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Pls make this happen

But if its instant, won't the devs just add a cooldown like how they have it for the battle sprite skills?

Don't forget we are somewhat in charge of suggestions.

The animation is there for a reason; to leave you vulnerable. While this game is in nowhere near a balanced state, the pill animation is one of the few things that are balanced. Balanced in that it's designed to keep you vulnerable as a tradeoff for healing on the fly. Removing the animation itself is simply out of the question. To that effect, why should Remedies be instantaneous if the animation is the same? There is a lack of consistency; it feels like it should be the same for both, whether it is delayed or instant.

The lack of consistency behind these mechanics isn't enough of an issue to warrant immediate attention, and is something any player can easily become adjusted to after 30 minutes of gameplay.

Now here's an interesting idea; Vindictus has this neat little balance mechanic in the way healing potions work. If you're standing still, the effects are near immediate, and you get the full benefits of the pot. If you're running, let's say in the middle of combat, you only benefit from part of the potion's effect, and it takes a bit longer. What if this type of mechanic was placed in Spiral Knights? Healing Pills act instantly and heal slightly more when out of combat, such as standing still, and heal the same way they do now with the delay if you're on the run.

That is a pretty interesting idea!

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Speaking of kh, the last chance ability saved me a few times! Ex. against Sephiroth (in kh2)

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"The animation is there for a reason; to leave you vulnerable."

^ This.

But just in case they do add it...

"Anyways, if OOO does this I hope gremlin menders and gremlin pills also do instant healing."

^ +1 to this.

And poison should stop making enemies take damage when they're healed. I mean, we don't take damage from poison when we try to heal right?

So, we get insta Health Capsules, and the monsters get insta-healing and poison doesn't hurt them.

I think this is good.

"Why do you want to nerf poison when it's currently the most underrated status?"

Stun.

Poison seems to be more underpowered rather than it is underrated, but that doesn't change anything.

I honestly take my Maskeraith everywhere because it can poison everything, especially when a Mender decides to go crazy with their healing circles. I appreciate poison, but I see why others just don't feel like it's that great.

On a more serious note, I'd rather we take damage for attempting to heal while poisoned, but that seems like it will never happen.

"So then why do you want it nerfed even further? You're undoing your own argument."

"And poison should stop making enemies take damage when they're healed. I mean, we don't take damage from poison when we try to heal right?"

I never said I wanted it to be nerfed. QQ

Why do monsters and players have to operate under the exact same mechanics? By that logic, enemies shouldn't take thaw damage, should have invinciframes, take damage from traps, and should be able to pick up and throw vials at the player.

Also possible would be a version of the health pill animation that does not hamper the knight's motion and the health pill's effect occurs directly after its use?

I have an idea. What if you hold the hotkey to use the pill, the healing takes place as soon as you let go of the key. Letting go of it instantly heals you 1/3 of the amount it normally would, holding the key for half a second heals you for 2/3 of the health, while holding it for a whole second triggers the full healing effect of the pill?

@Hex

Yus, I need this now. So how do you propose we time it? Add a new bar to tell you how long you've been holding the pill?

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