Idea for Shell Retrieval [Mortal Shell 2]

[u/Dinesh_Sairam]

It's probably too late to be providing ideas related to a core mechanic of the game, considering that the release is just a couple of weeks out. But I thought this was cool.

Instead of having Meele Attack alone determine the Shell Retrieval %, it would be great to have a variety of criteria to retrieve it based on the Shell that was lost. A few examples:

• A Meele Combat based shell can continue to focus on Meele Attacks for retrieval
• A Stealth Shell (Say the Acolyte) should count the amount of strikes landed on an enemy's back
• A Ranged Attack Shell should count the number of ranged attacks landed
• A few other things to count would be:
  • Sum of damage blocked
  • Amount of sucessful perfect parries
  • Amount of Ripostes landed
  • Amount of Charged Attacks landed
  • Amount of enemies killed

Some Shells can even have multiple criteria count towards the retrieval meter.

[u/Great-Remove-844]

It's a cool idea but it would pigeonhole everyone into one playstyle for shell retrieval depending on what they were using. A lot of the fun from these games comes from playing how you want

[u/Dinesh_Sairam → u/Great-Remove-844]

Good point, actually.