h1-discussion

[prisma wind]

Am I misunderstanding the wording on the Death Defiance? I thought more ranks equals more HP that you come back with, not more respawns?

[crimson sequoia]

More ranks = more respawns

[prisma wind]

Aw dang, that's pretty good then

[stiff trellis]

Oh, I thought it meant you respawned with more health

[hollow heron]

Nah it's more respawns

It's great

[stiff trellis]

That would explain why I respawned twice in that run

I have an awful memory so I kinda chalked it up to that

[burnt pond]

Death defying is top tier

[prisma wind]

I think the wording could be revised, 'cause that's what I thought too @stiff trellis

[burnt pond]

i think the priority on mirror upgrades early is 2nd dash > health when you enter room > death defy

[stiff trellis]

I'm not quite sure how I'd word it to make it more clear though

[prisma wind]

I don't have the game open to look at it right now, but I'll try to remember to look at it later and maybe submit to feedback

[stiff trellis]

Btw I'm gonna go test out what happens when you throw a spear on a spike trap then walk onto it

Also I'll try and get pos cast and throw and enemy onto it too

[outer mason]

can i quit and come back to where i was?

[tepid wedge]

old spiked collar feels too OP and I don't want to change it to anything else so far

[hollow heron]

It's really good

The Achilles one is just worse than it

[smoky talon]

The Achilles one is just bad I think. Even if it had no downsides and was just 20% armor from the front the collar might still be better

[hexed smelt]

and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, it's the stupid idiot skeleton bombers that kill me AGAIN

[sudden zinc]

:((( i hate those pot bastars.......

[stiff trellis]

Naming them pests was a good idea tbh

[outer mason]

lost to meg just now :/

[tepid wedge]

i failed to get to her now :/

[sudden zinc]

meg is way too hard

but sexy

but hard :(

[hollow heron]

She's just way too tanky

[tepid wedge]

she isn't hard, she just takes too much time and I got sleepy and die

[stiff trellis]

Ok so putting a spear on spikes and steeping on the trap still sets it off because you pick up the spear

If the spear's on a spike trap and an enemy steps on it or is knocked onto it, the trap won't go off unless you bring the spear back to you

[brisk trail]

I usually complete the first zone with the shield of chaos. It is very broken for closed and small spaces. But I think the second zone is better with the bow. Any build recommended for the first zone carrying the bow? I'm sorry for my English, I'm using google translator.

[tepid wedge]

then google should feel sorry 🤔

[brazen lake]

every time i get to asphodel it feels less like i die because of a lack of skill and more that i die because of the absolute visual mess that goes on there

and how little space i get to move around in

[forest temple]

oh in asphodel i have to lower my resolution a bit just to survive it

[tidal geyser]

Ugh got trapped in a room with a "Survive for 45 seconds" and it just spawned a ton of the floating skull spawners

And within 15-20s there were so many of them I couldn't do anything since they stunlock on hit and they ate through 75 health in moments 😦

[sudden zinc]

dash feels kinda weak aaa

i have bad time dodging big drunk guys

not weak just

i played a bunch of platformer an its kinda strange with timing

[tepid wedge]

All this takes a lot of gettin' use to, And you do get used to it... After a while.

[hollow heron]

Basically, just mash space bar and pray

[hallow rain]

The Nier Automata method lol

[mint forum]

I feel like the dash is interesting and adds a level of difficulty because you can't just run away you gotta deal with whatever is gunna maul you

[hallow rain]

Also is it weird that I haven't encountered Aphrodite yet..? I've encountered every other god multiple times

[mint forum]

Huh, I got her like every other run, maybe she doesn't like you 😅

[hollow heron]

Maybe she doesn't love you

[hallow rain]

Like.. I get 3 Poseidons every damn run, but I haven't gotten Aphrodite at all, in 30 escape attempts

[radiant star]

time to buy this beauty

[hollow heron]

I rarely get Poseidon (and I'm pretty happy about that)

[hallow rain]

Yea his knockback is good for clearing mobs, but vs the bosses is pretty useless

So its a little frustrating that I keep getting him... lmao

[vital hamlet]

Seems nice in combination with bow

[crimson sequoia]

Beaten the first boss with every weapon type now (I'm definitely worst with the bow)

[vestal relic]

My problem with Asphodel is i cant tell when i can knock enemies into the lava or not, seems inconsistent (I've found the shield clicks with me the most)

[hallow rain]

I've been using the spear a lot

[hollow heron]

Spear is funnnnnnn

[mint forum]

I actually really like the bow eventhough I am mostly a melee kind of person

[crimson sequoia]

@vestal relic Any enemy that floats can't be knocked into the lava.

Powering up the sword's special as much as possible and increasing it's AOE is pretty stronk

[tepid wedge]

too much keys, not enough darkness 🤔

[vestal relic]

I'm talking about armored enemies that I routinely kill via that method

[radiant star]

Guys i need help, i bought the game and says i own it, but its not in my library and i cant install it

[crimson sequoia]

Oh, like if it's possible for your weapon to knock them back? I guess I hadn't noticed not being able to knock people back.

[tepid wedge]

did you try to restart launcher?

[radiant star]

I have yes

[tepid wedge]

huh, try to write to epic support, idk if there is anything else you could do

[radiant star]

okay thank you xx

[crimson sequoia]

Pretty sure if you have shield or Poseidon or the shield you can knock back anybody except the skull spawners.

[azure verge]

are there any current plans to change up cast?

the red projectile thing?

[hexed smelt]

boons change it

[azure verge]

I guess I haven't had enough time to play around with the different boons on it, since I just haven't used it enough haha

[misty dune]

any pins or posts with the cast list?

[brisk trail]

So I have this feeling that our boatman will be more useful than just a shop. As in the first room when you escape you see a little pit that sticks out to the left which looks like a dock. So maybe fast travel in the future?

TBH I would love a confirmation of this if it is true.

[torpid leaf]

Any tips for the first boss? I keep losing and barely do any damage to her.

[dusk kayak]

Hydra is never possible wtf

[warm dirge]

So, stupid question:

How does one save?

I played a handful of runs, quit and it got me back to right after the first run

[brisk trail]

it should just save after each run

[tepid wedge]

@torpid leaf which weapon?

[warm dirge]

That's what I imagined

I'm going to try again and if it doesn't I'll ask in tech support

[strange veldt]

the first time I beat first boss was by taking shield and constatly deflecting her attacks/ramming back

[torpid leaf]

Shield

[strange veldt]

worked good

[dusk kayak]

How to beat hydra?

[tepid wedge]

with spear/bow running around her in circles to avoid her dash and then attacking her works pretty well

I didn't even try the shield yet 🤔

[brisk trail]

i tend to use the athena dash

and dash like a madman

reflects all her attakcs

[warm dirge]

Oh, neat, now the game just doesn't launch

[fiery pebble]

I wonder how many zones there will be in total

[torpid leaf]

it's dealing with her and enemy spam too. I probably can do it just without the enemy spam. Whats the best way to avoid the aoe spell?

