Balancing - Fixing Mage's Weapon / Armor Progression (2024)

I intend these wands to be a mage starter setup, as well as Dark Goggle Helmet Line.
But I might have made them bit too weak.
Maybe increase damage: 500, 1,000 , 2,000 respectively.

And I forgot to add, these are Dungeon Wand.

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Requirements: The Catacombs Floor VII Completion
Static Field Ability Scaling: 0.2
Lightning Fireball Ability Scaling: 0.35

And I forgot to add, this is Dungeon Wand. (2)

Lightning Fireball's True Damage will not affected by any of player stats, similar to Ender Bow Ability.
It can be crafted like this:
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Uses 1x Wand of the Withereds, 6x Wither Catalysts, 8x L.A.S.R.'s Eye and 1x Thunderstorm Core.
Thunderstorm Core is new item that has ?% chance to drop from F7.
I'm not really sure how rare it should be, I want it to be a weapon that used until player obtain 3/3 Scroll Wither Blade.

Or not drop from F7 but drop from Storm himself when he dies?

I'll appreciate you guys suggestion

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Requirements: The Catacombs Floor VI Completion
Drop from Obsidian Chest with 3.26% chance / Bedrock Chest with 6.52% chance.
Both Chests will cost 6,000,000 Coins to open.

I'm not sure if this thing's Soul Absorb ability fairly balanced or not.

Ability Scaling: 0.2

And I forgot to add, this is Dungeon Spell Tome. can I stop forgetting about adding "DUNGEON" on rarity row?

Yes, it's new item type - Spell Tome.
I think items like Gloomlock Grimoire can be this type.
Perhaps more Spell Tome type items are coming soon™

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Drop chance decreased to 0.9%.

The weakness of Aurora Staff is that it can't hit more than 1 enemy, without 10 stacks of aurora armor.
Even if we successfully hit every single beam, we still do less DPS than Wither Impact.
And why would we use Aurora Staff that we need to concentrate on aim to deal less DPS than Wither Impact that we just need to right click without using brain?

But with this buff Aurora Staff will be more viable, at least more than it currently is.

First, it now can be upgraded just like other Kuudra Armors.
Granting more ❁ Damage, ✎ Intelligence and it also buffs ability's base damage. (former is completely useless but ehh intelligence)

Second, beam now has way bigger hitbox, making it easy to land beam on enemy.
And when beam hits enemy, it spawns 3 sparks that home towards random enemy within 3 blocks, granting clearing potential.

However, I think that damage of runic sparks are too weak. maybe double it and it would be balanced?

Ability Scaling of both Main Beam and runic sparks are 0.3 .

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Fragged:

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You can now obtain Adaptive Armor from Catacombs Floor II Loot Chests, but not from Floor III.
Chest Opening Costs are changed:
Adaptive Helmet: 1,000,000 Coins
Adaptive Chestplate: 3,000,000 Coins
Adaptive Leggings: 2,000,000 Coins
Adaptive Boots: 750,000 Coins (least 1M coins if Obsidian Chest)

I think making it Floor II drop instead of III would balance early game bit.
But +200✎ Intelligence was maybe bit too much, I think +100✎ for unfragged, +120✎ for fragged is better for balancing.

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You can now obtain Shaman Spirit Armor from Catacombs Floor IV Loot Chests.
Chest Opening Costs are:
Shaman Spirit Helmet: 2,500,000 Coins
Shaman Spirit Chestplate: 4,000,000 Coins
Shaman Spirit Leggings: 3,500,000 Coins
Shaman Spirit Boots: 3,000,000 Coins

Second ✎ Sapphire Slot can be unlocked with 40x ✎ Fine Sapphire Gemstones and 100,000 Coins.

Current Spirit Boots are replaced by Shaman Spirit Boots, and Spirit Glide ability will be removed from boots.

