Pot hotkey/activation ?

So aside from my post about a week ago about a rebind on powder activation because it causes some complications with Twains Arc. ( https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/rebind-powder-activation.303728/#post-3560155 )

It also made me realize that it probably wouldn't be much of a bad idea to also introduce a HP Pot hotkey of some sort.

The reason why I would think this would be suiting is because I find it kind of annoying and a complication with mechanics ( fighting wise ) when I cast Arrow Shield and pull out pots to heal but the Aura actually disappear when you aren't wielding your weapon.

So in theory if you were running away and trying to survive, its a waste of mana, the aura goes away, then you use escape, then heal again and try to cast again and you don't have enough mana to cast Arrow Shield.

Of course an argument could be made that you could just heal and cast all your spells afterwards, But I think it would be a good QOL thing if it were implemented.

I also haven't played any other classes, but I know this occurs when you're playing Assassin ( With your clones ) and not sure if it happens with others.

 

This would be completely OP if you could pot while also having spells active, then you could heal with no downside whatsoever. If potting did not cancel spells like arrow shield or totem and powder specials you could just be super aggressive without needing to sacrifice damage to stay alive.

 

See sure. But arrow shield doesn't last forever, so you're gonna have to recast it eventually anyways.

And aside from, "Healing with no downside" there's still a pots cap of 30. So you'll either run out and have to heal off your LS or just die.

The whole point of this is making the mechanics of the game more understanding and fluid instead of it being janky.

 

Yeah this is pretty detrimental for any Trickster users just because of that hideous Mirror Image Cooldown. Some other Archetypes that experience similar issues:
• Boltslinger loses Guardian Angels (not an issue, a simple recast will fix this)
• (?) I think Sharpshooter's Crepuscular Ray is cancelled? Haven't tested.
• Lightbender loses Ophanim Orbs (doesn't really matter cause heal spell)
• Fallen loses Corrupted Status (Kinda beneficial though since if you're leaving Corrupted it's probably because you want to heal)
• Paladin loses Mantle of Bovemist (not too big of a problem, but can be bad in some situations)
• Shadestepper loses Vanish (why are you playing Shadestepper)
• Shaman loses Totems (Simple recast fixes this, but Acolyte should just keep totems up at all times)

I do think that really only Trickster is hurt most by needing to sacrifice Clones for pots (40s Cooldown with full Trickster...), but otherwise losing these additional effects feels necessary otherwise there wouldn't be much of a challenge and people would just take damage with no risk

 

This would just encourage extremely glassy builds and the meta would just be to mash the spell and pot buttons at the same time until the boss dies.

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Trickster clones should not be canceled by potting though.

 

Well that would be a fix towards their balancing, cause it would add more diversity to what is technically called, "A Meta Build".

I still think it could be a good addition.

 

As much as I would love to see this in game I don't think this can be added without the use mods(server prob can't check for u pressing some random button on your keyboard that doesn't do anything ib game)

Actually maybe the game might be able tk check if you swapped your weapon to your offhand (currently useless) and activate the hp pot or smth
Wynn could prov use that check for something new thing like casting a new spell or some ability tree shit instead of activating something not all players use but I like hp pots more so yes