Biomes & Nature Comets- Meteor Alt (Sprites)

Is this a good suggestion?

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 85.7%
  • No, I think meteors need an alt, but you handled it badly.

    Votes: 3 10.7%
  • No, this an alright suggestion, but I don't think a meteor alt is a good idea.

    Votes: 1 3.6%
  • No, Meteors don't need an alt.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    28

nealpd

Skeletron Prime
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Preface
While making my meteor expansion thread, it got me thinking about the possibility of comets in terraria, as a somewhat hardmode version. It got me thinking more; about the link between the meteor and the crimson/corruption. And everyone seems to be suggesting alts for the hallow, corruption, and underworld, why not try something different?

By the way, a lot of the stuff in this suggestion is based off of my meteor expansion thread, so go read that one if you haven’t yet, or else this suggestion might not make much since.

Comets appear in corruption worlds when shadow orbs are smashed.

Meteors appear in crimson worlds when crimson orbs are smashed.



Frigid

Frigid.png

“Damage over time and slowed movement.”

Deals 20 damage per second, and slows the player by 75%


Comet Impact.png

Fallen comets are made up entirely of Cometstone, and tend to keep a more rounded structure near the top, while exploding into spike-like formations near the bottom. When standing on Cometstone without an obsidian skull, the player is inflicted with the Frigid debuff.


Pre-Hardmode

Gaseous Spirit
Gaseous Spirit.png
Gaseous Spirit Enraged.png

Damage: 23

Health: 65

Defense: 4

Gaseous Spirits slowly float around the player, taking a passive approach and avoiding the player best it can. When the player mines a piece of Cometstone, it becomes enraged, and rapidly attempts to ram the player.

They spawn from a Comet Crack.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-3 2%


Comet Crack
Comet Crack.png

Damage: 2

Health: 450

Defense: 20

Remains stationary and grounded, spawns Gaseous Spirits and Cosmic Spirits occasionally.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-10 40%

Otherworldly Shard.png
Otherworldly Shard 1-4 60%

Spirit Cracker.png
Spirit Cracker 2%


Comet Protector
Comet Protector.png

Damage: 5 (Contact) 42 (Projectile)

Health: 200

Defense: 15

Floats in place, and fires a single projectile every time a piece of Cometstone is mined.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-5 30%

Otherworldly Shard.png
Otherworldly Shard 50%


Gaseous Elemental
Gaseous Elemental.png

Damage: 20

Health: 10

Defense: 1000

Floats above the player and then curls into a ball (Similar to granite elementals in expert mode), in order to damage the player.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-3 20%

Hardmode


Comet Wrym
Comet Wyrm.png

Damage: 57

Health: 420

Defense: 18

Gracefully flies around, occasionally swooping down to attack the player.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 2-5 20%

Cosmic Dust.png
Cosmic Dust 1-3 40%


Cosmic Spirit
Cosmic Sprit.png

Damage: 40

Health: 100

Defense: 12

Slowly inches closer to the player and teleports at random. When close to the player, it will begin thrusting towards the player in rapid succession.

They spawn from a comet crack.

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 2%

Cosmic Dust.png
Cosmic Dust 1-3 40%

The comet storm is an event can happen at any time after a comet has landed and a boss has been defeated. A comet storm has a 20% chance of happening at daybreak, after the first storm, the event chance is lowered to 4% per day. Comet Storms end at nightfall.

When the event begins, the text “A comet is passing by!” will be displayed in chat. The skies will darken, and everything is given a light-blueish tint. The background is overlaid with a massive comet, raining strange sparkles, dust, and bits of comet down.
Pre-Hardmode

Gaseous Spirits, Comet Cracks, Comet Protectors, and Gaseous Elementals appear during this event, however the Gaseous Spirits and Comet Protectors act a bit differently during this event.

Gaseous spirits are now constantly in rage mode, and comet protectors now fire projectiles wildly at random intervals.

