Concerns about the new updates regarding bombs.

"Pander" (If you want to call it that) to a minority community of pros or "pander" to the larger majority of the playerbase.

Gee Einstein, if I were developing this game I wonder which one I'd choose.

You sure do like flinging this word around.

Competent players aren't automatically good players. You're probably referring to that master race of players that have "Mad Skillz," or whatever term took that term's place (Was it "Competent?" I hope not.)

 

Except that the larger majority either actually becomes good at the game, turns into griefers, or leaves it entirely.

And no, I'm not talking about "mad skills", I'm talking about basic knowledge of the game.

 

Why not just make friendly thrown bombs unable to harm you? I think it would solve it?

 

I've always considered early detonation a legitimate tactic. There are many situations where you can predict that enemy knights will come at you with bombs. Lighting one as they approach used to allow you to detonate theirs at a safe distance and score a kill or two. Bomb-jumping is neat, but it's an odd emergent phenomenon, not a core mechanic.

I don't have anything against bomb-jumping, but I don't think it's a good reason to do away with triggered detonations. Team-killing seems like the more important issue.

 

Well, bombs not blowing up spikes kinda sucks. But everything else is fine.

I dearly hope not, 'cause I do too.

 

BOMBS CAN'T BLOW UP SPIKES NOW?111?? SPIKE PITS WILL BE SO GODDAMN EFFECTIVE NOW!1

 

I don't know why people still think this. When bombs were first implemented they didn't do any knockback whatsoever. It's only after a lot of people suggesting that bombs do knockback on shields, specifically with bomb jumping in mind, that it was implemented. It is one of the most core mechanics and one of the few that have always been intentional (unlike notch climbing).

 

Bomb-jumping in the current sense, where you can use it to jump towers and glide vast distances? If that is really the case, why did they wait so long to remove bomb-triggered detonations?

 

Are you doubting that bomb jumping is an intended mechanic because of the stupid bomb triggered detonations? That's like doubting that sword fighting is an intended mechanic because of clashing.

 

Not really, I simply chuck in one bomb to blow up a spike, jump on that spot, and dig my way out.

They're just as useless as always.

 

Lol. I do wonder sometimes. It's like they don't even want me to kill builders.

It was just a point of curiosity. I believe that bomb-jumping is intentional, it just seems like the sort of thing that happened accidentally, like notch-climbing. If you say otherwise, I believe you. :D

 

Ok, A bomb costs 20 coins which equals 120 wood which equals 120 stone which equals 12 spikes.

Therefore, a bomb should be able to take out 12 spikes.

But I would be happy even if it just took out 2 by 2, meaning that 1 bomb placed in the middle of 4 spikes should take them out.

 

I'm not sure what game you're playing, but try chopping some wood.

 

I just showed you that 120 wood is equivalent to 20 coins through manual labor.

And I've never seen a game where all the stone is mined, but then again, I don't play timed rounds that last 3 hours long.


You don't have these issues in ticket games.