changed the altered items back to what they were before 1.0

[proven hazel]

As seen above, this is the pre 1.0 anomalous spoon; it looks actually like something that the radius "Tried" to recreate, whereas the new anomalous items just blink black and white, why is that?

i believe this change gets rid of the cool factor of these items, they don't look special anymore, they just look "Different sometimes" i've had to stare at items just to make sure i wasnt insane

Devs, i beg you GIMME BACK THE ANOMALOUS WONKY SPOON

As shown here as well, the teacup looks "Special"

[dim sail]

i understand that they changed looting to be more engaging, but the old models fit way better into their respective roles imo

especially the artifacts which actually felt like otherworldly runic objects that needed to be studied

[dark widget]

These are still in game. I like the new loot system because there is more of it (less value). It gives the mimics a better chance of getting the drop when you need to look a little closer or puase to see what your looting. To each thier own

[proven hazel]

they are?

i haven't seen them yet 😭

[dim sail]

they replace the artifacts, like the little spherical objects

[dark widget]

They are! Just rare😅

[dark widget]

I have not seen those...yet

Those were cool, hope their in there somewhere

[dim sail]

these just dont exist anymore (to my knowledge) sadly

[karmic pawn]

Yeah even the old artifacts are better than the new ones

Even though they sucked

[cosmic kelp]

I have not played myself yet, did they make looting “more engaging” by adding a bunch of garbage that looks like stuff you want

[dim sail]

yeah, you have to sift through items in a house looking at them closely to see which ones are altered because they have a black sheen to them

[karmic pawn]

I like the black effect

[cosmic kelp]

Thats crazy

[karmic pawn]

But they should make it so the objects have a chance to have an effect or a chance to be physically altered or both

To make it so anomalous objects are more unique

Some can be warped on their surface and have duplicated parts

And the black effect for everything just makes it hard to loot

[cosmic kelp]

I don’t really see why looting needs to be more engaging

[karmic pawn]

It’s a main part of itr

[cosmic kelp]

Before they changed i would sometimes mistake something lootable for its non altered counterpart and it was just kinda annoying

I think if its a main part of itr it shouldn’t be annoying

Same with the loose ammo, if you could put it in a box without picking up the box it would be much less annoying

[karmic pawn]

https://discord.com/channels/537645945006063636/1330766612156121129

Take a peek at that

[cosmic kelp]

I just see the bottom of the thread idk what im looking at

[karmic pawn]

Scroll up

It’s not too long

[dark widget]

You can put loose ammo in boxes without picking them up now

[proven hazel]

WAIT WHAT?

[cosmic kelp]

Oh nice

[dark widget]

Yeah, if you have multiple boxes stacked on each other, it doesn't always work. But if the box is on a clip, it does. Makes loose ammo actually worth picking up

[cosmic kelp]

Yeah idk i disagree, i dont think everything needs to be a game system that makes the player think because it can make simple things tedious. In the first game you never had to buy food and that was fine, making food not only non-lootable but also expensive just makes me not want to buy food. Eating was just a little immersive thing you could do in the first game and now its a weird strategy and money thing.

I understand this situation isn’t exactly the same but I think the same thing applies. I don’t think looting is fun because i have to pay attention to it, i think its fun because i like picking a house clean and selling the loot afterwards. Making the player “think” isnt automatically a good thing and pressing the inspect button/staring at everything you pick up isn’t really engaging, its just a distraction,

[dark widget]

I would like to see the food/loot get balanced. A no vano run wouldn't be possible in itr2

[karmic pawn]

What?

When was that said

Based off of my system that I put down, loot should be where loot is supposed to be

That would mean if you didn't want nonsense loot, you would have learn where to search

[cosmic kelp]

If im being honest i just skimmed through and assumed you were talking about altered items looking like non altered ones like i was

I guess that sounds alright, I don’t really have strong feelings about location based loot as long as its not unclear whats valuable and whats garbage

[simple minnow]

I like the new anomalous items but I don’t enjoy the old anomalous items replacing artifacts

Something nice is they all flash black at the same exact time

It’s cool to see in your bag at the end of a trip

[karmic pawn]

Nah that thread is a mix of many ideas

I see why it could be confusing maybe

That's on me

[tepid hill]

Yeah idk why they removed the cool shape shifting artifacts and put the "normal" anomaly items in the artifact lootpool, then added regular looking items with a black hue as the new normal anomaly items

The old artifacts were more "artifact like" in the first place. Now we're calling a twisted spoon an artifact? Should just be an anomalous item

[tepid hill]

Ironically my friend actually DOES just grab and inspect the regular items now instead of waiting for them to flash black, at least before you instantly knew it was worth money because it looked unique, like you said the new ones are just flashing black textures which is even less engaging

[karmic pawn]

Yeah I hated the old itr2 artifacts

But they’re better for their role than the anomalous items

They just don’t fit at all

[tepid hill]

They're not as good as the first game artifacts for sure, but like you said, they fit the bill better than what we currently have

It just feels weird to pull out my detector to find a teacup instead of some anomalous shape shifting cube with energy pouring out of it

[karmic pawn]

💯

[karmic pawn]

Yeah I wish we get the usable artifacts

[tepid hill]

Oh yeah, the ones that could heal you then break or give you temporary night vision and stuff would be dope to have back too