Energy Burst
Energy Burst.png
Energy Burst2.png

Damage: 40

Health: 10

Defense: 0

After it spawns, it grows slightly larger for 3 seconds, then explodes causing damage.

Gaseous spirits and Gaseous Elementals swarm around these, turning into Energy Beings and Energized Comets respectively if not dealt with.


Energy Being
Energy Being.png

Damage: 33

Health: 105

Defense: 10

Flies toward the player at great speeds.

2-4 Spawn when a Gaseous spirit is exposed to an energy burst.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-2 10%



Energized Comet
Energized Comet.png

Damage: 30

Health: 60

Defense: 1

Floats in circles around the player, and is completely invulnerable whilst doing so. Occasionally they dash towards the player, making then vulnerable.

Spawns when a Comet elemental is exposed to an energy burst.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-2 10%

Comet Charm.png
Comet Charm 2%


Ice Crystal
Ice Crystal.png

Damage: 40

Health: 20

Defense: 0

Common enemies during the comet storm, they fall and shatter into shards after colliding with the ground.

Drops

Cometstone.png
Cometstone 1-2 10%


Strange Debris
Strange Debris.png

Damage: 0

Health: 1

Defense: 0

The strange debris is a relatively rare enemy, and the main draw to the comet storm in pre-hardmode. These things are very fast, if you are able to destroy it before it hits the ground, it drops an Alien Alloy.

Drops

Alien Alloy.png
Alien Alloy 100%

Hardmode

In hardmode, Comet Wryms and Cosmic Spirits start to spawn.


Cosmic Rift
Cosmic Rift.png

Damage: 0

Health: 250

Defense: 50

Floats in place and spawns Cosmic Spirits, Gaseous Spirits, and Energy Beings.

Energy bursts tend to happen more often near cosmic rifts.

Drops

Comet Tablet.png
Comet Tablet 1%


Treasure Rift
Treasure Rifr.png

Damage: 0

Health: 500

Defense: 50

Somewhat rare enemies, once spawned they slowly begin to close up (it takes about 7 seconds.)

When closed, it will despawn.

If it is killed before it can close, it will drop a large amount of a random ore.

Drops

Random Ore 1-40 100%


Post-Plantera

Comet Obelisk
Comet Obelisk.png

Damage: 0

Health: 1500

Defense: 12

Remains Stationary, when broken summons a Gigantic Rift. More energy bursts happen near it.

Drops:

Otherworldly Shard.png
Otherworldly Shard 10-20 100%


Gigantic Rift
Gigantic Rift.png

Damage: 0

Health: Invulnerable

Defense: Invulnerable

Spawns the comet protectors after 10 seconds, then despawns.


The Comet Protectors


Hallies
Hallies.png

Damage: 30(Contact) 50(Projectiles)

Health: 2300

Defense: Invulnerable (Shielded) 18 (Normal)

The brains of the operation. Tends to float away from the player, firing a spread of 3 projectiles every few seconds, and occasionally causing large amount of energy bursts near itself. It breaks from its attack pattern in order to Wake the cosmic guardian if he is stunned.

If the Cosmic Guardian is killed first, Hallies will lose its shield, and become extremely aggressive with its attack patterns, occasionally ramming the player.


Cosmic Guardian
Cosmic Protector.png

Damage: 68(Contact) 40(Small Laser)

Health: 7800

Defense: 25

The brawns of the operation. While alive, it constantly provides Hallies with a shield. It charges towards the player, and jumps to get at him. Occasionally, it will create a large energy orb that, when destroyed, will stun the cosmic guardian until Hallies revives him, disabling Hallies shield for a few seconds. However, if left undestroyed, it will fire a large hitscan laser.

If Hallies is killed first, the cosmic guardian will no longer create the large energy orb, and will begin creating energy bursts, and smaller hitscan laser orbs, which cannot be destroyed.

