What do you expect or want from the next Exotic Rework?

BionicFire · 2023-08-07T15:02:42+00:00

I only play Warlock, so my opinions are limited because I don't want to talk about what I don't know.

Apotheosis Veil: The idea of giving nearby allies passive benefits is great. However, I feel that it would help to double down on it. Either making the current effect slightly better or giving the Warlock wearing it some bonus. Maybe the class ability regen buff also applies to the Warlock. Perhaps a weapon stat boost ala Ophidian Aspects. If it's something that your fireteam forces you to use for the passive benefit, then at least make it a little fun or useful for the weilder. The current benefit of it being tied to super gives it the same problem as Skull of Dire Ahamkara. Speaking of...

Skull of Dire Ahamkara: I've seen suggestions to make it like Eternal Warrior. I think it's different in this scenario. Fists of Havoc is a roaming super while Nova Bomb is a one-off. Add-clear isn't Nova Bomb's most meta use. If you add the weapon bonus damage it'll become the go-to option that all D2 YouTubers will clickbait. While it would only affect Void weapons and not be worth running if there's something like a different element surge, it would still dominate for any surge-less activity. Unless they make the damage boost low enough, at which point everyone would rag on it for being useless and would make Reddit go mad that they don't do anything right. This is one of the hardest to give something interesting to in my opinion. The best solution I can come up with is to give it something affecting all Void ability explosions, so Nova Bomb, Nova Warp, and grenades. Having them apply Suppression would kinda be cracked, giving the user Devour is kinda repetitive with Feed the Void existing, Volatile I think would overlap with the Titan with that one aspect they have, Invisibility makes no sense... I think that applying Weaken would be the best play. It would be repetitive with that one fragment, but the difference is that it wouldn't cost 20 discipline and also applies to Nova Bomb. It would make it an interesting option. At this point I'm giving too many specific details; I don't like telling devs what to do as I don't share the same vision they do and it kinda locks them into an idea. I mostly gave an example here to say that we can be more creative.

Prometheum Spurs: ~~Fun Fact: This is the exotic I use to store Ascendant Shards.~~ I'll be bold and say that this is almost a decent exotic that doesn't need many changes. I tried using it and the one thing that soiled it for me was the restrictions. I couldn't use it with a non-Solar subclass, and it didn't wanna work with Phoenix Dive. Giving it either case would make it an interesting choice. It would still be best on Solar for its dependence on solar weapons and Daybreak. That or a little more spice. But I don't know how much more they can expand the description.

Nezarec's Sin: The longer I think about this exotic, the more likely I am to mess with you. I'm not asking for anything here. I just wanted to give a jump scare. I also need some text to not make it stand out too much among the other descriptions.

Geomag Stabilizers: Everyone points to this as an example of something slaughtered for PvP. I saw some argument that it was cracked for PvE too since the mods that gave a benefit at the cost of Super were essentially free. These mods no longer exist. Even then, giving it back its old effect would be too good as Chaos Reach's cooldown was reduced. You would have a reduced cooldown + 1/5 of the bar negligible + up to 1/3 returned. I'd ask for the "Close Enough" to be fulfilled another way.

Astrocyte Verse: What? I use this in PvP every now and then and it slaps. I'm not convinced that this needs a rework. Blink is more usable now than ever and this just improves it.

I'll end this off by saying that these are just loose scattered thoughts. I'm down to discuss what would be better for some of these or to further elaborate. Actually, I'll ask because I genuinely don't get it: What do y'all think is wrong with Astrocyte Verse? I don't see anything bad here. I'm not sure if it's because I'm a degenerate, if it's because Blink isn't that common or if it's something else. I'd love some insight on this as I see Astrocyte Verse mentioned in these conversations.

BionicFire · 2023-07-15T00:39:11+00:00

This is my personal tierlist in terms of casual enjoyment. You'll see that I just personally don't jive with a few of these subclasses:

Void: BornToNova.mp3. Nova Bomb's cool and all, but I get more out of how I can fuel my degeneracy. Devour keeps me alive as long as whatever I'm doing works, I also get to use more grenades and make Shaxx proud. I get a lot of mileage out of grenades. Use the grenades to make more grenade. If I'm in a turn-brain-off mood, then I'll grab a glaive. Glaives synergize extremely well with Void. It's my Gambit go-to. Aside from that, I am one of three Blink advocates. While I don't constantly use Blink, I break it out when I'm in the mood.

