#h1-discussion

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tulip lava
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Um there was a fun ipa sound that I learned recently

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It's f but between the lips, instead of between upper teeth and lip

alpine stratus
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oh that IS fun

sick tree
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I now declare, you shall Hense forth be known as "Cham Chaos" no 'K' sounds for you Mister!!

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Or miss

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Or whatever

alpine stratus
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cham...............

sick tree
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๐Ÿ˜…

olive jungle
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We have pronoun roles if you click on our icons ^^

sick tree
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Cham Chaos' is they/they

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So...

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*them/they

alpine stratus
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in any case, when i see ch in writing i tend to pin it as gutteral out of habit mvmgmgjgj

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reflex from learning hebrew thruout childhood

tulip lava
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Gucci

olive jungle
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oh god.

alpine stratus
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I SAID CH ITS NOT GUCHI

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guchy.......

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oh my god guchy kdmdmfnfmcn

tulip lava
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Guxy...

alpine stratus
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GUXXY

sick tree
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Please stop

olive jungle
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I thought the major update would be coming on my birthday but it's actually a couple days off ๐Ÿ˜ข

sick tree
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๐Ÿ˜…

alpine stratus
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what awwwww ;0;

olive jungle
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yeah, Feb. 12th I guess

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11th or 12th

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either way just a little bit late.

sick tree
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When's your birthday then?

olive jungle
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the 10th ๐Ÿ˜ญ

sick tree
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๐Ÿ˜€

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How old will you be? Or would you rather keep that secret?

olive jungle
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Nah, I'll be 24!

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Neither the oldest or the youngest on the mod team, haha

livid cargo
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hi old fogie

olive jungle
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๐Ÿ‘‹

sick tree
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... Anyone here good at baking?
I can do bread but not cakes

void vigil
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ok im late to this but im here to wheeze laugh at charon with a guttural ch

alpine stratus
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RIGHT

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CHARON

sick tree
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๐Ÿฐ

olive jungle
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CCCCCHHHHHARON

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hahah thank you ^^

void vigil
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dfjghkd its an actual word in hebrew but like no one uses it bc its so fancy

alpine stratus
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oh my god it just turns into charan like.....the biblical location kfmdmxncmvmvnvn

void vigil
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but initially ive been reading it as sharon

alpine stratus
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sharon

livid cargo
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Man, I really love the shopkeeper Chakram

alpine stratus
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deactivate your charons

livid cargo
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wait, is this what they mean by char-ity? giving money to charon?

void vigil
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kfdjghdkfjh

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now im reading that as guttural ch charity

livid cargo
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mission success!

alpine stratus
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AAAAAA CHHHHARITY

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the guy just wants some money okay do him a chesed alma kdnxnxncnvn

livid cargo
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oh i thought of a great idea

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what if SGG makes a boss in Hades and it uses quotes from this server as battle banter

alpine stratus
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** clearly we should be shade dialogue**

livid cargo
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have a toggle where all dialogue is replaced with mod quotes

sick tree
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Oh, slight tangent but @olive jungle - I only found out about the pronoun tags about a week ago, and I know another person online who goes by 'Ven' who's male
So until recently, I've been reading all your messages in super burly man's voice ๐Ÿ˜…
... Sorry

olive jungle
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You're the third person in the past two days to say I have Dude Energy so i'm starting to think maybe it's just my vibe. ๐Ÿ˜‚

sick tree
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๐Ÿ˜‚

livid cargo
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as an aside, please read all my messages in a very high pitched voice, thanks

lethal shoal
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Man, now itยดs no wonder that he wont do me a sale afrer so many Ambrosia bottels. Poor man ,I had no idea that he need to use charity. ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

olive jungle
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I think his classical description mentions him being filthy and wearing rags so......

sick tree
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I hope you don't take it personally~, I really liked the manly persona I accidently built around you, it was just very charming and funny

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๐Ÿ˜

olive jungle
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Nah I think it's funny. ๐Ÿ˜‚ The pronoun roles are there for a reason though

sick tree
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It's probably just because you're slightly older than most of the other users, so you give off an authoritative vibe

livid cargo
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Wow assuming we're all young

sick tree
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I said most, not all

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๐Ÿ˜…

livid cargo
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I know

lethal shoal
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@livid cargo But isnยดt it nice from hin thta he thinks most people here are under 23 ? shadesmile

livid cargo
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He's probably right, as well

worn gale
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out of curiosity how old are you guys? :))

lethal shoal
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17

sick tree
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"he" is still right here...)(folds arms dramatically)

livid cargo
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21, myself

sick tree
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20

lethal shoal
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@sick tree ........And?.......

worn gale
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I thought you were kinda older, 25-30

livid cargo
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You think people on discord are old?

