Hey folks,

The next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon will make some pretty big changes to the Warrior. His current shielding over time benefit is passive and hard to notice, so I’m changing it to grant him a bunch of shielding up-front, with a cooldown.

I’m toying with some of the balance on this atm, but would also like to add a bit of interactivity to this by having it only trigger when the Warrior is about to be below half health. This gives me room to make the effect stronger, in exchange for the extra requirement on its use.

(Image Description: A short GIF of the Warrior taking damage early in the game. Just before the incoming damage from the rat is dealt, The Warrior gains a burst of 5 sheilding, completely negating the attack. The Warrior then starts to retaliate and defeats the rat.)

  • sirxdaemon@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    I’m curious what people think of the potential change.

    Personally, even if the shielding is chunky, it’d still be a nerf to me. The current passive shield is useful at any health level, synergizing with a defensive build. The proposed change seems less useful.

    • 00-EvanOPMEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      All else being equal yes this is absolutely a nerf, which is why the shielding is being made a lot more generous. At base you’ll get 5 shielding with a 100 turn cooldown, which is already 20 turns per shield at best, as opposed to the current Warrior’s static 30. With T5 armor and Iron will this can go up to 15 shielding, effectively meaning 6.7 turns per shield. These numbers aren’t final though, of course, and obviously you are not going to be getting this shield as max effectiveness, but the idea here is if you play around it you’re going to get a lot more effective points of shielding than the old system which had 0 interaction.