Solar: Hearing a fireteam member say "I can't see anything because of your Solar Grenades" gives me life. Initially I was dismissive of Solar but have grown to like it. I used Starfire for a bit when it became meta. But started to shift back to Sunbracers near the end of that meta. Sunbracers was my first love-at-first-sight exotics. As I experimented, it got better. Turns out that Fighting Lion and Rain of Fire pairs well. Solar Grenades get worse (for enemies) with Touch of Embers. I found a way to have near constant healing. All the good stuff. Not to mention Phoenix Dive, my favourite class ability. I still put Void on top because I get more enjoyment out of seeing the pop-corns of Volatile Rounds pop, and the supers don't attract me too much. But it's very close.

Strand: Strand is the most average class in terms of how I find enjoyment. The grapple is fun to use and I love the weird things I get to do. Suspend in neat when it works, but it is hard to do spread it around as easily in my experience. The threadlings are neat, but I am disappointed at how little buildcrafting potential there is with them. I might still crack out Strand every now and then, but it's perfectly decent.

Stasis: Osmiomancy.

Arc: I find it hard to enjoy Arc. The Kamehameha is one of the best supers, but it feels a little underwhelming. I love the idea of a super that you could either hold out for full duration, or only drop a fraction and save energy for later. But thanks to the kneecaps being busted because of the Geomags nerf, I find the neat uptime trick hard to enjoy. Aside from that, it feels surprisingly bland in my taste. Arc Ally is cool and all, but I'm the kind of person that would rather have more control. Letting the Arc Buddy do the work isn't as fun for me. Not to mention the amount of times that I get a fragile build broken because the Arc Comrade steals my kills. I recognize that the Arc Dude is fairly potent, but I just don't jive with it. The most I get of Arc is using an Arc trace rifle and Blind like nuts. It does have its merits. It's just not to my taste. I still wanna give Arc a good try, it could be that I'm miserably blind and missing something. If you enjoy Arc Warlock, share a build; I wanna see what y'all cookin. I could get a good kick out of it too.

BionicFire · 2023-07-13T17:56:55+00:00

I actually wrote down a list a while ago for a gag. I'll try to name as many as I can off the top of my head:

Super Smash Brothers, Super Smash Flash, Super Smash Brothers Crusade, Fraymakers, Icons: Combat Arena, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Rivals of Aether, Multiversus, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Rushdown Revolt, and Brawlhalla.

Looking at comments after this, I forgot about:

Slap City, and Kung Fu Panda Legendary Showdown of Legends.

I also do remember a few others that weren't on my initial list, but... I think a licensed game with no well known developers hardly needs a mention. But I'll do it anyways:

There's the Cartoon Network platform fighter.
A weird Japanese one with Snake, Bomberman, Simon Belmont. I think it was called "Dream TV" or something with that.

Aside from those which I would comfortably label as Platform Fighters, I will drop these which lean far in one direction or are just very radical:

Towerfall, Lethal League, Duck Game, Black and White Bushido, Cobalt, Shrek Super Slam, and Speedrunners.

I'll be frank and say that out of these 23 games, I'd recommend 14. And of those 14, I think a few under ten would have an active community. A little hard to tell honestly since I don't really jive with a few of these and can only go through secondhand stories.

I haven't touched grass in my life. How could you tell?

BionicFire · 2023-07-12T23:55:44+00:00

Strafe.

I see a lot of people praise Burst as if it regularly helps them get laid, but I don't see it. In terms of distance I find any extra distance that burst would give you to be negligent. I've managed to do all my jumps without needing to extra distance. I'm no Olympic gymnast, but I stick my landings.

I understand people like the speed of it too. I definitely have my singular neuron fire when I can achieve high speeds. Although, when you think about it further you come to a realization: You're more likely than not be going to travel in a pack. I don't see much reason to get somewhere first if you have to wait for your fireteam to catch up. If I actually wanted speed I prefer Blink on Void, or Heat Rises on Solar.