[fiery pebble]

I hope like 5-7

[brisk trail]

dash @torpid leaf

[torpid leaf]

guess my dash isn't that great, I get stuck in the explosion. must practice then

[wide fractal]

double dash can fix that

[brisk trail]

double dash is indeed great

[pure robin]

Hey Guys, Hades has a lot of elements of roguelike? Is this a permadeath game?

[brisk trail]

what do you mean

[crimson sequoia]

Triple dash all the awy

[chilly stump]

Hey @pure robin ! Hades does have a lot of roguelike elements, but there's permanent progression between runs as well. If you die it's back to the start of the run, but not a brand new start to the game.

[pure robin]

I mean, a lot of roguelike games has the same "permadeath" system. So, there are no a checkpoints, when You'll dead You'll start from the beginning

@chilly stump That's okay, thanks

[strange veldt]

the power progression tho sometimes feels like unlocking things you should have by default after learning game systems

so you can pretend it's permadeath :D

[tidal geyser]

Yay just beat Meg for the first time by spamming my shield throw which had lightning chain

[pure robin]

Cool

[jagged beacon]

Am I the only one to never use the cast ?

[tepid wedge]

nope

I kinda never use it

hmm, bow or spear for next run? 🤔

[jagged beacon]

yeah that should be more usefull i think

[forest temple]

cast becomes more useful with certain boon upgrades

[pure robin]

@chilly stump Mhm, that's a great option. Will there a crafting in that game?

[tidal geyser]

It certainly seems to take a long time to cast which makes it less useful in some situations, though that might depend on which boon you have

[jagged beacon]

Also I've met the second boss with low life but i dealt him 140dmg with spear backstab he felt it but I died anyway

[covert glen]

When they say you don't get out of Tartarus alive or dead, they bloody mean it

Got so close to beating meg

SO BLOODY CLOSE

[chilly stump]

@pure robin There are some items you can get to upgrade your kit in a run, but I'm not sure if that fits your idea of 'crafting'. If there's something you want to see in the game after you've tried it out, feel free to pop it in the #hades-feedback-closed channel. We're interested in hearing what people think and want!

[vital pier]

And she's only the first boss

[covert glen]

Ik

I love this game because it doesn't take you for an idiot

Also (Aegis is the best weapon)

[vital pier]

Yeah, I haven't had this much fun in a game in a long time

[pure robin]

@chilly stump Thanks

[jagged beacon]

huh i have a poor english sadly i really want to help on feedback :c

[covert glen]

get that one daedalus hammer upgrade that deals +600% of a deflect

and boom

done

good bye

[tidal geyser]

@jagged beacon Doesn't seem too bad at all! I'm sure you could ask in here and someone could help correct it before you submit it too

[midnight bay]

I was busy when the game awards were actually live but seeing the trailer afterwards was a really pleasant surprise

[jagged beacon]

The Athena's upgrade that add 20% more damage and deflect lvl up to 5 with 100% more damage is insane for all ennemies after meg

@tidal geyser Yeah surely ! It's been a while since I last spoke english and i've lost everything 😢

[covert glen]

< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-e5MrVbVU >
When the trailer was dropped at the VGA

[tidal geyser]

"adds", "deflects", "to", and "enemies", other than that looks fine 😃

[jagged beacon]

yeah bad keyboard for the two last x)

You take no damage from her dash if you dash into her with the shield that's cool

[covert glen]

uhuh

i've been trying

succeeding

but i have to be extra careful on the way there

i've got nyx's cloak, but i think red doge's collar could help more

[fiery pebble]

So, do we know what the plan is in terms of how many levels there will be?

[brisk trail]

i personally like athenas trinket alot

as it just gives you really good boons

and reflect dash is stupid broke

in the good way

[covert glen]

also dusa is adorable

[glacial venture]

I love you Supergiant ❤

[hollow heron]

I got a clear with the spear

[brisk trail]

to what point

[hollow heron]

Hydra

I'm happy about it because my previous one was with shield

[brisk trail]

boi well done

[jagged beacon]

Spear is the best

[hollow heron]

It's so much fun

I got 2 clears in a row as well

[crimson sequoia]

@brisk trail How do you find your dialogue stats?

[hollow heron]

22nd/23rd escape attempts

[jagged beacon]

How do you get roles also ? 😄

[crimson sequoia]

thanks

[brisk trail]

@jagged beacon #bot-commands

[jagged beacon]

thanks !

[brisk trail]

np

[tepid wedge]

killed Meg for the first time

increased close dmg for bow is OP 🤔

[fiery pebble]

Nearly killed Hydra with the sword

Dang

[wide fractal]

what did you use?

[jagged beacon]

With the sword ? Man good job going through all this with this weapon ahah

[wide fractal]

is it that weird I got my kill with the sword?

[covert glen]

So close to beating her!!!!

[fiery pebble]

I got the Blade Flurry hammer and Zeus on attack launch a bolt boon

[covert glen]

Gfdi!

[fiery pebble]

Pretty much the only way the weapon is usable

[wide fractal]

double dash strike + athena

dash and deflect through everything

[fiery pebble]

Perfect Shot on bow

Neat

[covert glen]

Poseidon bash on shield is just bullying tbf

And deflect bash from Athena is p good as well for swarms if enemie

[brisk trail]

deflect dash is amaze

[fickle vortex]

Do you think we'll ever be able to choose Xephy's gender?

[hexed smelt]

....xephy?

[brisk trail]

xephy?

[glad fossil]

?xephy...

[wide fractal]

I put an example of how strong sword can be in spoilers

[fickle vortex]

Ooops, lol I meant Zagreus. Or are they a real character from Greek mythology?

[brisk trail]

its a real char

[hexed smelt]

zagreus? he's a Real Boy

[calm delta]

OH MY GOD

YES

I FINALLY BOUGHT IT

[mighty stratus]

[tepid wedge]

nice

[hollow heron]

niec

[jagged beacon]

never tried dash deflect, but dash electric strike or dash that makes foes weak are quite good

[hollow heron]

dash deflect is top tier

[fiery pebble]

Man I can only imagine how broken builds get once you get a high chance of upgrading to epic

[hollow heron]

crit dash/deflect dash are t1, love/bolt t2, replacement t8934216904321876

[brisk trail]

@fiery pebble get the trinket from athena makes all her boons at least rare and 1 at least epic

[jagged beacon]

i hate the one that make dash dealing dmg but slower

[fiery pebble]

Athena isnt the one Id go for tbh

[hollow heron]

athena upgrades are kinda useless mostly because you want them primarily for deflect

[brisk trail]

the bonus damage is nice tho

[jagged beacon]

If i remember Artemis and Zeus are good with spear

[hollow heron]

zeus is decent

[fiery pebble]

The best upgradeline is arguably Aphrodite

[hollow heron]

artemis is t1

not for dash

[fiery pebble]

Artemis has one really good boon ,and the rest are so-so

[jagged beacon]

Artemis boons that deal more dmg after dashing with spear

[brisk trail]

yes thats so gold

[hollow heron]

that boon is t1 on every single weapon

[jagged beacon]

Not with bow

only

[brisk trail]

in combo with the skill that lets you do more damage after a dash its jsut broke

[fiery pebble]

Not on sword tbh

Unless you got the skullsplitter thing

[hollow heron]

iirc with bow its t1 as well

with sword you need to play similar to spear

you can dash inbetween attacks 2 and 3 of the combo

[fiery pebble]

With bow its great, yes

Alright then, got Hydra with everything but the sword

[vital pier]

Whats are the gold coins called again?

