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revamp Eldritch Crossbow and Bolt Eruptor recipes

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by r_b_bergstrom, May 28, 2012.

  1. r_b_bergstrom

    r_b_bergstrom Will Mod for Digglebucks

    I think both of those crossbows should have their required crafting skill adjusted.

    Eldritch Crossbow is a hidden crafting recipes that requires 7 :smithing:. It uses a Steel Recursive crossbow as a component - and that's a crossbow that requires 5 :tinkerer: to craft. To craft an Eldritch Crossbow "from the ground up" you'd pretty much need Tinkering, Smithing, _and_ Clockwork Knight. Then it does damage that starts out lower than the crossbow you made it from and scales up aggressively with :magic_power:... which you probably don't have a lot of since at least 3/7 of your skills are non-Wizard skills that encourage you to wear heavy armor. That is just plain weird to me.

    Bolt Eruptor is nearly as puzzling to me. It "only" takes 6 :smithing: (plus 5 :tinkerer: to make the step before it), and doesn't have the wizardly scaling, so it's a little more likely the recipe will see some use. But I'm still left wondering why, if it's made from Tinkering components (and tinkering is the most archery-friendly crafting skill), does it takes Smithing to make the final step?

    I would like to see both recipes changed from :smithing: to :tinkerer:. I could also live with :alchemy: instead for the Eldritch crossbow if you just want it to be unusual or wizard-oriented, but certainly :smithing: doesn't make any sense to me.
     
  2. dbaumgart

    dbaumgart Art Director Staff Member

    Fixed. This was definitely oversight rather than intention.