Weird Looking Bomb?

[Onbored]

Just had this drop for me and was wondering if it was different than normal? Just never saw one like this before.

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[Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy]

They are a leftover from V1. There used to be "upgraded" bombs (but they don't exist anymore)

They are exactly the same, only look prettier.

[Brother Frank]

I'm pretty sure they're still an upgraded version. They definitely do more damage than normal ones, or it seems like it anyway.

[Pungent]

Originally posted by Brother Frank:

I'm pretty sure they're still an upgraded version. They definitely do more damage than normal ones, or it seems like it anyway.

Pretty sure they don't. They aren't even called improved bombs anymore on their pickup prompt, unlike in V1.

[Woudo]

The two bombs at the top of the Halescourge elevator always have that skin.

[Riepah]

I saw these too at least once, and told my friend about it in surprise. Turns out, on his screen, the bomb looked like a normal one. Pretty weird.

[Fraggypoo]

in the first game there was no difference other than the way they look

[Myrmidon]

Relic from V1. A lot of the Sack Rat mechanics, animations, models, textures etc are pretty much re-used from V1 with minor if any tweaks. A long time ago Bombs and the Improved Bomb variants did have different effects. They're probably still buried in the code and may even be accessible in V2's as it shares a lot. There's also cut content like the Smoke Bombs.

[Watermelons]

Originally posted by Myrmidon:

Relic from V1. A lot of the Sack Rat mechanics, animations, models, textures etc are pretty much re-used from V1 with minor if any tweaks. A long time ago Bombs and the Improved Bomb variants did have different effects. They're probably still buried in the code and may even be accessible in V2's as it shares a lot. There's also cut content like the Smoke Bombs.

Pretty sure these improved bomb models are purposely allowed to spawn, not some kind of forgotten leftover models. They spawn just for the variety, and don't have any stat differences, as said above.
Makes sense to have greedy Sack Rats drop fancy loot that caught their eye, including bombs. Also the lift on the Halescourge mission always has bombs, and they're always the "Improved" model

[Laserfrog]

Back in VT1 these were the "Improved" bombs, which, except on very rare occasions, could only be obtained off of a sackrat. Supposedly they were "better" but they didn't seem to do any more damage to a rat ogre than a normal bomb, and a regular bomb killed everything else in one hit anyway. No one was ever really sure whether they were bugged, or just not "improved" enough to statistically matter. They were, however, a lot shinier.

They seem to have been carried over to VT2 as a sort of easter egg. In this game they are straight up just normal bombs with different skins. You can find at least one guaranteed on the guildsman's lift in Halescourge (often two), and they still drop off sackrats.

[Onbored]

Originally posted by Woudo:

The two bombs at the top of the Halescourge elevator always have that skin.

For me they always looked like plain black ones, whenever I grabbed one.