Hello!
NOTICE, 8/28 3:30PM ET: We are closing testing for now for the Dungeonbreaker. We are aware that the testing session was short and we apologize for it, however, we have gathered decent feedback for now and will be using Alpha for a different update very soon. We will be circling back to the Dungeonbreaker once (and if!) we make a few changes in the near future. Please note that the stonking changes and the Dungeonbreaker are not planned for this upcoming release. Thank you all for testing it.
We're back on Alpha today to test some adjustments to our Stonking implementation.
After reviewing community feedback, here are the planned implemented changes:
- Stonking is now “clientside”.
- It’s basically vanilla mining and should result in no latency while mining. Please test this out for yourselves!
- Dungeonbreaker changes
- The Dungeonbreaker now has 20 charges. Charges now regenerate at 2/s.
- You are not limited to only breaking 20 blocks, just be aware that upon breaking the 21st block, the 1st block broken will regenerate.
Here’s some other feedback we’d like to address:
- We have considered an upgrade line to the Dungeonbreaker multiple times. We initially decided against it as we thought an upgrade line wasn’t necessary when our goal was to seamlessly integrate stonking into latest versions. However, we are aware that there’s definitely progression potential within the Dungeonbreaker upgrade line, and are open to having upgrades to the Dungeonbreaker.
- To make stonking a bit more purposeful and interactive with secrets, we’re considering the following upgrade:
- New Wither Essence Shop Perk: Echoes of the Lost
- Gain 1-5 charges on your Dungeonbreaker after collecting a secret.
- Costs 250/500/1000/2000/5000 Wither Essence to upgrade.
- Let us know what you think about it.
- New Wither Essence Shop Perk: Echoes of the Lost
- We are aware that players want to have ghost blocks in F7. With the clientside stonking fix, there shouldn’t be much time loss if you were to just break the route again. Let us know if you run into any other issues relating to this.
- We are aware that players may want to be able to break blocks in puzzle rooms. While we will not be granting this, we can offer the following compromises:
- Let the Tic-Tac-Toe secret not be stonking-reliant.
- Fix boulder puzzle not being able to be reset by an Architect’s First Draft despite being effectively bricked.
- We are aware that new stonking prevents players from pre-entering the dungeon, which may result in slower runs. We currently do not plan on allowing this functionality because we believe it’s not a fair game mechanic to access the dungeon before the game starts.