#suggestions-discussion
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its a dev item yes
it will not be moved earlier unless the dev wants it to
sorry
read the doc pinned here!
~~just read them every time you sugg something
that might be a good idea
Oh wow
nice
o
well to be fair its really just a tool
Crystyl is among the first dev items in the mod
If there is exceptions to the rule should they be added to the doc?
like if NR got moved to pre ml would anyone complain?
it already is in the doc iirc
Itâs a bit vague tbfh
Just âmost shadow spec weaponsâ doesnât really give you the best idea
Not sure how to remedy that issue without outright listing every item it applies to
which yeah I guess we could do but it'd be quite uhh
clunky
(technically graydee is here she just isnt in the team)
byeah
and we've been making changes to Crystyl without her permission already
including the whole laser beam thing
It used to just be a really fast pickaxe, that's all it was while Gray was still around
Could add âping a mod if you arenât sureâ?
if crystyl had a sound like last prism when the laser is out
As in, the Phaseblade 'voob voob voob voob'?
yep
Yeah sure
Isnt the BOC teleport indicator a repost? As in too recent, since the batch of last BOC teleport indicator hasnt gone to dev yet
at least 3
Less than I thought
tbh
I think RTN would benefit with some sort of rework
especially after the upcoming AP fix
The change to Scorpio blissful and the hive must be one of the best changes I've done as of recently
idk about suggesting to move shadowspec items out of shadowspec tier tho
like I guess suggesting reworking it is okay
but like if you're suggesting to move it out of shadowspec tier, then like it's not really "dev item" tier anymore
which is very weird for a dev item, even if the dedicatee isn't around much anymore
ya tbh just add a new pickaxe that is about as powerful (or at least have strong tile mining/destruction efficiency)
rather than bothering with the moving in and out of shadowspec/dev tier thing
just upgrade Blossom Pick to Auric and work from there
make an explosive pick that mines 7x7 tiles at a time
Auric Pickaxe will have five different variants, one for each class
you have five different variants
auric auger would be a nice name tho, and more drills are needed
Good
is drill fixed with 1.4? since due to pickaxe range drill dont get to benefit from faster pickspeed, because they just run out of block to mine in range
basically they just end up being worse pickaxes
yea, drills are much faster than picks in 1.4. but it still probably isnt enough to make drills better since calamity adds a lot of things that buff mining speed
drills in 1.4 are significantly better without any stat boosts
pickaxes still have the best potential speed with added boosts
ok y'all have unearthed me from this channel
by mentioning scal's name
we have talked about this exact problem on the dev server multiple times and came to an almost identical conclusion
scal needs a title that actually makes sense
but the other problem is everyone knows the name scal right so how do we not make it confusing
so if you actually did talk to rover first I'd be shocked if he wasn't aware of the prior discussions in dev server
rover was unaware lol
I think the general approach is that as long as there is nothing inherently wrong/dont with a suggestion it will go into voting? since it need to get enough vote in the first place and if the devs dont like it they can just deny
not sure
since it will be rare case where community idea aligns perfectly with devs plan
(not that rare it happaned a few times)
if it passes the threshold and doesn't contain anything wrong it'll end up in voting ye
I'll tell you what
people probably aren't voting for it cos they like getting free healing lol
sounds about right
and my excalibur shortsword rename is on
what
280
votes?
nerf suggestions don't usually get many votes i think
some people just like things being op
the most popular suggestions are changing minor nitpicks that everyone agrees with doing
that pretty much fits the bill
some things never change 
indeed
demik is the secret suggestions god
demik ascended beyond godhood
byeah, that's kinda why I'm a bit confused when the sugg to rename stealth went thru
granted it's probably smaller of a change than it sounds, but yea
I think it's pretty big
"It has been voted upon, and the devs decided it would be a good idea to implement it. This doesn't guarantee implementation, as plans may change/alternate plans may be made, but it does highly improve chances!"
i have no idea where that is
i havent seen it
i just read it from the conversation here
what do you have in mind?
aa stinkping
i'm up at an ungodly hour, sorry for that. that being said as the guy who suggested the name rework i did in fact talk to him in dm about it
i tend to have more interesting ideas when i zone out and at the time i had thought "you know, yharon's title refers to him as a jungle dragon, so why not have something for scal referencing how she's a witch and not an eyeball"
i would change it to Calamitas, the brimstone witch
there was a side-suggestion by either iban or rover (i think iban) that in addition to having calclone stick to her old name (calamitas) you could perform an internal switch once clone is defeated for the first time, where it's renamed to Calamitas Clone or something
cause its the brimstone witch
Just wondering, hope this isnât spam, how many stars does this need to be sent off? And it seems that its not getting a lot
Thereâs no set star req
your sug didnt make the cut
Every Friday the bot gathers all the suggestions that are older than 7 days but younger than 14 days, grabs the 20% highest starred suggestions and sends them to the dev server
TIL
Dam, so it probably will never get suggested; does it just get deleted?
Also I would have thought others may have wanted this feature guess I was wrong.
if it is in a batch that already get delivered ya it will never get into dev
Batch?
basically any suggestion that is older than 14 days (that did not already get enough vote to go into devs get ignored)
due to the new system basically suggestions are send in batch now, older than 7 days and younger than 14 days, as stated above
Right, so should I repost the suggestion or am I not allowed to go this
that you should ask mods (particularly mods that take care of suggestions), since different people seem to think differently of how long it is considered as repost
Right, although it wasnât a suggestion people seemed to like that much, but I did think it was alright; guess I will wait a while before I repost; although I donât think community opinions will change.
