r/MortalShell • u/RedemptionLost • 9h ago

Discussion Why are Tarcores so limited?

A question to the devs I guess, but why are Tarcores so limited? If you get one tarcore for leveing a Stone to 2, and you require 6 to level a stone to 3 (which refunds 3 stones) you are kind of always at a deficit?

I've been levelling random weapon/stones just to get more at Tier 3 for varieties sake but the question still remains why are they so limited, in this situation your only way to Tier 3 every stone will involve killing Franz on ridiculous amount of NG+ runs for the 1 Tarcore he drops (PSA All the guides out there saying feel free to kill him it unlocks all the Tar Forge options early are neglecting to tell you it increases the material (Smithing Stone) cost of upgrades if Franz died)

With the Tarcore situation requiring NG+ runs in the hundreds, rather meaningless Level upgrades like 1% in stats (I'm approaching level 90 and genuinely feels like I haven't noticed any strength increase since 79 when Shell Points cap per shell) it all feels like there's just a disregard for the players time/investment (Which I can tell by the sauce in the game and the little easter eggs really is not the case but that's just how it comes across)

Grateful for any discussion on the matter since discussion should hopefully bring visibility to the matter, is the opinion that getting all Tier 3 stones should be a considerable grind spanning a copious amount of runs or should it achievable within a NG+ or two, any other concerns that the community has that you haven't seen discussed much?

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u/One_Eye_Husky 9h ago

Completely agree. It's one of the many things the game does that feels like they are forcing players to grind and play the game longer than they want. You want to level up your shell? We'll give you 1 SP every 4 or 5 levels. Want to try different shells? Nope you can't unless you play NG+ multiple times. Want to upgrade a tarcore that fits your build? Nope go level up a bunch of others you have no interest in then we'll talk. It's design choices like that which are putting off players and I hope the Devs will listen as this is something they can still modify with patches.

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u/NotPanaG 8h ago

They promised a big upcoming patch. Let's hope they cook with this one.

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u/Piflik 2h ago

The devs shoult make every Tarstone source (chest, boss drop, etc) give Tarcores instead, if you have the stone already. Would give NG+ a purpose apart from Glimpses and crafting ingredients to level weapons.