README Clarity, suggested Essential changes

[gaforb]

First off, really excited to see this mod revamped to be more modular and configurable! Looking forward to the thunderstore release so I can test it out.

In the readme, you state the custom content can be disabled/enabled, but in each category items are listed under "Essential" changes. If the items can be disabled, I'd suggest listing them as "custom content" packets, along with brief descriptions of what they do.
Also, for items like Remarkably Stable Tesla Coil, is the original item removed regardless of whether the new item is enabled?

I'd consider either merging Health into Defense & Healing, or moving the healing changes into Health and renaming D+H to Defense & Mobility. having "Health" and "Healing" as two separate categories seems odd.

I'd also add a compatibility option to disable changes to scythe, since there are several mods that change it already. Though I appreciate that it could be used to just circumvent the nerf, I think the compatibility option for people who need it is worth allowing people who want to cheat the system to disable the change. Alternatively, checking if the scythe is actually healing for 8 + 4 in the IL hook before changing it, as a safety measure.

In either case, I'd make the barrier change essential - stacking 100% barrier is already not that difficult, and with healing reduced it's more valuable than before, so making it more difficult whilst keeping early barrier more relevant seems in line with mod's original balance goals.

In Damage, I'd move the sticky bomb changes to a packet from essential, primarily because many mods add a variety of green items that compete for space already, and I don't think having the option to move it compromises the balance goals.
Also clarify the stacking behaviour of bands in the readme. (I believe it's +100% total per stack but I may be remembering wrong)

[bbborbo]

Thank you! I will see about changing all of these.

I feel conflicted about the Health category too - but I think I'll keep it as it's own category. In a way, it's the most "free" content the mod offers. I might look into migrating more content into the category though. And you're right that it's a strange distinction between Defense + Healing and Health, but to me the D+H category is meant to focus on the balance between EHP, healing, and mobility as modes of defense (and the fact that vanilla sort of sacrifices the first for the other 2), while Health focuses more generally just on having EHP.

Good thinking with essential barrier changes - I will do that right away.

As for Sticky Bomb, the main reason why it's Essential as opposed to being in it's own packet, is because I had chosen to include a white damage item to make up for the Sticky Bomb shaped hole in the white item pool. Unfortunately, it would be difficult for me to find a way to turn Sticky Bomb changes into its own packet while also including the item. Maybe one day though.

Thanks again.