Graviton Vortex is in a bad spot
Thu, 08/29/2019 - 13:06
Electron Vortex inflicts shock which keeps enemies in place after the vortex ends
Obsidian Crusher throws them out of the vortex but inflicts poison which is very powerful
Graviton Vortex just throws them out and gets no compensation
My suggestion:
How about making Graviton Vortex' radius 10% larger, essentially making it suck in more enemies. That might give it the power it needs to be a worthy alternative to electron vortex and obsidian crusher
Thu, 08/29/2019 - 16:26
#2
You could probably get away with increasing it even further than that to be honest. The STRONG statuses are pretty major.
Most weapons gain extra damage to compensate for a lack of status, and the GV technically does too, but of course the base damage is quite miserable and damage was never the point of vortex bombs, so the typical "buff damage to compensate" doesn't really work. I think this is a sensible suggestion. People would probably still prefer the status support of the other vortexes (as they should, since players should still be rewarded for the extra effort to obtain the status-vortexes), but this would at least give the GV a competitive niche that might make some people prefer it, particularly in Shock/Poison theme levels where the status-vortex bombs would then be considered inferior to the range-buffed GV.