Sprites Bullet Improvements, Changes, and Additions

[SnailsAttack]

In terraria, there are not that many types of *useful* bullets. In fact, I'd say there are about the bare minimum of them.

Spoiler: Bullet Types

These are color coded by usefulness. Blue is great, Green is good, Yellow is okay, Red is bad.

Musket Ball
The most basic type of bullet. Has no special effects, does low damage.

Meteor Shot
Can either pierce one enemy or bounce off a solid block, but not both. Does decent damage.

Silver Bullet
Was a stupid idea. Doesn't have any special abilities. Does decent damage.

Crystal Bullet
Splits into multiple shards that do about half of the bullet's original damage. Does good damage.

Cursed Bullet
Inflicts Cursed Flames on enemies that it hits. Does good damage.

Ichor Bullet
Inflicts Ichor on enemies that it hits. Does RIDICULOUS damage thanks to the buff it inflicts.

Exploding Bullet
Explodes when it hits an enemy or solid block. Does good damage to groups of enemies, but can damage you.

Golden Bullet
Makes enemies drop more money. Does good damage.

High Velocity Bullet
Travels faster which increases accuracy. Does good damage.

Nano Bullet
Makes it harder to hit your enemies. It does repel them, but that's annoying in my opinion.

Party Bullet
Fun to look at. Does decent damage.

Chlorophyte Bullet
If you want to succeed as a ranger, you're going to need a load of these. Homes in on enemies. Does great damage.

Venom Bullet
Inflicts Venom on enemies it hits. Does good damage.

Luminite Bullet
Pierces infinite enemies, very unsatisfying to use. Does great damage.

While there are quite a few bullets, there are many that are useless, annoying to use, or underpowered. There are also many that are downright overpowered and would be much better to use than any of the other bullets (Ichor Bullets). Lets see if we can change that.

Musket Ball
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

Meteor Shot
Can bounce off of 2 blocks, but not pierce enemies.

Silver Bullet
Inflicts more knockback than the normal bullet. Will be sold only if the world has silver.

Tungsten Bullet
Inflicts more knockback than the normal bullet. Will be sold only if the world has tungsten. Does 9 damage.

Blood Shot
Enemies that are killed with this bullet are 25% more likely to drop a heart. Crafted with 50 bullets and a vertebrate.

Unholy Shot
Pierces up to 3 times. Lets out a little spark when it pierces to make it look more satisfying. Crafted with 50 bullets and a worm tooth.

Hellstone Bullet
Explodes when it hits an enemy. Does 10 damage.

Crystal Bullet
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

Cursed Bullet
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

Ichor Bullet
Now does 7 damage instead of 13 because of how the ichor buff makes it basically the best bullet in the game.

Exploding Bullet
Now splits into 2 bullets after a short distance. These bullets then explode.

Golden Bullet
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

High Velocity Bullet
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

Nano Bullet
Not sure about this one. Maybe they could still inflict Confused but also have increased knockback.

Party Bullet
Nothing Changes. Stays the same.

Chlorophyte Bullet
Are cheaper. 1 Chlorophyte bar for 100 bullets instead of only 70.

Venom Bullet
Does 2 more base damage because it has no other special abilities.

Luminite Bullet
Now creates a little explosion when it hits an enemy because holy this is the most unsatisfying thing to use

And thats all I have. I feel like this would help to make the ranger class a little bit better, especially in prehardmode, where there are a measly 3 bullets to choose from. I didn't include all the information that I could have because I didn't want to, but I'm sure you can fill in the missing bits.

Anyways, thanks for reading.

 

[Trash Boat]

support for all, especially the chlorophyte bullet recipe change

 

[shobiwan77]

Pretty reasonable changes, though I'd have the blood bullets just increase the drop rate of hearts on the unit it hits, instead of the little glob things. For one, more chance of getting into the game, and secondly there isn't much need for the blobs. Why add a new drop that is basically a heart? Also would you mind giving a way to obtain the blood bullets?

 

[stevenawesome1018]

explosive bullets + tactical shotgun = mayhem

support

 

[SnailsAttack]

Pretty reasonable changes, though I'd have the blood bullets just increase the drop rate of hearts on the unit it hits, instead of the little glob things. For one, more chance of getting into the game, and secondly there isn't much need for the blobs. Why add a new drop that is basically a heart? Also would you mind giving a way to obtain the blood bullets?

I like that idea better. And yeah I forgot to include a recipe whoops.

 

[TMB50]

Nano Bullets should have an entirely different effect. Probably it could be done as part of a general Nanite-related tweak.
Instead of making Ichor Bullets weaker, the debuff itself should be nerfed. Alternatively, the Cursed Flames debuff should be stronger so Cursed Bullets are as useful as Ichor Bullets.
Meteor Shot should instead be made easier to obtain once all Shadow Orbs or Crimson Hearts have been destroyed, and it's current behavior should stay.
Blood Shot and Unholy Shot seem a bit pointless, as they make other pre-HM ammo less useful, and the latter works badly with fast-firing guns.
Hellstone Shot would be too effective if used against the WoF and with a Minishark, since it would easily take out the Hungry, and would also become useless later on because Exploding Bullets would also split in 2.
Exploding Bullets should act like they already do, and the splitting effect could be given to a different ammo type.
Luminite Bullets should have a better effect. For example, they could be also able to ricochet infinitely and ricochet from mob to mob, causing a "chaining" effect.

 

[Dragrath]

Hmm I while I could support this I'm not really sure on some of the things. Agreed that Ichor bullets are a bit too strong however the same can be said for everything ichor. So as others have said it might be more appropriate to nerf ichor instead(would fix more problems)

I am also unsure how the silver/tungsten situation would be handled as they are a pot drop but otherwise it seems fine