Small cosmetic change to the Resonance Archives

[KevBot360]

I've noticed when renovating the archive that the boss arena has invisible walls blocking the viewing platforms. I feel like it's a bad design choice, so I chiseled a simple fence to replace it. 

what we have

 

What I propose. modeled after the iron fence

maybe someone more creative than me can make the fence look better.

 

Edited August 19, 2025 by KevBot360
removed unrelated image

[Never Jhonsen]

Wonderful suggestion, it's always felt cheap to me that they put an invisible barrier up to keep players from being launched up on it and skipping the fight

However, I would suggest the iron fence to be a lot more rusted, along with chunks missing from it; disintegrated from centuries of rust and neglect.

[williams_482]

I would have appreciated this change the first time I fought the bot. I kept prioritizing trying to jump onto the ledges so I could shoot the thing from relative safety, and figured that I wasn't landing there because my timing was off. I died a couple times doing that before I gave up and switched to dying in somewhat more efficient suicidal bum rushes. 

[Never Jhonsen]

5 hours ago, williams_482 said:

I kept prioritizing trying to jump onto the ledges so I could shoot the thing from relative safety, and figured that I wasn't landing there because my timing was off

If only When the Resonate Archives first came out, in 1.18.0, you were able to get up there. However, there was a path that could lead you past the door and into the library, so that barrier was added to keep that from happening. My current 1.20.12 world however, created in 1.18.0, is still barrier-less, and one can still be flung upon it

I'm fine with disallowing people from getting up there, I just wish there was a better solution than "Slap an invisible wall on it and call it a day"

[LadyWYT]

I think having some iron bars, or even glass, to block the way is a great idea. Glass is fancier and more befitting of a library, but on the other hand...it's not very durable, and this is a maintenance room we're talking about. Iron bars would do just fine, and likely be better for structure integrity anyway.