[hexed smelt]

obols

[vital pier]

Thank you

[spice patrol]

So who else thinks dusa is best character?xD

[vital pier]

Me

Ms. Dusa fan club go

[spice patrol]

Really need to go and check who voices her, definitely a fan

[burnt pond]

Everyone knows Dusa is top tier

Anyone that says otherwise is just LYING

[mighty stratus]

hot take: nyx is best girl

[void vigil]

mom.......

[vital pier]

Nyx did the deed with your dad.

[burnt pond]

That take is so hot that it immediately radiates away all the energy it has, creating a violent explosion that wipes out all life within a 50 km radius before it disappears forever.

[mighty stratus]

[jagged beacon]

The training dummy is the best bro

[burnt pond]

Yeah hes the other option if you don't go for Dusa.

He seems chill

Getting beat up and then still being like, "Hey, you wanna try that out?" when you pick up a new weapon

[mighty stratus]

no joke, skelly sounds and talks EXACTLY like my uncle

[vital pier]

I mean, I would be too. If I got paid to stand around and get beat

knowing full well that I'll just come back moments later

[burnt pond]

bro, I bet your uncle also has a skeleton inside of him

[jagged beacon]

Cerberus's really adorable too

[mighty stratus]

duuude

[burnt pond]

Cerberus is the default, you can't even count him.

[vital pier]

I think Hypnos is the least likable

[burnt pond]

He also starts with 5 hearts immediately.

Less likeable than your father?

[vital pier]

Father is default

[burnt pond]

tru

[vital pier]

negative hearts

[burnt pond]

What about Orpheus

or Meg

they just kinda chill and do nothing

[mighty stratus]

i never should've given dad an ambrosia

[burnt pond]

Same tag.

[vital pier]

Meg is obviously tsundere

[burnt pond]

What is Dusa then

Shes just shy i guess

[vital pier]

Dusa is the best girl

[sterile peak]

Dusa best girl

[vital pier]

And I will verbally fight anyone who disagrees

But still respect their view

[burnt pond]

Meg might be tsundere but she also just keeps saying stuff like "this wont change anything" and then she tries to murder you again

[hexed smelt]

dusa is my tiny wife and i'd die for her. i already die a lot but, specifically, i would die for her.

[vital pier]

she's dead too though

[burnt pond]

Nothing worse than having 2 runs in a row where you spawn and Dusa is nowhere to be found 😢

[vital pier]

Well its kind of her job to stop you

[burnt pond]

Yeah but she could at least be nice about it

[sterile peak]

yeah she just calls you a bastard and tells you to go to hell

[burnt pond]

She could be like "Just business, but we are cool, yknow?"

[sterile peak]

dusa never says such horrible things

[void vigil]

i will protect dusa with my life

[hexed smelt]

i-it's not like i hate you or anything

[mighty stratus]

i really wish zag hadn't told dusa not to clean his room, its a huge mess

[burnt pond]

I regret giving Dusa all of my ambrosia, because now that I can't gift her anymore I can't have her talk to me twice each time I get back to the house.

[vital pier]

But she appreciates you turning in all the contraband

[void vigil]

oh god same

i want. to clean his room

[burnt pond]

Zag doesn't want Dusa to go in there and see his portrait of Aphrodite

[tepid wedge]

Meg > Dusa

[hexed smelt]

i finally got enough ambrosia that i got all the keepsakes, now i'm going to throw it all at cerberus, achilles, and dusa

[hollow heron]

[spring cipher]

?

[mighty stratus]

i wish i could examine it everytime

[spring cipher]

nani

[void vigil]

oh nice

[vital pier]

Everytime I don't see dusa I get upset

[spring cipher]

what is this blasphemy

[jagged beacon]

Sisyphus > all

[hollow heron]

nice sparrow

[spring cipher]

dusa

[void vigil]

i already gave achilles 2 of them like a fool

[hollow heron]

I haven't got artemis's yet rip

[void vigil]

i just think hes neat!

[vital pier]

Sisyphus is a total bro

[hexed smelt]

listen my heart melted when i gave my first ambrosia to cerberus and the second to achilles

i love....

[burnt pond]

patch notes

[spring cipher]

NEW PATCH

[hexed smelt]

oooh, interesting

[spring cipher]

THEY NERFED SHEILD

[vital pier]

@vestal lodge Praise be to you.

[spring cipher]

OH NO

[glad fossil]

nerfed the shield 😄

[sterile peak]

lol rip shield, thank god

[spring cipher]

MY carry

[chilly patrol]

Did anybody else immediately jump to "Hades wasn't God of Death, though" when they heard about this game?

[burnt pond]

NERFED SHIELD HAH

[spring cipher]

hah

[sterile peak]

RIP PEERLESS PARRY

[hollow heron]

rip shield lmao

[jagged beacon]

Didn't like it already lul

[sterile peak]

I didn't like the Shield, it was too broken

[midnight bay]

that was fast

[burnt pond]

nah I am big into Greek mythology

But it isnt like they portrayed him as being the god of death

[hexed smelt]

oh, fascinating. shield with no base deflect isn't the way i expected that particular pendulum to swing

[burnt pond]

but just that you are in Hades, ruled by Lord Hades, and you wanna dip

[void vigil]

oh wow im still in the middle of the game.... im gonna get the most out of my shield as i can now

[severe jungle]

oh gosh i just saw the nerf to the shield

[hollow heron]

yeah, shield feels loads weaker now

[severe jungle]

absolutely 100% called for but i'm still ;cries;

[hollow heron]

and a damage nerf

[burnt pond]

We already have Hypnos, who is son of Nyx. Thanatos is also her son, so maybe he will make an appearance later in the game.

[hexed smelt]

to be fair the base damage on the shield was a bit daft

[vital pier]

Cast that shield into the deepest pits of Tartarus

[void vigil]

oh yeah

its too good

or.... was........

[vestal lodge]

Now everybody can figure out how OP Bow is!

[burnt pond]

I already figured it out

[tepid wedge]

Meg > (Nyx = Dusa) > All

[void vigil]

is it still op if im bad at the game

[vestal lodge]

PS The In-Game Patch Notes feature a Quote of the Patch. Collect them all!

