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Before starting, lemme define some terms for this discussion: - SWARM : an in-game event that is announced by MC and features multiple clusters of enemies spawning in succession of eachother - AMBUSH : an in-game event that is NOT announced by MC and features a single cluster of enemies
In the stream, a user by the handle of “TheMaggotQueen” (sp?) asked about a frustration they face in the game where buried items that provide a 2x performance bonus will cause an ambush to spawn directly on top of the player whenever that player approaches such an item. They said that at times it has cost them the mission, especially in the case where Dotty might run over it.
In response, the devs seemed confused and said an ambush should not spawn upon nearing a 2x perf. bonus item, saying that such an item-linked event should only happen when approaching broken mini-MULEs. Then they remarked that they may have misunderstood the question due to a possible language barrier.
Hwat we’ve got here is failure to c’mmun’cake.
I’m posting this to make it clear that for me, on the Steam version of DRG (with no mods at all), an ambush DOES spawn when merely approaching a 2x perf. bonus item that is specifically of the type which is partially buried in the terrain. This includes: - Lunar festival statues (rabbit and dragon) - Anniversary trophies (5th and 6th) - Best Wurst mug
Now, I’ve been playing for just over a year and I always thought that this was simply part of the game, just to add a bit of a challenge to acquiring the bonus. However, if this is not supposed to be happening, then it seems there is a bug.
The ambush that occurs is unlike the typical ambush. The typical ambush spawns the enemies a bit away and around the corner. The ambushes for these buried items are around 1.5-2x in size and occur within immediate proximity of the player who found the item.
I’m no coder, but my best assumption is that, if this was borrowed from the code that controls how mini-MULE legs are treated, then maybe something got left behind unintentionally.
Input welcome and encouraged!
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