Offense

Commentary

For so long, Offense was one of the worst maps in vanilla - awful monster combos, an endless supply of 2-handed junk, and it was completely outclassed by its "easy mode" counterpart Assurance anyway.

v80 actually made some pretty impactful changes though, by maximizing its mineshaft chance and giving it a little item count boost too. Those buffs came with a (totally unnecessary) increase to trap spawn rates, which I do suggest reverting. Other than that I think it's a definite improvement.

I still include an option to improve the scrap quality on Offense, intended to create more of a risk-reward dichotomy with Assurance. Deliveries ought to be less challenging now, but you have to deal with more genuine danger (thumpers and Coil-heads) in exchange for finding more, better quality items. (I also added gold bars, which used to exist on Assurance in v9, as a treat.)

I've added Masked here, firstly because mask items can spawn here, and secondly because I think they fit Offense's general gameplay well - lots of medium strength but mortal enemies. Masked feel a bit forgotten after v45 and I'd like to make them a bit more prevalent again anyway.

(When using Spawn Masked, bracken spawns will also be disabled. I think they are a really bad fit for Offense, especially with all the coil-heads, and that opens up potential for more Masked to spawn instead.)

Eclipse count can be nerfed from 4 to 3, which is still a lot for a free moon - Embrion and Dine were the only other moons in the game with such a high spawn rate. (3 is on par with Rend, Titan, and Artifice.) Visiting Offense during an eclipse is still a pretty bad idea, anyway, but maybe not as insurmountable as before.

Bee hives are another small boost to maximum value, for a crew that is skilled enough (and lucky enough) to find them and bring them aboard the ship - perfect for a high-risk high roller. That being said, I don't think they are a necessary addition with the other buffs, so use what you like.