L0ST5ILVER
Official Terrarian
Hello, I hope you're all doing well.
The 1.4 added plenty (understatement of the century) of new features, many changes and necessary nerfs, and I think we can all agree that balancing is one of the most important things in game development.
Some of the most beneficial nerfs of 1.4 are the Reaver shark and Meteorite nerfs, as they help restore the flow of the game's progression.
The Leaf wings were also nerfed, however I think the nerf should've tackled the method of obtaining it rather than how good the wings are.
You see, my issue is that the wings are available as soon as you enter hardmode, skipping the need to grind Wyverns like most other wings require, and in my opinion is necessary to the game's progression.
I think the wings should be removed from the Witch doctor's stock and instead replace it with a new item, such as the "Large Kapok Leaf" that costs 75 gold at night, and functions identically to the Frozen and Fire feather, they would be combined with Souls of flight to make the Leaf wings, because if Angel and Devil wings require souls of flight then these should too. Who here remembers the last time they made Angel or Devil wings? I don't, because they require a ton of grinding for some really low tier wings, where the Leaf wings can just be bought like *that*, making the wings below it totally redundant, and might as well not exist.
An indication of their quality could also be wise, with some sort of tooltip, maybe something like "Made out of old torn kapok leaves, It's not much but it'll do for now" or something like that, to indicate that these wings are not the best available. (So new players are informed that they should upgrade soon)
Showing Wing stats could also be a useful feature, listed under all wings so players know how good their current wings are.
I know some of you might say "The nerf in 1.4 was more than enough", but I respectfully disagree, just making them bad wings doesn't fix the issue of skipping a (to me) core part of the gameplay experience. They are cheesey even with the current nerf, they still act as a method to skip Wyvern fighting, and to me that impedes the game's progession.
TL;DR -
Remove leaf wings from the Witch Doctor and replace it with a crafting material to be combined with souls of flight to make the leaf wings so that wyvern fighting remains part of the game's progression. (Also a tooltip to indicate their low quality would be nice to indicate to newer players that they should upgrade soon)
Thank you for reading, I hope this small suggestion is considered for a future patch of 1.4
King regards,
-L0ST
The 1.4 added plenty (understatement of the century) of new features, many changes and necessary nerfs, and I think we can all agree that balancing is one of the most important things in game development.
Some of the most beneficial nerfs of 1.4 are the Reaver shark and Meteorite nerfs, as they help restore the flow of the game's progression.
(for anyone wondering, reaver shark was nerfed to 59% pickaxe power and meteors will now only spawn after the EoC/BoC have been defeated, and are no longer affected by explosives)
The Leaf wings were also nerfed, however I think the nerf should've tackled the method of obtaining it rather than how good the wings are.
You see, my issue is that the wings are available as soon as you enter hardmode, skipping the need to grind Wyverns like most other wings require, and in my opinion is necessary to the game's progression.
I think the wings should be removed from the Witch doctor's stock and instead replace it with a new item, such as the "Large Kapok Leaf" that costs 75 gold at night, and functions identically to the Frozen and Fire feather, they would be combined with Souls of flight to make the Leaf wings, because if Angel and Devil wings require souls of flight then these should too. Who here remembers the last time they made Angel or Devil wings? I don't, because they require a ton of grinding for some really low tier wings, where the Leaf wings can just be bought like *that*, making the wings below it totally redundant, and might as well not exist.
An indication of their quality could also be wise, with some sort of tooltip, maybe something like "Made out of old torn kapok leaves, It's not much but it'll do for now" or something like that, to indicate that these wings are not the best available. (So new players are informed that they should upgrade soon)
Showing Wing stats could also be a useful feature, listed under all wings so players know how good their current wings are.
I know some of you might say "The nerf in 1.4 was more than enough", but I respectfully disagree, just making them bad wings doesn't fix the issue of skipping a (to me) core part of the gameplay experience. They are cheesey even with the current nerf, they still act as a method to skip Wyvern fighting, and to me that impedes the game's progession.
TL;DR -
Remove leaf wings from the Witch Doctor and replace it with a crafting material to be combined with souls of flight to make the leaf wings so that wyvern fighting remains part of the game's progression. (Also a tooltip to indicate their low quality would be nice to indicate to newer players that they should upgrade soon)
Thank you for reading, I hope this small suggestion is considered for a future patch of 1.4
King regards,
-L0ST
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