Drops

(Items drop from the one killed last, similar to the twins.)

Comet Tail.png
Comet Tail 20%

Matter Mortar.png
Matter Mortar 20%

Bolide Force.png
Bolide Force 20%

Guardian sigil.png
Guardian Sigil 20%

Kuiper Belt.png
Kuiper Belt 20%


Energy Orb
Energy Orb.png

Damage: 0(Contact) 60(Laser)

Health: 60

Defense: 0

Produced by the Cosmic Guardian

Dormant Comet
Dormat Comet.png

Damage: 0

Health: 200

Defense: 13

Rare spawn near the edges of a world, after a comet storm has occurred in the world. When broken, a comet storm will happen if during day. If during the night, a comet storm will occur that day.

Cometstone
Cometstone.png
Cometstone Placed.png

Material


Comet Brick
Comet Brick Placed.png

Placeable

Crafted:

Cometstone.png
1 Cometstone

Stone_Block (1).png
1 Stone

At a furnace


Comet Bar
Comet Bar.png

“Cold to the touch”

Material

Crafted:

Cometstone.png
3 Cometstone

At a furnace


Can be used to craft the drill containment unit, and the otherworldly shard items from this thread.


Blue, Red, etc. Starbrand
Purple Starbrand.png
Yellow Starbrand.png
Green Starbrand.png
Blue Starbrand.png
Red Starbrand.png
White Starbrand.png

Damage: 22

Knockback: 4

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 25 (Fast)

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
15 Comet Bars

10 Any Gem

At an anvil


Comet Axemer
Comet Axemer.png

Damage: 20

Power: 70% hammer 110% axe

Knockback: 7

Use time: 32 (Slow)

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
20 Comet Bars

At an anvil


Comet Blaster
Comet Blaster.png

Damage: 18 (Normal) 36 (Full Comet Armor)

Knockback: 0.75 (Normal) 2 (Full Comet Armor)

Mana Cost: 7 (Normal) 11 (Full Comet Armor)

Velocity: 11 (Normal) 15 (Full Comet Armor)

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 17 (Very Fast)

Acts like the space gun normally, however while wearing a full set of comet armor it becomes very powerful, fires in a spread of 2, and gets a new projectile.

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
20 Comet Bars

At an anvil


Star Breaker
Star Breaker.png

“Shoots a burst of 5 star shards consuming one fallen star”

Damage: 33

Knockback: 1

Velocity: 7.5

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 20 (Very Fast)

Acts similarly to the clockwork assault rifle, uses one fallen star to shoot five star shards in rapid succession from one click.

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
20 Comet Bars

Fallen_Star.png
5 Fallen Stars

Minishark.png
1 Minishark

At an anvil


Comet Armor
Comet Armor.png


Comet Helm

Defense: 4

7% Decreased Mana Cost

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
10 Comet Bars

At an anvil


Comet Mail

Defense: 5

+20 Mana

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
20 Comet Bars

At an anvil


Comet Leggings

Defense: 4

+3% Increased Magic Damage and Critical Strike Chance

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
15 Comet Bars

At an anvil


Set Bonus: Comet Blaster is powered up


Comet Arrow
Comet Arrow.png

Explodes into ice shards after impacting an enemy or a surface

Damage: 4 (Arrow) 29 (Shards)

Knockback: 3

Velocity : 1

Crafted:

Wooden_Arrow.png
70 Wooden Arrows

Comet Bar.png
1 Comet Bar

At an Anvil
Makes: 70


Comet Staff
Comet Staff.png

“Emits the energy of a comet”

Projectiles can go through walls

Projectiles float in a circle around the player, the circle grows as the projectiles velocity grows.

Damage: 31

Knockback: 1

Mana Cost: 2

Velocity: 0.2 (Grows over time, similar to the demon scythe.)

