when playing as bismuth getting this curse means dropping or selling all your memories (self cast perk)
i just find it frustrating ending a near perfekt run because i just die
atleast make it stop at 1hp so it would be a challenge
#damaging curse 8% per memorie cast
still beacon
white gorge
I think that curse is a bit of an issue in general because in cases where you have e.g. paranoia slotted somewhere with no blank memory slots, you might be put in a situation where you need to drop/salvage it if you get the curse or be stuck in a permanent damage loop
clever river
It's a curse. It's supposed to be annoying/break you
Don't take curses if you don't like them
unkempt void
With paranoia, I don't really see an issue with dropping essence at the start of the area every time.
clever river
If there was no risk, they would just be free power
unkempt void
With Bismuth, if you have an auto cast build at the moment, I don't really think you should take potent or intense curses. Coop or not.
white gorge
With paranoia, I don't really see an issue with dropping essence at the start of...
oh right I suppose you could do that with paranoia. Still a lil awkward in my eyes since it's a rather roundabout way of countering the curse
white gorge
It's a curse. It's supposed to be annoying/break you
for sure there should be a negative effect on the curse but it can be a problem if it just destroys a certain build with minimal/no counterplay. It should just be an added restriction to play around, not you gambling your whole run away 😛
e.g. if you're playing shell or any mobile melee really and get the anchor thing where you can't move out of the ring or you take damage, it will be tough but in most cases not completely impossible to avoid
unkempt void
Some of the intense curses are insanely compromising or at the very least annoying.
But the reason why is usually because they mess you up from a gameplay perspective.
So with that in mind, if your character is fulfilling a certain niche, it's probably just never worth the chance.
white gorge
true I also found that the curses often strongly target niches and not much outside them, for example the one that makes damage bypass barrier does nothing if you have no barrier or armor but is devastating if you rely on it
unkempt void
Like a mechanically intensive character with inverted controls ain't it unless you're just...I dunno...built different?
white gorge
of course there's generic ones like more damage, stun on hit etc
right, inverted controls is another one that I dislike purely because it feels like sabotaging your tools instead of giving you a new problem to solve with those tools
or having memories periodically locked or restricted somehow can also be interpreted as such though in these cases at least we can compensate with our other tools (basic attack or use more impactful memories asap) whereas reverse controls isn't something you can compensate
unkempt void
Yeah, I'm personally not a fan of it. On ranged characters it's salvageable. On melee characters that are not tanky or sustain heavy, it's just all bad.
I feel like it should only invert your aim or your movement and not both. But then it may not be intense enough...so who knows.
white gorge
honestly it feels more like a contender for a chaos lucid dream
slap it on and do a drinking game with your friends using it
clever river
Like a mechanically intensive character with inverted controls ain't it unless y...
I've seen people just literally change their keybindings for this lol
But yeah I never take curses. It's just never worth the hassle to me. Curses are for gamba. They are ways to end your run. They're just not worth using unless you're super early game or you're really weak and need a boost