[burnt pond]

I had a run where I was doing up to 2100 dmg each shot with the bow

[peak berry]

good thing i beat hydra with shield before the nerf lol

[midnight bay]

nah I'm moving to spear

[burnt pond]

GO TO BOW YOU JERK

[brisk trail]

removed Deflect as an innate property
pack it up guys time to go home 😂

[tepid wedge]

how?

[hollow heron]

I'd just started figuring it out before the patch, now its gonna be clear

[sterile peak]

Spear best weapon

[hexed smelt]

@vestal lodge i feel like the fun part of balance changes is trying to work out how far to go with nerfing/buffing before it's Too Far haha

[hollow heron]

spear is insane

[brisk trail]

really though good nerf, aegis was OP

[vestal lodge]

@hexed smelt That is definitely the fun part!

[peak berry]

if you hold down attack and have shield up does it still deflect? @vestal lodge

[brisk trail]

id guess not

[jagged beacon]

Bow has the +10% darkness also

[hexed smelt]

@jagged beacon that's just random

[void vigil]

the +10% changes, no?

ah

[leaden swallow]

I unlocked the shield about an hour ago and was real excited for how strong it is, oh well

[jagged beacon]

But I still don't like it though

[hexed smelt]

i've seen it on all the weapons at various points

[kind atlas]

I really like the bow 😃

[burnt pond]

Bless up boys the patch didn't change how my run was going

[leaden swallow]

Bow is real strong in the right circumstances, shield was strong all around

[burnt pond]

I found an amazing seed to speedrun and im glad I didn't instantly lose it

[severe jungle]

I'm just sad because I had almost beaten the hydra and now have to learn a new fighting style ahaha

[peak berry]

they used the word Dank back then? Nice

[burnt pond]

yeah but not how we use it

They also used words like erect.

[sterile peak]

Spear is the best weapon, change my mind

[peak berry]

i took latin years ago they had some crazy words

my mouse still flickedrs on screen crap:/

[burnt pond]

@sterile peak how fast can you beat the game with your spear, lad. The bow is truly superior

[ocean notch]

its a good idea to remove the innate deflect.

[sterile peak]

lol at least spear's special is usable @burnt pond

[burnt pond]

You dont need a special when you can just kill everyone

[sterile peak]

we can at least kill a numbskull with it

[burnt pond]

yeah but you could just charge your bowe

and 1 shot em all

Don't even need the powershot for it.

[jagged beacon]

@sterile peak True, spear is awesome

[hollow heron]

spear is the most fun weapon

[jagged beacon]

Incredibly fast

[severe jungle]

I'm having trouble killing enemies with the spear as quickly as with bow or shield?

[topaz jungle]

bow with instant draw makes you feel like legolas, and you can't really beat that

[burnt pond]

Maybe I will try to start running with a spear. I dunno if it can be faster than the bow though. What are the best boons to get maximum DMG with the spear

I would assume Artemis dash crit with your spindash is good

[brisk trail]

What's so good about the spear?

I tried it and it seemed as bad as the bow for me

[burnt pond]

As bad 😠

[sterile peak]

It does more damage faster and is easily to move with

[burnt pond]

So it must be the best then 😠

[brisk trail]

yes 😅

😂

even without the deflect i'll still pick shield

sword being second go to

[winged oar]

I found the sword to be the worst weapon by far

[tepid wedge]

spear, bow > shield > sword

[brisk trail]

I dunno, it's just default

[hollow heron]

sword is the worst imo

[spring cipher]

Nova smash just seems like too laggy a special to be applicable

[brisk trail]

but the bow and spear seemed underwhelming to me

[spring cipher]

But I like the sword

[brisk trail]

yeah nova smash was garb tho

[spring cipher]

I'm like really good at getting wall smashes

but it just loses to meg

It sucks

It would be cool if the sword was like the late game carry weapon that had really good upgrades

But was bad at the beginning

[jagged beacon]

spear with deflect on attack is op when she's throwing a lot of projectiles in her second phase

[mint forum]

Meg is newest crush and Im okay dying to her 😍

[jagged beacon]

She takes all the projectiles and you take nothing

[wet reef]

I just discovered the whole Ambrosia mechanic
this is just a an undercover relationship sim isn't it

[covert glen]

Ahha same

[winged oar]

it's actually persona 6

[spice patrol]

@jagged beacon try bow with special deflect one that

[sonic yew]

Please let us seduce people with Ambrosia

[wet reef]

Lookin forward to date Charon

[sonic yew]

I'd smash Zeus tbh

Or the other way around probably

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wet reef]

lmao I'm so glad all the gods are snaccs

[sonic yew]

Right lol

[jagged beacon]

@spice patrol I tried it with Poseidon's knockback on special that was great

[mint forum]

Dude like almost everyine in this game is hot af

[spice patrol]

Seeing Dusa explode when you try to hit on her would be interesting...

[sonic yew]

I already feel bad enough for making her flustered just by giving her the bare minimum attention

[sterile peak]

dusa or aphrodite 😏

[jagged beacon]

Aphrodite for me

[wet reef]

poor gal, I hope she didn't see the Gorgon skull in my room 🤔

[winged oar]

Aphrodite is straight up r34

[sterile peak]

when will we get Hades Dating Sim

[mint forum]

^that

[jagged beacon]

Let's put this on feedback

[wet reef]

Doki Doki Underworld Club

[jagged beacon]

I WANT this

[sonic yew]

Dream Deities must happen

[mint forum]

Newest patch makes it a dating sim XD

[sonic yew]

🎶 Dreeeaaaaaaam Deities 🎶

[jagged beacon]

They have such proximity with us, the players, I found this awesome that we can have such an impact on the developement

[wet reef]

They did this with almsot every other game
transistor was just a strategy game disguised as an action rpg
Pyre was a visual novel with the cover up of a sports game
let us have the dating sim disguised as a rogue like we deserve lmao

[tepid wedge]

why can't i give gifts to Meg? 🤔

[sterile peak]

you can

[sonic yew]

@jagged beacon It's pretty great, yeah

[tepid wedge]

?

[sonic yew]

You can give her a gift once you beat her and die

She only comes to the House of Hades if you beat her in the previous run

[wet reef]

man I haven't even managed to get to any boss yet

I am really bad at roguelikes
But I really love playing roguelikes

[tepid wedge]

oh I just killed her but did not start another run yet 😄

[sonic yew]

I just played for like 8 hours straight and managed to get to the second level 😂

#notaddicted

[mint forum]

Oh dang I keep getting to meg and she keeps beating the crap out of me
@wet reef same

[dire wave]

is it me or the shield is op af and all other wpns arnt comparable

[sonic yew]

It is, though it was just nerfed in the patch

Not sure where it falls on the tierlist now

[dire wave]

why not buff the other wpns instead of nerfing it : /

[wet reef]

I just unlocked it and thought the same thing

[brisk trail]

tbh its still strong

[sonic yew]

Probably just reacting to the feedback early

[dire wave]

is the bow still a total ass?

