Testing 199.1: Hot Fix

[ceresward]

@Steggs101

We want bomb mining to be a balanced part of the game alongside other forms of minings.

With that said, the last thing we want to do is break elements of the game which make it less fun for a significant portion of the playerbase, and we are absolutely open to feedback on any changes we make within the game.

The thing is, nearly all miners are interested only in whatever strategy gets them ores the fastest. So unless you can find a perfect balance, you’ll always have players gravitating towards one or the other. That’s why I’d prefer to see a system where bomb mining complements hammer mining instead of competing with it. My proposal for how to do this is here:

Make bombs non-lethal to blocks

Now that pure bomb mining is no longer a thing, I propose that bombs by default should be able to weaken, but not destroy, blocks. This would make bombs a more reliable support tool for traditional hammer mining, because you wouldn’t have to worry about accidentally destroying resources. It would also make them easier to use in combat because you wouldn’t be always destroying the ground beneath your feet. There could be a forge boon to add back the lethal property for those that really want t…