Cracking the Armor

[Tarshish]

I've been playing a lot of Cove recently and I feel like the Uca encounters are a bit tiresome. I mean, the high PROT makes sense because of the armor, but after a while, that armor would crack. I propose this: Raise the overall power of the Uca line and add a new feature to the fight.

A certain set of attacks (I'm thinking Chop, Uppercut, Bola, Crush, and other blunt force strikes) have a chance on Crit to crack an Uca's armor, lowering their PROT, Blight, Bleed, and Debuff resist. When the armor breaks, it would display a "DEBUFF" message that when you hover over it, it reads "Cracked,"similar to the "Immobilized" message in the cove crew line.

To make the fight not be a joke, I think the max health should be increased and armor crack chance should scale with difficulty. I personally believe this would make these encounters far more interesting and as a result, fun.

[Tarshish]

JellySlayer님이 먼저 게시:

You could just bring a Houndmaster or Bounty Hunter and lower their armor the normal way.

The problem is not that they are difficult- They are, but that's the point of a giant crab beast that wants to kill you.
The battles are just annoying and tedious. They are difficult, but the difficulty doesn't create an enjoyable challenge.

[LaserGuy]

Vanguard님이 먼저 게시:

JellySlayer님이 먼저 게시:

You could just bring a Houndmaster or Bounty Hunter and lower their armor the normal way.

The problem is not that they are difficult- They are, but that's the point of a giant crab beast that wants to kill you.
The battles are just annoying and tedious. They are difficult, but the difficulty doesn't create an enjoyable challenge.

I'm not saying anything about difficulty... just that there's already a method ingame to remove enemy PROT if that's what you want to do.

[Tarshish]

JellySlayer님이 먼저 게시:

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I'm not saying anything about difficulty... just that there's already a method ingame to remove enemy PROT if that's what you want to do.

That's not what I want to do. I think that a mechanic by which an enemies' PROT can be reduced through brute strength would add to the already plentiful combat options.

[Nemo, Forevermore]

Vanguard님이 먼저 게시:

JellySlayer님이 먼저 게시:

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I'm not saying anything about difficulty... just that there's already a method ingame to remove enemy PROT if that's what you want to do.

That's not what I want to do. I think that a mechanic by which an enemies' PROT can be reduced through brute strength would add to the already plentiful combat options.

Agreed. Multiple options to solve a single problem would be nice. There are too many problems in this game that only have one solution and that quickly gets stale (looking at you too curios).