[tepid wedge]

why not buff the other wpns instead of nerfing it : / cause game would be too easy that way?

[dire wave]

well its not easy with op shield

[tepid wedge]

bow and spear is already super awesome imo

[sterile peak]

They didn't even nerf it that much, they just removed deflect and lowered its astronomical damage

[sonic yew]

Can always tune things more, there's still like 1.5y to go to release

[dire wave]

1.5 years?????????

[wet reef]

well it is early access

[dire wave]

yea

[wet reef]

these games need some time

[sonic yew]

At least people keep saying this will be a long run

[dire wave]

i wonder tho i unlocked all gifts already

[sterile peak]

it's early access and that's the usual time in between sgg releases so far anyways

[real narwhal]

so far each SSG game had a 3 year gap

but you never know

[dire wave]

maybe add the option to change wpn after killing first boss

[sonic yew]

Only reason I bought it is because of the long wait to full release

[dire wave]

second zone is actual hell

[sterile peak]

@dire wave that would screw with boons

[wet reef]

well uh
that's what it's supposed to be

[dire wave]

i mean its actual aids

😄

[winged oar]

Those bombers

[charred shard]

Hey guys

[sonic yew]

Ugh I hate the skelebombers yeah

[charred shard]

Should I get Hades

[dire wave]

and a million orb

yes u should

[charred shard]

Or wait for it to go on Steam

[sonic yew]

You should

[winged oar]

yes you should

[charred shard]

(Y’all didn’t even see the second option ;-;)

[winged oar]

no need

[dire wave]

i mean ur asking on hades discord

what did u expect lol

[charred shard]

lol

[winged oar]

the game is dmr free so wathever

[dire wave]

nah man dont get it game is ass

?????

[real narwhal]

theres some bias

[charred shard]

Yes

[real narwhal]

i still didnt buy it

[charred shard]

Exactly what I was expecting @dire wave

[tepid wedge]

question was:

should I wait more berfore I play and pay less to devs?

[dire wave]

it will cost more on release?

[sonic yew]

(Epic gives a bigger cut to SGG)

[winged oar]

don't think so, but dunno

[wet reef]

if yer into roguelikes and supergiant's writing you should get it

Main character boyo is such a delight

[real narwhal]

no its just that epic gives 88% of the income unlike 70% of steam

[tepid wedge]

they said it will be 20 on release as well

[charred shard]

^^^^

[sterile peak]

Pros:

• More money to SGG
  Cons:
• Different platform
• Fortnite

[real narwhal]

tho steam did change a bit their economy stuff right?

something like, the more succesful the game the less money steam will take

[winged oar]

having a concurrent of steam is great

[real narwhal]

or the opposite

[dire wave]

i bet epic launcher is being used more than steam

cause of fortnite D:

[charred shard]

I mean

Fortnite is a major detractor tbh

[tepid wedge]

I'm not sure sgg reaches that many sales, steam changes are for aaa

[winged oar]

I don't like Fortnite, but it's not a bad game

[charred shard]

O o f

[real narwhal]

is fortnite only available through epic store

[sonic yew]

Seeing Fortnite next to Hades when I log in hurts a tad

[dire wave]

yes kiddo

[real narwhal]

or is there a launcher for it

oh snap

[tepid wedge]

i don't like fortnite but couldn't care less about using the launcher it uses?

[real narwhal]

yeh thats a big base then

[tepid wedge]

how is it in your library?

[dire wave]

dont hate on fortnite its cool 😦

[tepid wedge]

🤔

[dire wave]

i only have fortnite and hades on epic launcher lol

🤣

[sterile peak]

I played it the day it came out and then uninstalled but I can never remove it

[sonic yew]

^

[dire wave]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[tepid wedge]

you can always register a new account

with a new email

😂

[winged oar]

Steam is the launcher of Bad Rats, and i don't see yall hating it

[sonic yew]

I'd have to buy the game again though? :D

[fiery pebble]

Wait, shield doesnt get deflect from bull rush anymore, right?

[tepid wedge]

yes 😦

[dire wave]

wat

[fiery pebble]

Well, that was broken

[dire wave]

i cant stand and deflect forever now?

[fiery pebble]

So Im not surprised

[dire wave]

rip

[sonic yew]

Can still grant it deflect through boons

But yeah that ship sailed

[dire wave]

which boons?

i like ares he is op 😦

[sonic yew]

Not sure about granting bull rush deflect, but Athena's boons give it I think?

[winged oar]

yea Athena

• Shield of Chaos: reduced base damage slightly; removed Deflect as an innate property (Athena's Boons still can give it Deflect)

[sonic yew]

Ya

[dire wave]

is thre a list of boons u can get from each and evrey wpn

i only saw a legendary once

[sonic yew]

Probably not

[dire wave]

it was from pos like a double knockback

[sonic yew]

Game is new

Could start a wiki for it though 🤔

[dire wave]

was lit

[winged oar]

wow, didn't even thinked legendaries existed

[dire wave]

yeah every time u knock back an enemy they get knocked back anjother time

[sonic yew]

Oh yeah I was pretty hyped when I saw my first

[dire wave]

so sick

[sonic yew]

I had one from the r34 love goddess that could turn enemies to your side with Weak

[winged oar]

wicked

[dire wave]

i wanna 100k shadows to have 100% epic all the time

😄

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[stray knoll]

so wait, does shield only do bull rush now?

[untold jolt]

Could someone really quick explain what Sysphus does?

[winged oar]

good luck on that

[stray knoll]

the deflect was my favorite part.....

[sterile peak]

so guys, how long until someone posts aphrodite r34 into #fan-works

[dire wave]

no

[sonic yew]

I give it a week at max

[dire wave]

weirdos

[winged oar]

aphrodite is already r34

you can't r34 a r34

[sonic yew]

r34^2

[hexed smelt]

[a polite, modly cough]

[stray knoll]

r1156?

[burnt pond]

Yeah guys dont lewd the goddess of love and sex

[sterile peak]

so guys

how long

[burnt pond]

6

[winged oar]

30 minutes

[hollow heron]

N

[sterile peak]

there are 1392 online members and I don't see 1392 aphrodite fanarts

[burnt pond]

Mine is hanging up in Room

[sonic yew]

If Tumblr didn't end itself we'd have some fanart of her within a day

[winged oar]

can draw a stickwoman aphrodite r34 if you want

[burnt pond]

tumblr isnt who we need yo

[sterile peak]

we have newgrounds

[burnt pond]

but good luck wading through the other content of the actual goddess aphrodite

and whatever portrayals she may have had in media

[hollow heron]

I know at least one person is already working on a Hades fanfic lmao

[sonic yew]

First one to find (or make) lewd art of her gets a pat on the back

[burnt pond]

Harry what is rule 35

[sonic yew]

Ah yes, of course

If it doesn't exist yet, it will be made

Things starting with the word "p" (not sure how profanity free this place is supposed to be)

[burnt pond]

Now rephrase it to sound like you are the Lord speaking in the old testament

[hollow heron]

That's 34. 35 is if someone points it out, it will come into existence without anyone doing anything

[burnt pond]

nah he said the right part

[cunning shard]

who needs aphrodite when we have hypno,

[sterile peak]

don't ruin hypnos for me

[burnt pond]

Who needs anyone when we have Dusa

She is so adorable

[sonic yew]

Only real answer^

[tepid wedge]

who cares about Dusa when we have Meg?

