Is it or will it be possible to get the extended orb arsenal again in the future? I know testing was pretty much complete and some implemented for a little while, but it seems they were all removed. If I recall correctly, there were additional orbs in the form of: Bone Shrapnel, Glowing Goop, Healing, Bee-bomb, Flash-Bang? and maybe a Debuff-Cloud?
I understood they were removed or never fully implemented due to balancing but they really would have added a lot of fun and spice to the game even if they weren’t meta or anything, but for general gameplay or group gameplay, would have made things a whole lot interesting. The glowing goop orb would also be really neat for the dark dregs if it had a decent duration, as it had larger range than the light arrow.
We have variety in arrows, but orbs are a whole other category, it’s silly to not have more when they were practically almost finished and on testlive at one point. It’s been what, three years now?
Nnnnooo. Just because they arent superior to arrows doesnt mean they are useless. The light arrow isnt very bright and, as mentioned, a larger glowing orb would make dark dregs and some other dark areas of the map more interesting and fun. But calling a lesser or different item ‘useless’ is silly. Otherwise, why even bother to have different tiers of weapons or different weapons at all if there’s one superior then cut out all the rest? nah, that’s a dumb reason.
orb variety and finishing them would give the game a little more spice. not everyone wants to use a bow and arrows. flash-bang blinding and bee-bomb would also be pretty unique. healing orb would be a variety aoe heal. i think theyre still worth it.