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Frostbow

Yes, another Ice/Crossbow mashup. What makes this one so special? This one has been put together with the goal of feeling like a weapon designed by Robot Entertainment themselves. The goal is to be a balanced part of your arsenal, complete with upgrades that give a benefit.

One of the things I noticed while playing with other Freeze-based crossbow mods is that the vast majority of them just give you the whole thing, no unlocks necessary. Admirable and understandable, since modded games don't allow you to keep gained skulls, but I wanted some variety in a single weapon. To that end, I played with what I could do with upgrades. It turns out, you can have some interesting branches, but for this weapon, I ended up cutting back to a specific scope: Two focuses: Headshots and Freeze/Chill.

A Frostbow with no upgrads applied will have three shots in secondary fire. Primary shots work as normal(yes, that includes working headshots), while secondary shots will chill enemies. You'll gain +2 ice projectiles at levels 1 and 3.
Level 2 will increase the radius of your secondary fire.

Unique 1 was upgraded into a tiered system with 3 levels, the first unlock giving you a chance the freeze enemies with your secondary fire, and the subsequent levels adding a +5% bonus each on top of that.

I haven't changed Unique 2, though if I were to do so, it would probably be something focusing on either primary fire rate(to make level 4 more enticing), or headshot focused(keeping the two focuses distinct).

Special 1 will give you a powerful addition to your primary shot at the cost of headshots: Each primary shot will chill an enemy, with a large boost in damage.

Hope you all enjoy the mod. I'll be looking into other changes I can make to various weapons and traps. Maybe turn the alchemy satchel into a healer's kit? Who knows.