Would you be able to tell me the reason why it probably wasnât rated highly - like how can I improve it as it was enough to get put on voting, but not enough to change minds
as previously discussed, probably because 1) people dont do the challenge so they dont care much about it; and 2) they dont want their accessory to basically have a brand of "you did not obtain this the legit way"
Well then, why not change the items entirely and turn the challenge item to be purely cosmetic? So make a new item?
Although I would have to ask the dev again, but this would solve the issue of the branding, right?
Ir will give those who do the challenge the reward, and those who donât have to feel bad as itâs just cosmetic; would this work?
amusingly we were planning on the compromise Calamitas, the Supreme Witch so that scal was still correct
which is why I started with all this
"wow you independently realized the same problem with scal's name"
Supreme Calamitas the Supreme Witch of Supreme Brimstone Arts
SCalSWSBA

@scenic trout - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[make wall of flesh de-spawn on player death]
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You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@hard bronze - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Adult Eidolon Wyrm/Abyss Sound Design Changes]
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@digital saddle - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Buff Valor]
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@dapper thicket - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Add an âalternativeâ to the Heart of the Elements featuring various preexisting male characters in Calamity/Terraria]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@short warren - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Give the Adult Eidolon Wyrm more drops]
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You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@wraith kestrel - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Make building the Codebreaker easier to figure out]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@supple lodge - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Allow the Hive Mind, Perforators and Astrum Deus's non-consumable summon items to be obtainable prior to their defeat (And additionally give one to Anahita & Leviathan)]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@slender void - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Malice Treasure Bags]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@dusty path - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Make Solar Flare armor not override the dashes if it can't dash anymore]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
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@cerulean trench - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Rename the Excalibur Shortsword and True Excalibur Shortsword to be called the "Caliburn" and "True Caliburn" instead]
It has received enough votes to be passed on to the dev server for voting! You'll be notified again when a verdict is reached.
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caliburn in real
I feel like naming it that would be kinda Poopy because the world caliburn is very heavy and serious whilst the sword itself just shoots small dagger that becomes useless after plantera unless you want to forge the terrashortsword
Or whatever I forgetrr
i mean
caliburn is better than just naming it "(name of a weapon that already exists) shortsword"
dont really understand whats wrong with it?
the fact its a weapon that, as all weapons do, becomes unviable after a few tiers doesnt mean it cant have an interesting name
the alternative is excalibur which is basically the same thing
so this one gets sent to the devs but the one that fixes BOC doesn't ok 
People want that more clearly
đ đ
My ego is now boosted 10 fold
I still really hope that the BOC telefrag gets fixed at some point in the future
Yeah, after experiencing what it's like having the few most starred ones go to devserver, I'm not sure i agree with the approach
This isn't just out of selfishness or something for my own suggestions, but with a lot of suggestions in general, you're going to end up with important mechanical changes being missed in favor of stuff like...malice bosses dropping treasure bags? (Not that I dislike that idea, but it's...kinda non-functional and a "for fun" idea)
yeah
and renaming Excalibur short sword getting 200+ votes but fixing shortsword mechanics getting 90
I'd rather talk to the person who wrote the code for the bot if it was custom-made for here
It was custom made for here but community decides what gets to voting and what doesnt
Then dev server votes
People in general seem to be more interested in aesthetics rather than practicality somehow
that does make sense
The most stared sugg of all time is literally flipping a sprite
because calamity is a very flashy mod and people like making it even bigger
And if you dislike current system, the previous one was far worse lol
Head scratcher if you ask me, even though say treasure bags for malice being starred a bunch by the community exists, the devserver would probably vote a heavy no on it if they removed treasure bags from the other gamemode (arma?)
Armaggedon is dead
maybe the bot could split aesthetic vs practical changes so that one doesn't drown out the other
I'm aware but the sentiment is still there
(Well nycroâs nohit efficiency exists as a replacement, no bags tho since youâre likely cheating stuff in anyways for nohits)
the idea is take a reward from a dead game mode and add it to the game mode with no reward
I'm also aware that the previous system mightve been worse but I would take a pretty bold stab and say this one is not very much better
bc malice has no reward as of right now
Rev, Death and Malice are supposed to be just difficuties, heck expert is also like that in Cal
You dont get more for choosing harder modes like in other videogames
at least rev has new mechanics and death has pets
Malice just seems difficult for the sake of it
Death has 2 pets, one from scal and the other one being a pain in the ass to get, both dev items
Malice has Gaelâs greatsword also a dev item
Rev just has the upgrades to its added mechanic
Storm who designed the bot so I can give them a ring
nycro
Why would you want to discuss with em
just split the voting channels into mechanical suggestions and aesthetic suggestions
For a better implementation
Just because âmy sugg didnt get in, reeeeâ?
You know you can just try again
I literally reposted a sugg 5 times until it finally got in
tbh you shouldn't have to do that
if a suggestion is good then it should get in the first time not the 5th time
Storm it's not so much out of personal selfishness as i can shelve that small bit pretty easily, it's that the functioning of this system is very inefficient and can be improved on tenfold. So yea I'll give nycro a ring about it
Prolly later this afternoon tho I'm in bed
nerf suggestions that make total sense will never enter then 
yeah not a great analogy
also personally i find this system better
instead of a specific cap to reach which basically blocks some suggestion ideas
theres a cap that always changes and suggestions that make sense have a chance to reach
its better then having to get 270 stars for each suggestion on its own
idk but it just seems like the less meaningful suggestions will always beat out the more meaningful ones
that always happaned
exactly
same example, good nerf suggestions or good gameplay changes will always be voted less, because people disagree with them sometimes
you cannot craft any other bot or system to fix this unless you make the moderators pick suggestions by hand
which will not happen
so split gameplay suggestions with visual changes to balance that
@dusty path - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Make Solar Flare armor not override the dashes if it can't dash anymore]
It has been voted upon, and the devs decided it would be a good idea to implement it. This doesn't guarantee implementation, as plans may change/alternate plans may be made, but it does highly improve chances!
