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also apparently vetex saw the trello thing and only vetoed the 1/12 chance increase
this means he has not vetoed the following:

  • :large_orange_diamond: :green_square::arrow_up_small: Increase the interaction size and visibility of Hecate Essence

  • :large_blue_diamond: :green_square::arrow_up_small: Add an indicator for when a player is within a decent proximity of Hecate Essence (about 150m away). The player would see text like this as the bottom of the screen as a notification: “You feel an unusually potent, distinguishable presence of magic energy nearby."

  • :diamonds: :green_square::arrow_up_small: You should be given a forcefield and be temporarily unable to use abilities while selecting your new magic

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Wouldn’t even say it’s more difficult, instead of dodging and shooting for 2 minutes to kill a 140 npc i have to dodge and shoot for 5 minutes, just more tedious

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Isn’t that what artificial difficulty is?

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No

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Spit your shit indeed

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If of all people you’re one of the ones pushing for this then I doubt it. :sob:

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have you seen magma? It doesn’t look like magma, it looks like a clump of spinning explosion pngs.

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i don’t see it as much as other magics outside of ganks but surely changes actually affecting gameplay are far more important

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Not when it looks like this, man.
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What kind of magma is this?

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idk man i kinda see it
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The magma vfx change was to make it actually fightable without blinding you because it’s not supposed to be a blinding magic

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If by proxy it means that Magma’s visuals get attention, I’m here for it.

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my main complaint is how vetex often skips very simple numbers changes that would help balancing so much for no reason in particular :confused:

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like dawg if they’re so boring tell xxael or galaga to do them

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archrono mentioned in his little ramble that you’re better off making a fresh slot, this only takes ~5-6 hours of playtime (considerably less than the time most people spend looking for hecate essence), you guys are seeing hecate essence as the lazy way out of a good alternative to making a new slot

there’s nothing wrong with making a new slot, unless you’re after something like preserving a title or a certain stat, in which case i’d argue you’re more than competent enough to waste your time finding a hecate essence, there’s nothing wrong with mustering up a new slot and playing the game for a short period of time to get where you left off

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5mil galleon inventory mfs:
Item transfering requiring an alt:
Elysium being file based:

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it isnt anymore??? LMAO

unless you’re playing on some ancient caveman tech, or have zero friends, there’s no problem present

nobody mentioned the need to delete a file, you can keep your possessions on another slot if you so desire

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Then why do we even need Hecate essence for?

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For an “easier” way… or if you want to keep something file-specific

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Isnt it literally supposed to be that way? Interchange pots exist to do it for literally everything but your first magic so why should reseting your magic be 100x harder? Also youre quite literally proving his point here. If making a new file is faster than looking for an essence then whats the point of an essence :sob:. Its supposed to be a viable alternative to lvling up a new file. Especially if you want a completely max file with good (ship) gear, good deckhands, max cooking, brewing and jewelcrafting etc.

Even just ignoring the time spent looking for it, it also just isnt fun at all. Vetex vetoing certain changes to it that are literally QoL changes makes that fact even worse. But tbf im not surprised with that cuz many necessary QoL things that shouldve been added soon after release, or at least a while ago, still havent been added. Things like npcs blocking mid attacks, extreme uncounterable darkness in certain areas, waves & water poisoning in the ds, islands with ice (frostmill, whitesummit) casually blinding people, and npcs being able to movestack if theyre fighting multiple people (been a thing since wom :skull::skull:) shouldve been fixed ages ago

True, but if possible most people would like to save said 5-6 hours to do smth they enjoy more, like actually already playing with the build they want. Or just playing on a diff file, or even just not playing ao at all

This is actually wild. So if you only want to reset your magic but still want to preserve the rest of your hard work on your file then you should be fine with searching for 10+ hours for an essence? Even if said searching is genuinely a horrible experience? Sure you may be competent enough, but that doesnt mean that you should be forced to torture yourself :sob:

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