Weapons & Equip Buff Hercules Beetle

[Asternove]

I suggest buffing it to at least +18%, maybe even +20% (not affecting the Papyrus Scarab's damage.) I have two reasons are:

1) It doesn’t feel all that much better than the Summoner Emblem, which is all the way back in Pre-Mech. Minion Knockback isn’t a super appealing trait to upgrade your perfectly fine Summoner Emblem to a beetle.

2) Summoners can’t effectively use the Destroyer Emblem. Every other class gets effectively +18%dmg (+10%dmg & +8%crit,) while Summoners just get 10% without whip shenanigans. You could technically fix this via a brand new item, but this would just make the Hercules Beetle have absolutely no use as anything but a material.

 

[J Bame]

Its indeed a buff and i might use it, but will it matter?

I mean, this accessory will be very shortlived since you'll upgrade it into Papyrus scarab shortly after getting it, and that is an item you absolutely dont want to buff, so idk if this is what we want to do.

Id rather rework this to do something else entirely. Have it in preahardmode as a counterpart to Pygmy Necklace that adds 1 sentry slot, make it an early hardmode thing that adds some whip stats, something of the sort.