[sterile peak]

I give permission for Dusa and Aphrodite but Hypnos is not to be sullied

[burnt pond]

People that do not like to be emotionally abused 😠

[spice patrol]

Dusa is better than a million Megs

[burnt pond]

Dusa cant be sullied either dawg

also she is only a head

[tepid wedge]

Megs > Dusa

[sonic yew]

[winged oar]

i mean it gotta be someone's fetish

[hollow heron]

Meg's probably already sullied tbh

[burnt pond]

I mean aphrodite was the first one sullied

She is literally already nude in the agme

SMH artists

[vestal lodge]

Remember OUR r2. Keep it clean. Our games are suitable for younger players. Please keep your language safe-for-work accordingly.

Ya'll are... dangerously close

haha

[burnt pond]

But what about the naked woman 🤔

Anyway how fast do you guys think this game can be beaten

I think if you were able to turn down the particles and such so you didn't have slowdown when you crit a mob for 600 (which leads to your screen exploding) it could go down to 10

10:30 ish

[hollow heron]

Yeah

That's about what I'd say

[burnt pond]

I was able to get 12, and I had probably the BEST case scenario

[hollow heron]

I love the slowdown though

It feels amazing

It gives combat weight

[burnt pond]

I think it can be good but I just wish it was either toggleable or we had an accurate in game timer

Cuz right now I am using realtime

[hollow heron]

And with spear, you're in slowdown 40% or so of the time lol

[vestal lodge]

I wonder how many runs it took to get to the 12 min run though?! Like can't be 12 mins from the very beginning of the game, right?

Just that's the fastest run so far?

[burnt pond]

How so?

[vestal lodge]

Like... was it your first run ever?

[burnt pond]

Nah I wasnt vanilla

I had perks from mirror

[vestal lodge]

Gotcha!

I was HOPING hahahaha

[sterile peak]

yeah ok so the run itself was 12 minutes, not the playthrough

[cunning shard]

how long until someone does a no-mirror run

[burnt pond]

I mean im sure you could

But it is BORING

No mirror no BOON

thats what the real stuff is

well actually you cant

[vestal lodge]

I can't get past Meg in run 1

[burnt pond]

because yoiu cant leave a room without taking the pickup

[hollow heron]

No mirror means no double dash

[vestal lodge]

I bet somebody can

(sword, no mirror)

[hollow heron]

And triple dash is

[shrewd flare]

Wait what, a full run in 12 minutes?

[hollow heron]

Triple dash is the best thing ever

[shrewd flare]

And then there is me, barely beating Meg on my 40th run.

[cunning shard]

i only beat meg when
epic zeus dash and three? power ups
who needs weapons i can smash spacebar

[hexed smelt]

awwww i almost got meg this time :c

[burnt pond]

To be fair tho the 12 minute run was probably the most lucky I ever got with boons

[winged oar]

zeus dash is good ? never tried it, I really like his cast

[burnt pond]

I got an epic aphrodite to start with, 105% extra dmg

and then dash crit, then extra damage on weak foes and extra crit damage, and then I got tripleshot from daedalus hammer

[cunning shard]

then i beat meg again and died and couldn't gift her because of a scene 😭

[burnt pond]

Yeah thats ruff

[patent epoch]

wait

[winged oar]

the same happened to me FeelsBadMan

[patent epoch]

12 minutes?

[burnt pond]

Even worse when that scene is with Dusa and nyx, stealing away my waifu 😦

[void vigil]

wait you can gift meg??

[burnt pond]

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346569125 here is the video of the 12 min

Yeah after you beat her the first time you can gift her

If its not ok to post that I can delete it mods

[patent epoch]

seriously dino?

[void vigil]

oh wow

ill save my gift then

[cunning shard]

yeah im just strugglin to gift meg again

[burnt pond]

yeah her gift is amazing

thats acutally what helps me do this run so well

[cunning shard]

because i cant beat her 😠

[burnt pond]

200% damage is nothin to sneeze at

[void vigil]

woahhhhh

[patent epoch]

ehhh I'll take the +25 health all day

[burnt pond]

By the way, do you use the gate much if you are a spear/bow user?

or even shield I guess

[cunning shard]

my man orpheus letting me take the shield and

[tepid wedge]

+25hp is too op

no reason to use anything else

[cunning shard]

stand far away smashing my Q key

[burnt pond]

What if you just dont get hit :^)

[patent epoch]

exactly

lmao

[shrewd flare]

Not anymore I guess

[patent epoch]

not getting hit in hades

[shrewd flare]

The shield just got nerfed

[burnt pond]

yeah

[hollow heron]

Shield still defends

[burnt pond]

but before that tho

[hollow heron]

It's not 100% dead

[burnt pond]

when you could deflect, did you use your cast?

[patent epoch]

wait, nerfed?

[hollow heron]

Spear I use gate sometimes, depends on the run

[burnt pond]

I just leave mine at 1 single cast, since I dont need it

[shrewd flare]

Im not saying the shield is dead

[cunning shard]

i have not used the shield as a shield yet

[hollow heron]

I run quad cast, because sometimes it's useful, and if you get ares cast it becomes insane

[shrewd flare]

Though I havent tried it after the nerf yet

[patent epoch]

I mean.. it deflects automatically so no need

[hollow heron]

Ares cast is t1

[patent epoch]

did they really patch the game already??

[shrewd flare]

Yes?

[burnt pond]

I think zeus, poseidon, and ares cast are good

Probably the most important thing in taking a cast tho is if it is rare/epic

if it doesnt get a good boost in damage, I usually dont bother

[patent epoch]

damage + aoe is important in a cast

[hollow heron]

Ares cast is great because it provides insane kiting

[burnt pond]

Oh now that I look at this run again I could probably get it to sub 12 if I dont waste as much time

[patent epoch]

I think Pos is best

[winged oar]

yea normal cast are really bad i think

[torpid lagoon]

Hey guys - Sorry for noob question - is the mirror the form of permanent progression between runs?

