Pick Grapple (Pickle) Feedback

The Pick-Grapple (Pickle) is an excellent traversal tool. The ranges of each scale up very nicely, and I do like that they are very Stamina taxing. It promotes building more Stamina into our gear. And I do like that it doesn’t take much Durability off; it offsets the Stamina requirements. It works great with Charm of the Wanderer as well, but not so well in combat. Initially we were excited to see what effect they would have when grappling onto an enemy, but it turned out they weren’t viable in combat. You can neither pull enemies to yourself nor yourself to enemies, or even cause damage of any kind with the Secondary ability. Casting Shockwave or Hermetic Flame on it and Grappling at an enemy also has no effect. This is somewhat of a missed opportunity. Also, there is not currently a way to Cancel your Grapple before its completion. Only running out of stamina beforehand can accomplish this.

Onto the suggestion portion:

• The obvious Combat Capability: Grappling an enemy is the dream, but if that would be too overpowered, please consider at least having the Pickles do some damage. We are throwing them at the enemy after all. This should go for any enchantments attached to the weapons as well.

• The ability to cancel a Grapple mid animation

• Grappling with Trees would be nice, and since there is collision while Gliding there is already precedent.

• We could require holding down the Secondary Action button to Grapple out, and only when releasing the button does it “Reel in”. This would allow for more control over timing, as well as allow the option to hang motionless (Or even swing!).

• Currently when grappled onto a wall motionless it drains stamina very quickly. This should either be removed or decreased considerably.

In closing let me just say that we are thoroughly enjoying the Pickles, they are quickly becoming many players’ favorite tools. Keep up the incredible work!