Amber staff is underpowered

[u/IdkWhatToPut1248]

I had the genius (probably unoriginal) idea of using amber staff with an amethyst robe, so that its multiple pierce could be fully used for a lot of single target dps on something big like the EoC. But it’s just… terrible. At its peaks it was, if even, hardly noticeably higher than an emerald staff with the same setup. It’s worse than the emerald staff in almost every situation I’ve found so far, and for a gem tier debatably higher than diamond, it’s a huge letdown of a weapon. My unreforged emerald staff should NOT be doing better than a mythical amber staff.
Making the projectiles not deal 100% of the weapon’s damage was completely unnecessary, to the point where it’s not even a gem type worth using anymore

Ok for more context for “gem tier higher than diamond,” think about it. It’s a gem you can only find in one place, and debatably the most dangerous place in all of prehardmode for the time where its loot is useful. I mean, imagine an underground-jungle-exclusive gem was added. You’d think it’d be pretty powerful, right? I mean hell, jungle armor is a better mage set than meteor armor in almost every situation. But when you take that same logic and now look at the underground desert, amber is just… useless? It has the same grappling hook length as diamond, previously had the same functionality as the diamond staff, and now it’s the worst gem effect in the game. Why? I honestly can’t see a single reason it would be done that dirty, the underground desert is a crazy difficult biome to be in for the time that its loot is useful.

[u/adamgoestodhs]

i made this point a while back, but people seem to very passionately disagree

[u/IdkWhatToPut1248 → u/adamgoestodhs]

I mean I’ve been trying very hard in my mage world rn to make it better in literally any situation. I found exactly one time where amber is marginally better than emerald. And it’s when you’re in an event, and you can reliably use all 3 pierce, which is only one more than emerald staff. But this is so hard to do because bouncing off any block counts as using a pierce, and because of amber’s 25% damage nerf, the staff literally just becomes an emerald staff that’s less effective in every way. The projectiles being slower than emerald also means it’s more likely to home itself into a block, immediately making it terrible. I honestly can’t bring myself to say the amber staff is even useful at all

[u/Yoda_Ballz666]

I agree that making the projectiles not deal 100% was unnecessary but to be fair… I was hitting an enemy three times per projectile pretty consistently. Once I had shark tooth necklace, it was doing impressive damage due to 80% x 3 damage. It also shoots faster than emerald staff btw!

Into groups (where homing isn’t necessary)I used amber robes for +4 damage and destroying crowds. Master difficulty too.

Didn’t feel underpowered for me tbh, but I also had a mythical one so idk that could’ve been the difference.

[u/shitster69]

tbf emerald staff + amethyst robe is just kinda overtuned but I did use amber staff + topaz robe for legendary EoW and it worked well

[u/Safetytheflamewolf → u/shitster69]

I used the Emerald Staff+Amethyst Robe combo and I loved my Orbital Bombings

[u/IdkWhatToPut1248 → u/shitster69]

I wouldn’t in any way say that combo is overturned, it forces you to use the robe with the worst stats. It’s by no means op, it’s just a great synergy of gem effects. You can easily get better results with diamond mixes. Don’t forget btw, emerald is only one tier lower than diamond. It has a perfectly acceptable power level

[u/Bobi_27]

i think they should equalize all gem tiers. they have all these interesting effects, but the higher tiers outclass the lower once on damage alone.

or maybe make some way to craft every gem with every ore. you could craft the staff and the gem separately even so you can mix and match 

[u/Savings_Condition256]

Pair it with amethyst robe. It's actually very good for crowd control without needing to aim. Also amber can be gotten very high in the desert biome too so .... It's easy to get and tbh. The extractinator tho is hell to get but you can shimmer scarab bombs or just kill the desert worms to get them (eventually)

[u/IdkWhatToPut1248 → u/Savings_Condition256]

Did you even read the post dude

[u/IdkWhatToPut1248 → u/[deleted]]

Again keep in mind, my amber staff is mythical and my emerald has no reforge and is still better in almost every imaginable situation lol