Arcane Odyssey v1.13 Balancing Changes WIP

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So I took a look at Snow, Ice, and Sand in game to see their stats. Comparing that and their synergies(sourced from trello)

Snow has:
Size - 1.15x
Speed - 1x
Damage - 0.925x
Destruction - 0.4x
Status Effect - Snowy(Impedes vision for 6 seconds)
+Damage(2 total) for soaked(water) and freezing(ice)
-Damage(8 total) for corroding(Acid), burning(fire), frozen, melting(magma), scorched(Plasma), crystalized(Crystal), Charred(Explosion), and petrified(ash)

Ice has:
Size - 1.15x(Same as Snow)
Speed - 0.8x (Less than Snow)
Damage - .925x(Same as Snow)
Destruction - 0.6x(More than Snow)
Status Effect - Freezing (Acts as a catalyst to buff the damage of other magics)
+Damage(4 total) for soaked(water), bleed, frozen, and crystalized(crystal)
-Damage(4 total) for burning(fire), scorched(plasma), charred(explosion), and petrified(ash)

Sand has:
Size - 1.15x(Same as Snow)
Speed - 0.95x(Less than Snow)
Damage - 0.975x(More than Snow)
Destruction - 0.5x(More than Snow)
Status Effect - Sandy(impedes vision for 5 seconds(1 second less than snow)
+Damage(6 total) for corroding(Acid), burning(Fire), melting(Magma), bleed, charred(Explosion), and petrified(ash).
-Damage(3 total) for soaked(water), frozen, crystalized(crystal)

Basically, Snow and ice have very similar stats, but same damage and size. I think Snow is fine/slightly better in comparison to ice personally cuz higher speed while maintaining damage and size. Ice is supposed to get a small size increase too, which probably means ice is slightly underpowered.
And I forgot why I included sand.
(Technically one could just compare every single magic but Iā€™m tired, and now I feel the pain of trying to think of ideas to balance this game and I havenā€™t even done anything.(Everyone who is maintaining the doc, I commend yā€™all)

(wait, does charging magic still clear certain status? because I remember snow being decent at status clear too. I dont have a source for this tho.)

647

I am sure snow clears at least burning status during charge

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648

I appreciate the verification. Thank you

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649

I said that sand is essentially just better snow (or smth like that) which is probably why you included it in the first place.
Also np, appreciate all the digging you did just to reply to me lol.

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650

Ok hereā€™s a better Crash balance change

Alongside the Knockback, add an option to Crash where if you hit anything in the middle of your dash (including floors and walls), you jump back

Would solve the endlag issue, make Crash a viable attack option against magic users (you donā€™t get punished for hitting your move), and the Crash jump back distance can scale with attack speed AND agility to give you more of a reason to spec into those stats while playing fighting styles

Since the entire point of this move is to make bosses like Elius and Iris not unfairly difficult for Berserkers, it should be unlocked around Strength Level 40 or 50

W or L

(also if itā€™s added maybe make it called Disengage)

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only berserkers can use axe kick

652

contractor judgement from deepwoken

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How do we feel about the Vindicator damage? Currently waiting for the change in the docs where I can use both Crushing Judgement and Devastate

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You will??? When? And why?

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Thank you.

Berserker second awakening should not be a third fighting style as it would not benefit from having another one.

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Wind pulsar should not have any knockback. Causes a stunlock

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yea but its funny lol

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probably after the dark seaā€™s made and potions are ready

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The magic barrier spell in question:

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what about fighting styles?

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Boxing has extra blocking power

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i think a very small 10% AOE increase would work as it would allow you to slightly reduce the size of it and benefit from the increased dmg without never being able to hit it or would allow someone just to hit shot slightly easier

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Please reduce the amount of energy drained when punching in the air with thermo as it feels terrible trying to m1 and npc for them to destroy the ground then 2s later all your energy is gone because its 30 energy per punch and with thermo rapid m1s it does not take long to run out. I would recommend an decrease from 30 to 20.

Strength should definitely get hp like i said and i agree that vitality will most likely need changes unless spirit weapons are amazing but i quite doubt that.

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is this coming out next update?

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Make the Magic Jump boost distances actually send you the direction they say you will
Currently every magic jump is objectively worse Upwards because they just send you up at a 5 degree angle with the direction you say

Make Upwards send you directly upwards, make Left send you directly left, make right send you directly right, etc

Also (idk if this is pushing it or not) maybe add a Down option thatā€™s essentially fast fall
and then give this move a 10 second cooldown after hitting the ground or else weā€™re just gonna have people who are impossible to hit in the air