Potions are worse than useless

[Omega Haxors]

Picking some berries
Figure I would attack an enemy while they respawn
Didn't realize the game power scaled them way higher
They're cleaning my clock
Use a potion to ensure I can get away
Enemy deals 30 damage in the time it takes to use it
Potion heals 20
Casts immunity right after
Last attack before spell finishes hit 4 over my HP
I literally would have lived had I not used the potion
"DiD yOu TrY uSiNg A pOtIoN??"
Yes I did, that's why i'm here.

[Marleene]

Yep healing potions are awful in this game

[Omega Haxors]

I'm starting to think that spriggans are the reason why people keep leaving negative reviews, they're obscenely overtuned for their level and I constantly see people dying to them.

[Greb]

Healing potions will get better as your max HP increases I guess, since it's % based. Assuming of course at like level 400+ enemies don't just thwack you for 33% of your HP each hit, lol.

[Omega Haxors]

This is why in any well-balanced game healing points heal a set amount and the game balances around that fact. Not sure why they thought %-based was a good idea.
It makes no sense for a low tier healing item to become more useful the higher your level is, having it be borderline useless in the early game and overpowered later on.

[Chinese Carti]

"I used the weakest level of potion at the wrong time in a fight and I died. This is the game's fault*

My brother in christ you did the equivalent of bringing shrimp on a slayer task and you're complaining it's not healing enough. Go level up your alchemy and make better potions.

[Pyro3000]

The potions heal more as your alchemy improves. If you're using a 10% potion and have green rarity gear, then yes your potion is basically useless if not counter intuitive,

Originally posted by Omega Haxors:

This is why in any well-balanced game healing points heal a set amount and the game balances around that fact. Not sure why they thought %-based was a good idea.
It makes no sense for a low tier healing item to become more useful the higher your level is, having it be borderline useless in the early game and overpowered later on.

You seem to misunderstand. The 10% potion will always be a 10% potion. It never becomes overpowered. In fact, it's basically useless as soon as you get away from level 4 enemies because of how much they hit for unless you have a full set of purple gear or above. However, with just a few alchemy levels, you can make 20% healing potions to use instead. I'm using 25% potions right now.

[Run dem Weh]

Originally posted by Omega Haxors:

I'm starting to think that spriggans are the reason why people keep leaving negative reviews, they're obscenely overtuned for their level and I constantly see people dying to them.

I have spent like 95% of my time in Hopeport and only lightly dabbled in Hopeforest, but i did grind Spriggans for a few levels and they were never a threat, so i feel like that can't be true.

Thieves at the start of the game, or Deathcrows or even the Guards, on the other hand, can easily kill you even when you outlevel them by several levels if you happen to get real unlucky with your own damage rolls compared to theirs, this hasn't happened to me on Spriggans yet.