My MAGICAL solution to weapon durability! | Devlog 

This! This was what I was immediatelely thinking about!

It reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it. Selecting spells to buff a specific action and being able to swap interchangeably when needed.

Another customization option that doesn't require player input would be to link different spells to different weapon types. This is the first video on this game i've watched, so I'm not too familiar with weapon variety, but you could make it so each weapon falls into a particular category, and each category has its own spell on breaking, i.e., heavy weapons do a big earthquake or fireburst around you, ranged weapons might do an auto-targeted lightning bolt, short weapons might do light AoE damage but also push enemies away and stun them, or freeze them. This would encourage players to gather a variety of weapons, even ones they don't necessarily like to fight with, as it would give them access to situationally useful spells.

Also, different weapons could have different effects, the stronger weapos having bigger spells

Although, i'll be honest, it leads to -really -bad habits and a few other MAJOR problems as well. I do not think botw or totk weapon durability is healthy by any means due to them leading to bad habits. (I can go into more detail if want but I don't expect a response tbh)

@@catmaster42 I'm interested!

​@@catmaster42Please share this youtube comment essay.

@@amandaslough125 Generally, how I played the game (Like breath of the wild and stuff) Especially for master mode... The game became very grindy and caused bad habits, trying to get the most durability type weapon (Royal claymore go brr) and even then, barely using it, and more cheesing most encounters to not waste weapon durability on most enemies. Turns into that holding until that "Perfect time" thing since weapons is a resource. Espcially for those that understand the game greater, it leads into just... NOT using weapons and using alternative means to kill enemies, which turns into the most cost effective way to kill enemies. Tears of the kingdom added weapon repairing, which only amplified this problem of grinding, which just turns into get best weapons, fight enemies with weapons until nearly broken, then just spend the -way- too long repairing and repeat this. Easily have 200 something attack with high durability within near the start of the game and will just cause the player (Me) to just fill up purely on preferred weapon (Breath of the wild, royal claymore / tears of the kingdom, high damage weapons) Just my experience with it... Now if the game added a system in place to reward the player for breaking weapons (somehow...) it might be a bit more interesting, but would need to be good and compliment am think? Weapon durabiltiy is just a very weird system overall

Thank you for the comment that made it into the video 😇

I like the sound of your solution too 😊