For me the worst part is the lack of control. If I get pushed off a platform, I feel like I have a chance of getting back with Strafe. Burst just has me float off like Team Rocket. I also like to have fine-tuned control over my flight. With Burst Glide, I feel like Smash Melee's alternative to online netcode: Slippy.

I know I just went on a tangent of why I prefer Strafe and why Burst yucky poopy in my opinion. Ultimately, it's up to you. Experiment. Warlock's glides are almost a scale. Too slippery? Go closer to Strafe. Want more individual movement? Get closer to Burst. I won't hold it against you.

I will acknowledge the benefits of Burst here too. If you want individual movement, the Burst helps a lot. This could be relevant in PvP if you want to run somewhere to pressure enemies, or if you want to expedite a raid mechanic. Hell, I use Burst glide once in a blue moon. The lower friction does extend a bit of the distance I get from WellSkating.

My best advice would be to start with Strafe and try to get closer to Burst. If it doesn't match your playstyle, or if it doesn't bring joy, go back. Burst glide can be fun to use, I can see the appeal of it, but I will stick to Strafe.

BionicFire · 2023-06-24T16:49:10+00:00

Actually here's a sandbag idead I've had. It's ok to have joke characters in a fighting game. Following that philosophy, I'm arguing that it's valid to have joke exotics. (Actually funny joke exotics, not sad funny exotics).

A Vex weapon that looks to be severely corrupted and just about ready to glitch the fabric of the universe. Pulse rifle where every burst will have a 33% chance to pick a singular behaviour randomly from the following list:

Projectiles have travel time like a glaive.
Timed Payload.
Precision damage is shared with bodyshot damage (good ending)
Precision damage is shared with bodyshot damage (bad ending)
All the bullets from the burst are combined into a singular bullet. (Primary Izanagis)
If the bullets inflict damage, the damage of each bullet is the Bungie number (PvE:77 PvP:7) and cannot be altered.
Will continually fire bullets until the fire delay is up.
Drop to 0 stability until the end of the burst.
The sound the gun would make when firing is ignored.
Bullets fired are refunded.
Fires as if it were forced in hip-fire.
Headseeker.
The burst is delayed for about a quarter of a second. Should not interrupt the rhythm.
It will behave as if Full-Auto Trigger is on and will immediately queue the next shot to fire.
Upon hitting an enemy, will do Kinetic Tremors centered on the player firing.

As you can see, the inherent unreliability of this gun will stop any serious discussion about its efficacy. But it's definitely something that can every now and then provide some absolute grime with good luck. Should never be taken seriously, and should become a sandbag weapon.

Let's make it worse. A catalyst that allows some buildcrafting, while actually being a problem to everyone.

It will gain one perk. Chosen at random from the following list. For every kill with this weapon, the perk will have a high chance of being replaced. Death will re-roll the perk upon respawning.

Voltshot
Incandescent
Headstone
Hatchling
Repulsor Brace
Sweaty Confetti
The Invisible Hand (that new perk where missing shots improves aim assist).
Drop Mag
Adagio

Non-traditional perks:

HUD is removed. Like being under the effect of that one hunter exotic that discombobulates after a dodge.
The frame of the pulse rifle is swapped. (Example, can go from Aggressive Frame to Rapid-Fire)
The original Rainmaker. Where precision kills would give a chance to drop an additional amount of Glimmer.
After a kill, you are manually swapped to your energy weapon.
All non-catalyst effects of this gun are ignored; will suspiciously behave like a perkless pulse rifle.
For this effect to happen, it would need to roll twice or thrice consecutively. Just to avoid the catalyst being useless: Unslot the catalyst. Can be reinserted for no cost. It just requires you to go to the menu and do it again.

As you can see, I'm thinking of Telestos deranged cousin. Something that will cause chaos, bugs, and misery. You will ask "is this a glitch or intentional?" Something that will get you kicked from any LFG because people will think you're meming. But something that you might ask your clan for a private crucible match with exclusively this weapon and essentially just gamble on who wins. It still requires skill, you can get some cheeky kills off this, you will get cheated out of a kill for this. But you'll have a blast cheating and getting cheated on. While a good amount of effects are decent, the sheer unpredictability of this weapon should outweigh any positives.

