rn it's: basically go mine from iron and lead and in that time you probably found cobwebs, smelt it in a furnace, make a sawmill to make a loom, and then boom, hermes since swiftness potions are just handed to you via starter bag

hollow shell
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Victory Shards would be fine additions to the Hermes recipe

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and potentially other pre-boss vanilla item recipes too

sand umbra
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Victory Shards are. kinda wacky, honestly

summer sentinel
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We could make it have victide bars since you can make those off of cnidrions as well

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the starfish, seashells and coral can just be found in the ocean

sand umbra
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they drop from EoC but then they also get used in Victide, a pre-boss set

hollow shell
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Nah Victory Shards work fine thematically

sand umbra
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and are dropped alongside all the other mats for that pre-boss set

hollow shell
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and cuz of EoC

summer sentinel
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didn't even think about EoC echmega

sand umbra
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anywho Victory Shard wackiness is a discussion for another time
I can agree with using those for a Hermes recipe

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currently compiling a list of all the other recipes that are currently on-tier or earlier than the intended ways to get their respective items

violet dagger
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ODech whats this new sugg

ashen warren
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A good idea

violet dagger
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but it breaks a dont

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no big content suggs

dapper coral
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yeah this is illegal

tawny garden
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@ashen warren read the doc

dapper coral
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not to mention extremely specific

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just gonna pop that then

tawny garden
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if you don't wanna read the doc, do not even go to that channel

violet dagger
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that is in hell
also looks like someone forgot that the crags are a thing daryl

ashen warren
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What's up doc

hollow shell
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Check pins

violet dagger
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read

hollow shell
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That.

summer sentinel
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you know after reading your suggestion Thomas, it made me think on it for a moment

sand umbra
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recipes that (likely) need adjustment
RoD, Shadow Key, both Mirrors, Eskimo armor, Ice Machine + Sky Mill
Vitamins I think? do purple Slime God fatass and its summons drop Vitamins or no, I don't remember
Bezoar, all three jump bottles
Feral Claws are arguably earlier than the spot you're supposed to get 'em from
Lucky Horseshoe, Obsidian Rose, Lava Charm, Water Walking Boots, Fast Clock, Frozen Turtle Shell, Armor Polish, Flower Boots, Radar (sorta), Aglet (sorta), Anklet of the Wind, Guide Voodoo Doll, Magic Quiver, Trifold Map, Black Lens (already addressed in a recent sugg), honestly fuck every Blood Orb recipe, Wand of Sparking (it's actually good in 1.4)

summer sentinel
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It kind of is

sand umbra
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yes I scoured the entire vanilla item recipes page to figure this out but honestly how is this even a question of course I did

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anywho that's a compiled list of every item where the Calamity recipe for it is on-tier with or earlier than the item itself

radiant meadow
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what is the armor polish recipe?

summer sentinel
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bones and ancient bone dust

sand umbra
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ABD and Bones

summer sentinel
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50 and 3

hollow shell
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mhm

sand umbra
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Armor Polish is a Hardmode drop

tawny garden
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bones and bones

dapper coral
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what are the crafting stations though

summer sentinel
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mythril anvil

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or ori anvil

radiant meadow
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so it's not really earlier than intended

sand umbra
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HM anvil

...which still leaves it on-tier but fuck you're right

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lemme fix that real quick

hollow shell
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On-tier is still a problem

radiant meadow
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pitbulls drop adhesive bandage in phm

summer sentinel
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they do??

sand umbra
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I knew it was something but I didn't remember what

summer sentinel
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I surely have noticed unless I just throw them away echmega

hollow shell
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Because Pitbulls exist

sand umbra
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Adhesive is fine then

radiant meadow
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who even equips armor polish on its own though anyways

dapper coral
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who even equips any ankh shield component other than bezoar/nazar on its own though anyways

summer sentinel
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2% in expert+ drop for adhesive bandages, I mean it just stops bleeding debuff, it's not that important

radiant meadow
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vitamins to stave off like 15 minutes of weak PensiveCore

hollow shell
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mmmmmm Expert EoW

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fun

sand umbra
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haha funny spit go brrrrrrr

summer sentinel
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just gotta run

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purple slime gods drop nazar but that's prehm regardless, I don't think they drop vitamins

dapper coral
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nah they drop vitamins iirc

radiant meadow
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corrupt slime spawns drop vitamins

summer sentinel
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okay then my luck is just bad

radiant meadow
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crimson slime spawns drop nazar

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2% in expert, 1% in normal

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for both

summer sentinel
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Or I forgot preech maybe adjust that for on tier?

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since vitamins are decent

dapper coral
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also can we lower the drop rates of nazars from SG spawns, i got like 5 fighting him 8 times exdee

summer sentinel
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me when^

radiant meadow
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probably because there's 2 types of crimson ones

tawny garden
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sugg it

radiant meadow
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the flying ones don't drop anything cuz they transform

summer sentinel
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fast clock isn't on tier? who drops them preHM

radiant meadow
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nobody

summer sentinel
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so the fast clock recipe should be okay then? Iirc it's just on an HM anvil

radiant meadow
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he wanted to change the on tier recipes

tawny garden
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uh

summer sentinel
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oh I see, I just read it too fast

tawny garden
summer sentinel
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I'll just delete that

tawny garden
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regardless, not for that channel

dapper coral
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mm

summer sentinel
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Demik did you just do it

dapper coral
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dunno what they were tryna say

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i didn't do it

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was it ben

summer sentinel
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I was about to delete it and then discord just froze lol

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for like half a second

dapper coral
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i didn't touch it

radiant meadow
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read audit logs you fools

tawny garden
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mb they did it themselves

radiant meadow
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it was none of us

dapper coral
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bumble lurkin

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ngl i always forget that audit logs exist

summer sentinel
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I feel you Demik, I feel you

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okay anyways,
what would a recipe adjustment be for lava charm? seems good as is given the risk to go to underworld in death mode for example

craggy stratus
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you are just unlucky (or lucky in this context), because earth elemental spawn based on rng

left ice
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And that RNG seems to be way higher than intended, because this isn't a one-time thing. They spawn on me constantly, even just falling down a hellevator.

heady storm
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I mean, they can still suggest this.

craggy stratus
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you can suggest like, a timer that stop a mini boss to spawn after you killed the first

glacial island
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hey do u want to play calamity if u do then dm me

craggy stratus
dapper coral
craggy stratus
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wrong channel

left ice
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The issue is that for players who just enter hardmode, where the issue is most prevelant, that a timer after killing won't do any good, because they'll be hard to kill.

dense ferry
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I can relate to that

sinful steeple
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Honestly, Earth Elemental isn't that tough for a miniboss

left ice
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Yes, it isn't that tough later in hardmode. But for a player who just entered it, a time in which a player will be spending a lot of time underground mining, they can be difficult, especially in harder difficulties.

dense ferry
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Early hardmode it is

sinful steeple
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No I'm talking about when you first get into hardmode

left ice
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The biggest issue is that they can phase through blocks in a location where dodging is often impossible.

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Yes, so am I.

dense ferry
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No I'm talking about when you first get into hardmode
How

sinful steeple
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Earth Elementals are pretty slow and don't have the best stats

dense ferry
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Yeah, but it's kinda hard when you have a little tunnel to move through

sinful steeple
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They're barely stronger than biome mimics, but their attacks are less threatening

left ice
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On harder difficulties, they can hit you for up to around 300 damage and with no room to dodge, especially given their size.

dense ferry
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Yeah

sinful steeple
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Maybe make them not spawn when the player is enclosed?

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Also they only do at most 124 damage

left ice
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They can do more than that.