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
@dusty path - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Make Solar Flare armor not override the dashes if it can't dash anymore]
It has officially been implemented into the game, and will be available in the next update!
You can check out your suggestion again here: #suggestions-voting message
nice double ping b*tch
when the
single line of code suggestion
bot may or may not be having a stroke but that's okay
so true
for nerf suggestion just have to ping tester for it if it didnt get enough votes
Highly varied Suggs getting ibis much better than absolutely none at all, imo.
yeah you can ping testers (theres like, 3 active testers in this channel anyways) for nerf suggestions
but i just gave it as an example
obviously theres more
the only possible solution I can think of is to separate suggestions into 2 type: one for mechanical/gameplay, one for QoL
and the 2 type of suggestions get their own batch
a
same system with them split would mean there would be less in the 20% to reach dev
i think thats how math works(?)
if the important mechanical suggestion is important enough you should be able to get enough stars

^
if you can word it nicely enough that is
the only difference is just mechanical suggestion have more chance to get in, instead of overwhelmingly QoL
and if its like, highly controversial then itd make sense if it doesnt pass
Like theres a restriction in terms of which suggs get accepted because devs don't have all the time in the world
I think many mechanical suggestion do get stars, just not quite QoL level
like 150 vs 200 kinda problem
i mean tbf
one of the most highly voted suggestions was a fully mechanical one
reworking rage 
so the issue isnt always like, specifically mechanic suggestions
but controversial suggestions which are, usually, mechanics and not QoL
not everyone will agree with some suggestion to a mechanic or as a feature
the less agreement, the less stars, the less chance itd pass 
aka current system is fine
@fleet bobcat - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[Make the abyssal diving suit disable the the sulphur poisoning in the sulphuric sea]
It has officially been implemented into the game, and will be available in the next update!
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@scenic trout - Your suggestion has received an updated status!
[make wall of flesh de-spawn on player death]
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oh fab is implementing sugs atm?
ok but because of the way qol suggestions are voted mechanical suggestion will not pass unless next to nobody thinks that it's not good
I don't think as many people have a problem with qol suggestions so they will always get more votes, but even if mechanical suggestions are good most of them will get less votes than qol suggestions
how did this even get through
are modded players just oblivious of 1.4
yes.
either actually oblivious or are intentionally pushing themselves to be oblivious
its been frequently suggested aswell by now 
is it time to repost this for the 19684th times
do't get telefragged lmao
except when they arent
ok true but still
changes to shadowspec items are specifically mentioned in suggestions donts
it was already discussed that crystyl specifically is okay
because that person isnt on the dev team anymore and it was one of the first dev items
I see
i mean the sugg would have likely been denied anyways
should have been "add more endgame pickaxes, why is it only blossom pick and then crystyl crusher"
true
cus theyre not necessary prolly
you dont do a whole lot of mining postml
and blossom+ is really fast already
auric pick would be nice in general
ya it was mentioned in the suggestion, but the main idea is still to move crystl
The voices have ceased
we are free
no suggestions for the rest of the week
wheeeeeeeeeeeeee
watch it get rejected
đ
iban I don't think public receptionâ˘ď¸ works that way

it does
Enlighten me
:p
It isn't that 99% of all suggestions are garbage, it's that using an emoji for the public is a flawed metric, if all the community wants is aesthetic tweaks and other miscellaneous things
It is true I'm coping about my own suggestions but I'd rather target this stuff in a practical way where mechanical suggestions are just as valued on a rough basis
And using emoji replies does not seem like a good method
ok I have a valid opinion on this because I have a suggestion that passed and one that didn't but yeah voting system could be improved
What I really think is more productive is to have nycro take 5 different suggestions from 5 levels of stars (read: 5 suggestions from 20-40 star posts, 5 from 40-60, 5 from 60-80, 5 from 100-120, and 5 from 120+) and have slimmed down but more critical criteria for what passes and what doesn't over in devserver (this is with the limited insight I have to what goes on over there)
It'll take longer each week but afaik you'll get a more fruitful output for things to pop into the mod
I was originally going to voice this to nycro since he was the bot developer but yea
What ends up happening is each suggestion is random picked and then once it hits devserver you'll end up with something that (while more work) is more balanced between mechanics suggestions and aesthetic tweaks rather than just "
add more toilets pls"
But thats my take idunno
Star votes are meant to signify than more than 2 people want the change
Ofc certain types of suggs will always have more people voting but that seems very backwards
That is more like the old system but worse
A lot of the suggs that don't pass requirements don't pass them because people just don't care
Which had the star count so high so that the voting area was not flooded
This
Now suggs do not need 260 stars to get to voting
honestly the current system is, as said
fine
What you could suggest instead is that the 20% of votes gets increased to 25% or smth
only things that get the most stars in the week pass
why? because it means the majority of the vocal community would want the change
if not many stars get added to a sugg, its likely not something the majority of the vocal community will want
this is quite litterally democracy
^^^^
yes, low effort suggestions that are more QoL and visual changes get more stars
but its not because of what the suggestion is, but its because those suggestions usually have a lot of people who agree to them
aka
democracy
you can always repost some suggestions after a while if you feel like they were posted at a bad time, but i can tell you the old system was not good
the reason the star req is like what it is now is because when the requirement was fixed, it meant that barely any suggestions got enough stars to be sent when there were many suggestions because people dislike scrolling
instead of 1 suggestion competing agianst the quite literal ten thousand or so suggestions in the channel, they only compete with the suggestions of the same week
Yep, momentum capacitor suggs tries 1-3 may have gotten ~200 votes but since 200 < 250 get fucked lol
This new system allows suggs to not need a huge amount of stars to pass.