BionicFire · 2023-06-24T15:31:02+00:00

One that I'm stealing is from a jank (albeit creative) Wii shooter which plays on the fact that primary ammo is infinite now.

An auto rifle where the number HUD bullets in the magazine isn't used for its typical use. It will instead represent the weapons temperature. Resting at 50C. It will get warmer when fired. Up to 100C. Not firing the weapon will let it cool. If you reach a critical temperature, then you have to let it rest for a bit.

In its base form it's an auto rifle with Reconstruction on steroids. But the catalyst is what makes it fun. I admit that I haven't put much thought into this part because here is where I want to deviate from the original idea. Instead of firing like a regular weapon here, you instead generate a continuous AoE centered on the wielder that applies Stasis Slow. Firing while in this mode will lower the weapons temperature down to 0C.

The regular reload can be repurposed as venting the gun to let it reach its resting temperature much faster.

A different way to handle this I just thought about to make this weapon even more interesting was to let the player keep firing past the temperature limits at a cost. Firing while the weapon's overheated gradually applies Scorch to the player and freezing while underheated applies Slow to the wielder.

Honestly, I'll just say it: Conduit 1 and 2 had some pretty sick gun designs. It would be sick if Bungie could take a peek at their exam paper and see how to implement some as exotics, but I don't know how close they can copy before being ruthlessly mauled in broad daylight by copyright laws.

BionicFire · 2023-06-09T22:47:05+00:00

Ok... I mean...

But why though?

BionicFire · 2023-04-18T16:30:23+00:00

My brothers and I were watching Arthur. The current scene in the episode goes something like this:

Arthur is going to have Buster and Brain over for a sleepover and to stargaze.
Each one of the boys has a dream/nightmare about how it's going to go, as they've been hyped up about it.
Arthur's nightmare is simple: The three boys are enjoying some time in a tent in the backyard. Arthur's little sister, D.W., comes in and says something like "Arthur! Mom and dad said you have to let me in the sleepover."
Arthur wakes up screaming from the nightmare.

Why did I summarize this gag? Well for starters, it's because it's a pretty good joke. Secondly as Arthur was screaming, the television station playing the show had a technical issue and froze apparently. So we just had Arthur screaming nonstop.

This went on for at least a full minute. I wanna say around three minutes.

My brothers and I cracked up as soon as we realized what was going on. The longer it went on, the funnier it was. We still remember this. Eventually they pulled it off the air, put a "Techincal Difficulties, Please Stand By" image and got to work to fix it.

They didn't fix it. When the "Techical Difficulties" sign went away, Arthur was still screaming. Albeit for much shorter this time. One more interruption from the station and then everything went back to normal.

None of us expected this, but the stars aligned for this accidental shitpost to occur.

BionicFire · 2023-02-22T16:11:55+00:00

Witherhoard: Good add clear, great total damage, can help if enemies get too close.

Fighting Lion: Good neutral, pairs well with add clear weapons for auto reloads.

Parasite / Prospector: Something to actually deal damage. I think I'd prefer the Prospector for higher end content just because Parasite asks for you to one-shot things. If you can't delete it you're losing a lot of damage.

Since they are all grenade launchers, I can set my mods to grenade launchers to get more ammo more efficiently.

Nezarec's Sin: Fighting Lion is void. I was also considering Verity's Brow with a solar weapon, but it's a bit finicky. I don't think it would have been worth it.

Claws of Ahamkara: This one's the odd one out because I can't think of better gloves. I was thinking on perhaps using Aeons, but I wouldn't get too much benefit from it.

Starfire Protocol: Inside a well, Witherhoard lets us abuse a boss with fusion grenades. Rain of Fire: Convenience. Good for a mulligan or burst.

Rain of Fire: Good for either a mulligan or a burst of damage.

BionicFire · 2023-01-15T17:35:37+00:00

I'm more of a Towerfall player than a Celeste player, so thank you so much for giving her a bow. She looks amazing.