[burnt pond]

it does a ton of dmg and has knockback

yes rune

[cunning shard]

yeah

[burnt pond]

you get darkness throughout the run and you can use that to get upgraded stats

and those stay with you forever

[cunning shard]

i take artemis cast because i am bad at aiming

[burnt pond]

Do you use KB+M or controller

[cunning shard]

keyboard

i do not have controllers

[torpid lagoon]

thanks - but stuff like weapon upgrades dont carry over?

[patent epoch]

thats just practice

[burnt pond]

I almost always use controller on Supergiant games. Since they usually design the games for controller, the autoaim is SO generous

[cunning shard]

they do not

[burnt pond]

@torpid lagoon correct

[shrewd flare]

I personally like Zeus cast because bouncy lighthing

[torpid lagoon]

Thanks 😃

[hollow heron]

Artemis cast means you aren't picking up another Artemis boon

[burnt pond]

Yeah zeus is good for aoe clear

[winged oar]

With zeus, you can clear a room full of skulls

[shrewd flare]

Yep

Thats exactly why

[torpid lagoon]

@shrewd flare Zeus with the dash lightning thing is fun

[shrewd flare]

Also true, but I get this option far too rarely

[torpid lagoon]

How many weapons in this current build? the ones we see in the equip room?

[patent epoch]

@burnt pond so I beat meg last night right. give her my gift etc. expecting to go straight through to zone 2

my god the disappointment was real

[burnt pond]

hahaha

[hollow heron]

Haha

[burnt pond]

yeah thats unfortunate

[hollow heron]

It's a roguelite, you're going to start at the start everytime

[patent epoch]

yeah I didn't realise that

[hollow heron]

Unless something specifically grants you the ability to do otherwise

[patent epoch]

its rough out here

[burnt pond]

Sometimes you get shortcuts, like in spelunky

[shrewd flare]

@torpid lagoon Yes, only four weapons in total

[burnt pond]

So now the next thing to discover

[tepid wedge]

lol Bow special + Ares is cool

[burnt pond]

Do you always go through the same # of rooms in a run before you get to the boss?

[torpid lagoon]

I'm sure they will add shortcuts in as the builds go on

[burnt pond]

Yeah thats good for kite

[patent epoch]

surely not

[torpid lagoon]

especially if the game is as huge as it seems to be

[burnt pond]

Adding shortcuts is a double edged sword

[patent epoch]

I've noticed that sometimes its less than before

[burnt pond]

if you take them, you are probably going to have an even harder time

Since you lose out on X amount of boons

[torpid lagoon]

yh less boons etc

[patent epoch]

so say I get to meg one run, might take me a bunch of chambers, the next time its less chambers

[burnt pond]

Also fun fact, if you do too much to the hydra as soon as you spawn in

he just instantly summons the first round of heads

😦

[torpid lagoon]

i've not got that far yet

[forest hollow]

first time i got to hydra he melted in 5 seconds so i have absolutely no knowledge of the fight 😂

[torpid lagoon]

the bomb squad guys have been smacking me around

[cunning shard]

whats your least favorite mob?

[patent epoch]

uhhh... launcher is stuck on Queued

any ideas?

[burnt pond]

IS another thing updating?

[tulip veldt]

restart launcher

[burnt pond]

Another epic games game

[cunning shard]

click on the red queue button and relaunch the epic games launcher if it persists?

[burnt pond]

like 4tn8

[patent epoch]

@cunning shard those fkn pink stone things

[cunning shard]

same

[torpid lagoon]

wow they've put out 2 patches already?

[patent epoch]

my god they're horrible

[hexed smelt]

@cunning shard skelebombers

[hollow heron]

The hardest enemy for me is the crystals because I have to immediately dive them

[cunning shard]

pink stones tick is so fast

[torpid lagoon]

@patent epoch yeah they suck major

[patent epoch]

yep

they just REK me

[forest hollow]

pink stones, or the blue stones in second area. i ran in to a blue one that shielded 10 armored heads, i got infinitely stunlocked. feelsbadman

[hollow heron]

Skelebombers are fine as long as you keep moving

[burnt pond]

For me its the skull piles in the second area, where both they and the skulls they spawn have armor

[patent epoch]

^

[tulip veldt]

Zeus has the best upgrade to deal with those stones. A thorns effect for 88 damage

[burnt pond]

or the skeletons in the second area, because they can get you if you arent smart with yoru dashes

it was more annoying when i had only 2 dashes and not 3

[hollow heron]

I dislike taking thorns boons

[cunning shard]

armored crystals makes me cry

[honest raft]

pink crystals are super annoying early on

[patent epoch]

man if you get a swarm of crystals on you without shield you're done

[burnt pond]

The blue crystals that make impervious enemies?

I hate those since they block all my arrows

[torpid lagoon]

the first time i got the Max health upgrade - i thought it was permanent

[cunning shard]

rip

[patent epoch]

hahahaha the dream

[tulip veldt]

lol

[burnt pond]

Hah that wouldve been crazy

[torpid lagoon]

imagine my goddamn suprise when it wasnt -_-

[hollow heron]

Pink crystals just need you to dive them asap, they're annoying but can usually be dealt with safely

[torpid lagoon]

:(((

[burnt pond]

Yeah

[torpid lagoon]

i can dream

[burnt pond]

dash around the crystals, their beams move very slowly

[tulip veldt]

^

[burnt pond]

so they cant spin and getcha

[tepid wedge]

im going against Meg, wish me luck 🙏

[honest raft]

hey, is sword bad or not?

[burnt pond]

good luck 🙏

Probably cultural

[torpid lagoon]

Most valuable stat to upgrade first you think?

[hexed smelt]

sword is Not Great imo

[burnt pond]

@torpid lagoon second dash, then heal when you enter room, then death defying

[hollow heron]

Sword is bleh imo, too many recovery frames

[hexed smelt]

you mean the mirror upgrades, @torpid lagoon ?

[tulip veldt]

I rank my weapons shield > sword > spear >>>> bow

[torpid lagoon]

@hexed smelt yh

[winged oar]

sword special is trash

[tepid wedge]

death defying > heal imo

[burnt pond]

SMH these bow haters

[torpid lagoon]

@burnt pond cool thanks

[tulip veldt]

sword special is how I deal with skulls lol

it's great

[hexed smelt]

second dash and a death defiance are the most important to get first

[winged oar]

Bow last wtf

[burnt pond]

@tepid wedge but one death defying is 20 hp, whereas you can get that in 6 rooms with max level heal, or 10 with level 2

[torpid lagoon]

@hexed smelt i haven't got death defiance yet - is that like respawn?

[burnt pond]

Plus it is always useful, whereas death defying is contingent on, well... death

[hexed smelt]

if you take a hit that kills you, you come back with 20 health

[burnt pond]

Yeah rune

[patent epoch]

yeah but death defying also keeps you alive

[tulip veldt]

Dino but if you go into a boss fight with max health, your heal per room was wasted

[burnt pond]

other issue tho

[hexed smelt]

death defying has saved my bacon so many times

[tepid wedge]

6*3=18

[burnt pond]

locked behind 6 keys

[hexed smelt]

so?

