[Suggestion]: Sickened Phantom Interceptors for attempted elytra balance
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Description of feature request
Sickened Phantom Interceptor — Wither Storm Mod Suggestion
Concept: If a player hangs around while flying near the Wither Storm, the Storm will fire Sickened Phantom Interceptors to punish them. These are aggressive, single-target flying phantoms designed to make hovering above the Storm risky.
Trigger: The player has to be flying within the Storm’s loiter zone — about as far out as the spinning disk cloud in Stage 4 — for roughly 15 seconds.
Spawn / Heads: Interceptors come from specific heads on the Storm (see Phase Rules below). Only 3 interceptors can be active at once to prevent spam.
Behavior: Each interceptor homes in on the player, moving slightly slower than rocket-boosted elytra so escape is possible. They attack like phantoms and can apply a brief Wither effect. After striking, they pull back briefly, then attack again every 5 seconds, letting each interceptor hit the player 3–4 times before disappearing.
Lifetime / Despawn: Interceptors last 15–20 seconds or disappear immediately if the player lands, stops flying, or leaves the Storm’s range. Rocket-boosting away or landing is the intended way to survive.
Multiplayer: Each player has their own loiter timer and interceptors. The Storm shares interceptor slots and head cooldowns so multiple players can’t overwhelm it or each other.
Phase Rules:
Phases 4 and above: the interceptor mechanic is active.
Segment phases: Only the 3 middle heads of both the main and segment Storm fire interceptors, even in later phases with 9 heads.
Intended Effect: Stops players from endlessly circling the Storm, keeps elytra viable, and ensures fights are challenging but fair in multiplayer.
FYI: The original suggestion was scribbled in messy handwriting, so I used GPT to clean up grammar and formatting. There might still be some errors.
CWSM's common config actually mentions a certain mechanic where regular phantoms are supposed to "circle around the wither storm" but i never saw a single phantom actually do that in my 3 years of playing cwsm, so either thats a bug or just a forgotten feature that doesnt work
Wither Sickness already serves as punishment for dawdling around the Storm, and this sounds like too specific a scenario (except for some modpacks) to account for with an in-depth mechanic. Would probably be better suited for an expert or challange style add-on, such as Plus. Wither Storm Mod's out of the box progression is designed for players to start soon after spawning in, and Elytra are very much an endgame item.
Oh nope this doesn't happen in cwsm it's just a suggestion it's not a bug either.
Wither Sickness already serves as a punishment for lingering near the Storm, but it only kicks in after about 12 minutes meaning you’d have to be deliberately hanging around for a while to even feel it. Most endgame players probably have access to Golden Apple Stew anyway. There’s really no reason it shouldn’t be included. Elytra are undeniably endgame gear, and the Wither Storm itself is the kind of threat that makes the Nether feel safer than the Overworld.
