Cross posted in console:
I was watching the latest campfire chat and started getting ideas of things I think would be neat, or a nice mechanic to add. The one that really peaked my intrest was maybe adding a craftable item that you just carry in your inventory, or possibly a usable item like incense/elixirs that acts as a “Butcher Bait.” Essentially it just ups your chance of running into The Butcher. There could even be different levels of bait, I.E. level one is a 5% boost, level 2 is a 10% boost and so on. It could also up his level to increase the threat, the higher the chance the higher the level, level 1 is base NMD level, 2 is 5 levels higher, etc. Ideally the higher the level the “better” the loot. Like maybe just carrying Varshan mats could up the chances of seeing him, the more you have the higher the chance.
The main reason I thought of this is because this season I’ve seen him maybe 3 times. Last season was probably like 5 or 6 times on countless NMD runs.
Obviously I am not a developer so the basic mechanics that I’ve stated may or may not be an ideal situation but I feel its a decent idea. Would love to hear some feedback on this, and maybe if enough people enjoy it we can get someone to see it, who knows.
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Let us kill wolves, loot “fresh meat” and drop it (hides in bush).
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He is definitely sporadic with his spawn rates. S2 I couldn’t get away from him, S3 I’ve seen him a handful of times.
I actually like this idea. Now instead of bait, what if this was added as a NMD Sigil Affix? 20-25% higher chance to spawn the Butcher within your dungeon sort of deal?
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An additional affix wouldnt be a bad idea either.
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Hope he shows up in the Pit.
Imagine lvl 200 butcher, you better have a sorc with you.
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Butcher… pfft, waste of time. Never drops anything worthwhile. Maybe he will in S4
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We should have an Uber Butcher pop in to The Pit with some type of additional reward. Most people either destroy him and move on with ease or they just let him kill them so they can ignore it because the rewards for killing him are garbage if you already have the skins he drops.
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Thats my reason for wanting to up the threat level and what not, hes really not super difficult unless youre not optimized correctly. His drops are pretty rough as well, so thats why I figured better loot would come from a more difficult butcher.
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I still haven’t defeated him at level 154. And one of my challenges this season