[Unstable Build] basic "Magic-Tech-Stuff" *Spoilers for upcoming patch*

As my Floran so eloquently put it, these ancient technological staff-type weapons, which are beyond the realms of comprehension, require a LOT of energy, thus it is necessary to build armour which provides said energy, at the cost of durability.
The crafting station required is called a "Manipulator's table"

Currently when you build this Manipulator's table, you are able to craft 6 different typesof "Staves"/"Magic" Items.
I'm assuming that each of them is tied to a race. I'm not sure why you can build all these different kinds because other weapons are always tied to their race, but maybe that will change when the unstable build moves to stable.

First you have the Novakid's .
After a charge of 3 seconds you summon this miniature sun, which acts like a disco ball and deals damage to all creaturs that come into contact with it and its alternating 2 beams of light. The main sun body deals most damage, the beams deal less damage.

Then you have the Hylotl .
I find the name a bit deceiving, as well as the description, because it creates 4 little bolts of hail in a snowy explosion, after a short cast time of 2 seconds.
Each litle bolt of hail deals damage, as well as the initial explosion.

Then we have the Human .
After a 3 second cast it fires a plasma bolt originating from the player's cursor. It's quite potent.


For the fourth magical item we have the .
After 3 seconds it creates a rift between dimension, exposing anyone near to darkest places of the internet, like 4chan/b/ or lemonparty and much much worse! It deals a lot of damage to those that stay near it for too long.

The fifth one is the Floran magic item, the .
After a 3 second cast, a cloud appears, from which a lot of random leaves erupt and deal a lot of damage in the centre, and each leaf also does damage.


And the sixth one is the Avian .

After three seconds you summon a crystal that deals damage in shock waves around it, these pulses also damage the player using it.

And last, and perhaps LEAST is the Apex .

After a 3 second cast you summon a small turret that rapidly shoots lasers, but it's hard to aim and deals not a lot of damage.

That's it for the first tier of mage items, i'll post the second tier later.

 

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You can't target places that aren't in your line of sight, and you can't move while casting.

 

Mages are super immobile though, their spells look cool and deal a lot of damage, but you need to hit people with the initial damage component, not the lesser snall aoe shots. The aoe shots merely aggro other creatures and make it hard to make mage a valuable path imo. So far i think the Ranger is the best ranged choice, and i dunno how good Ranger is compared to Warrior. Warrior seems better vs mobs/ a lot of mobs. Probably better to RP it in a rock paper scissor fashion. Mage beats Warrior, Warrior beats Ranger, Ranger beats Mage.
Ranged weapons and tech require Energy ti work, armour gives this energy. The mage set gives loads cuz the spells take tons of energy, but casting roots the mage in place so they can't rly benefit from energy for mobility in combat.
The ranger however can split gis energy more efficient to deal damage and be mobile.
The warrior is has less energy but he has no need for energy to deal damage, therefor he can use it all to close the gap with ranged characters.

So far it seems that melee is the best choice in pve and pvp. I may be wronf and experiment some more.

 

It is, but what does this mean for "custom" magic items? Since you can make custom weapons.