Gun version of boundless spirit

[gibnewitems]

More of a quick and fun thought experiment to try and design a tier 4 that follow the boundless spirit formula (a bunch of stats + no passive or active effect). This was a lot harder than I thought, since a lot of what makes a good tier 4 design is a powerful passive or active effect. Really, if there's anything you take away from this post, it's that Boundless Spirit and similar stat stick designs are a poor match for the tier 4 category.

Boundless Bullets:


Yes, that's flat bullet velocity. This makes it the only source of flat bullet velocity in the game. If we ever get more basic tier 4 designs like Boundless Spirit in the game, giving them unique stats that no other item provides goes a long way in mitigating some of the issues inherent with stat stick designs.

 

[Rosgath]

Don't forget that Boundless Spirit does actually have a special passive, +10% Spirit power.

It actually increases the potency of any other Spirit items just by having it. You kind of do that with the +25% weapon damage, but it's not really the same since it's lumped in with all the other +%Weapon damage effects instead of being it's own effect.

You could actually do something rather distinct for that, +10% base Weapon and Melee damage. That would have roughly the same effect as Boundless Spirit's +10% Spirit power, since everything else scales your Base damage up and this would, in effect, improve that base and correspondingly increase the effectiveness of all Weapon items.

 

[gibnewitems]

Don't forget that Boundless Spirit does actually have a special passive, +10% Spirit power.

It actually increases the potency of any other Spirit items just by having it. You kind of do that with the +25% weapon damage, but it's not really the same since it's lumped in with all the other +%Weapon damage effects instead of being it's own effect.

You could actually do something rather distinct for that, +10% base Weapon and Melee damage. That would have roughly the same effect as Boundless Spirit's +10% Spirit power, since everything else scales your Base damage up and this would, in effect, improve that base and correspondingly increase the effectiveness of all Weapon items.

I know. I actually suggested that boundless get an effect similar to that long ago.

While it is a significant improvement, I still think that percentage spirit power alone isn't an effect worthy of tier 4. At the end of the day, Boundless is still a pretty bland stat stick, and is a contender for the least interesting tier 4 design in the game.