Hi ! I want to propose a modification of planed armor set bonus with a passive racial bonus. Actually those bonus are only offered by armor set (they're not implemented but according to the wiki it's predicted), but something disturb me : all races have special appearance and morphology, but they all act the same way. I mean, why does an Apex need to put his armor for suddenly remember that he's an agile monkey ? This is the same for Hylotl, who don't know how to use their gills, and for Floran too for activate photosynthesis. I can only understand Human (more inventory space) and Glith (more mining speed). What I propose is to split the bonus provided by armor and give a passive bonus to each race ; I can understand that a race develop an armor who amplifiy their native capacity, so armor still provide bonus, but an Apex can still jump more high than an Human who wear the same stuff. This mean that an Apex wear an Apex armor better than an Human. Also, I think Human and Glith bonuses are much way better than other : at late-game, glide (Avian) and jump higher/run faster (Apex) isn't necessary because of Moving Tech. The Hylotl bonus (Swim faster, hold breath longer) is totally useless because of the lack of ocean/lake/aquifer... (ocean biome are planed in the next update ! Wait and see !) In other way, I think Floran bonus (produce energy when at sun) is pretty well balanced. I also know that passive racial bonus can really be game breaking, that's why I will try to balance each bonus for this suggestion. Here we go : Apex Passive Bonus : - Jump 50% higher. - Run 25% faster. Armor Bonus : - Jump higher (5% per tier, 50% at final tier). - Run faster (2,5~3% per tier, 25~30% at final tier). Apex are agile and strong half-monkeys ; they naturally jump higher and run faster than most other races. Because of their political scheme, they developed special armors who perfectly fits for an assassin, especially an apex assassin. - by Bietol - Apex description of Coralcreep, http://starbounder.org/Coralcreep Floran Passive Bonus : - Immune to poison. - Water act like poison. - Regenerate energy 5% faster when exposed at sun. Armor Bonus : - Regenerate energy when exposed at sun (4% per tier, 40% at final tier). Florans are extremely wild vegetals-humanoid who can survive in several conditions : they not only eat all organic creatures, but they also use sun for produce energy, like many other plants. Their armor, built with cut of their ennemies, are not only ornamented by bones and hide, but also by flowers strangely similar to those who constitute florans... Those who don't are disgusted can wear one of those armors and let the flowers join them. - by Bietol - http://playstarbound.com/meet-the-florans/ Avian Passive Bonus : - Run 50% faster. - Jump 25% higher. Armor Bonus : - Glide (2 seconds per tier, 20 seconds at final tier - so an Avian with final tier Avian armor can glide for 30 seconds). Also, each time you glide, you have to wait for 5 seconds before gliding one more time, and by glide I mean "slowly falling". Avians are proud and dangerous birdmen. Despite the fact they have lost their wings, they are strong and tough athletes. Because of their violent traditions and harsh training, they are the faster runners in the universe and they also can jump higher than most other races. However, all avians dream of another means of locomotions : flying. That's why the most powerful avians use winged armors. - by Fetalstar - http://playstarbound.com/introducing-the-avians/ Hylotl Passive Bonus : - Can breathe underwater. - Swim 50% faster. Armor Bonus : - Swim faster (5% per level, 50% at final tier). - Regenerate energy faster when underwater (5% for each tier, 50% at final tier). Hylotls are silent and cold fish-men who cultivate perfection and respect every life-form. Paradoxically, they live in autarky in the darkest depths of ocean, living their retreat only for sending peace emissary. Because of this way of life, they have built various armors who are in great shape in water. - by Bietol - Euphotic pants description, http://starbounder.org/Euphotic_Set Human Passive Bonus : - Slowly regenerate health when warm.Armor Bonus : - Jump higher (1% for each tier, 10% at max tier). - Run faster (1% for each tier, 10% at max tier). - Swim faster (1% for each tier, 10% at max tier). - Can hold breathe longer underwater. Humans are... humans. They are not really good at anything, but if you let them rest a little bit around the fire, they will be on the hoof ! Since they have not any favorite discipline, their armor slightly increase all their abilities. - by Fetalstar - Official introduction of Human race, http://starbounder.org/Human Glitch Passive Bonus : - Immune to cold. - Water act like poison.Armor bonus : - Regenerate energy faster (3% per tier, 30% at final tier). - Do not protect from frost. Glitch are android who have been created for feel every sensations of a living organism. Even if they have sensors who detect the frost, they are immune to him and feel totally comfortable with frost and metallic surface. However, their medieval society steer them to use stone furnitures and knight armors ; despite their look, the latter are equipped with a charged system who can deliver small electrical pulses. The best glitch armor even contains robot brains who act like AI and help the wearer. Strangely, this system appears to work as well with living humanoids... - by Cha0sn1ght - Templar's Helm description, http://starbounder.org/Templar's_Set - Glitch description of Chained Prison Bed, http://starbounder.org/Chained_Prison_Bed Novakid : I didn't know Novakid really well since they don't have been integrated to the game yet. All I can propose is that it could be possible to make all lava in the world to apply the "Burning" effect instead of the "Melting!" effect to Novakid. That's all ! Also, I know the devs are really not enjoyed by the concept of passive race bonus. I think it's a pety that an Hylotl can't use their own gills but, hey, this is their games and Starbound is already awesome ! That's why I post this in "Gear and items" and not in "NPCs and Creatures". Enjoy the post (now that you're at the end) !
