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Ender Pearls and Totems of Undying should confuse The Warden when "enraged"

Currently, once a Warden has been enraged, it will know it's target's location at all times, even through walls and spaces completely cut off from it, and will no longer be distracted by other vibrations such as projectiles landing.

So to be consistent with this behaviour, it shouldn't be "distracted" by a thrown Ender Pearl, and should take the Warden time to figure out you aren't still in the location it last knew you were before you tossed the Pearl and teleported where it landed. 

This brief moment of confusion would only last a couple seconds, but should be enough to give quick-thinking players an opportunity to escape with their lives - so long as they're still careful... (the pearl landing/teleporting you would still make a vibration, meaning a panicked throw could set off another Shrieker and unleash a 2nd Warden, + the first would still be looking for you)

Similarly, the Warden "killing" the player, but really only activating their Totem could briefly trick it into thinking it's target was indeed killed, until it is alerted to their continued presence by more vibrations or picks up the scent again...

I offer this as a solution to The Warden currently being very un-fun to deal with (given their ability to know your location at all times and 2-hit you through +10m thick walls), without just nerfing it's attacks, in order to reward well-equipped or crafty players as the goal is to encourage stealth tactics, and punish recklessness with a scare - which this should still do.

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• June 03, 2022 11:15
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  • June 03, 2022 11:42
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  One complaint I've seen with other's suggesting nerfs or counter-plays is that:

  I think the whole point of The Warden is that you're supposed to avoid summoning it at all.

  I understand feels like the point, but currently, unless you can destroy all Sensors/Shriekers in range of a chest in the exact same tick, there's no way to loot a chest or break a block undetected, and once The Warden is inevitably summoned, really, your only options are to either leave the Ancient City and let it despawn, or let it kill you. 
  
  (Yes, you can toy with it and try to lure it away from you - but it will still always track your scent, passively pathfinding in your direction, and each attempt to distract it gets it one step closer to it's "enraged" state, of which there is no counter to. You either attempt to flee, and likely die trying, or you let it kill you.

  This change just gives players a 3rd option in which they can continue to loot and explore the new structure, but with much greater risk - which should only heighten the experience. It'll also encourage more players to engage with the new Deep Dark content, if there is a counter-play they can make that means death isn't all but ensured.
  Even if the player can escape with their lives, they'd still get a good scare out of such a close call, so I don't think it'd undermine The Warden's purpose in the slightest.