# Idea to change the Skeleton Key weapon

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/idea-to-change-the-skeleton-key-weapon/61932>\
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**Created:** [March 11, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/idea-to-change-the-skeleton-key-weapon/61932 "2020-03-11T20:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/idea-to-change-the-skeleton-key-weapon/61932/17 "2020-10-01T23:55:13Z")

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Context: The original post was made right after the change of Sunspear’s third trait from Firestorm at start of turn to +2 Mana when making red gem matches, with the basic line of logic being conveyed as to _why_ it was changed being “x overlaps with what y does, so we changed x to be more in line with z instead” (even though, as was conveyed, there was no issue to this and said change would have been a massive nerf). This change was extremely poorly received and was repealed not too long after.

From the patch notes thread:

> [@4.8 Update (Patch Notes)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-8-update-patch-notes/61870/1):
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> Because the Sunspear has access to the Fire Talent Tree, it’s Legendary Trait is the conflicts with the level 20 Fire Talent - Firestarter. We’ve given it a new Legendary Trait that keeps to what we intended.
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> - Legendary Trait changed to Gain 2 bonus Red Mana when matching Red Gems.
> - _This is similar to the Corsair’s High Seas Legendary Trait._

> [@4.8 Update (Patch Notes)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-8-update-patch-notes/61870/95):
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> Just officially stating here that the wrong Trait wasn’t changed. The Trait and Talent clashed, the Trait was brought more in line with how the designers wanted things as per the Trait on the Corsair Class, killing 2 birds with one unpopular stone.

All replies in this thread _for_ this weapon being changed “to bring it more in line with x” are of a clearly sarcastic tone. There were a few such threads around the forum at this time. The problem is, the sarcasm landed poorly _even at the time_ (as can be seen from the _initial_ replies in this thread) and seven months after the fact this kind of sarcasm isn’t readily apparent anymore for anyone without a good memory that was around for this happening, so I’m bringing this up for clarity. Once again, _nobody_ in this thread is legitimately on the “for” side of a Skeleton Key change, and everybody “against” a change legitimately are against a change and are posting here either because the initial sarcasm didn’t land or they were afraid it _would_ be taken seriously.

Thank you.

tl;dr: This post is a 7 month old sarcastic joke, no need to keep feeding it.

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