Items ideas: better barriers, spirit bullets

valeric7373

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At the moment, barriers are hardly used in the endgame due to their inferiority to armor. In most builds where they are included, they are played mostly for fire damage/spirit power in the early game. I have a suggestion on how to make barriers overall better:

  1. Improved barriers (4250 souls): They would have 400-600 defense, +40 damage, +10 fire rate for combat barriers, and +30 spirit power, with 10% less cooldown time for spirit barriers.
  2. Item to replenish barriers: Currently, there is only one item that restores barriers quickly—the Veilwalker. Without barriers, players are unwilling to engage in fights and just wait for them to restore. A Barrier Replenishment item (1250 souls) would let you restore barriers with a 10-25 second reduction in cooldown.
  3. To make the current barriers in the early game less toxic (as they basically give players a 3000 souls item buff), their characteristics should be nerfed. Either reduce defense without affecting the damage increase, or apply a small damage nerf.
Additionally, I have an idea for a new gun item: Magic-Infused Bullets (3000-6200 souls): Your weapon would be able to deal spirit damage with every bullet hit. Spirit damage would scale depending on current spirit power, but would not exceed a certain maximum to prevent overbuffing spirit builds. This would be an interesting option for true spirit builds (e.g., Yamato, Grey Talon, where you've upgraded spirit a lot but your weapons barely deal damage). It could also make Vindicta much more playable on a spirit-only build. However, this item could become a bit unbalanced with Escalating Exposure.
 
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