Improve the encounter game flow

[solar meteor]

Right now when you shoot a encounter you have the option to hold E to scan, or R to fight, that is not smooth, sorry, when we played pokemon we were just running through grass to find encounters, that's the best way illuvium should handle these portals.

The scan could be a toggle on the weapon, so when you shoot it and the toggle is activated, you spend that energy and you get that menu info, but if you run towards the portal and have sufficient energy just let the battle start frictionless. That way the flow of shooting and running remains until you enter the battleboard instance, right now it's clunky and not immersive to stop by around it, let it react to the player presence when going into it

[near apex]

[solar meteor]

Improve the encounter game flow

[rocky edge]

I like the idea of it just sucking you in after you shoot it and you get close. I wonder if there is other reasons for this like some sort of counter bot mechanism.

[solar meteor]

I get what you are saying, but even if that is the case, the bot is still paying for shards and travel fees isn't? IDK, i really dislike the way it is now, it's like the backend dev took charge on this one, it's doesn't do it justice for a core game mechanic

[rocky edge]

The best argument to try and anti bot is the scarcity of illuvials, they get more scarce as they get caught, so you might want to bot to catch the illuvials

[solar meteor]

and I doubt that a bot could easily handle illuvium arena logic to win every time, so there will be some waste of resources

[neon star]

it's just to give you the opportunity to Scan without necessarily enter the fight.

But i agree, Overworld needs ideas to become more dynamic and engaging. The fact that some people in our community start calling it a "running simulator" is quite concerning considering that's the game mode supposed to generate most of our revenue.

[solar meteor]

to give the opportunity to scan, could be a weapon toggle, with the text Auto Scan activated on keybind press, put an animation in, and it's done

[neon star]

yep I agree, that'd be great!

[solar meteor]

Grant just confirmed on livestream that the team is aware of this specific topic and will improve it to be more immersive

[real crown]

This.
Press E as a concept is leaving the game entirely. Good riddance