Thank you so much for the transparency. Honestly Pixie is a great character conceptually and I love how unique they are. It's a slippery slope with characters like these with high risk (low hp) and high reward (good combo potential). Compared to day 1 Pixie, I will say with certainty you've come a really long way, and it's okay to slip up sometimes with such a delicately balanced character! I also like how the barrier works and how you sort of have to adjust playstyles depending on what state it's in. It's hard to balance around so many different experiences at once too.

If you want my advice, I think an ideal Pixie is one you have to treat differently whether you have to play as or against them, which is why I'm weary about changes that seem to start making it easier treat her as if she's another cowboy with another air option when going against her.

I am going to be extremely honest here.

I really like the idea of Pixie as a character and a concept. Whenever I think of a character I want them to feel unique, something that defines them specifically, it's actually the reason why she why her barrier negates all damage in the first place. However, this was my first ever character created and all I ever hear about her is how unbalanced she is, which I understand since I suck at balancing. I really wanted to attempt to fix her and make her better, but I have zero clue how to even go about it, and it feels like every time I update any character I'm just taking 2 or 3 steps backwards. I dunno man.

I might just revert the mod back, this was the first time I haven't felt good putting a patch out and I guess it shows.

I feel like in early Yomi this would be balanced but alot of moves were straight up removed and alot of fun combo potential was erased. This feels more like a lite version of Pixie than Pixie V2 in my opinion, which is why I'm struggling to find a reason to play them as opposed to other characters who do what they do better with half the punishment (double resource, extra damage taken, etc). Maybe there's a saving grace I'm missing but I'm a little disheartened after reading the docs.

alr lets see how my favorite tricky little blighter was changed

Okay, the patch is live!
The list of changes were too large to fit onto steam so I recommend looking at the google doc if you would like to see everything that's different

(literally everything)

I am currently working on another huge list of balance changes for Pixie so keep a look out for that

unplayable against with melee characters lol

alright i just updated Pixie again, lets see if the changes i just made didn't ruin everything

Yeah it worked, thx

@Menacing Fairy Wings usually when that happens I go into options and delete character cache, that should fix the null issue 99% of the time

it’s somewhat refreshing to see a mod author that takes balance so seriously. sometimes i give balance feedback and they’re just like “oh i didn’t intend for the character to be balanced” which suckss

soo not sure if this is an issue with the mod itself or with the game (seeing as it's happened with another mod too) but pixie is showing up as Null when i select it and the match just doesn't work when i load it with pixie as one the fighters

okay, ill look at those moves and balance them accordingly. I was thinking about nerfing Pixie's hitstun anyway

i genuinely thought hitstun around 30 frames was fine until recently... glad to know i was, infact, out of my mind!

They also have a lot of moves with 30+ frames of hitstun

Currently very strong if not overpowered. Bouncer and Chain Reaction threaten too much space for them to beat wait, and Blender is generally stronger than other Mana Blade moves (compare it to Heavy Swing and Power Dive). I recommend changing Bouncer and Chain Reaction to be frame 11+ and parriable, and changing Blender's startup to 5+ frames.

LET'S GOO PEAK GOT UPDATED

FINALLY A NEW UPDATE FOR MY MAIN! Cant WAIT to test this one out

Came back from the dead to update Pixie again, this time emphasizing her reliance on the barrier and adding a difference between floating and falling!

As well as adding a move that increases mana regen since she might need it.

I love the idea behind this one as sort of a glass cannon, though I think it needs more emphasis on the 'glass' part, maybe by decreasing the HP a bit. I feel the barrier would work best if it felt more like a lifeline than a safety net.

Actually a blast to play, keep up the good work, God bless!

there is no hidden rule i can use the hammer of dawn as a close range weapon

@Redmiguelito_G360 Definitely not overpowered when you get killed in one combo after losing your barrier

This shit is ass

One of her moves is 8ball.

Very interesting character. The only flaws I could find are all mentioned before. Could definitely be considered overpowered with the barrier, though not unbeatable.

The difference between floating and standing always felt like a redundant feature to me at first. There's no reason to stand on the ground when you can just float and slide, which sends you more than enough distance. By making more of a difference between standing and floating, you open the character up to have multiple ways to play her (favoring one or the other, or doing a mix).

I do have some more moves planned for Pixie, however I never really considered her floating as some type of stance, but it could be interesting
Maybe next update I'll try to add more things that change whether you're floating or not, like what [Judgement] does

I've played with her for a bit now, and really like her. However, I think there should be more of a difference between standing and floating. Maybe more moves, maybe make it like an entire new stance.

I feel like she isn't *that* unbalanced, though taking 0 damage via the barrier is a bit strong for how quick it can return. Are you able to hit the barrier when she throws it?

I know how unbalanced this character is at the moment so i will update this character again
dont know when tho

Seems interesting, though I don't really know how the game determines fragile. Does she have a damage multiplier or something?

This character needs a ton of adjustments before it could be anything considerably close to reasonable to play against

fragile speedster (that is immune to all chip damage and cannot be punished without pulling off extensive combos)

love u <3

yeah it's a good update and there's actual notation n stuff

I'm not 100% sure @man was me but my name was that for a bit so I'll assume so but I don't see anything different with barrier then before pixie still recovers barrier in hit stun which is a shame because I was super excited to play pixie but barrier is too good IMO to play fairly with other vanilla strength characters but maybe that's what you were going for

I hope oniko spoinko will like this update :)

@Man
aand done! Along with some additional balance changes that I felt Pixie needed

update feels good but barrier regenerating while pixie is getting hit feels really bad to fight against because you do no damage while the barrier is active but the combo scales so when it goes away your hits are further apart and you don't get very much damage at all before she gets it back it just gives her so much free health with no real counter play for the opponent. just make it stop recharging while pixie is in hit stun to reward the enemy for repeated winning and encouraging better resource management for the pixie

god damn everybody goin after oinko sploinko

@oinko sploinko maybe play the game like a normal person

oinko. maybe just
figure it out yourself.

@oinko sploinko Maybe you should SHUT THE FUCK UP

calm down, jesus

maybe you should WRITE ABOUT WHAT THE FUCKING CHARACTER DOES?? just a thought

IDK what a brawler is, but I find the extremely low reach on their attacks results in a heavy reliance on Mana Blade.

I did have one SP match where that popped off and never repeated it.

I agree with Cobweb as well. The character is a brawler without being particularly good at brawling. Mana doesn't regen fast enough to be useful beyond combo extensions, and it regens so slowly that by the time you can use it the match is nearly over. Mana only regens well during snowball situations, but for that to happen you have to already be winning through M1s.

song is The Schemer (Tinker Knight Battle). the name is found in the actual yt video for the character

Agree with Cobweb

hanging around the demi-fiend really changes an mf huh