talk about things you’d want to see dragons have or do in the future, like having new abilities or new drops n shit
I personally would want them to be a little more unique, by having different models, because right now, all of them look the same except for some mythicals and maybe apophis with slight model changes. Some could have spiky bodies or something else idk
Another thing I’d like them to have is a fucking fireball attack because what the fuck, why do they not have one?? they’re DRAGONS bro
This isn’t an addition as much as it is a change, but I just wish they would be more dynamic
I feel like toning down their damage while changing their behaviour to make them more agressive, and speeding their moves up could keep the difficulty decently high while making it feel far more fair and interesting
Overall I think the cqc matchup into dragons is gonna need to be adressed cause rn this is the biggest outlier of zerker being a PvP only class, and also, I know fun is relative, but intense parry game and cqc combat is far more appealing to me than blast / flying slash spam from a distance
i’d like to see most of their attacks to be buffed (most of all the ray attack, do i need to intentionally run into that?) with the exception of the blast spam which should be nerfed
Also the vulnerability window for dragons landing should be extended, i can barely enter range before they are starting to take off and i don’t manage it all that well yet
I’d also like some more attack variety or some form of cooldown for specific attacks (mainly the blast spam one, it is just annoying) they could also make more use of their magic (magic imbued claw swipe could have a 2ndary slash of magic that extends a short range after, the claw swipe is also one of the 3 easiest attacks to avoid along with the tail and ray)
the tail could have smth like, a shockwave that would force you to either be in the air or a large distance away
Less of a change and more of a hope for future content, but I’m hoping that when we get the other dragonlords they are noticably stronger.
Apophis being a much weaker version compared to how she once was is very cool (and a good choice for the first one added), but I also want to see an actual full strength dragonlord, one that will hopefully be even more powerful than the mythical dragons.
Yeah it could seem like a strange balancing decision to have one much weaker than the others because why would you fight any other dragonlord for the blessing when you could fight apophis instead, but seeing as we already have the same thing with the mythical dragons, where there is no point in fighting them and you should just fight apophis instead, I don’t think it will be a huge issue.
hey if dragons are sentient can we have dragon quests
thisss
i want there to be chill dragons as well, i think vetex said usually the older ones are the more calm ones whereas the young ones are the ones that attack us, but some kind of dragon npc that would randomly spawn in the dark sea would be cool, and they could give a hard questline that when completed lets us go to the dragon sea cluster or something
imma be so real when i say i want dragons to give us draconic spells and cosmetics to our spells
like examples i got, spell that rises the player with construct wings and fire magic blasts/cosmetic spell effects that gives construct wings on hover and flight
I also seriously hope we can eventually get a dragon companion at some point
Locational damage/crippling - Dealing a certain % of damage to a specific location on a dragon can slightly hinder its behavior. Crippling its wings could potentially shorten flights, result in crash landings, and/or prevent flight entirely. Crippling the head can cause poor accuracy or breath attacks to backfire. Crippling the torso can reduce resistances and causes staggers to last longer. Crippling the legs can cause landings to have recoil. Lastly crippling the tail would sever the tail completely, removing the tail swipe attack, and slowing down flight speed (due to recent change in balance). Corrupted Dragons have a moderate to small chance to add attacks from other corrupted dragon types when crippled (they should also eat their own tail given the chance). Lastly, the first body part that gets crippled could slightly lean the drops towards an associated weapon (breaking the legs increase the chance for claws, torso for shields, tail for bows and polearms(and maybe whips in the future), etc). It’s only fair if you can cripple them back
Blessing Dragons - Certain dragons of high regard or skill (level 460+) have received some form of a blessing from Typhon (or another god a long time ago), allowing for spirit mutations and the usage of spirit rites. This also allows the blessed dragon to repair a crippled body part occasionally. Lastly instead of dropping regular weapons, they drop generic dragon relics or spirit hybrid weapons.
Talkative Dragons (with immersive madness) - Dragons have been established to be able to psychically communicate. Scaling with level, on rare occasions dragons will directly address you when initiating combat, during specific attacks, or near/just before death. This would allow us to get to know these more about dragons, and to see their disdain, wrath, and general animosity towards humanity. The level of your dragonblood blessing should also affect how they perceive you, allowing dragons that are less than the tier of blessing they offer to be disgusted or to fear the player. Corrupted Dragons should seldom communicate, but when they do, it should be incoherent, confused, demented, generally unwell with the occasional plea for death, with a small chance of inflicting insanity for a few seconds. Since the nature of the communication is mental, insanity should have the potential to alter what the player is receiving from communication from dragons. Depending on the degree of insanity, the frequency and type of messages may range from random laughter, personal mockery MC’s past, and vague threats to detailing acts of blasphemy, threats to reduce the world to ashes, and even elation at the thought of extinction
man i’d be happy just to see a dragon
i was actually going to add something like this, but i didnt flesh out the idea as much as you, only had it originally for the whole wings and flight part you thought up as well
also your other ideas are sick, keep cooking man
imagine sailing across the bronze sea in a ship of the line with dozens of rowboats on the sides and sky ships floating in the air behind you with an entire DRAGON
Imagine clan wars/guild fort raids if everyone had a dragon
or if the dragons were guild/clan exclusive instead just having 1 more powerful dragon similar to the planned flag ship
Or even both simultaneously
lone rock is actually the top of an underwater sea dragon nest, and when you attack it the dragons rest gets disturbed and it comes out and kills everyone
saying this actually reminded me (and i know there was already a suggestion for this but)
we need more dragon types, like serpents and stuff
I also had made 2 diff suggestions for dragon companions
1 made before dragons came out with a quest line
and 1 made after dragons came out that was basically just raiding a nest to steal da eggs
yes dude, like draconic encantations from elden ring that’d be so sick
a spell or spirit rite where you just materialize a dragon that slams the ground or does some crazy bs would be sick
been thinking of named dragons/dragonlords that represent the other non magic classes
like a strength based dragon with pure physical ability but unable to use magic or breathe fire, being able to create earthquakes with their slams, claws that can easily dig out the ground to throw huge ass rocks idk and have roars loud enough that they can damage people with its shockwaves or substituting it as a beam attack ( like brute tigrex or akantor from monsterhunter)
because of its muscles itd probably be a bit slower but have devastating attacks
or a dragon representing warriors with bladed scales it can shoot out, wings that can create tornados and a sharp tail that can create wind slashes like sword skills
itd probably have a lean build to be more agile but have not as much health
Idek what a spirit dragon would do though!
these dragons would be the kind of dragons that get shunned by their community because they lack the Popular thing (magic) but made it out through their own will and taking advantage of their characteristics to be stronger than the average
more then one dragon on a island/ cliff so instead of constant 1v1s you might have the a 2v1 or 3v1 but theylll usally be weaker dragons since it wouldnt be that fair to fight 3+ at a time
I would want Corrupted Dragon weapons to be added, droppable by Corrupted dragons of course.
Each Corrupted Dragon variants will apply a different effect instead of burning. Corrupted applies insanity 1, Molten applies melting, Blood Seeping applies severe bleeding, Stone Scaled applies Bruised, Crystal Scaled Applies crystalized (these are just rough ideas, they could be different or have some other unique gimmick).
Right now Corrupted Dragons are for the most part a waste of time to fight because not only the corrupted sets suck but they also don’t drop any weapon. Stone Scaled especially because they are more difficult than a regular Ancient Dragon having higher HPs and damage resistance.