Spiral Knights - Mad Bomber set: Premature Detonation~

Mad Bomber set: Premature Detonation~

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Fri, 07/08/2011 - 18:25

Dukesky

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I want to say first off, I have not used the Mad Bomber set and I don't necessarily think there's anything wrong with it, but I had a neat idea and I figured it would best fit this set. This would replace the Negative Status Effect Resistances, you will see why.

The IDEA:
Premature Detonation

If any hazard, enemy, or other interruption hits you while Bomb Charging, your Bomb explodes. You, and any enemy around you, takes damage (but not teammates, duh). In my mind, this means Shock could cause the explosion, but not Burn.

Equipping one Mad Bomber item= 25% self damage, 50% enemy damage (relative to the bomb's normal output)
Equipping both Mad Bomber items = 50% self damage, 75% enemy damage ( " ")

In the case of Status Effect inflicting bomb, you will have a chance to Inflict that status on yourself!
This is the main reason why I think the negative status resistances would have to go if this was implemented, it will be punishing enough Freeze / Shock / Burning / Poisoning yourself without the negative resistances.

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 20:23

angelgod

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u know how much a bomb with mad bomb set hits on a player? 2 bombs kill u off, so 1 bomb with mad bber set is 1/4 of your life, w8 that would be about as much u get with low hits in tier 3, ok.

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 20:35

Dukesky

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@angelgod

I'm not sure you understand what I meant. I am not saying each bomb takes off 25% of your life, only that 25% of the damage the bomb would have done normally is inflicted on yourself. So if the bomb deals high Normal damage, and you have high resistance to Normal Damage, your self damage will be very tiny.

Now if you are foolish enough to use Mad Bomber, under my idea, without damage resistance related to your bomb....
well, you're going to take a lot of self-damage.

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 20:54

angelgod

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i actually agreed with the idea, since mad bomber set nowadays is pretty useless, unless u have a pro party, wich when u do u just bored of the game.

jez having UV's in armor and weapons for a bomber. Gl with that, still even max UV resistance gives like 1/3 of the damage u do.

Also unless u had resistance vs normal, or u are in an strat where u use elemental damage, u would take 2 dif types of damage

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 21:10

solkanar512

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It's only foolish to use Mad

It's only foolish to use Mad Bomber if these changes were to take effect. Really, I'm not sure why you want to make this set worse. It certainly doesn't make the game more fun, so again, why do it?

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 21:54

angelgod

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it wouldnt make the set worse it would make it better...
this is tier 3 set, and the damage u get from 50% of one of those bombs is as much as a hit from lets say a chromalisk in tier 3.
since this is a buff in my opinion u shouldnt replace the negative status resistance should be just another bonus

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 22:14

Dukesky

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I was just trying to imagine something different, it'd be a double-edged sword as far as I'm concerned. If you equip armor resistant to the bombs you carry, you could in effect spam bombs way faster than normal, and only take a little damage for it.

If you don't equip armor vs your bombs.... well, you'll die real quick.

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@ solkanar512
And this is only if you get hit while charging. Careful bombers could make sure to not be hit while charging, and they 'gain' the removal of the set's negative resistances, so I don't see how this is making it worse.

That being said, I'm fine if people don't like the idea, but I honestly can't see how you think it'd make it worse, only different.

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Mad Bomber set: Premature Detonation~