Game Mechanics Can we get better support for pvp?

[SiestaYonJyuGo]

It's always been such a janky half finished element of an otherwise feature packed game. It just doesn't make sense that knockback doesnt work properly, several status effects/debuffs dont work at all on hit and summoning is non-existent. Summoning in particular has a pretty obvious fix that'd benefit even normal gameplay, just make it so that when right clicking with a summoning weapon your summons go to that point.

 

[J Bame]

There is no way to make PvP work properly in this game. The most obvious problem is that all weapons are balanced mostly to kill bosses with thousands of hitpoints in mind, not a player with 600 at most. And there is much more than that, which is why it's so limited in the first place.

If Summons targeted players, god damn that'd be so broken and annoying to play against. Imagine having to fight 6-10 completely unkillable enemies that don't stop attacking you while the summoner is chilling inside some blocks. If homing worked, those weapons that have it would be the only weapons everyone would ever use, and then matches would either a DPS test because no one misses their shots so there is barely any skill involved.

Imagine having to fight someone surrounded by walls, spamming a Megashark with Chlorophyte bullets into the air while a horde of unkillable Mini Twins back them up, how would you even approach that let alone find it fun to fight? And that's just early Pre-Plantera gear.

PvP is a fun thing you can do in Multiplayer, you'd have to do a lot of changes to make it work and it's just not worth it because I'm pretty sure it's at the bottom of things people do in this game.

 

[SiestaYonJyuGo]

You're assuming the absolute best items always which pve doesnt even work with, the post game stuff is broken. Also summoners already do that they can spawn their minions anywhere on screen by just continuously clicking.

 

[Dapling]

You're assuming the absolute best items always which pve doesnt even work with, the post game stuff is broken. Also summoners already do that they can spawn their minions anywhere on screen by just continuously clicking.

Yes, but if you made minions home in on players, just imagine dealing with someone with a swarm of Xeno Staff minions.

Hitscan (especially if it's an AI meant to excel at it) and teleportation is always SO fun to deal with amirite.

As someone who does play PVP, I can confirm it's kind of a joke right now. Mage always gets nerfed into the ground because Nebula Armor's broken set bonus doesn't work against players, and the last prism is ALWAYS banned for good reason. Also, holy arrows and stealth exist.