Spiral Knights - ASI for bombs: Shorter fuse time?

ASI for bombs: Shorter fuse time?

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Sun, 10/02/2011 - 22:27

Nicoya-Kitty

Like the topic says. It can sometimes be annoying when bombing, especially with smaller radius bombs or less disciplined party members, to accidentally kite enemies right through your bomb's radius and out the other side before it explodes.

So, should ASI be (re)introduced for bombs, but having the effect of reducing the fuse time between planting and exploding? Maybe it could be added as a buff on the bombastic set to make it slightly less tragically useless.

It could also increase the animation speed for planting the bomb itself so you spend less time immobile when dropping it.

Obviously it wouldn't have a direct impact on DPS, but might add some nice ease of use and flexibility.

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 06:01

Starlinvf

Anything that speeds up

Anything that speeds up anything is gonna improve DPS..... but it would be nice to lower the margin of error planting a bomb. Then again, having someone with reduced fuse and reduced charge time with a chem bomb in PvP would be a night mare.

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 06:23

Khamsin

"Anything that speeds up

"Anything that speeds up anything is gonna improve DPS"

WRONG! Increasing projectile speed on guns wouldn't increase DPS and neither does this.

As for this suggestion, I'm not so sure. I feel like the bombs are "balanced" around their current fuse timers.

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 10:31

Ufana

Increasing projectile speed

Increasing projectile speed on guns would increase DPS, because guns with higher projectile speed hit more easily. :D

Decreasing bomb fuses though, would not. It "just" changes the bomb's behaviour and how you can use it which can make it more or less suitable for different situations. In my opinion, this should be part of the bomb's design on the dev's side and not part of your outfit (or UV's), it's not even clear, which direction is the "bonus" and which one is the "penalty" - often enough a longer fuse is better.

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 10:58

Madadder

wow nitronome has a short

wow nitronome has a short enough fuse time as it is with this it would be outrageous

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 14:39

Vlad

It may seem outrageous, but

It may seem outrageous, but you should know that a few betas back, bombs had no charge time.

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ASI for bombs: Shorter fuse time?