Alchemy Potion Rebalance for W3EE Redux

Crafting costs and acquisition difficulty escalate sharply across tiers while toxicity also increases. Current tuning yields minimal practical benefit for higher tiers and encourages crafting the mid-tier as the optimal player choice.

• []Tier 1: craftable from weeds.

  []Tier 2: requires ground herb + inexpensive catalyst costing 30 crowns (contracts pay ~250–300 crowns).

  []Tier 3: requires boss materials obtained from contract bosses (rough rate: 1–2 relevant boss drops per ~4 hours of play).

  Original mod Balance issues

  • []Marginal benefit vs. resource cost: A 10% incremental increase (e.g., from 50% to 60%) does not justify the significantly higher acquisition cost and player time investment, especially when Tier 3 requires rare boss materials obtainable at a low drop rate.

    []Increased toxicity negating much of the small stat gain.

    []Player incentive distortion: Given toxicity and resource costs, mid-tier potions become the rational default, making the top tier redundant.

    Rebalanced Potion Effects:

    Black Blood       Enhanced Black Blood   Superior Black Blood

    40% 20% Damage Return;   50% 40% Damage Return;    60% Damage Return;

    40% 30% Resist to bleeding;      50% Resist to bleeding;        60% 70% Resist to bleeding;

    40 60 Toxicity;          50 75 Toxicity;     60 90 Toxicity;

    Blizzard       Enhanced Blizzard    Superior Blizzard

    40% 20% Slowdown      50% 30% Slowdown        60% 40% Slowdown

    20% Adrenaline gain      25% 30% Adrenaline gain      30% 40% Adrenaline gain

    80 Toxicity;        100 Toxicity;          120 Toxicity;

    Cat        Enhanced Cat       Superior Cat

    12% 10% Movement Speed;     15% 20% Movement Speed;    18% 30% Movement Speed;

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