0018557: Glaring lack of item variety in playthroughs despite existing range/not enough weapon drops - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0018557	Starward Rogue	Gameplay Issue		Jan 27, 2016 7:57 am	Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm

Reporter	zharmad	Assigned To	keith.lamothe
Severity	major
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.005
Fixed in Version	1.008

Summary	0018557: Glaring lack of item variety in playthroughs despite existing range/not enough weapon drops
Description	I've noticed this in several playthoughs, as well as a couple of people have anecdotally reported a big lack of variety in items. There are several pieces of evidence to note: 1) When a player opens a locked chest, normally a consumable appears. However, there are situations in which one finds the same item every time, e.g. tactical nukes or miniature blackholes on a floor. This is usually a case of RNG, but it may also point towards something where the item pool for a floor may be bugged, or only have <5 types to choose from. - Suggestion 1: The is more important - allow weaker equippables to drop inside chests to make the key use more competitive with shops. Examples include a shot drone, starting weapons for other mechs, and alternate missiles launcher side-grades (did you have a mini-missile launcher?). - Suggestion 2: Make it non-pure RNG, and ban the drop of more than 2 in a row, or the same item in a row. 2) In several recent playthroughs from myself, Misery, and a number of players on various forums, we've been noticing a relative lack of weapons. Given that's there's a lot of them, they should be made more available or more obivous. - Suggestion 1: Again, put the less powerful ones in chests. Also, increase the variety in the hidden chest room to 3 or 4, rather than 2 or 3. If the player has to choose only 1, then it's no problem giving them more choice out of the existing range. (E.g. if 4 items are available, make 2+ of them equippables). - Suggestion 2: More important, revert the change where shops are not able to spawn linked to another shop, and spawn bonus shops in later floors. I've noticed in cash-focused playthroughs (4x drops through level up and sacrifice shop) that I'm maxing out on cash with nothing to spend it on on floors 4 and 5. This will help increase the spawns.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jan 27, 2016 7:57 am	zharmad	New Issue
Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0044820
Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 1.008
Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Jan 27, 2016 7:12 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> keith.lamothe