0008586: Brimstone Cyclone damage seems high - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0008586	Valley 1	Suggestion - Balancing Issues		Jun 16, 2012 5:47 pm	Jul 9, 2012 3:14 am

Reporter	SerinityFyre	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.101 ( Post-Launch Series 1)

Summary	0008586: Brimstone Cyclone damage seems high
Description	These things seem to deal a metric-crap-ton of damage
Tags	No tags attached.

Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

SerinityFyre Jul 7, 2012 11:55 am reporter ~0026459	It's also frustrating fighting these things since their projectiles are homing

weelillad Jul 7, 2012 1:32 pm reporter ~0026470	The projectiles are easier to dodge the closer you go to the cyclone, since their turning radius is rather large.

Pyrrhic Jul 7, 2012 1:59 pm reporter ~0026471	There are strategies: dropping multiple rhinos on them, using shields, teleporting in and out... but yeah, their damage seems a bit high. Or maybe their projectiles are too fast?

weelillad Jul 7, 2012 2:52 pm reporter ~0026477	I concede that I lose more health fighting these buggers than any other boss. But this is the only boss that make me sit back and think tactics, rather than just run-jump-shoot my way through. I think the game should have a few more such challenges, rather than less.

jruderman Jul 8, 2012 3:20 am reporter ~0026492	If you want more challenges in general, increase your difficulty level :) Brimstone Cyclones are just unbalanced. They're the hardest bosses to hit, the hardest to dodge, and they do the most damage per hit.

SerinityFyre Jul 8, 2012 9:53 am reporter ~0026501	I agree the tactical challenge is fun with these guys, but they can also wipe 1/2 your health before you even know it's in the room. I agree with jruderman; they're just a beatdown.

Pyrrhic Jul 9, 2012 2:30 am reporter ~0026551	There are tactics for cyclones, though. When I first encountered one, I figured it would be just too difficult until I got a summon rhino spell. As expected, once I got summon rhino, the fight became as easy as repeatedly dropping rhinos on it from a distance (although that was a little dull...) You could also have a shield up whenever approaching an unknown boss, so that it's the shield and not your character taking damage that tips you off to what you're dealing with. That said, it feels like cyclones are about 1 difficulty level harder than they should be. Playing at normal difficulty, a cyclone felt like it was 1 or 2 difficulty levels harder than that. Maybe cyclones could just be scaled down 1 or 2 levels? (In other words, give the normal difficulty the cyclone that's currently used at the next-easiest difficulty, etc.)

jruderman Jul 9, 2012 3:14 am reporter ~0026554	I was wrong about "most damage per hit". I got confused (and killed) by 0008851.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jun 16, 2012 5:47 pm	SerinityFyre	New Issue
Jun 18, 2012 1:03 pm	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
Jun 18, 2012 1:03 pm	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
Jul 7, 2012 11:55 am	SerinityFyre	Note Added: 0026459
Jul 7, 2012 1:32 pm	weelillad	Note Added: 0026470
Jul 7, 2012 1:59 pm	Pyrrhic	Note Added: 0026471
Jul 7, 2012 2:52 pm	weelillad	Note Added: 0026477
Jul 8, 2012 3:20 am	jruderman	Note Added: 0026492
Jul 8, 2012 9:53 am	SerinityFyre	Note Added: 0026501
Jul 9, 2012 2:30 am	Pyrrhic	Note Added: 0026551
Jul 9, 2012 3:14 am	jruderman	Note Added: 0026554