It can be upgraded with 8x Thorn Fragment, granting +10% ☠ Crit Damage, +1% ๑ Ability Damage, +20❤ Health, +20❈ Defense and +25✎ Intelligence.

However, Chestplate is bit different.
You need 2x Spirit Wings and 6x Thorn Fragment to frag it. the stats boost will be the same amount as other pieces, but it grants Spirit Glide ability on it, but you must wear at least 3/4 of fragged Shaman Spirit Armor to activate the ability.
Spirit Glide now has 30s cooldown instead of 60s.

I believe that this armor will help Mages in Floor IV - VI a lot, currently only viable armor that made for Mage on Floor IV - VI stage is Wise Dragon Armor, which is pretty underpowered on these floors.

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Stats are modified:
All pieces now grants +25✎ Intelligence.
All other stats are remains unchanged.

You can now store and summon 2 more souls per piece.

If you apply Necromancer's Brooch to Necromancer Lord Armor, it will be great Mage gear with high ✎ Intelligence, ๑ Ability Damage and extra 2✎ Sapphire Gemstone Slots.
Sadly, Mage can not have high EHP. It will reduce ❤ Health by 80, ❈ Defense by 50.

And special Tiered Bonus, the Great Necromancer, will increase the damage you deal with Soul-Absorbing ability by 15% / 30% / 45%/ 60%. This will include Necromancy summoned mobs, Soul's Strife ability, and Soul Eater Enchantment.

Necrotic will grant +45% ☠ Crit Damage, +20% ๑ Ability Damage on helmet and +6% ๑ on other piece, -80❤ Health, -50❈ Defense and +275✎ Intelligence. if the armor is Mythic Rarity.

I believe that it is very good change, it can be Tank set as it currently is if you don't reforge it to Necrotic.

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Can be obtained as same way as current.

It now grants you +45% ☠ Crit Damage, and +25% ๑ Ability Damage if helmet and +7.5% ๑ Ability Damage if other piece.

It now has Tiered Bonus which buffs mage a lot.
If you are playing Mage:
⁍ Your ✎ Intelligence is multiplied by 1.05x / 1.1x / 1.15x / 1.2x / 1.25x.
⁍ Multiplies your Magic mage dealt by 1.05x / 1.1x / 1.15x / 1.2x / 1.35x.
⁍ Multiplies your Mana Regeneration by 1.2x / 1.35x / 1.5x / 1.65x / 1.8x.
⁍ Makes your Mage Staff' Beam bounce to another enemy within 6 blocks when it hits enemy, up to 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 enemies.
I believe that Mage Staff Bouncing ability makes LCM clearing more viable, especially on Master Mode where RCM clearing isn't really viable due to enemy having very high ❤ Health.
And new Dungeon Equipment Piece, Storm's Cloak is here!
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I'm too lazy to make the item generation command again with new Tiered Bonus scaling.

It's Piece Bonus, the Static Interceptor, fits pretty well for Mage.
If an incoming damage would deal at least half of your ❤ Health, completely nullfies the damage taken and grants 3s* of invulnerability.

This ability will shine especially on

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It now has ๑ Ability Damage, making helmet able to compete with Wither Goggles especially with 4/4 Tiered Bonus.

And brand new Tiered Bonus, Arcane Incantations.
This armor no longer enforces player to use Aurora Staff!

Every 300 mana used, you gain 1 stack of ✡ Arcane Star.
I forgot to add, used mana counts as 5x as actual mana used if you casted Aurora Staff ability.

Each of them grants +1% - 5% more Mana Regenation and increase Magic Ability damage by +0.5% - 2.5%.

At 10 stacks, you release 3 of ✵ Arcane Comets when you use Magic.

✵ Arcane Comet will shatter and deal 400 - 1,000 damage, to all enemies within 4 blocks when it hits something.
✵ Arcane Comet's damage are scaled with ✎ Intelligence, just like other Magic Abilities.
Ability Scaling: 0.3

✵ Arcane Comets has 1s cooldown.