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[DEV] Enchantments on Thrown Weapons
(lemmy.world)
Hey Dungeoneers,
As I've mentioned before, the next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon will feature an overhaul to thrown weapons! They will works in sets of three, which can be upgraded as a unit.
What might not be immediately apparent is that this extends far beyond just upgrades, by having thrown weapons work as a 'unit' together it's also much more feasible to have various weapon properties apply to them. This includes identification, natural upgrades, curses, and enchantments!
(Image Description: A gif showcasing the Rogue attacking a slime with a blazing thrown knife)
Thrown weapons getting really awkward to use once you've thrown them all is sort of the point, and I don't want to let the player totally circumvent that with telekinesis. Wands are similarly awkward when out of charges, as recharging happens slowly over time.
It's entirely possible to buff the spell a bit of course, but I don't want it to end up as an instant cast that hits an AOE, as then it's just totally invalidating one of thrown weapon's major drawbacks.
I hope telekinetic grab becomes cheaper at least ๐ I've learned new tricks and I can see some alchemy recipes are not worth crafting, like it seems there's many ways to drop down safely to the blue key room without feather fall elixir's crazy cost
Feather Fall is so expensive partly because it's very popular. I agree that the cost is high but it's that or a heath potion if you've not got a mageroyal.
Yes sir it's definitely popular and I also used it when I was learning. But now I learned that the healing seed or mageroyal is most optimal... 16 energy vs 2 energy >.> There's also hero skills, and lullaby, and I learned meat pie can solve both hunger and the damage. Maybe it's only popular as it seemed like the only solution at first eheheh.. but I think I never use feather fall anymore ๐ that price is huge