Consumables take too long during fights

[Foul Eagle]

Does anyone else think they need to work on consumable speed? As it stands, I find using medicine/health pots almost impossible on fights without getting my grapes crushed by a boss. I also sometimes have to use medicine twice before it actually works. Most of my deaths in Chapters 5 & 6 are due to consumables taking too long...

[HerbalStrain]

Im not nearly at a point in the story yet where this is a major issue for me. I will say i think it definitely feels a little slow.

[nbean16]

Then use the item that speeds up gourd drinking speed.

[HerbalStrain]

Originally posted by nbean16:

Then use the item that speeds up gourd drinking speed.

Whats this item?

[Pele316]

Scorpion lord drops the gourd but no, consumables are the biggest downfall and contribution to cheap deaths that are otherwise avoidable. Pounding a button over and over. Seeing it flash indicating the input was accepted and still nothing is monstrously frustrating

[Xengre]

Never really found it to be an issue. Just use them during boss moves you know you are able to be safe with larger windows between attacks or that don't track where you moved to.

Pilgrim outfit lets you use gourd while running and is probably one of the very best armors in the game with its massive attack damage buff and at full upgrade Further, you get 340+ defense, and more importantly you charge focus while sprinting which synergizes with its sprinting 10x attack buff (which is huge, just check your attack in menu while running) and the ability to get gourd buffs without cancelling your run. Even before the full upgrade perk it still lets you use the left branch charging perks from the smash tree to extremely powerful effect. Even more so when coupled with Decoy / Immobilize for insane nukes, or getting a huge burst/instant kill on trash mobs.

Oh, and it turns into a full-body gold armor at max upgrade if you care.

[Tr3m0r]

The game can use more latency reduction for sure. It's about double of what should exist for this level of precision based gameplay. It should be about 30ms latency of all inputs and it's more along averaging 75ms. So they could increase speed or decrease vulnerability windows to compensate. I usually only use medicine before a fight but still can sometimes be losing valuable time having to press my health gourd a few extra times due to latency missing my inputs. It's the biggest issue with the game I have and still have it my game of the year. But latency timings are a problem that prevents it from feeling precise.