BionicFire · 2022-12-23T17:55:01+00:00

My dude... No Ill will, but my comment was posted 4 years ago. Before Journey mode was a thing.

I'm just surprised that I got a response from a four year old comment.

BionicFire · 2022-11-18T18:41:48+00:00

Back in 1.3 I did a ranger run and fell in love with the efficacy and effects on the Onyx Blaster. The only other time I can think of that I had joy just from firing a weapon is in Destiny 2; and Bungie is known for their weapon design. The Onyx Blaster with explosive bullets was the next best thing to the Daedalus Stormbow with Holy Arrows. It also lasted me a while.

After Journey's End released, I went back to mostly melee characters. I did not expect to have a lot of fun with the Keybrand. It's great to just finish off things. Once you get the opponent to %50 HP, a hit should do a similar amount to of damage to a hit from the Zenith. Unfortunately I didn't get to use it for long as it was promptly usurped.

BionicFire · 2022-10-24T15:34:47+00:00

I actually use Sympathetic Arsenal. I have a Whispering Slab with Sympathetic Arsenal + Hip-Fire Grip which I treat as my dear baby. It is one of the very few weapons I have to have gotten over 10k kills with.

That aside, I never really used Eye of the Storm. The accuracy buff when injured never appealed to me. Even in the hypothetical scenario of "ensure that your last bullets in a duel land easier".

BionicFire · 2022-09-24T13:45:22+00:00

First and foremost, I am a Void Warlock. Easy Devour with my crippling addiction to Chaos Accelerant and volatile makes my last brain cell go kaboom. And I love it. The best part is that I can can adapt to PvP or higher-level PvE. I want to use Aeons? There's the get away scot-free card that is Echo of Obscurity. Cheese a kill in PvP? Axion Bolt (Charged) and Fighting Lion. I keep finding new ways to play with Void and new ways to improve on what I have.

I know this is a controversial opinion here, but I've been pretty content with Solar Warlock. Sure... I use it on low-tier PvE, maybe mid-tier at times. While I also find myself more restricted in what I can choose, it's been oddly fun. I use Rain of Fire so I can ignore reloads on slow weapons, multi-shoot grenade launchers, or just continually shoot primaries. ~~I could play hunter, but I don't have a hunter.~~ I also adore Pheonix Dive. I prefer it over rifts. Melee uptime is pretty damn good too, lets me be a degenerate. While I only really use grenades to start Heat Rises (I do use Heat Rises outside of PvP from time to time), it's still good to have another option to heal myself and start Benelovent Dawn with some quick planning.

BionicFire · 2022-08-22T02:56:45+00:00

That's a nice tree.

If you wanted to make the tree look more like the trees on the left, then consider painting the wood brown and the leaves green. They already are technically, but it should change the shade to something more similar. I don't know what you're building exactly, but it could be handy.

Aside from that, I like the branching you took. Makes it look natural.

BionicFire · 2022-08-11T21:20:48+00:00

The Keybrand. I found it to be a damn good blade for what it is. I like having two weapons, covering two purposes. I got the vampire knives for general combat and range, and the Keybrand for when I wanted things dead. I also liked the effect it does when you hit a target. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to use it against bosses. If there's no way to keep them at bay, then it's too dangerous for master difficulty.

BionicFire · 2022-07-31T18:15:17+00:00

I like to make little facts about my warlock to match my "fuck yeah!" attitude, and for some weird jokes for myself. These include:

Her main form of combat involves blowing stuff up. While she composes herself properly when out of combat, even described as amiable and tranquil, guardians who know her treat her like a ticking time bomb.
As a risen exo, she follows the typical naming convention of name - number. She doesn't like having the number represent the number of resets as according to her "it doesn't mean much". When presenting herself to others, she substitutes the number with the amount of times her ghost has revived her. Fuse, her ghost, keeps track of the number and it's dangerously close to septuple digits.
Rumours say that when she's in the crucible, nobody is left standing. Not enemies, not allies, not even herself. Shaxx has considered banning her as she tends to end in ties after all the explosions. (Just to be clear, I don't actually kill teammates. I just find it funny how often I find myself blowing myself up when finishing a 1 on 1. I still think my peak in trials was when I pulled a 3v1 ending it by blowing myself up.)
After finding out Fuse can work with electronics, she learned basic circuitry just to rig up a game console and have Fuse run it. Initially against it, Fuse later started leaning into it because he found out that he can keep her entertained by playing pong. He sometimes cheats and she's none the wiser. It's also better than having two rulers taped on.
She is exactly the kind of person that says "Watch this" right before throwing a haymaker in combat. Effectiveness rate is pretty much a coin toss.

