Nutcracker

Commentary

Nutcrackers feel great, almost perfect, but I think the ability to instantly kill them with their own weapon introduces a lot of balance issues in larger contexts. You only need 1 shotgun to infinitely obtain more, with no risk to your personal safety; each nutcracker becomes a cash generator that also feeds you ammo to continue your rampage.

With my changes, nutcrackers resist a shotgun blast just enough to survive with 1 HP from full health; this gives them enough time to target the player and shoot back, before the player is able to fire a second shell. I hope this encourages a little more strategization when it comes to nutcracker fights after the first, without feeling too heavy-handed. (It is satisfying to squish eyeballs in a single well-placed shot... but just too good)

The price change is more intended for variety than balance, but may help equalize the playing field for butler farming, if you have price randomization enabled for the knife.