L0ST5ILVER
Official Terrarian
Good day, everyone! I'm here to suggest yet another a new feature before 1.4 rolls around.
I suggest a new equipment slot, The "Banner" Slot.
And it works like this:
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The new Banner slot would appear under the Equipment section of the inventory.
Here's a small depiction of this new slot:
Please pardon the crudity of this example, as it is just that, an example, just something to demonstrate this suggestion.
What are the practical uses of this? I can think of a few, but two main use comes to mind: Farming and Events.
We've all spent hours grinding for the rod of discord, or the turtle shells, and maybe even the ancient cobalt armour from the Eaters, and just waiting for them to spawn is one thing, but killing them is another, obviously you can place down banners in your local area to have an edge over them when they finally spawn, but that requires you to stay in that one area, while if we could equip one banner and gain it's effects, we could go wherever we want in the underground hallow and kill all the Chaos Elementals you please.
Now,
A common argument to this suggestion might be: "Well people just use afk farms for the rod of discord, which means they don't ever need to move - so a placed banner would be enough, deeming this suggestion unnecessary"
~And I respectfully disagree, there are quite a few problems with this argument:
1. Not everybody likes to use AFK farms as many think it's cheating or unfair.
2. The Rod is discord is not the only item you may grind for, the aforementioned eaters and the likes of many dungeon enemies are not as easy to AFK farm, so having a banner equipped to take out those pesky Blue Armoured Bones quicker to get your beloved Armour Polish, Wisp in a Bottle and the rest, Plus the ability to roam freely without having to stick around one banner ultimately makes the process much more tolerable.
The other potential use for this feature is events, many people find certain event enemies particularly problematic.
Goblin warriors and their high health and defense come to mind, if you're on your 2nd or 3rd Goblin Army event, you might want to use the banner to make them easier to kill. Granted, Goblin armies normally take place near the player's home, so maybe this feature wouldn't be AS useful here, but it would still serve a use, then again another tough enemy such as many Solar Eclipse enemies (Which affect all of the overworld) will definitely warrant a spot for this feature, being able to take out a particular enemy just a bit faster, no matter where you are, is definitely a +1 in my book.
So my suggestion is small and niché, but it is definitely not unnecessary or pointless, it fills a roll that I believe would be beneficial to the game as a practical, balanced and helpful feature.
And at the end of the day, Why not? Why does us sticking them to our backs make them work any less than they do being placed on the roof of your house?
And with that, thank you for reading this suggestion, I hope you all approve, any ideas and further tweaks to this suggestion are appreciated, and I hope you all have a great day.
Kind Regards,
-L0ST
I suggest a new equipment slot, The "Banner" Slot.
And it works like this:
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The new Banner slot would appear under the Equipment section of the inventory.
- You will select any enemy banner of your choice (Decorative banners will not work) and place them into the slot, once in the slot you will gain the full effects of the banner as if it were placed down. While it's equipped, the effects will apply anywhere you are in the world as long as a banner is equipped.
- If other banners are in the area, your banner effect will stack with them like normal, but if the same banner is in the area (Ei: Going near a placed blue slime banner with the blue slime banner already equipped), it should go without saying that the effects will not and can not stack.
- The banner slot is limited to 1 banner, this is to ensure that this feature remains balanced and still incentivises using placed banners.
- If you're playing multiplayer, the effects will affect all other players in the area with the same effect radius of the normal, placed banners. Alternatively, this might also be team specific, so only people on your team will gain the effects from the banners, providing they are close enough.
Here's a small depiction of this new slot:
Please pardon the crudity of this example, as it is just that, an example, just something to demonstrate this suggestion.
What are the practical uses of this? I can think of a few, but two main use comes to mind: Farming and Events.
We've all spent hours grinding for the rod of discord, or the turtle shells, and maybe even the ancient cobalt armour from the Eaters, and just waiting for them to spawn is one thing, but killing them is another, obviously you can place down banners in your local area to have an edge over them when they finally spawn, but that requires you to stay in that one area, while if we could equip one banner and gain it's effects, we could go wherever we want in the underground hallow and kill all the Chaos Elementals you please.
Now,
A common argument to this suggestion might be: "Well people just use afk farms for the rod of discord, which means they don't ever need to move - so a placed banner would be enough, deeming this suggestion unnecessary"
~And I respectfully disagree, there are quite a few problems with this argument:
1. Not everybody likes to use AFK farms as many think it's cheating or unfair.
2. The Rod is discord is not the only item you may grind for, the aforementioned eaters and the likes of many dungeon enemies are not as easy to AFK farm, so having a banner equipped to take out those pesky Blue Armoured Bones quicker to get your beloved Armour Polish, Wisp in a Bottle and the rest, Plus the ability to roam freely without having to stick around one banner ultimately makes the process much more tolerable.
The other potential use for this feature is events, many people find certain event enemies particularly problematic.
Goblin warriors and their high health and defense come to mind, if you're on your 2nd or 3rd Goblin Army event, you might want to use the banner to make them easier to kill. Granted, Goblin armies normally take place near the player's home, so maybe this feature wouldn't be AS useful here, but it would still serve a use, then again another tough enemy such as many Solar Eclipse enemies (Which affect all of the overworld) will definitely warrant a spot for this feature, being able to take out a particular enemy just a bit faster, no matter where you are, is definitely a +1 in my book.
So my suggestion is small and niché, but it is definitely not unnecessary or pointless, it fills a roll that I believe would be beneficial to the game as a practical, balanced and helpful feature.
And at the end of the day, Why not? Why does us sticking them to our backs make them work any less than they do being placed on the roof of your house?
And with that, thank you for reading this suggestion, I hope you all approve, any ideas and further tweaks to this suggestion are appreciated, and I hope you all have a great day.
Kind Regards,
-L0ST
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