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Hey man thanks for trying it out again! And all feedback is always really appreciated. I haven't actually heard anyone reach the boss, although PATdev was close. Its funny because the game feels way too easy for me now after playing so damn much, so its good to have other players to bring me back to reality.

i switch guns when i empty a magazine if i'm fighting and i don't feel like waiting for the reload. switching back to the empty-mag gun will do the switch

That could probably work.

the devastator trivialized a lot of fighting, probably needs a big nerf

Yeah probably, I wanted to add some really powerful gun that you could find for DD. Its meant to be balanced a bit by having very low armor penetration and high ammo consumption, but I got so many complaints before about high armor enemies being annoying that its not much a factor right now. The balance overall is pretty wonky because its tuned a bit towards being a complete experience for the demo, you get way to many modifications late game imo for example.

>how does the expendable bazooka work? i can't seem to reload it? is it a one-time shot? if so, i shouldn't still hold on to it.

>some weapons (grenades and short ranged explosives) seem weak. i would swap them out as soon as possible.

The expendable bazookas I've realized are a bit confusing yeah, will probably start by changing the name... The exp. bazookas and frag grenades are intended to be a bit more like secondary weapons. They have really fast swap speed and barely any reload, but quite low rate of fire. The idea is that you can very quickly swap to them, shoot, and swap back - but there's not very good feedback especially for the exp. bazookas when the cannot be fired due to rate of fire. You can do some silly stuff like carry 4 frags and constantly swap and throw.

I'm thinking about greatly increasing the amount of guns there are, even if they would be pretty similar - for example a bunch of different SMGs. But not sure yet if it'll be worse or better...

But yeah I am struggling a bit with having the tooltips conveying information and not overwhelming and confusing players, gun swap speed for example isn't shown at all. 

>projectiles are a danger, but it feels wrong that a group of 3 plant dudes on the other side of the map still pose a threat to me by firing their red balls

There are much fewer ones on the desert levels now because it was quite bullshitty before. Their main purpose on cave maps is to force the player to move and not camp, but it is possible I have gone a bit overboard with it heh, they should be able to shoot over the entirety of every level now so.

>i don't like that ammo counter is separate from the ammo-in-mag counter. the issue is that i don't like having to look at multiple things to get a gauge of my current standing. a clearer indication of "you are out of ammo, all that's left is loaded in your mag!" would be nice.

I was thinking about that earlier too, I'll try some stuff out.

>the laser (especially the 5-shot star laser) is blinding. hard to see incoming projectiles due to how bright the laser is. perhaps intentional design, but worth pointing out.

Its.. half intentional. It also drains so much ammo that holding the trigger down might not be a great idea. The lasers right now have to much effects going on right now though I think, I'll tone it down.

>would be nice if there was some indication of level size on the minimap, so i know when i am approaching a map corner. this is an issue for me in the lategame pink maps, where i am trying to circlestrafe and accidentally corner myself.

Well the thought behind the radar is just to give you a very quick overview of where enemies and objectives are (they might still be too small on there though apparently), and the camera is pretty zoomed out to give you a wide view.  Other than that being able to destroy all walls is meant to give you a bit of an out even if you get cornered, or phasing through enemies with the perk / try to run through while blasting the shield gun.

Its just a bit of a pet peeve of mine I guess with games having you glance at the minimap every second to see some vital information, like playing Battlefield or something and looking where spotted enemies are all the time instead of looking at the actual game. So I don't really have any plans on changing it now, but then again maybe I change my mind.

Thanks again!