New weapon: Electric Shuriken :tactics:

[modest sentinel]

it just sounds like ranged swiftsword with electric synergy

[still condor]

i guess. but i still think its unique, and the only comparison would be the scaling damage with movement speed. how it functions as well as the rest of it is different. and imo a ranged version of damage scaling with movement speed would be a good addition to the game

[flat thistle]

It's not like we don't have done weapons that are "it's something but ranged" (assassins dagger - blow gun or Spartan Sandals - Golden Yumi), and I think more ways to apply electricity is a good idea, it's very uncommon status effect compared to bleed or poison.

[modest sentinel]

• blowgun has poison
• yumi is very different from sandals, have you used it
• if you want a new way to apply electricity, how about suggest the 'electrocutes nearby enemies for 8 sec' affix that's even MARKED AS ELECTRIC but doesn't inflict it for some reason, should inflict it

[flat thistle]

And shurikens have electricity, the same level of difference imo + also use pure nail mechanics

[modest sentinel]

I mean

just because there are weapons that are boring in their similarity doesn't mean you have to stoop to that level

especially if you're suggesting this as a player rather than a developer, so you'd better sell it pretty well

[flat thistle]

The thing is we have a lot of weapons with similar mechanics, but actually fun ones are pretty rare. Like we have a dozen of generic blades but not many things that use pure nail fun mechanics, so what's wrong with making pure nail playstyle accessible for other builds than brutality?

[modest sentinel]

it is accessible to other builds than brutality

purenail mechanics, in the eyes of a good player, means insane hitrate because of funny KR bugs

also ranged/tactics weapons are so fast that having purenail mobility won't really matter

the reason it matters for purenail is because of how slow it would be if it didn't have that

despite being a brut weapon

[flat thistle]

Also uniqueness for the sake of uniqueness might result in weapons that are indeed, unique, but feel tedious and unsatisfying (hand hook for example).

[modest sentinel]

I just don't like it as a fundamental concept

it's not a particularly interesting weapon

[cold grail]

why would they write it for you lol

[modest sentinel]

at that point I'm not rewriting it, I'm just making up my own unrelated weapon suggestion

[modest sentinel]

not everyone's gonna like your idea man

I disagree with the design philosophy here

and you don't, despite having the same information I do

that's just how it is

[still condor]

i completely respect your opinion. i was just initially hoping to keep this comment feed free of pointless disputation