Suggs can now pass with 180 votes
yeah
I find the problem lies in the fact most suggestions don't get 180 stars even if they're "worded nice" like iban phrased it
instead of needing an immense amount of people to luckily see your suggestion without scrolling and be a relativefly liked idea
you just need a handful (compared) of people to agree and only "compete" with suggestions at the same time
in that case i am sorry to say
the suggestion was likely not good
or:
it was posted on the same day suggestions get delivered
Well no, there are fantastic suggestions that don't get 180 stars (whether they're mine or other peoples')
180 is an insane amount. Like, idk if you've wandered around and taken a look over time
But most suggestions which are good get 90-120
they don't need 180
they just need to have more than most other suggestions in that batch
ive been here for a year and i made many suggestions that reachers the previous star requirements
and yes what leon said
you dont need that many stars
thats what an average means
and if they don't get more than the others in that batch, it is simply because the community didn't agree with the suggestion
just need to be above that threshold of the 20% average
Can I just take a stab at the elephant in the room
I really don't want to but since for the sake of the argument I'm cornered I may as well
The flaw of the system of what you mention is there is no way/standard to evaluate if a suggestion is considered "valuable" or "productive"
You can have mechanical suggestion a and b, does it mean a must be better than b?
thats what the stars are for
they decide what is more valuable 
this community has no idea what's good or bad and the idea any npc especially out of cmt chat could tell you within a reasonable margin that something is good is insane
inserting "we live in a devmocracy"
That's the elephant in the room there I said it
well
not the suggestion channel issue

thats what you do in this channel specifically
And also the idea is too self-sentric, it is build under the assumption that only you (or someone) can make valuable suggestion while others are trash taking spot to get into dev server
you shoot suggestions down / help improve suggestions to make more sense and have higher chances to get stars
this channel litterally exists to make suggestions better
And to purge the horrible ones
mhm
theres a reason theres a delay between posting to voting
people critic suggestions before they reach
Because while a lot of suggestions get pass are qol (which may overshadow mechanical suggestion) many of those that get high vote do make sense
Did you know the Cal discord is a fraction of the full community
And are like way too much hand-holding
ye
Last I checked everyone had migrated to discord as a platform but go on
Enlighten me
r/CalamityMod (cringe)
Subservers
Some random forum on the Terraria forums
Modded channels in other servers have some of us
Etc
most people who play videogames don't participate in online communities iirc
so there's probably a lot of people who just
play the mod
and nothing else
theres the
redditors
discord people
the 8 people who use forums
international people
people who dont care for any part of the community and just play the game
Your assumption is that everyone who played terraria and installed calamity also use discord
this server has a little over 100k members
cal has like, over a million downloads iirc?
And on top of that, the community are not just calamity player, but will also include viewer
calamity's total downloads are in the millions
so yea h
just
split qol and mechanic suggestions
have the person posting it mark whether it's qol or mechanic and put it in each channel
and decrease the number of suggs per cycle from 20% to like 15 or 10% to balance out twice the channels
Not everyone is actively playing calamity every day, let alone joining rhe discord
yeah
Ok, in order:
- waste of air
- a small portion of fringe users at best, since people in subservers are typically in the main overarching server (that's here)
- dead, probably
- only valid one, agree with this one
Cal discord have like 100k member (?) But if everyone is active cmt will be flooding right now, instead we only have like 10 people talking
let's not get into that because I'm a hardcore anarchist
anyways
suggestions very likely wont change
you can try suggesting to change them via the staff mail, i doubt youd succeed
Naw, I'm just gonna find nycro directly since from a technical standpoint he's better at arguing a point than me (if he hears something valuable out of my takes, he can use it)
Nycro developed le bot
i know who nycro is
and server suggestions go to the staff bot usually anyhow
it will reach nycro either way
(replying to Syn) The quickest way to achieve what you want is either this ^ (but since the current system do work, unlikely) OR you just try make suggestions that is critical, valuable but also agreeable
It just feels that youâre salty that your sugg did not pass. And nycro may have developed the bot but moderation team also has control over what it does
I feel like at that point it's just rude to basically single out the person who made it because you disagree with an aspect of it that not all people seem to see is an issue
^
Considering now there is 0 suggestion, it is the perfect time
Also making discord bots is a pain in the ass
This is alright too I would approve of this
agian, it pretty much feels like youre fighting the idea of democracy in the way suggestions work rn
And nycro is active on this channel anyways
As a comp sci major I can attest to that fact that it sucks most of the time
nycro made the barebones bot in like, a week i think
hes really fast 
could I post the idea in #suggestions-posting and it would work
doesnt mean its neccessarily easy though i believe
and server suggestions go to the staff bot usually anyhow
as i said like, 15 messages ago
Doesnt mean you should take others work for granted
Maybe the things I've tried making have just been much more ott than needed
But I would also not say that making anything programming wise is easy
It is still significant effort to develop, implement the bot + maintenance
^
Or the scope of what you are making
Anything c based can fuck itself
Or the scale of it
But scripting languages based
. . .
and regardless the only type of suggestions that have like
actually negative chances to go through are nerf suggestions
People like their op stuff
but you have testers like me and storm which are active here, and you could ask us about things to see if they are found to be needing a nerf or not
(theres like 2 more actives in here but i forgot who)
(ian i think?)
