Charge Flask

I love it.

Problems:

1. Summon skills (Especially Raise Spectre).

Solution: Make it simply not work for summons.

2. Communicating to the player that he has to have a specific weapon equipped when applicable.

Solution: Message appears, saying "Failed to use skill. Make sure you have the required weapon type equipped".

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DirkAustin wrote:

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You're not a real POE suggestion until DirkAustin -1's you. Congrats Novalisk, you've made it.

On the problems you mentioned:
1) It shouldn't be a problem to keep it exclusive to active damage. Summons and totem users have enough advantages.

2) The flask background can turn red (like items whose requirements are lacking) and the flask will be unusable until the appropriate weapon is equipped.

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Deathstar2x wrote:

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DirkAustin wrote:

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Look at the wonderful feedback and discussion being contributed to this forum thread.



Personally, I dislike this idea (lore-wise). Why is having a stone of power inside a drinking container important? Gems in this game are source of great power. The gem should increase the potency of the drinking substance. Looking at the effect, it seems like the substance is increasing the gem's power instead.

Well if it was the flask that was powerful, and not the gems, then you would expect it to have an effect by itself. Lore is never a good way to justify balance and mechanics but if we were to use a lore justification you could say the flask allows a more direct exposure to the gem's power. That is, instead of merely wearing it you are dissolving part of it in liquid and ingesting it.

I thought this suggestion would be for a flask that gave Endurance/Frenzy/Power Charges :(

I'm not keen on the idea, for similar reasons to Deathstar2x. Flasks are something you drink from, so it should affect you, not throw something at monsters.

Ok, Lore reasoning:

Flasks fill up with the essence of fallen enemies. The skill gem, being a magical entity, forms a bond with the fused essences, creating a powerful liquid that condenses all the fallen souls into one attack. When the liquid is consumed, the drinker obtains that power, unleashing the wrath of the fallen in the form of his chosen skill.

And the flask's name isn't great since it conflicts with power/frenzy/end charges and the fact that all flasks contain "charges". I'm not that good at naming stuff.

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