Delver
Weapon Expansion Pack
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Lobo  [developer] 6 Apr, 2017 @ 3:03pm
Weapon balance
Hello everyone,

I've opened this discussion thread so people can give feedback about item balance.

I'm aiming to provide a mod that doesn't change the difficulty of the game, only the flavor. So for me it's important that it's well balanced.

I would appreciate if you could give me feedback in that regard.

Thank you :)
Last edited by Lobo; 6 Apr, 2017 @ 3:04pm
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Beinmynum 14 Apr, 2017 @ 9:21am 
Bone weapons: I think they spawn too often. During 3 levels I got 3 bone bows, bone scythe and bone mace and I haven't got any normal weapons! Maybe I was just lucky, but bone weapons are very powerful and the game becomes too easy. You should reduce spawn rate of these.
Lobo  [developer] 14 Apr, 2017 @ 12:55pm 
Thanks for your comments Beinmynum. I really appreciate it.

I've done a few test runs myself and the drop is very inconsistent. Sometimes they drop a lot, sometimes the drop "normally". However I've made a change to make them appear later in the game.

I cannot alter the rate at which objects spawn nor modify a particular item spawning chance but I can alter the expected level at which the item can be found, so that's what I've done.

I've tested a few times and looks like they spawn a lot less now.

Another thing I'm considering is to make them spawn through the whole dungeon and make them a lot less powerful.

I'll think about it :)
Last edited by Lobo; 14 Apr, 2017 @ 12:56pm
Beinmynum 14 Apr, 2017 @ 2:06pm 
Thank you for quick answer! I'm pleased you've made bone weapons rarer, now the game will be better balanced. So you can't change item's spawn rate? I was surprised I got your special bow two games in a row and I thought it was because you've set high spawn rate of this item. But you can't do this...
I've played 5 games on PC version of Delver and it seems to be too easy. Maybe again I'm lucky, but I got two times yellow item from boxes at camp! Devs should reduce spawn rate of this weapons I think.
Joshua  [developer] 15 Apr, 2017 @ 8:50pm 
That is good feedback. I believe that the current spawn chance of a unique item is ~3%.

Getting two rares at camp has a 0.09% chance of happening! That is a 9 in 10,000 chance! Maybe you should go buy lottery tickets. 😀
Beinmynum 16 Apr, 2017 @ 2:16pm 
No, I didn't mean I get two yellow weapons at the camp in one game. I'll describe for you my history of acquiring yellow weapons.

First, I got the Thunder (this special bow) at camp. I died. I died again. Then I got Dusk, Dawn and Thunder in one game (I know it sounds preposterous, but I have a screenshot, the Dusk is in my backpack because it had broken). I died and then I found Dusk at the camp...

Thanks to this amazing drops I've finished Delver in 7 hours. Okay, I've played Android version of Delver long time ago but it was harder than computer version(I hadn't won the game).

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