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 7 (Extremely Fast)

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
20 Comet Bars

Pixie_Dust.png
10 Pixie Dust

Soul_of_Light.gif
10 Souls of Light

At a Mythril/Orichalcum anvil


Red, Blue, Etc. Starsaber
Purple Starbrand.png
Yellow Starbrand.png
Green Starbrand.png
Blue Starbrand.png
Red Starbrand.png
White Starbrand.png

Leaves behind small star projectiles which float in place.

Damage: 34

Knockback: 4

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 25 (Fast)

Crafted:

Any Color Starbrand

Crystal_Shard.png
50 Crystal Shards

At a Mythril/Orichalcum anvil


Spirit Cracker
Spirit Cracker.png

“Summons a Gaseous Spirit to fight for you.”

Summons a meteor head minion. The minion acts the same way that the Gaseous Spirit enemy does.

Damage: 17

Knockback: 2

Mana Cost: 10

Alien Alloy
Alien Alloy.png

“An alloy made from metals not of this planet”

Material


Energy Blade
Energy Blade.png

“Rips foes asunder with a blade of light”

Leaves an after effect which damages enemies.

Damage: 34

Knockback: 5

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 15 (Very Fast)

Crafted:

Alien Alloy.png
1 Alien Alloy

Comet Bar.png
10 Comet Bars


Energy Controller
Energy Controller.png

“That button creates an explosion, and that one changes the channel”

Creates an energy burst (Which acts in the same way as the enemy) at the cursor, if there are no blocks in the way.

Damage: 32

Knockback: 1

Mana Cost: 22

Velocity: 0

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 30 (Average)
Crafted:

Alien Alloy.png
1 Alien Alloy

Comet Bar.png
10 Comet Bars


Phase Blaster
Phage Blaster.png

“It hurts to wield”

Transforms bullets into lasers which can phase through tiles.

Damage: 27

Knockback: 6

Velocity: 7.5

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 29 (Average)

Crafted:

Alien Alloy.png
1 Alien Alloy

Comet Bar.png
10 Comet Bars

Otherworldly Shard.png
3 Otherworldly Shards


Alien Bullet
Alien Bullet.png

“It seems to change the behavior of the weapon firing it”

Causes the gun that fired it to have a hitscan laser similar to the heat ray, in exchange for lower damage.

Damage: -3

Knockback: 1

Velocity : 0

Crafted:

Alien Alloy.png
1 Alien Alloy

Musket_Ball.png
150 Musket Balls

Makes: 150


Cosmic Dust
Cosmic Dust.png

“Shimmering dust collected from the cosmos”

Material


The Gas Giant
Gas Giant.png

“Fling the might of a giant”

A flail that deals heavy knockback

Damage: 61

Knockback: 6

Velocity: 13

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 39 (Very Slow)

Cosmic Dust.png
10 Cosmic Dust

Comet Bar.png
5 Comet Bars


Cosmic Riser
Cosmic Riser.png

“Death from above!”

Fires a small projectile up into the air. After a small amount of time, or when it collides with an enemy, the projectile splits off into 8 more projectiles in a spread.

Damage: 44

Knockback: 1

Mana Cost: 17

Velocity: 12

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 25 (Fast)

Crafted:

Comet Bar.png
3 Comet Bars

Cosmic Dust.png
10 Cosmic Dust

Soul_of_Light.gif
5 Souls of Light

At an Orichalcum/Mythril Anvil


Universal Arcbow
Universal Arcbow.png

“Its power is said to spread across the universe.”

Damage: 27

Knockback: 3

Velocity: 13

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 11 (Very Fast)

Crafted:

Cosmic Dust.png
10 Cosmic Dust

Comet Bar.png
3 Comet Bars

Otherworldly Shard.png
3 Otherworldly Shards


Dormant Obelisk Slicer
Dormant Obelisk Slicer.png

“The true potential of this mighty weapon has been contained.”

Shoots a slow moving Ice bolt.

