Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Thoughts on the further development of Haven & Hearth? Feel free to opine!
User avatar
Colin500
Posts: 1018
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:07 pm

Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Colin500 »

Can we actually make this Hearth Magic useful, by lowering it's XP cost from 5000 to 500-1000?
Like seriously it's the most useless Hearth Magic due to it's too high XP cost.
User avatar
Ysh
Posts: 5953
Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:43 am
Location: Chatting some friends on forum

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Ysh »

Colin500 wrote:most useless Hearth Magic
Are you familiar with kindle?
Kaios wrote:Spice Girls are integral to understanding Ysh's thought process when communicating, duly noted.
I have become victory of very nice Jordan Coles Contest! Enjoy my winning submit here if it pleasures you.
User avatar
Colin500
Posts: 1018
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:07 pm

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Colin500 »

Ysh wrote:
Colin500 wrote:most useless Hearth Magic
Are you familiar with kindle?
Ya I'm and I can say that it's more useful than QtB.
User avatar
Ysh
Posts: 5953
Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:43 am
Location: Chatting some friends on forum

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Ysh »

Colin500 wrote:
Ysh wrote:
Colin500 wrote:most useless Hearth Magic
Are you familiar with kindle?
Ya I'm and I can say that it's more useful than QtB.
I think I will rather spend two sticks than become mauled by bear!
Kaios wrote:Spice Girls are integral to understanding Ysh's thought process when communicating, duly noted.
I have become victory of very nice Jordan Coles Contest! Enjoy my winning submit here if it pleasures you.
User avatar
shubla
Posts: 13041
Joined: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:26 am
Location: Finland

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by shubla »

Yeah there are many things in this game that are unbalanced, making them useless.
Bunch of curios, hearth magics...
I would like to know if devs keep track of how many times these hearth magics/curios are used per day on average?
How high are these numbers? Do people actually study shitty expensive curios and use magics like quell the beast?
Image
I'm not sure that I have a strong argument against sketch colors - Jorb, November 2019
http://i.imgur.com/CRrirds.png?1
Join the moderated unofficial discord for the game! https://discord.gg/2TAbGj2
Purus Pasta, The Best Client
User avatar
Sevenless
Posts: 7704
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:55 am
Location: Canada

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Sevenless »

shubla wrote:I would like to know if devs keep track of how many times these hearth magics/curios are used per day on average?
They alluded to having metrics on food, so I'd say it's safe to say they're tracking that kind of thing as well.

As for curios being useless, they can't all be good. The useless ones being forced on you in credos is a good way to give them use imo.
Lucky: haven is so quirky
Lucky: can be so ugly, can be so heartwarming
Sevenless: it is life

The Art of Herding
W16 Farmer's Almanac
W16 Casting Rod Cheatsheet
Explanation of the logic behind the cooking system
User avatar
Saxony4
Posts: 1896
Joined: Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:38 am
Location: Atlantic Ocean

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Saxony4 »

How about double the price and change it so that it tames animals for you instantly instead of having to beat them up.
Ysh wrote:
Colin500 wrote:most useless Hearth Magic
Are you familiar with kindle?
Kindle is actually pretty useful though, nobody wants to sit there rubbing two sticks together just for them to burn out before lighting a fire.
loftar wrote:git da mony
User avatar
MagicManICT
Posts: 18435
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:47 am

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by MagicManICT »

And it's cheap. I'm sitting at a ridiculous amount of XP just two weeks into this world. I don't spend a lot of frivolous magic, but Kindle is one I use once or twice a day to get that first fire going. (torches after that.)

Quell should be half the cost, though. Nothing more frustrating than getting aggrod by something while out on your forager and you can't run fast enough or fight it off. If I'm in serious trouble wound-wise, I'll spend that 5k. Not sure it's worth it to avoid a concussion and a few minor wounds.
Opinions expressed in this statement are the authors alone and in no way reflect on the game development values of the actual developers.
User avatar
Ysh
Posts: 5953
Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:43 am
Location: Chatting some friends on forum

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Ysh »

I think this kindle spell is just XP tax on the lazy or foolish.
Kaios wrote:Spice Girls are integral to understanding Ysh's thought process when communicating, duly noted.
I have become victory of very nice Jordan Coles Contest! Enjoy my winning submit here if it pleasures you.
User avatar
Vigilance
Posts: 3561
Joined: Fri May 21, 2010 9:30 pm
Location: fog of irrelevancy

Re: Quell the Beast Hearth Magic

Post by Vigilance »

Ysh wrote:I think this kindle spell is just XP tax on the lazy or foolish.
it is xp tax on those who dont stockpile their cat golds!

also +1 to cutting the xp cost on this hearth magic. super useless as it stands unless its a million years in to the world and you've got 6 digits of xp.
Image
"Tosak gets the guys undressed faster than their girlfriends can." -NaoWhut
http://i.imgur.com/5cQiL.png http://i.imgur.com/lYyAA.png

Return to “Critique & Ideas”