Hey, im somewhat new to the game. I have been playing for about three days, and so far, I love the game. I had a little idea that I told to some of my friends on the game, and they told me to post it on the forum, so here it is.
What if catchphrases were implemented into the game. I doubt it would be too hard, as compared to an idea that requires modification of the game's structure. There could be an option in the character menu that lets you personalize your character. I'm not sure if you would want them to be able to change their looks and colors, but there would be an option to add a few catch phrases which appear as text bubbles above your character. Example:
Idle: "I wonder why butterflies haven't taken over the world yet." or "I can't get this rock out of my shoe!" or "Did I leave the... No... Wait! No... Did I?"
Targeting an enemy: "Get over here!" or "Prepare to die"
Targeted by multiple enemies or one strong enemy: "Now this will be fun!" or "HOLY BISCUIT!"
(Not, this could be achieved by adding up the level values of all of the enemies who have targeted you. If they add up to more than your level, then this phrase would be triggered)
Combat: "For the Protectorates!" or "You hit like my mother!"
Critical hit: "You shouldnt have gotten in the way of my axe!"
Killing an enemy: "And stay down!" or "Get up! I'm not done with you yet!"
Looting an enemy: "You won't be needing this anymore." or "How the heck did that get there?" (This would be especially funny when you find a butterfly carrying 5 gold coins.)
Looting a chest: "No one would mind if some stuff went missing..." or "People really shouldnt leave things like this out in the open."
Dying: "I'll be back!" or "Arg!"
It would be best if players could write their own custom ones, with limitations such as length and no curse words, but you could also make a set number of choices that they can choose from. It would be a fun way to add some personality to characters, and make fights seem like a bit more than two sprites fighting each other. Also, you could add some default ones that play more often than the custom ones. For example, you might make a "Heuaaa!" sound when you perform a critical hit usually, but you aren't going to say "Take that vile beast!" every time. So if you are lucky and get 4 critical hits in a row, you would say "Hyaaaaa!" three times and "Take that!" once.
I dont imagine that it would be hard to add this to the game considering that you have a similar thing with NPCs, who say things while idle and while attacking you. Maybe you could have ones that are triggered by other phrases, so that when you say the phrase that you say when you are idle, another person nearby also says theirs.
This has just been an idea, and I dont expect it to be implemented anytime soon, or at all. I know that the developers are probably busy with more important matters, but if they ever want to implement this, I would love that. It would make the game more fun (not that it isn't already) and would give characters a bit more customizable personalities.
Thank you. 😀
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Good concept with phrases after critical hits, still don't know how powerful these are and whether to keep critical items or not. 
