Sir, yet another pointless artificial difficulty-inducing change under the disguise of immersion has hit Arcane Odyssey
Vetex had ONE job - to add a way to revert greases. And this is the execution. Wonderful.
Yo Iâm crying, genuinely EVERYONE here hates this addition 
Actually tho wtf is this, like WHAT was he thinking? I thought the armor stat reduction was going to be until you died, not PERMANENT?? And weapons can be âruinedâ now?? HELLO???
No, not the weapons, only the armour. Weapons only got one change from this, being the grease removal
I pray not, but it may be
Ohh i read it wrong. Just realized it means armor can go from 50% ruined to 90%âŚfor whatever reason
Doesnât really make the situation any better, does it? Well, unless you were using weapons, obviously. An artificial difficulty that targets only one route out of four? Sounds incredible, doesnât it? We got lucky this isnât the case
I just donât know how he could see the hate for this change and get annoyed at it, not saying he has or hasnât yet, but he probably will just get annoyed and still add itâŚthis is so disappointing
Iâve tried to keep my mouth shut about this feature but it was not easy. Complained about it before it was added, was told I needed to wait for it to be released before having an opinion.
In testing I never got it to really proc, but thatâs probably because, surprise surprise, everything at those levels pretty much one shots you (except dragons but dragon moves are total rng and its really unreliable whether or not I can get it to hit me with the moves I want instead of shooting me with its instant death ray)
And Beast Defense is made even more of a problem that I have to try and fight for years onâŚ
Its like my tanning wars part 2, and nothing will probably come of this again.
Yall know another problem with this? The already-meta power stacking, that makes you win fights as fast as possible, barely gets nerfed from this, due to them not having time to accumulate lots of damage on themselves. Regen-focused builds, meanwhile, are just screwed. Itâs good that no particular route gives passive regeneration to its abilities and has regen stat on every piece of its unique equipment⌠right?
then whatâs the point of this update (unless ur talking abt the really high tier dragons)
Oh look, Vetex made another inconvenient and annoying game mechanic that doesnât seem to have any logical reason for existing. Iâm sure this will be highly appreciated by the majority of players. 
Unsarcastically though, what the fuck was your thought process with this one Vetex? How does this improve the game in any conceivable way?
Dragons donât one shot you is what Iâm saying. Even the really high level ones (the raid boss ones can, but thats only if you stand inside the very obvious âThis attack will kill youâ sphere)
I also argued that this feature seems to punish people for interacting with dragons when⌠yâknow⌠dragons are kinda the point of the update. Again though, as Iâve tested for like 30 minutes, its not as intrusive as people fear, which only leads me to ask⌠âOkay but why thoughâ?
Still no bug fixes and nerfs to other annoying mechanics btw!
Itâs like dirt buildup. Itâs annoying, itâs ugly, itâs inconvenient, but on the plus side itâs iMmErSiVe. At least dirt buildup isnât as invasive as lowering your gear stats.
I have been in tester chat over a year trying to get SOMETHING done to make Tanning and dirt more tolerable. Instead, they were made worse over time. (Something in this update also makes tanning specifically more annoying)
It feels like such an uphill battle. When I say âIâm going to try to suggest a toggle for Dirt and Tanning again!â it can really sometimes end up as most testers just going âyeah good luck with thatâ.
The vanity of the game is being disrespected unless you are wearing a full suit of bulky armor, and I hate that.
Adding micromanaging gear durability to the game when dealing with powerful creatures will literally demotivate players to play. Like, âoh my super valuable build I spent ages putting together is ruined and I have no repair kits, well screw this gameâ and then they just leave for at least several months if not permanently. I donât think thereâs a single good thing about this mechanic tbh, even if it takes a long while to build up or repair kits are easy to come by.
remove water poisoning 
add another annoying âimmersionâ feature 
Okay water poisoning is actual somewhat fair though. Prevents people from just outright living in the Dark Sea. More can be done with it in the future too. This though, this is a dead end mechanic. There is nowhere to go but down, it exclusively negatively impacts the game.
Other testers suggested making water poisoning have an actual visible buildup instead of coming out of nowhere. Water poisoning doesnât bother me as much as it does other people, mainly cause I kinda get it. But the Dark sea is full of annoyances like that. (Donât get me started on the epileptic insanity effects)