Suggestion: Create a system/button to “favorite” or “lock” equippable items in the inventory. Favorited items should have sorting priority in both the inventory and the chest. Additionally, the player should be prevented from performing any action that would destroy these items unless they are unfavorited/unlocked first. (This protection feature could perhaps be a toggleable option in the game settings).
Context: I play on PC with an Xbox controller in Brazilian Portuguese. I am 27 years old and have been playing games for over 20 years across various genres (FPS, MOBA, MMO, Fighting games, Souls-likes, Adventure, etc.). I consider myself a player who easily grasps the basic mechanics of any game. It was no different with No Rest for the Wicked. I found the game very intuitive; however, I am having a very specific problem that I consider to be mostly my own fault, but it’s making my experience frustrating: I accidentally destroyed 3 of my items in different ways.
They were 2 bows and 1 dagger, which were almost or completely fully enchanted/upgraded. I think the reason is that after farming for a long time, I go into “auto-pilot” mode. As a result, I ended up executing 3 different actions that destroyed my items, even with the warning prompts.
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1st: I used an item to remove an enchantment by accident on the wrong piece of gear (destroying it).
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2nd: I used a Sublime Ember thinking it was a Radiant Ember on an incomplete item.
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3rd: I used the option to extract a gem instead of destroying it. (I was so worried about not destroying the item that, intuitively, upon seeing the word “destroy” on one option, my brain automatically made me click the other one).
Yes, I know the game sends a confirmation message warning that the item will be destroyed, but every time it happened, I ended up double-clicking to confirm out of pure habit.
I want to emphasize that I don’t think this is a flaw in the game, but rather a player error. However, since it is very frustrating, I thought of this solution to prevent it from happening to me and other players who might go through the same situation.