Suggestion: nErF oRiChaLcuM GeMSparK (10 votes)
me talking about nerfing enforcer and getting brushed off
(although that one is happening I think)
(Yes we know about Tracking disk, OSG, and yes Iâll eventually kill it once the balance update will be done)
The only suggestion I have on the nerfing front is to maybe set up an avenue to suggest possible nerfs to active testers to look into
Because with how many items and playstyles in the game I would venture to guess 5-10 active testers may not catch everything
True yea
There is nothing wrong with it, the worm just have skill issues

Infinite pierce is cringe
stealth momento!
Stealth also has issues Iâll eventually deal with
Stealth is uh a whole piece of art
@grim tusk @eternal escarp some of the more fun convos I've had come from beta testers, what if I threw mod bot a suggestion to open up a testing chat
Ye? Naw?
wdym
a chat... to request tests...??
Naw just like a...general chat for testing
Yea well devserver isn't public 
keen observation!
!
yeah i dont see why wed need a public testing channel
if you want to ask a tester something you can usually just
ping them
Yea but why do that and feel awkward when there can be a chat I can just throw a question in
And one of the testers is just there
because
thats just
a random channel with no real purpose
testers are not a zoo animal
its not a petting zoo 
okay too bad
I mean... If a server like this chances are it will be like...
Yo THIS WEAPON MEGA OP
(Antisocial + wing slot + unlimited buff, facetank boss true melee)
im active in this channel anyways but too bad for you
fine
yeah thats just what would happen
@testers HEY NERF x AND y THEY ARE SO BROKEN!!!!
deals a slightly above average DPS and gets a slightly above average killtime
the meaning of "op" is just non existent to some people, cant trust the public
Eh? Ok that's the missing context I needed
I didn't know testers could work on the mod

God I do not envy yall. Like there are good ways to mention possible balance issues and then there's that. And Im sure yall see a lot of the former
testers test things in the test versions, and then they give ideas and or thoughts on how things should be balanced and or fixed
atleast, thats what ive done in my very short time, im relatively new to it
personally i enjoy mass-producing killtime tables so 
cant speak for other people though, but i'd assume that if they werent enjoying it they'd take a break from it
Fair
Seems kinda redundant when suggestions come in later to tweak the same thing doesn't it
Idunno
Here
Just because one person feels one way about an item doesnt mean everyone does
the "already planned" and the "implemented"
these
if a sugg is the same or an idea alike something thats planned, either of these get tagged on the suggestion
god
It has indeed happened in the past
When people sugged here about weapon being op
I had seen too many "malice too easy" with asphalt platform, unlimited buff and luiafk already
And that is the lower end of "QoL mod" usage
I like creating funny (subjective) synergies with rogue (i also do other classes but less often)
I once 3 shotted Thanathos
I'm the antithesis of this image lol, I constantly disgust people due to how barbaric I am
I didn't use alt favorite until 2 months ago
I've played since pre-lunar update
...actually I'm probably one of the oldest non-important people in the discord and I keep forgetting that
Been around since cryo evils
Anyway
Yea extension mods and cheatsheet users be damned
Anyways if you need weapon tested, dont make sugg and just ping a tester here instead
Weâll test the weapons with our guidelines and make the needed changes
Make all Bee Weapons better because Bees 
:noted:
all postML yoyo except terrarian, obliterator and oracle are trash buff please
Poor lacerator
I still pride myself to this day that I originally suggested the Beenade upgrade like 4 years ago
Memes aside i would not turn down making a suggestion for PBG weapon line rework since nobody seems to use them 
PBG weapons are numerous and all viable and epic
Except maybe system bane
I hate that thing
Imagine if Pulse turret didnt have a 1 sentry limit
I say we do need more bee related weapons late game for the lols but have no clue how to suggest that for voting
And also microwave is ultra trash, and I assume it is because of iframe or wrong damage, because the aura is not doing how much it is stated
Idk maybe I'm jaded from seeing so many melee/TM runs, but I really don't remember seeing many people use PBG weapons
But that's just because I am biased towards loving the bee weapons
I remember by color and I do not see plague green weapons often
PBG total gets
3 melee items
4 ranger items
1 mage item
2 summoner items (one being donor)
3 rogue items (one being an accessory and the other a rare drop)
2 accessories (one being part of rogue items)
Unlocks:
Draedon's Arsenal t3 which is 5 items, one per class
Summoner armor (unlike popular misconception, Plague reaper is pre-PBG)
Some melee swords
i used it earlier on Ravager in my death rando nohits and damn it was really good stealth wise
then agian, it likely was the damage output with nohit gear
The problem with system bane is that yes it shreds Rav and thats it
and they are all good!!!!!!