[winged oar]

Why not both guys ?

[hexed smelt]

i get keys like candy.

[sterile peak]

death defying is fantastic, especially if you get the item that gives you death defying from shops

[tepid wedge]

18 < 20

[tulip veldt]

death defying is pretty much an extra 20 hp permanently

[burnt pond]

check this out

[tulip veldt]

except it can't be healed

[burnt pond]

7 rooms

[tepid wedge]

nah it's better than that

[shrewd flare]

Bow feels too weak to me without a couple of hammers in it

I may be wrong though

[burnt pond]

also just like if you are full hp it is wasted, so is death defying if you dont die

[hexed smelt]

and i'm bad at the game and do die

[burnt pond]

it depends on the person probably

[patent epoch]

yeah but its a contingency plan

[burnt pond]

but eithe rway

[tulip veldt]

i guess

[burnt pond]

you should dual spec into them

[torpid lagoon]

I like the skill element with that Sweet Spot shot

[patent epoch]

if you get hit a lot, you take it

[shrewd flare]

I used to love Breaker's Bow back when I played Bastion

[burnt pond]

yeah

250% dmg on powershot

[tepid wedge]

death defying is more than +20hp because if you take 10 dmg when you have 1 hp you will still have 20

[burnt pond]

breaker's bow

[patent epoch]

@shrewd flare !!!!

[shrewd flare]

Huh?

[patent epoch]

breakers bow ❤

[honest raft]

Sword would have been so much better if for example we could hold down LMB while running and then release it for a knockback attack

[burnt pond]

supergiant really do love their sweet spots

[hexed smelt]

that's the beauty of being able to choose your own upgrades and respec freely between runs - you just shift things about as feel right

[cunning shard]

epic zues cast or zeus thorns 🤔

[burnt pond]

cast

how many cast do you have?

[tulip veldt]

On shield... one time I got a hammer upgrade that made attack deal 300% damage without knockback. That was the most busted run I've ever had.

[hexed smelt]

one of these days i'll dump darkness into infernal soul and try out a cast-based run

[winged oar]

cast is great

[cunning shard]

all the casts

[hollow heron]

I hated breakers bow

[burnt pond]

then cast

[cunning shard]

wait

146 cast damage

yeah

[hollow heron]

Because it was so slow

[cunning shard]

lets GO

[burnt pond]

yeah epic cast is insane

[hollow heron]

I ran pike/repeater

[winged oar]

especially zeus one

[cunning shard]

im coming for you meg

[burnt pond]

nothing worse than getting a regular cast upgrade and it goes from 40 to 46

[winged oar]

big room clear

[burnt pond]

just make sure to save your casts

for when it can also hit mobs

[shrewd flare]

"Hello darkness my old friend" has an entirely new meaning now

[hollow heron]

Pike because it was busted, repeater because it provided the range and didn't lock me down

[burnt pond]

Either way for upgrades they get more expensive the more levels you put in it

[patent epoch]

I'm seriously stuck on Queued

wtd

[torpid lagoon]

Alright im gonna hit the sack - catch you fellow jailbreakers later

[cunning shard]

what's your favorite room reward

[burnt pond]

so you will probably just dual level

[cunning shard]

any why is it double boon

[burnt pond]

Good night

Trial of the Gods

[tulip veldt]

Duchess did you try closing the launcher (and making sure the process was dead)

[patent epoch]

yeah

oh

my fault

all good

[tulip veldt]

lol

what was it

[patent epoch]

apparently I ran out of storage space

somehow

[tulip veldt]

lol

[shrewd flare]

On the very start I was like "eh, no boons again, hello darkness my old friend... oh wait."

[burnt pond]

Yeah doesnt work like that

There are ways to manipulate what your starting item is

but if you want to run the same loadout you cant change it

until you die and start a new run, that is

[tulip veldt]

from patch notes "+ Reduced the max scale of damage VFX (it could get silly...)" does anyone know what this was about?

[burnt pond]

YES

THANK YOU

[cunning shard]

this run has given my nothing but boons

[burnt pond]

I will show you a pic ohelig

[honest raft]

it's safe to assume that all the hooded characters will eventually get their unique designs, right? :V

[tepid wedge]

Meg killed me

[tulip veldt]

f

[tepid wedge]

I thought I'll have an easy turn this time

damn

[cunning shard]

do you ever just run on to all the spikes in a room

[patent epoch]

rip

lmao

all the time alexei

[winged oar]

yeah, w/ this game we wanted a big colorful cast as in Pyre, though the portraits and other details take time...! We appreciate your patience on that. Jen reserves the right to continue iterating/updating so you may see some of the existing designs get adjusted.
Hypnos' look came in literally just days ago -- he was the last to be updated
characters like Sisyphus have designs that are pretty far along but weren't polished enough to include at launch

It's from a dev, not me

[burnt pond]

So the kind of shadowy figure

is just a placeholder of sorts?

[winged oar]

oops wrong c/c

"Re: hooded portrait discussion further up -- while the hooded portraits do represent characters whose looks haven't been finalized, doesn't mean no one will have hoods eventually. We agree characters like Charon and Nyx most 'fit' with the current hooded look.
We have specific ideas about the designs of those characters and will get to them as part of our updates during Early Access.
Also note how Athena blinks her eyes while other characters currently do not; we expect to add more details like that in some cases or at least experiment with them."

this one

[patent epoch]

hypnos looks amazing

[burnt pond]

@tulip veldt here is a gif of the crazy damage VFX https://gyazo.com/dd202d9b02d9f95edb990f5da95eb056

[tulip veldt]

lmao

[burnt pond]

look how big those suckers get

[winged oar]

nuked them

[patent epoch]

lmao

[burnt pond]

so basically when you do that with every shot in a room, you just have your retinas burnt out

and your game slow down

[patent epoch]

laters vision

enjoy your 3 fps

[burnt pond]

That was extra laggy since it was in slow mo

[olive jungle]

i didn't realize the hoods were placeholders at first and feedback-ed about them and I feel bad bc as soon as I played like five minutes more it became clear lol

[burnt pond]

TBH I didn't realize it till now

Who else has them? Sisyphus, Charon, Nyx

Are they all?

[olive jungle]

Artemis

[shrewd flare]

Orpheus

[burnt pond]

Orpheus yeah

[winged oar]

Orpheus (or whatever his name is)

[burnt pond]

ok i see now that makes sense

I honestly thought it was just part of their characters

[winged oar]

Artemis is the most obvious one

[burnt pond]

Nyx and Charon, self explanatory

And Orpheus, being only a head, wanted to hide the lack of a body with a cloak

[tulip veldt]

wait, what hooded figures

[winged oar]

But yea Nyx and charon might stay like that

[patent epoch]

just to confirm, meg is a love interest right?

[burnt pond]

Artemis I figure she was just a sneaky hunter or something

Love interest for whom