Recent content by Caconym

I have to agree with Torgue here. Bosses are, well, bosses. They shouldn't be predictable or easy to do, and they should be able to insta a player if the player is not careful. Some mistakes are fine, but if a giant death mek sits down on you, you shouldn't be able to survive. Invincibility...

But there's also the fact that to "cancel out" a properly build plasma blade, you'd need a shitton of water, simply because of the incredibly high temperature of the blade; raindrops would vaporise well before coming into contact with the plasma itself. "Dispelling" energy isn't as simple as it...

As a physics student, I really, really don't like relying on techno-bullshit, no offense intended. Still, I will admit that we don't know what kind of materials will exist in the future.

The problem with heating memory-shape materials is that you're basically heating them to a point where they're not just bendy, they're outright soft. It'd be even worse than having a sword made out of gold, and it wouldn't even be *that* warm. You might as well just put an induction coil on a...

Prioritized targeting has been around for a long time. No, Ember needs a little more depth than that. For example, if anyone has gone through Smoldering Lake in Dark Souls 3, Using the environment to your advantage like that should be a big thing in how you go through PvE areas. Cliffs, lava...

That's true. The only problem with memory alloys is that they have to be deformed physically (so you'd need to "push" them into a collapsed state), and returning to their original shape happens through successive heating and cooling. So to draw/extend your sword, you'd have to first heat it to...

Jack of all trades based on mobility. Probably a DMR-like gun as the main weapon, with a high-DPS secondary in case things get a little too close, with a knife or something as a last resort. Maybe engineer focus for versatility. Dropping turrets while running around shooting stuff sounds fun.

PvE content should try to mitigate repetition as much as possible. Fighting a retextured enemy from the last area gets old, fast. PvE shouldn't be about who can pull the most DPS into as many bullet sponges as possible - go to WoW for that. It should have a few bullet sponges, yes, but it should...

The problem with physical, non-energy based melee weapons being able to change size or shape is that they lose a lot of durability. It's like one of those cheap plastic rulers with a hinge so they can fit in a pencil case; the joint/mechanism/hinge adds a weak point, and unless you have...