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Silvers Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:23am
Poison too much DMG!
Yeah so poison just deals 4 dmg per tick and that for 20 seconds. Isn't 80 dmg a little much for getting hit once ? A blow from a troll doesn't even do that much dmg.... And the poison resistance mead doesnt even get rid of it immediatly if you drink it afterwards which kinda doesn't really make sense. Anyone feels the same way?
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Originally posted by Bag:
the amount of comments here that are completely missing the point of the post is astounding. Of course you have the "git gud" crowd who still think flexing their in game performance can help someone else's issue but we also have the gaggle of smooth-brains who think spouting things along the lines of "just don't get hit" or "you should just prepare" or "I constantly have 200 hp so it's not a problem for me" and reading these genuinely gives me a headache, the point of the post is that poison does too much damage, it doesn't matter how good you personally are at avoiding poison based enemies or how much health you personally have on a regular basis. The challenge from a game should come from a skill curve, not a grind, not how many times can you upgrade the stats of something. Things that are attached to skill increase naturally as you play the game, having your health sucked away throughout a fight doesn't lessen depending on how skilled you are. The early game progression handles this perfectly, trolls are a challenge but they can be easily defeated with practice (since they only have 3 moves, it's not hard to learn) and they don't need a specific type of weapon to actually deal decent damage to them. However the poison based enemies only need to hit you once and they deal nearly as much damage as a troll, you cannot block them, due to their location on the map, the mobility factor is at risk and you don't even get any worthwhile drops from them.


TL:DR standard damage takes skill to avoid, poison damage is just cheese

P.S nobody cares if you're better at a game than them, if you don't have something constructive to say, we don't wanna hear it
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TataruTaru Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:27am 
I believe its trying to force you to make anti-poison potions before going into areas with that level of poison.
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Crowing Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:28am 
Yeah the poison resistance mead is supposed to be used before you get poisoned bub. Poison is fine, don't play carelessly in the swamp.
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Nexram Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:29am 
You have to craft anti poisen met bro
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Silvers Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:54am 
Originally posted by Crowing:
Yeah the poison resistance mead is supposed to be used before you get poisoned bub. Poison is fine, don't play carelessly in the swamp.

How is taking 80 dmg from 1 hit fine without any way of stopping it? I know you need to drink it before but it's still stupid like in any other game poison resist usually should stop the poison but no you just keep taking damage
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Kaziklu78 Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:55am 
ya the Mead knocks it down to 1.5 over 10 seconds I think. It is a resistance not a cure.
Last edited by Kaziklu78; Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:56am
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Pervy Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:58am 
Originally posted by Shiro:
Yeah so poison just deals 4 dmg per tick and that for 20 seconds. Isn't 80 dmg a little much for getting hit once ? A blow from a troll doesn't even do that much dmg.... And the poison resistance mead doesnt even get rid of it immediatly if you drink it afterwards which kinda doesn't really make sense. Anyone feels the same way?
You need to drink it first, since its a "poison resistance" and not a anti dote.
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Ivara Ara Mar 4, 2021 @ 11:59am 
If only there was an item that when used would give you a buff that helps against poison
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Pervy Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:02pm 
Originally posted by Ivara Ara:
If only there was an item that when used would give you a buff that helps against poison
If you read hes post, you would know he mentions it. But he always drinks it after he get poisoned.
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saurce Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:03pm 
Originally posted by Pervy:
Originally posted by Ivara Ara:
If only there was an item that when used would give you a buff that helps against poison
If you read hes post, you would know he mentions it. But he always drinks it after he get poisoned.
Woosh.
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chomba Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:04pm 
poison doesnt do enough damage
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Mile Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:04pm 
Originally posted by Shiro:
Originally posted by Crowing:
Yeah the poison resistance mead is supposed to be used before you get poisoned bub. Poison is fine, don't play carelessly in the swamp.

How is taking 80 dmg from 1 hit fine without any way of stopping it? I know you need to drink it before but it's still stupid like in any other game poison resist usually should stop the poison but no you just keep taking damage

Nothing in this game poison dots for 80 a tic, you greatly exaggerating...



Originally posted by Pervy:
Originally posted by Ivara Ara:
If only there was an item that when used would give you a buff that helps against poison
If you read hes post, you would know he mentions it. But he always drinks it after he get poisoned.

I believe he is being sarcastic.... maybe if you had common sense you would be able to tell this.
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Lime Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:07pm 
Originally posted by Shiro:
Originally posted by Crowing:
Yeah the poison resistance mead is supposed to be used before you get poisoned bub. Poison is fine, don't play carelessly in the swamp.

How is taking 80 dmg from 1 hit fine without any way of stopping it? I know you need to drink it before but it's still stupid like in any other game poison resist usually should stop the poison but no you just keep taking damage
Take another poison hit after you use the potion. It'll override the "strong" poison.
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DivineEvil Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:09pm 
Being upset for resistance mead not working in the process is just greed. There's no feasible reason not to craft various meads and using them. I still get fleshbacks from playing ES:Morrowind, crafting hundreds of potions ad never using them. Now I really try to use any and every potion that I have access to, it relieves a lot of stress about their potential wasted by my own old faults.
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Silvers Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:09pm 
Originally posted by TheRealMile:
Originally posted by Shiro:

How is taking 80 dmg from 1 hit fine without any way of stopping it? I know you need to drink it before but it's still stupid like in any other game poison resist usually should stop the poison but no you just keep taking damage

Nothing in this game poison dots for 80 a tic, you greatly exaggerating...


I wish i was exaggerating but i got poisoned i think by the big one which splits into two and it did 4 tick damage over 20 seconds... Still my point stands how is it balanced that a little goo deals more damage than a troll swing with a log
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Silvers Mar 4, 2021 @ 12:18pm 
Originally posted by Keepo:
Originally posted by Shiro:

How is taking 80 dmg from 1 hit fine without any way of stopping it? I know you need to drink it before but it's still stupid like in any other game poison resist usually should stop the poison but no you just keep taking damage
Take another poison hit after you use the potion. It'll override the "strong" poison.

Wow did not know that.. Thanks for the advice! I always retreated and it slowly killed me.
This is definetly the most useful thing i read here
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