Damage: 46(Sword) 65(Bolt)

Knockback: 6

Velocity: 12

Critical chance: 7%

Use time: 25(Fast) 25(Ice Bolt)

Crafted:

Obelisk Slicer.png
1 Obelisk Slicer

Cosmic Dust.png
5 Cosmic Dust

Soul_of_Fright.gif
5 Souls of Fright

Soul_of_Sight.gif
5 Souls of Sight

Soul_of_Might.gif
5 Souls of Might


Comet Tail
Comet Tail.png

“A spear of pure power and burning gases”

Shoots a spear shaped projectile.

Damage: 61

Knockback: 5

Velocity: 10

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 21 (Very Fast) 21 (Projectile)


Matter Mortar
Matter Mortar.png

“This is all that matters”

Fires a large comet projectile and a burst of 7-10 shots.

Damage: 33 (Bullets) 61(Comet)

Knockback: 7

Velocity: 13 (Bullets) 6(Comet)

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 57 (Snail)


Bolide Force
Bolide Force.png

“It’s going, going, going, gone”

Fires a meteor like projectile that quickly begins to burn up, and explodes when it hits an enemy, a wall or after 3 seconds

Damage: 84

Knockback: 1

Mana Cost: 22

Velocity: 12

Critical chance: 4%

Use time: 35 (Slow)


Guardian Sigil
Guardian sigil.png
Cosmic Buddy.png

Summons a mini Cosmic Guardian Minion that tends to stay on the ground similarly to the Pygmy minions. It deals contact damage and occasionally fires a mini hitscan laser.

Damage: 31

Knockback: 4

Mana Cost: 10


Kuiper Belt
Kuiper Belt.png

“Summons asteroids around you”

Accessory

+3 Defence

At random intervals, asteroid projectiles will appear and float around the player.

Damage: 73


Comet Charm
Comet Charm.png

“Makes some comet enemies less aggressive.”

Accessory

Enemies that become aggressive when mining Cometstone will no longer become aggressive.


Comet Tablet
Comet Tablet.png

Placeable

While given a wire signal, comets will fall at a 1 in 2 chance every other night.




Well, there you go. Please tell me what can be improved/what I did wrong/what is horrendously over/underpowered.
Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did making it.​
 
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:dryadgrin: Haha I thought Comet Wrym wasn't in hardmode, I was about to say that's a bit beyond unbalanced.
the Frigid buff seems like a bit much though, moving at 25% your original speed when you're slow as is, maybe make it 50% or 25% so it isn't as annoying. Set aside that, Support!
 
Let me just say that this is brilliant. The mechanics are unique, but not contrived and the ideas are quite ingenious. Here is some feedback:
-I really like the Comet Protector and the way it fires projectiles when you mine Cometstone.
-The Energy Bursts are quite clever and I particularly like the Energized Comet's mechanic.
-The boss is quite unique.
-I love the Comet Blaster's reaction to wearing Comet armor. More damage, more Mana cost instead of less damage, no Mana cost. Simple, but brilliant.
Phage Blaster
I think this is meant to be Phase.
-I would have a blast with the Alien Bullets. Rapid Chain Gun laser fest and Hitscan Sniper beams. Heck yes! I assume they would pierce all enemies in a straight line.
...mini Comic Guardian... ...pygmy minions
Another typo, and you should be consistent with capitalization.
-The accessories are creative and fairly useful.
-The Comet Tablet, do you mean it should fall every other day? The Dormant Comet implies that Comet Storms only occur during the day.
Very good ideas. I'd love to see your ideas for Granite and Marble expansions.
 
