New Equipment Ideas

i've already made like 200 items that i've commented in various posts about. might as well give you one.

demo charge - destroy 1 block.

1 block being broken wouldn't break the game. 2 blocks? maybe. but 1 block? i think there would be an incentive to make double layered walls which could allow for some interesting trap baits.

coop is broken to begin with. you have a free infinite phoenix pod. tell me how that's fair?

the solution is simple. make bedrock a placeable block in build mode and make it so that the item can't blow up bedrock. and bedrock will cost more than 1 point, but less than 10. so maybe 5?

as a builder, i don't want infinite co-op revive. as a raider, i don't want infinite co-op revive.

this is my builder and raider standpoint.

Sonic Scout, emits a frequency that can detect hollow spaces behind walls (think being able to tell theres a hall, or a guard room on the other side of a wall or ceiling. single use, scouts everything in, 5-8 blocks?

Cryo bomb - large radius than standard grenade, freeze guards within 3-4 blocks"

Hologram - Chuck it into a room at it activates traps/guards as if it were a player. lasts 8 seconds?

The "HRV<3" a single use object that protects HRV from 3 fatal damage events.

Hijacked Flameshield - Equip HRV with a fireproof shield salvaged from a vanquished warmonger.

edit - our first in-raid collectable? get loot from an enemy guard?

how does the car get the HRV path if the HRV works for the outpost builder?

Some good ideas.

I think the Ammo Restock would have to be a single charge to balance it properly.

Teleport is a neat high-risk alternative to Phoenix, after all you want to use it a split second before you die. It could have 2 charges because of that, but you'd also be able to combo them for 3 second chances. Not sure if that's balanced or not, on one hand, it would make Solo raiding a little more comparable to Duo. (maybe Duo raiding should come with a -1 hardware capacity as standard to balance it, so 2 grenades each, 1 shield, 1 teleporter, etc. but 1 capacity items remain at 1.) Or maybe just give the Teleporter 1 charge like Phoenix, you can use up both slots for 2 second chances, or just bring the Phoenix as default.

Impact/Sticky Grenades are a no-brainer, but would probably have a capacity of 2 rather than 3 due to their higher accuracy. Particularly as you can combo them too, and 6 grenades would probably be too much.

Cluster Grenade would be neat too. Single charge, but it explodes like a Bomb trap, potentially taking out a much larger group of traps/guards.

Not on-board with the 'destroying blocks' however, I think that's too far.

I don't think the Drone is a fair addition though. It's essentially giving you a free trial run of the outpost with no risk of death, particularly if it can explode and disarm traps.

I would fuse the Drone and 'RC Car', make the Drone follow HRV's path automatically, you can place it as long as HRV is dead and anywhere on the path too, so you can 'check' the path if you're on it, by whether or not your Drone is able to be placed. Once placed it follows the path once to the Genmat, holds there for a period of time, say 20 seconds, at which point you can see its 'aura', then deactivates.

"First, who cares?"

i reply to you with you

"You seem to be really hung up on this whole "HRV works for the builder" thing."

seems pretty obvious i care.

also, i do care about floating structures. super breaks immersion, and when i build elevated buildings i give them support legs or towers.

"Gameplay trumps lore, logic, physics or reality."

yeah it does, much in the way a dungeon master trumps the rules as written in the book. but every GREAT game has a lore reason for WHY things work how they do. i'd like this to be a GREAT game.

"But even if you want to worry about the lore of the game it isn't hard to think of some way to work around it. The raider "hacks the HRV receiving point for the HRV route". Uploads said data to the goggles or whatever. Now the equipment has a lore excuse as to why it works. Happy?"

yes, immensely. you have a reason for why things are how they are and aren't waving a magic hand at it. I could accept this as a reasonable logical addition, we live in a high tech post-apocalyptic world where we can create clones and custodians, hacking an enemy computer should be simple enough.

but seeing as this object literally removes the maze aspect of the game, i forsee MANY builders who make mazes because they enjoy them blocking raiders for their hardware choice if this gets added.

personally, i hate mazes, so i don't care, i don't play them to begin with. but path obfuscation is an intended mechanic meant to disorient speed runners when they go into rooms and the ability to see the path freely makes that impossible, thus removing a core mechanic.

you'd probably have a similiar opposition if somoene were to suggest something that just arbitrarily lets them mind control guards around them so they don't shoot. you'd wonder "well how did you mind control my guards?"

"If you don't like an equipment idea because you feel there is an issue with balance then I'm all ears. Like my RC car idea earlier. It addresses the same issue as these goggles would and someone made some pretty good arguments as to why it would be an issue so I changed the item accordingly."

kinda like where i said it would trivialize all mazes and path obfuscation which are both intended parts of the game?

Plating: Similar to what guards have, but adjusted for the raider. It takes up one of your hardware slots, and if you take a hit then it's automatically consumed and gives you a moment of invulnerability.

Pulse Disruptor: An energy weapon that leaves no projectile and automatically regenerates ammunition, but deals no permanent damage. Hitting a trap or guard only disables it for a few seconds.

Peregrine Suit: A lightweight suit designed for aerial mobility

-Extended Tether: Increases grappling hook range by 10/20/30%

-Turbo Motor: Increases grappling hook speed by 10/20/30%

-Soft Landing:

--Level 1: No slowdown after falling long distances

--Level 2/3: Movement speed increased by 10/20% for 5 seconds after falling long distances

Volt Ripper: Very similar to the Volt Lancer, but instead of a bolt that sticks into surfaces it fires a sawblade that bounces off of surfaces until it runs out of momentum. You can't pick up the blade until it stops moving and you will die if it hits you, so it's important to work out the angles before firing.

Plasma Missile: Fires a reusable missile that tracks your crosshair, even through walls, and upon hitting a surface it sticks and explodes. It only holds one shot and can't be upgraded to hold more, so the Demolition Cannon still has a lot more firepower.