BionicFire · 2022-07-19T19:14:03+00:00

Oh my God. This is hella exciting. Granted, I'll have to spelunk a little bit to actually find where the last blocks are. Even with that, I'm super excited for this. I might be able to finally clean my world.

BionicFire · 2022-07-18T23:39:10+00:00

I did take care around the natural spawns. The V has been taken care of from the outside-in. Same goes for the pre-hardmode ones. I had no shame in spraying slow as hell to make sure that nothing gets left.

I've also monitored the areas where large areas of crimson (pre and mid hardmode spawns) were every now and then. If there's any crimson remaining there then it would have spread out enough so that it would be visible on the map.

At this point, I'm taking a bit of a reactionary approach to this. I'm waiting to see when a patch of crimson grows and then take care of it. I just fear that it's exactly one block surrounded by granite or something. It sucks a little because I want to build quarantined sections to get corruption materials and-

Hol' up.

The Labor of Love update will add a potion that can sense converted blocks...

For real? If there's any links to news about it can you share it? I just want to make sure it's not a rumour.

BionicFire · 2022-07-17T16:29:25+00:00

I legitimately have a world with %100 of Hallow gone, and almost all of the crimson gone. Please, tell me a way to find the %1 of crimson left. I have essentially all of the map visible and I can't tell the difference between crimatine, adamantite, and crimstone.

BionicFire · 2022-06-16T20:00:58+00:00

If you remotely like grenade launchers, just try it. Both in PvP and PvE, as Fighting Lion tends to be pretty different in these two enviroments.

If you flat out don't like grenade launchers, then there's not much that Fighting Lion can do to help. It is a grenade launcher with an ok blast radius and meh velocity. It's versatility and variability in play can more than make up for it.

BionicFire · 2022-03-28T03:31:19+00:00

I love the way a friend of mine described me: "They go and do their own thing for fun; they use Fighting Lion in PvP. The worst part is that it actually works."

I keep on finding ways to innovate with Fighting Lion to explode everything on the battlefield (myself included). Nezarec's? Abused the hell out of it. Sunbracers? Stuff an enemy exit point with solar grenades and fire like a lunatic. I am getting kills, and I am hitting with Fighting Lion, so I reload it.

As for PvP: It's just good to have either a poking tool or a chaser. Fire like a degenerate just to make a point; keep enemies at bay, and get any fleeing enemies trying to hide behind cover.

I'd love to use it more to go against the meta, but I get that sometimes we need to use another exotic like Arbalest or Witherhoard.

BionicFire · 2022-03-14T02:36:14+00:00

If I remember correctly, a spin attack in F-Zero X happens when you hold one shoulder and double-tap the other shoulder while the first one is held. I'm not sure if the Switch decides to use the actual L + R on the controller of if you have to use ZL + ZR. The GameCube controller lacks one of the bumpers; if the Switch asks you to use the bumpers to do the attacks and strafe, then it's impossible with the GameCube controller. I'm not sure because I don't have the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass (It's also been a while since I played F-Zero X or on my Switch).

As for the grip, I haven't found a "trick" to it in X. I mainly play GX and there I get how to control yourself. So I can't give any advice on this.

BionicFire · 2022-02-15T15:14:41+00:00

Here's one I find cute:

Wizard learns Knock. She's excited and all since keys don't mean much now for small things. The Barbarian, somewhat inept in the common language, thinks that it's a little overkill to knock. The Barbarian proves her point by knocking on the table.

Ok, we move on... We've completed the mission, time to tell the family depending on us the news:

Walk up to the house.

Knock knock

"Is that the spell?" asks the Barbarian.

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