force ante 9 voucher to be director's cut | Balatro | Page 1

wanton copper Apr 9, 2024, 2:26 PM

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tldr: dying to bosses in non-endless runs is fun. dying to bosses in endless runs is not. ensuring you can reroll a boss in endless runs solves that nicely

so, here's how bosses are in pre-endless runs:
you have a build that's countered by a few bosses. you need a backup plan in case you encounter one of them. having a backup plan is part of the strategy and its almost always possible because pre-endless builds tend to be quite flexible. awesome.

in endless runs the situation is different. 99% of the time you are either going for baron+mime or idol+retriggers. both of them rely heavily on having a lot of the same card in your deck. getting that card debuffed means end of the run with absolutely nothing you can do. this is just not fun.

i think forcing ante 9 voucher to be director's cut (unless you already have it) is a great solution to this. it's a tiny change but removes a lot of unfun losses to getting unlucky

barren mirage Apr 9, 2024, 2:33 PM

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Died in Ante 15 to the "Face cards get debuffed" boss, when my deck was all kings. There was nothing I could have done, because I never saw the director's cut voucher. So yeah, I agree, or at least, I wish there was SOME kind of alternative to director's cut.

wanton copper Apr 9, 2024, 2:34 PM

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same, lost a potential e160 hand run to that boss

deep depot Apr 9, 2024, 2:39 PM

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I think this would work best as an optional toggle?

wanton copper Apr 9, 2024, 2:46 PM

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imo its best to avoid unnecessary toggles and i dont think enough people will want to turn this off to make a toggle

barren mirage Apr 9, 2024, 7:41 PM

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Wow
It happened again
:P
Yeah, fuck this shit

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I was kind of incredulous of this idea tbh, but now I really, REALLY am starting to want it

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Because I had exactly 0 recourse from this happening to me

wanton copper Apr 9, 2024, 9:08 PM

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rip

tawny cape Apr 9, 2024, 9:58 PM

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This feels reasonable

stoic nymph Apr 9, 2024, 10:45 PM

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barren mirage

that gold 10 is gonna have to carry hard

wanton copper Jul 25, 2024, 4:05 PM

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bmup

crude zenith Jul 25, 2024, 4:12 PM

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maybe you should have done a different build

wanton copper Jul 25, 2024, 4:35 PM

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???

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the only build that cant be just completely disabled by a boss is perkeo + observatory

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you cant expect me to get perkeo every run

crude zenith Jul 25, 2024, 5:49 PM

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I think it's unreasonable to assume every run should be capable of reaching the limits of the game

wanton copper Jul 25, 2024, 5:51 PM

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true but a run going really well and then just dying because of one small thing you have no control over is not a good thing imo

vagrant pebble Jul 25, 2024, 6:29 PM

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wanton copper true but a run going really well and then just dying because of one small thing ...

Unless it is a finisher, since they're supposed to be the run killers if you're not prepared

wanton copper Jul 25, 2024, 6:30 PM

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finishers dont kill you in endless

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at worst they disable 1 joker

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thats not the same as debuffing all of your cards

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unless i misunderstood what you mean i might be dstupid idk

vagrant pebble Jul 25, 2024, 6:44 PM

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wanton copper finishers dont kill you in endless

I litterly died in endless due to consistently being forced to select every steel card I had, while not having steel joker. And this also prevented me from making my flush houses

wanton copper Jul 25, 2024, 6:52 PM

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ok they can kill you but most of the time you can at least try to do something to survive unlike with some other bosses

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like i wouldnt say dying to a cerulean bell is a "small thing you have no control over", theres stuff you can try

rare prawn Jul 26, 2024, 9:45 PM

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Is directors cut the only way out?

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