Also âmmmmmmmmmmmmâ
i think its not really fair to test it on DFish because of how it works so ye
At this point from playing cryo n evils onward maybe I should just write a doc of all the things I'd like to see tweaked or changed
i agree, "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Could certainly fit more than 5 pages
I mean in that case keep it conscise, unless you actually have that many different things to write
I do
byeah as mentioned above
PBG's gear is just fine for the most part:
Malevolence is based
The Hive is based
Blight Spewer is based
Pestilent Defiler is great if you aim, great for LC too 
The Syringe is fine iirc?
Virulence is good
Diseased Pike is your average TM experience
Malachite.
Fuel Cell Bundle is a pretty decent summon
Infected Remote is decent iirc
Pandemic.. exists i guess
Plague Staff is fine
dunno how well Plague Heart fairs being a lone accessory
and items from Infected Armor Plating are all around fine
gatling laser, gauss rifle, system bane in specific cases
Galvanizing Glaive exists and i am not sure if it does more then just exist but i can be proven wrong
I hate gatling laser
Its sooo bad
that answers it
Syringe is decent ye
yeah Plating only unlocks the drae arsenal, plaguebringer armor and 1 sword (True Forbidden Oathblade, which is decent)
every other craft it has is after PBG by a couple of tiers
(which is a single other sword and a single other summon)
I think the one that I suggested about underpowered HM yoyo should be pretty reliable, since it is multiple attempts each boss to obtain consistent result
Blast
One of the things I wanted to write for le doq I mentioned before was the idea of a HUD rework for health n mana
What if
E?
1.4 have new health and mana bar
HUD rework for health n mana
?
1.4 does that in some sense and theres other mods that do that yeah
dunno if Calamity is the one that needs to do so
I mean it can have its own theming and afaik 1.4 tml supports it fully...I'd like for a center-top instead of center-topright alignment and a health/mana placement sort of like Diablo/PoE
Where it has the circular tanks
Calamity is sort of grungy and it's fun to go with the theme for it
i mean
youd need a pretty strong reason to suggest something purely cosmetic like that
while i guess it could be cool, saying "itd be cool" isnt a great reasoning
thats so fucking stupid
Creating a new meta of trying to get your suggestion to be so horrific to hit the sweet spot of 20-40 votes suggs because comparatively speaking not many suggestions get this low đ¤Š
Iban bully me for something actually worth bullying about good lord
I had rescinded the topic there for one since it wasn't going anywhere and for two I don't even think it would create a meta
i mean i'm joking but its scuffed beyong belief and sorry i only checked back now
I've just had a stressful morning is all
vc4 was ignoring me and devteam confuses me with this other fuck
Who was an abusive piece of shit
Ty for le apology
@slender void late ping sorry, late to see it
I think there is a suggestion that just get posted like yesterday that is basically also BOC teleport indicator
No I mean in the voting
oh cool
In suggestion voting I mean
clean #suggestions-posting channel
(anout to post one)
(phone typing)
@small timber "current difficulty indicator is not very obvious and missable" đ¤
Is the indicator, plus the text sent in chat upon usage of the items, not obvious enough?
(Plus the sound that the items make when you use them?)
Yes I understand that
His reasoning says that this would help to mitigate accidental usages and accidental double-usages
which it would
But I don't feel like those were much of a problem in the first place
yeah
besides, usually i just throw away the difficulty modifiers after using them (i dont use them too much lol, i just prefer normal expert mode)
why would you ever keep them in your inventory for long after using them i put them in my piggy bank
@grizzled parcel It's already been mostly decided (iirc) that the Zenith is being moved to Auric tier
Also iirc item suggestions aren't allowed
Also future content suggestions aren't allowed
Then whats the suggestion chat for :/
suggestin' actual stuff
Suggesting changes to things in the mod
read the pins
zenith was tested and fit perfectly in auric tier against exo mechs and SCal balance wise
then melee speed changes happened and it became probably too strong for dev tier but that's a separate issue
Also this sugg does not work at all
Not only do Galactica singularities sort of fit this purpose already
Zenith is tiershifted and not Pre-Providence
Used to but now seems like Shadowspecs will have to be it
this is why future suggs are banned
troll
@sinful violet @candid dove (is theree a reason why devs can react in #suggestions-voting but not #suggestions-posting
i feel it could be useful to do both
Moderators can react in there so i dont see why not
Similar to how wiki dudes can react in wiki zones
Why would they need to react in #suggestions-posting ?
Setting â
For suggs like the most recent one
@hollow shell Usually takes care of that stuff, so best to ask them whether that is needed
m
Maybe devs could get react perms in #suggestions-posting?
