I think the pedestals height should be based on how high the score is. Also, how the pedestal looks should be based the same way, and if we want it different, we could chose from the heights and looks we’ve unlocked already.

The amount of improvements you guys have made within the last..how long has it been now? ~5 years?..is simply incredible. Keep up the great work. You guys are going to have an awesome game when you decide you’re done (it already is, so just keep it up!)

Toss twirling with Titan’s Throw is very fun, the skill feels super viable now. With cloud strike active, I can constantly use tier 1 or 2 charge and pickup without running out of energy. I haven’t found the tier 3 charge very useful, since the return attack causes me to run out of energy, and my full attack damage build means it is slow to charge.

I tried out Smash! up to silver tier, and it was hard to aim the ball in anything but cardinal directions since the character would turn away from the ball when moving. Maybe the smash attack should be a small area of effect all the way around the character to make aiming easier?

Hp/arrows refilling at boss fights is a great quality of life change, thanks!

Overall, the skill additions/rework feel great, keep up the good work!

Wonderful work guys! I really love all the effort you put into this game! Your professionalism and work ethic is inspiring!

I’d like to give you some feedback on the skills. I’m going to preface my criticism by saying that I hope I won’t come across as rude; I just want to share my opinions on these skills as honestly as possible. I respect all the time and thought that goes into your creations!

First, I’m not sure how to feel about Barrier. I don’t think it’s too strong, but, because of the nature of the game, such a skill feels like it’s mandatory. I can’t help but think that you’re gimping yourself if you don’t put points in it because it can ward off a lot of damage over the course of a battle (especially against bosses where one misstep can cost a fourth of your health). That said, I definitely believe that adding it to the game was beneficial.

Second, Provoke feels strange to me. Taunting enemies seems like a skill that tanks would want to protect the rest of their team and I get that it increases the damage dealt by provoked enemies so that it’s not completely trivial to protect your allies. That part is fine. What confuses me, however, is that it increases the user’s damage on provoked or annoyed targets. I understand that that functionality was added to make Provoke worth using outside of multiplayer gameplay, but dealing more damage is counterintuitive to being a tank. The limit on the number of enemies that can be provoked is also quite frustrating, especially because it’s impossible to accurately pick targets in a large mob of enemies. Perhaps the most glaring issue with the skill is the long casting animation which almost guarantees that the user will take damage against faster enemies (this problem is only compounded by the fact that no other Utility spell has a channel or cast animation and is similar to your own reason for changing Blade Flurry). Unfortunately, Provoke just feels clunky to use and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s actually picked up more on high damage builds as a one-point wonder skill to amplify their damage (because the damage amplification is the same no matter the skill level). Despite its shortcomings, I think that the sound effects and animation that you made for the skill is wonderful!

Finally, I’ve tried multiple builds with Summon Plant, but it still feels weak. The ranged plant’s range isn’t very appreciable, especially because they’re single target and their damage is unimpressive. The melee plants have been improved, but the slow on the Bronze charge isn’t noticeable (unlike Chill from Ice Magic) so it doesn’t feel very good to use. I’ve also found that the range on the Boss Plant is poor and that forces players to put all their plants in a small, constrained area. Finally, you have to summon a lot of plants for them to feel even slightly impactful and that takes a lot of time for a lower payoff than using other skills. In fact, I’ve found that just spamming the instant-cast plant on an immobile enemy is the best way to use the skill because it’s the only way to rack up appreciable damage in a short window. My issues could be that I’m playing it wrong, and I am definitely open to suggestions, but that has just been my experience with Summon Plant.

Now that I got all that criticism out of the way, it’s time for some more compliments!

Blink is amazing! It’s incredibly useful in all kinds of situations. Some of my highest moments with the skill have been blinking in front of an ally to shield them from an attack!

Stasis is similarly useful and probably my favorite from the new skills just because of how fun it is to use!

Reaper’s Blade is awesome! It’s incredibly satisfying to kill enemies with it and adding it to Dodging Strike was a really cool idea!

Focus is useful! It’s very helpful to have the increased EP regen, especially when you have to constantly maintain buffs on allies as a supportive player!

Empower and Fortify are nice, but I Haste feels somewhat lackluster. I think this may be because Empower, for example, increases ATK and MATK based on a percentage of what you already have meaning that builds that have invested heavily in ATK and MATK will notice a significant increase in their damage. Haste, by contrast, increases ASPD and CSPD by a flat, additive 15% which isn’t as noticeable. If I recall correctly, separating the Enhancing Utility Skills into three different buffs was so that each could be more powerful individually. I think adding a little more power into Haste might be a good idea or at least making it add 15% of your total ASPD and CSPD (so, if you have 200 CSPD normally, it would be increased to 230 CSPD upon using Haste). Overall, I think these buffs are quite nice to have and their animations are simple but effective! While I’m on the topic of buffs though, I also want to complement you on your targeting system! It think it works very well and looks great.

The changes to Smash are a ton of fun! I’ve been immensely enjoying this skill because it feels powerful and requires some skill to use to its greatest potential so I feel accomplished when landing the red ball on far away enemies or knocking dangerous foes away from my allies.

Titan’s Throw is also a lot of fun to use and the pickup mechanic is pretty neat. A little more range might be appreciated though, because it is, or at least was, the go to ranged spell for Two-Handed players and I think Smash might overshadow it a bit right now.

Status Touch feels a lot nicer to use now that taking damage no longer removes cubes. It’s an extraordinarily unique skill and one of my favorites in the game!

Overall, I think you guys did an amazing job with these recent patches and I excitedly look forward to your future work on the game (especially talents)! I hope that my feedback will be useful to you!