Nice ideas, Awesome! :D
Thanks!
:dryadgrin: Haha I thought Comet Wrym wasn't in hardmode, I was about to say that's a bit beyond unbalanced.
the Frigid buff seems like a bit much though, moving at 25% your original speed when you're slow as is, maybe make it 50% or 25% so it isn't as annoying. Set aside that, Support!
Thanks!
Also, the Burning debuff, (Given when the player steps on meteorite) reduces their movement speed by 50% and the player takes 30 damage per second, compare that to frigid, which reduces movement speed by 75%, but only deals 20 damage per second. Mind you the player will only have this debuff while stepping on Burning/Frigid blocks.
Let me just say that this is brilliant. The mechanics are unique, but not contrived and the ideas are quite ingenious. Here is some feedback:
-I really like the Comet Protector and the way it fires projectiles when you mine Cometstone.
-The Energy Bursts are quite clever and I particularly like the Energized Comet's mechanic.
-The boss is quite unique.
-I love the Comet Blaster's reaction to wearing Comet armor. More damage, more Mana cost instead of less damage, no Mana cost. Simple, but brilliant.
I think this is meant to be Phase.
-I would have a blast with the Alien Bullets. Rapid Chain Gun laser fest and Hitscan Sniper beams. Heck yes! I assume they would pierce all enemies in a straight line.
Another typo, and you should be consistent with capitalization.
-The accessories are creative and fairly useful.
-The Comet Tablet, do you mean it should fall every other day? The Dormant Comet implies that Comet Storms only occur during the day.
Very good ideas. I'd love to see your ideas for Granite and Marble expansions.
Thanks! Also, (stop reading my mind man :p)
Also, I fixed the minor errors and typos. Thanks for pointing them out.
 
Thanks!

Thanks!
Also, the Burning debuff, (Given when the player steps on meteorite) reduces their movement speed by 50% and the player takes 30 damage per second, compare that to frigid, which reduces movement speed by 75%, but only deals 20 damage per second. Mind you the player will only have this debuff while stepping on Burning/Frigid blocks.

Thanks! Also, (stop reading my mind man :p)
Also, I fixed the minor errors and typos. Thanks for pointing them out.
Ah alright it seems i didn't know what i was talking about, should of researched meteorite before suggesting it was a bit much.
 
it will begin thrusting towards the player in rapid succession.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jokes aside, I really like the work you put into this suggestion. The sprites are nice, and would really be a nice alternative to meteorites. The RoR music alone gets you my like. 10/10 mate, you deserve it.
 
Ah alright it seems i didn't know what i was talking about, should of researched meteorite before suggesting it was a bit much.
Ah, no worries, imbalance is something I try to look out for, and I make mistakes quite often.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jokes aside, I really like the work you put into this suggestion. The sprites are nice, and would really be a nice alternative to meteorites. The RoR music alone gets you my like. 10/10 mate, you deserve it.
HUEHUEHUEHUE
Thanks!
 
There's too much content when compared to normal meteors.
EDIT: Didn't notice the note about the meteor expansion thread.
 
There's too much content when compared to normal meteors.
EDIT: Didn't notice the note about the meteor expansion thread.
This is why you should read the whole thread before commenting :p
You should probably nerf the comet tablet a little. i.e. 1/6 chance of spawning. Otherwise you have my support!
Thanks! But, I feel it's justified in that it's a rare drop, and by the time you get it, you'll most likely have all the comet stuff already, and it's mostly for bricks, as you can get Cometstone quite easily in the event. Although, it is a bit powerful yes, and can be obtained relatively early, changed it to 1/2.
 
That's a valid point. Btw you said you're a spriter? I need some sprites for a new thread I'm working on. If you're willing, I'll send you the link and you can send me the sprites.
 
I like this a lot! but It just has so much more content than meteorites... :indifferent: It seems a little unfair. Maybe create additional content for meteorites too, so the two stay in touch? :)
 
The only thing i have to say about this idea, is im not certain how i feel about it being tied to the corruption, when i think it'd be better if it could come on either crimson or corruption, and like metal alternatives that exist, are just a feature to the world, given it being tied to the corruption doesnt ruin it, that's just my opinion
 
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