Considering the rules (that lead to â reactions) exist for the sake of dev workflow
Thank you Danny

Also genuine question: why can testers react in #suggestions-voting despite manual sends not being required anymore
ty danny

(sorry i forgot to reply i was busy munching on candy)
uhhhh tester role is severely deprecated so probably just an old perm @grim tusk
Also fixed
trees
you know you can just put suggs in #suggestions-posting without doing them here first
checking if anything needs changing
that's...the purpose of #suggestions-posting lol
k
but that boss has the thing where
its always near you
caustic edge is bad because its small
making it super hard to use against
like
perforators, skeletron
The only time Iâve had reacted to a sugg in #suggestions-voting was to add a đ that was forgotten to be added (ursa sergeant buff sugg)
But even then it felt wrong
You know that for buff/nerf suggs you can just instead ping a tester
right
which channel tho
Here
oh ok
That isn't a really set-in-stone rule
Cuz we didn't really set up a pipeline for that
But if you wanna handle it then you can
you can react for whatever is needed
the bot doesnt override it normally
i just like being able to review suggs now and then so they can filter properly
We had already noted that we had to rebalance melee and other stuff completely though so weâll eventually take care of those 2 weapons
Well could
No more perms 
im gonna post it still
bc
its a full third of the game
where you use
1 weapon
There are multiple instances of outliers
over the hundreds available
another thing
is the Bat Hook retiered in calamity
because
its
uhh
slightly overpowered
for a pre-boss hook
Yes
It has been a vampire drop for quite a while, removed from goodie bags
wow actually descriptive suggestion
no way crazy
longer the suggestion, the more screen space it takes up in #suggestions-voting, so it gets more votes
true
@cerulean trench planned
(also, t-melee really isn't tested around fungal symbiote, or rippers if you used them)
the buff to Blade of Grass, and other similar weapons (ex, night's edge) happened when RDR was still in the mod, so atm they have pretty bloated stats
reactive damage reduction, a now-removed feature that increased the damage reduction of bosses if they were being melted
roughly yeah
đ¤Ž
old calamity had hard dps caps
and not like
what it is now ig
like scals cap was 25k before killed
@hollow shell with so much planned balancing upcoming could we reinstate the balance sugg don't that existed during 1.5's development cycle
nah
oh no
aaaaaaa nooo
my internet points
not the internet points
you do realize, if balance suggestions became a don't, nothing would be retroactive
because that would be dumb
As in, "ping a tester instead"?
Pretty much
since most of the suggestions recently have either been known issues or things I could do in like, a half hour
Okay
If so, this time we are actually going to need a list of active testers who are willing to test stuff on a whim for suggs
Cuz that's what was missing before
the testing team has grown significantly since then
i'd be fine with doing it once porting is over
since we can't actually balance test until that's done anyways 
hey hey guys cool suggestion let's remove the yharon requirement for murasama I think that would be cool and funny

ooooo being able to make balance suggestions like that would be good
orichalcum spiked gemstone needs to be nerfed into the ground
or at the very least, less of a dps difference when used against single targets compared to worms
(we know)
thank god 
orichalcum spiked gemstone and blade of grass
might be literally the two weapons I've heard the most about in the last X time
make it a revengance-exclusive from DoG
what a classic

what was that wof drop that was changed to shadowspec and all the people that got it post wof had it with a changed name
vehemence
shouldn't it be death exclusive dog drop
since it was prepare to cry
true
what's the fun of calamity if you don't melt bosses
i do enjoy not playing the game
what fun!
average "qol" mod user
draconic destruction used to deal 1,000,000 dps on 1 target
hey let's make dummies work when bosses are alive
Can yâall take this to a different chat
dragons rage be like
Was this ever sent into voting? #suggestions-voting message
Though I think that was before the new bot
no
suggestion: an upgrade to murasama which is raiden's HF blade,
my bad, no SIS
same here, when the porting's done
also isnt murasama already engame true melee
aight
Dunno how long it'll be till then but
I'll write you both down, somewhere
Sorry yesterday was pretty late for me
The reason is 2 front (not very strong reasoning), firstly is that a complete world difficulty switch indicated with just a single chat message can be easily missable, especially for new player
There is also situation where things like using Rev on Death Mode will disable both (also apply to malice)
The second is that for some players they might switch difficulty against bosses that are too hard, or most notably, playing malice (yes) as an actual boss refight mode or just to see how absurd it is. In that case the current difficulty indicator is so small that the player might not even know it exist
For chat message ya it is mostly just to prevent double click
Then there is situation like multiplayer although tbh if your part member is randomly switching difficulty chances are you are not playing with them for long
Okay you asked for my opinion on the matter and I don't want to mean any offense or anything but I don't think this would work very well
There's not really any reason a sugg with 20 stars should be getting forwarded to dev
The way the current system works accounts for both fluctuations of server members and activity
Additionally, even if I wanted to change the system, like Blast mentioned, it would need dev approval beforehand
And even if I could I wouldn't change the system without that
Also coding Discord bots is something I find fun
And this bot is coded in C# soooo get destroyed absolutely demolished
This
The suggbot isn't massive but I program, maintain, and host a decent number of bots including my own music bot
That's suggbot btw ^
If a sugg got like two stars thereâs usually a reason lmao
and also ya that guy's idea is a bit too self-sentric tbh
the reason he suggested the bot to work that way was because "my idea will benefit the mod more but dont get high votes, therefore the bot should send some of the lower star suggestions"
Yeah going back it seems like heâs just complaining about the fact that sugg is based on democracy which is like. cringe
Sure thereâs certain types of suggs that tend to get more votes but thatâs better than what it was like before
(as a response to this <#suggestions-discussion message>)
idk who to trust, a beta tester for one of the most popular terraria mods who helped design sugg bot, or le random discord user

I coded the entire bot
Sorry yeah
lol
Point being, I probably am gonna trust the person who made a discord bot over the random user
I also had LOTS of input and support from Rover and Pixl
Not coding I mean
Designing
I'm trying to figure out how to word a suggestion title for making Vehemence not extremely lame in function for how cool it's clouds look
because for an endgame mage weapon it feels extremely basic
effect stacking âźď¸
guys lets make it
so that
only the devs can vote
and they have infinite votes
and if you disagree
with their thing
you are banned
permanently
Nah
That's good that you like it, the few times I've tried playing around with it I have not enjoyed it. Maybe I'll give it another chance though if I think of anything fun to mess around with
What language do you program in?
