Alright, let's see what all the fuss is about.
I’ve had times where I wanted to wear an extra accessory or wanted my Wings but didn’t have room for the Soaring Insignia. Have you had these problems as you try to create the perfect loadout?
Why choose when you could combine accessories; for example, all the Emblems (Warrior, Ranger, etc.) into the “Terra-Emblem”.
Terra Emblem is unfortunately redundant due to Avenger Emblem being in the game... or it would be, if you couldn't stack them with each other. I still don't know if it would be worth adding if its only purpose is to just be a second Avenger Emblem, though.
Have the Soaring Insignia be a consumable once shimmered into “Birthright of The Skies”, have all expert boss drops (Shield, Brain of Confusion, Worm Scarf, etc.) be merged into an item called
“The Amalgamation”.
* I’d love to see if there’s a way to craft all accessories so you can have them all, it’d have to be endgame to do so though.
I actually feel like The Amalgamation part of this suggestion is getting too much flak. The thing about this item is that it's in post moon lord where you don't really care about combat accessories as much due to building items being more important for what you're actually doing. Summon bonuses can be an exception, but this item doesn't actually provide any of those, so you actually won't ALWAYS want to use the item. Overall The Amalgam isn't actually a bad idea imo. I would just make sure the Gravity Globe is omitted because you actually don't want that accessory active very much. Post Moon Lord can be a lot more lenient on power for equipment, and you can use multiple accessories at once, so this item doesn't create a zenith situation where you're actively hindering yourself by not using it.
Birthright of The Skies, on the other hand, is making one of the most insane accessories free, and absolutely should not be available before moon lord. Except there's also a big issue with that, because if you make it post moon lord The Amalgam makes it basically pointless. I don't think this is the best idea.
Having an ultra omega accessory that has the effects of everything else would be a meme and would include stuff like Gravity Globe and Angel Wings, making it insanely hard to obtain with a ton of effects that are pretty bad in addition to the good ones. I don't think I would use it actually, because it would have a ton of effects I don't necessarily want to have active and some of those effects can be annoying or actively detrimental, so it would mostly just be a funny accessory even more than being an OP one, especially because it's in post moon lord. If you want it to be OP rather than funny, you probably should reconsider the idea though.
Besides The Wall of Flesh dropping a Demon Heart; have Plantera drop an Elder Druids Heart, Betsy a Flame Dragon Heart, and The Moon Lord an Eldritch Heart
I don't think plantera or betsy dropping more accessory slots is the best idea, honestly. It's a genuinely insane amount of powercreep for the last few legs of the game, and adding so many makes the Demon Heart feel less special. I would make the Eldritch Heart give +3 accessory slots because powercreep is no longer an issue in postgame, and then remove the other two. Having the Eldritch Heart give that many helps the Demon Heart stay distinct because they give different amounts from each other, too.
MOLES!!! Why haven’t I seen a little mole digging around popping out onto the surface every once in a while, this would be a great addition. Imagine seeing a 1 by 2 hole that’s moving, the blocks being dug are replaced behind the little blind guy as he tunnels on.
• Gondolas would be pretty cool or something like that. Like if you could place rails on the underside of blocks and have a suspended cable car able to travel underneath blocks and above a chasm.
More Critters are always a net positive, period, so moles are a great idea.
Gondolas are a neat idea too, and if you want you could make the gondola hang from the bottom of minecart rails and just have it go in the minecart slots.
New Material - Eldritch Tear(s)
Dropped from Moon Lord (x1 per kill)
Used in Low-Gravity potion, Eldritch Heart, The Amalgamation, Terra-Emblem, and all endgame accessory combinations.
• If you shimmer an Eldritch Tear; you will get a permanent buff item called the “Essence of Eldritch”, all Ghosts, Wraiths, zombies, floating eyes, living armor, goblin invaders , pirate invaders, normal mimics, any enemies that aren’t bosses or boss minions will not do damage anymore and will instead try to flee. Can be turned on/off, NPC’s give you a 75%-90% discount too. “The town folk know not why they tremble in your presence, the once formidable monsters now cower and flee as the scent of the fallen overlord looms over you”
Moon lord is annoying to farm, so getting 1 of these per kill is way too few of them. We also have a post moon lord material in the form of Luminite already that could easily be used for all of these, so you actually wouldn't need to add eldritch tears to gate these recipes.
Essence of Eldritch could just be crafted from Luminite and would still be a great addition to the game honestly.
Eldritch Lord Armor
Head piece - 5 Eldritch Tears, 18 Luminite bars
Chest/Torso piece - 8 Eldritch Tears, 24 Luminite bars
Boots - 4 Eldritch Tears, 12 Luminite bars
- +20% critical hit chance
- +20% damage
- +20% attack speed
- +20% movement speed
- When another armor set is in the vanity slot, this armor will mirror the set effects.
- Reduced damage by 50%
- Mining and building reach +100%
This idea is neat, but the set bonus needs some minor changes. Vanity slots are meant to be used for visual character customization, and adding functionality to them discourages that and basically forces you to make your character look a certain way or miss out on a lot of power. Therefore: I have two proposals for this set (just 1 would be good, don't do both):
1: Make it mirror the unequipped armor set closest to the bottom of your inventory instead
2: remove the set bonus and put all the other effects on a new accessory instead.
Both of these solve the issue of forcing you to use a specific armor aesthetic, while preserving the original effect for the most part.
Moon Lords Core
12 Eldritch Tears, 30 Luminite Bars.
-Permanent buff
- Adds an extra +500 Health.
Hot take: this should be way stronger.
I'm serious, so hear me out. One of lategame PVP's biggest issues is that the weapons were designed to take out giant creatures with tens of thousands of health, while players have 600 at most. This results in players who aren't tanking folding to around 3 hits at most and makes it so PVP can be insanely frustrating to get into as a result. Having a post moon lord item with a ton of extra health directly solves that issue and makes it much more forgiving.
My recommendation: make it toggleable for people who prefer the old max health, and then raise the amount of health gained to +1,500. This results in a 300% increase to the number of hits you can take, and should make it significantly less frustrating for people to play pvp when they don't want to spend a ton of time mastering it.
Overall, this was one of the better compilations of suggestions in this vein I've seen, actually.
Edit: forgot the antigravity thing. Items which change enemy ai like that are always cool but basically impossible for the devs to add due to it being super difficult, so I wouldn't hold your breath for that.
