Platinum Stake

[blazing sedge]

Or maybe alternate Blue Stake

Finisher Boss blinds can appear more often.
Any boss blinds can appear multiple times.
How much the chance for a finisher boss blind is to appear instead of a "regular" boss blind is hard to say. Maybe 10%.
This is very hard but that's also the point. A challenge for those that can beat gold stake on a regular basis. Something to overcome.

[dim parrot]

i feel like repeating boss blinds is kinda usless, if you beaten it once you propably can do it second time

[blazing sedge]

Well, it does add stress. And difficulty, sometimes.
Face card builds are among the strongest and the probability of running into the Plant multiple times is certainly scary

[dim parrot]

maybe, but that just doesnt seems impactfull. and can even help you

also i dont think you should be able to face finisher bosses midgame

[gleaming fable]

I wouldn’t mind an ante 4 finisher

Like fixed to ante 4

[dim parrot]

also, i dont think we need more stakes

better idea imo would be reworking blue stake

[blazing sedge]

I put that in the description. (That is could also be the new Blue Stake)
Because just because I came up with a stake effect doesn't mean it has to be a new one.

It could also be the new Gold Stake and all the others move one step down.
But fine tuning balancing like that is something Localthunk will know best.
I just wanted to share my idea

[dim parrot]

ye, but tbh i dont really like the idea of finisher blinds before ante 8, it is cool idea to change something about blinds but like i said, finisher blinds should ante 8 (and endless) exclusive

[lone pebble]

I would LOVE more stakes tho!

I just think they shouldn't count toward C++/100%

[blazing sedge]

It's all opinion based anyways

But yeah, I would love a few more stakes, like 2, max 4, or something.
Definitely want some more decks tho, some that shake the play-style up even more.

[dim parrot]

Thats kinda whole point of new stakes (exept challange), i would prefer new decks or jokers

[lone pebble]

No? They're a harder difficulty

Thats like saying "hardcore mode in bedrock exists for 100%ing"

[burnt oak]

You can achieve this by making it inserted before gold stake, like adding a silver stake. That way all the existing gold stickers still remain

[gleaming fable]

Lowkey I think that screws with C+ for new players as they’ll have a longer grind compared to older players who already have some gold stakes

[burnt oak]

You could say that for getting Competionist for new players if there’s new jokers added, I think no matter what happens new content makes something harder, but it feels much fairer making C+ slightly harder vs undoing all the progress made on C++

[lone pebble]

That also upscales gold stake's difficulty itself, and my pitch is that ALL new content shouldn't count toward C++ (and therfore inherently doesn't undo any progress)

Its a thought I've been very loud about. Either add a new 100%, or dont. (Like Isaac has 100%/golden god/dead god, etc) Never change the previous goal posts or add more work to them

[daring stag]

c+++ 😔

[cold otter]

bump this cuz this is an amazing idea

only problem is that it would powercreep ante 4 over ante 5

even with purple stake scaling

like if you get violet vessel, your screwd

[cold otter]

well i guess this doesn't make it an amazing idea but i digress