I've been mostly working in C# as of lately
That and C++ are probably what I know best at this point
The times I've played around with making discord bots it was python which I'm not the most fond of just because it feels too simplistic
I might pick up making a discord bot as a summer project along with my whole database application I had planned since I can try to do it in C#
@inland saddledid you use the Discord.Net, DSharpPlus, or both libraries for the suggestion bot?
And it looks like it has a fair bit of documentation on everything too which is a plus
Yeah, I think I'll take another look at it since C# is something I enjoy working in
reason to use C#: doesn't require dynamic memory management
I love it because I really enjoy working with databases and it just has so much good utility to do that
Unmanaged resources have entered the chat
oops, it's all memory leaks!
It seems like a lot of games are made with C# these days
ye, I think stardew valley is in C# as well
Celeste too
Terraria has been running on severely outdated C# for quite some time now as well
Oof
Terraria runs on an engine that was released in March of 2006 and has been officially discontinued for years 
TML updated it to use a more modern version of the engine tho iirc
xna?
Same reason all core NPC logic is in an 80k line file
It's never really required significant change for the game to work, even if under the hood things are wacky
Yeah, I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it
this has probably been said before but we should be able to exhume melee, ranger and rogue weapons
i main all three of these classes and i feel excluded
lmao
Thatâs kinda the point
they plan to add more exhumed weapons in the future iirc?
Mage and Summoner have SCal as their boss and the others the Draedon Mechs
Tis why Mage and Summoner also get two drops each compared to the single for other classes
It helps to diversify things
@tidal epoch 1 sugg per post, and follow the formatting of other suggs
also what are these suggs
but still, i should be able to upgrade my weapons further
I legitimately do not understand
dragonfolly is definitely a boss
super boss is a buzz word

literally no one has ever used the term "superboss" correctly in Terraria modding
might as well not use it
maybe, at least i keep the thing of the shrine
whats wrong?
I think giving them summoning items defeat their point
abyss should jumpscare you

that's their entire gimmick
The abyss's entire thing is scary dark hole
As said before, summon items completely defeat the point
also wouldn't the abyss shrine sugg fall into the general shrine changes planned in the future?
since it's technically a shrine in the same vein
Just wait for the biome update
I dont get what's confusing
It's been something known for a hell of a long time
not me
Shame
Anyway, probably just delete the sugg
The first part defeats the point of the biome and the second is going to be addressed
đ
It's been confirmed that new exhumed weapons are going to be added eventually iirc
Damn
when yharim gets added, he should drop materials to upgrade his ultisword
he's probably just going to drop his ultisword straight
the current line is getting resprited and renamed
ultisword won't be related to him anymore
at least not directly
his actual sword will be dropped by him directly
oh that's what you meant the other day
rename to "ultimate caustic edge" and "true ultimate caustic edge"?
caustic and true caustic are also being renamed
they're kinda trying to avoid doing the whole terra blade line "true" weapon thing, as is seen with the ark/biome blade line renames getting rid of the true ark and omega biome blade names
supreme caustic edge of grass ex prepare to ultimate edition
magic carpet is just free hover
Rework auric tesla armor
It sucks
Someone finally made the suggestion lol
yeah i agree
the auric tesla armor has never had an identity
thats the armor itself
its just the fact that calamity at that stage is stupid linear with class armors that arent summoner
so the only real option besides gem tech is auric tesla
and gem tech is a massive pain in the ass bc you have to grind the hardest boss in the mod
the only reason auric tesla is popular is because its forced on the player
theres no choice except auric tesla
or gem tech but like i said
pain in the ass
and the accessories part are just an unnecessary piece too
carpet can be helpful
but very rarely
psychotic amulat is only good when grinding and even then the trash mobs will get 1 hit anyway
and i have no fucking clue what the frost barrier does
so that just shows that they are unnecessary
that i have no clue what one of them does
just overall a very boring set, i agree
demonshade
is just "lets give the player 763% damage for no fucking reason LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO"
demonshade's point is to be glass cannon armor
eventually exo armor will be real and will focus on tanking
i thought it exists (as gemtech!?!??!)
or is that just purely a donator set?
gemtech is solely half donor half dev
Seen it like thrice recently actually
I donât see any recent ones really but maybe just bad searching on my part
that will be really cool
yes
post exo mechs
aka draedon
after yharon but before scal
exo mechs unlocks the exo gear now
which is also as powerful as scal gear
đĽś
tanky gem go swoosh!
gemtech is not the actual exo armor
why would it need one
it's a straightforward all purpose armor that lets you become a glass cannon at will
in compensation it's much more vulnerable than other options
It will get three helmets
the current gimmick but better?
one for melee, one for ranger and rogue, one for mage and summoner
because i like tbe current gimmick
Still dislike this concept tbfh
oh my god they're complexifying it
lovely
i presume it will have 3 different set bonuses?
you know what i like about demonshade?
its getting reworked to be a more practical damage/glass set
i didnt really hear abt the whole 3-class change but i think thats correct as well
Why?
It feels weird to me that melee gets itâs own fucking helmet from the boss meant to highlight mage and summoner
(she isnt)
shes just like that because we ran out of time to add more weapons 
same with exos favoring the other three claasses
Truly a little trolling
when the cut content upddate gets fucked by 1.4
I mean she summons minions and uses magic attacks herself and has an entire helmet for that
she also doesn't use ranger/rogue things at all
Same with melee
every armor set post ml has actual fucking paragraphs for descriptions, and although that is not really a bad thing





