Expanding venom abilities
Venom, as it is right now, is a pretty limited mecanic
But while it's pretty limited as it is now, it also has a lot of potential, especially for a MMO like PoT aims to become.
Thus, my suggestion is to expand on it by creating different types of venom
IRL, there a many different types of venom : neurotoxin, hemotoxin, cytotoxin, etc.
Each having different effects
Some venoms could increase bleed damage, others would drain stamina, reduce the target's speed or even start dealing damage overtime (more slowly, but for longer than regular bleed effects).
Thus you can expand onto the mecanic and differenciate the venomous species depending on the type of which they have access to, instead of giving them all the same effect (but making it so they can only equip one venom type if they have access to several of them, wouldn't make much sense).
It also opens up more room in the future for players to chose if they want to specialise their venom use or not, depending on the build they want
Comments: 3
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30 Jun, '22
KupkakeA "tracking" venom would also be a nice exclusive to Megalania, allow for a true Komodo Dragon "tag n' follow" playstyle, this would also give meg a powerful scouting ability for carnivore hunting parties, allowing other party members to "smell" the victim for their group.
Passives that prevent venom would be nice as well. For example, Mega can be immune to venom, where Metri is resistant, other creatures can eat "antidote" herbs to cure a longer lasting affliction, etc. -
02 Jul, '22
Ion_40KI enjoy the thought of something like a Metri having to stack venom before it stacks bleed in order to make the bleed more effective.
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04 Aug, '22
DapperWolfi would rather they iron out a functional combat system in basic form before they go and make venom even more op. right now the combat in game is sub par and needs a total rework to make it smooth and enjoyable, adding multiple venom options seems far too premature when every other form of combat is clunky and unrewarding right now.