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Foolish mortal

worn gale
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not really, I just thought this server was different

sick tree
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I assumed the average was 17-21

worn gale
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since it has a lot of older fan of SGG

tidal finch
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People on discord can be old, but probably not on a new video game discord

livid cargo
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discord skews like

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15-18

worn gale
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18 myself so yeah

sick tree
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Aww, you fresh1faced youth @worn gale

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๐Ÿ˜Š

alpine stratus
hasty frost
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I think ages depend on the server

livid cargo
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fair enough

hasty frost
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But ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

livid cargo
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do we have a solid age for zag?

worn gale
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18-23 I guess

alpine stratus
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not that i know of? i think of him 19-20 myself

red coral
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He reads like a young rebellious teen so around there most likely?

alpine stratus
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yeah thats a good range sherp

livid cargo
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He reads like a young rebellious teen
found the book nerd

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book nerds are great btw

lethal shoal
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my gues is 100 and few (ยดcuz gods and stuff)

red coral
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Let me read my mythology in peace!!! ๐Ÿ˜›

tidal finch
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On this discord server, yes, but go on a retro gaming discord and the average becomes 30-40

alpine stratus
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i get the reading of him as younger too tho i just personally see his getting out as like, the fruits of his teenage labor (w achilles training etc)

tidal finch
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Im 28 btw

livid cargo
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what if he's just like

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29 and looks really good for his age

worn gale
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I think 100 years in teenagehood would be a nightmare

livid cargo
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i mean like sherp

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think of how good your quips could become

worn gale
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I guess

lethal shoal
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Well to thanslation on human age itห‡s cca 18-21 so itยดs at leasst at its end.

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*translation

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*itยดs

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man me and my grammar

sick tree
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Yeah, @red coral - you just know he's reading Twilight, The Hunger Games and all those other angsty teen novels~ ๐Ÿ˜‹

worn gale
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proabably why he's so formal and cordial with dusa :))

lethal shoal
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .......

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How old is Dusa?

red coral
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Lol. Now I have to go on a quest to find Zagโ€™s favorite book.......

alpine stratus
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oh, i dont like where youre going with this.

red coral
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I uhhhhh not sure we can let that kinda comment slide here

worn gale
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lmao, sorry

red coral
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Now Kam is concerned about my book choices for Zag haha

alpine stratus
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imo tho dusas maybe upper 20s? 30s?

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HAHAAA

worn gale
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that would be a strange romance don't you think

sick tree
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If I'm right about her just being Medusa, post head chopping
You know, 'cus, the name...

I'd say, she probably got cursed at around 16, will have lived for a few years, to get a reputation as a monster before Perseus killed her so.... 21 physically?

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Maybe just 18?

alpine stratus
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you cant get round like that, sorry!

sick tree
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She can't have been in the underworld that long, or at least not in the House or she wouldn't be so insecure about losing her job

alpine stratus
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(sidenote- its fine to hc dusa as young obviously, my problem is exclusively with making any sort of not ok joke or reference about it)

livid cargo
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I mean like, time probably doesn't flow normally in the underworld anyway

lethal shoal
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True

worn gale
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soo yeah

sick tree
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That doesn't make it less creepy

red coral
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Letโ€™s just avoid that topic overall for now folks

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More importantly who is excited for the next update

lethal shoal
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shadeohboy !!!!!!MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!shadeohboy

sick tree
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Yeah, you found Zags favourite book yet?

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@red coral ?

red coral
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The only thing coming to mind is 5th Wave haha but I feel like I could do better than that....

livid cargo
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oh god

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I'm so sorry you read that

red coral
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I... I own a signed copy... that I won at a meet the author raffle fam...

livid cargo
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Well

red coral
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Let me have my fun............

livid cargo
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also, why would zag read 5th wave

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hrm

red coral
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Because everyone dies

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He met the main character after life lol

sick tree
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Do you think he'd enjoy reading the mortal accounts of the Greek Gods activities?
I imagine he'd avoid all the myths involving his creepy uncles, which is most of them, so probably not...

livid cargo
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not the main characters?

red coral
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Yeah I donโ€™t think heโ€™d be into Greek myths haha

lethal shoal
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@red coral Wouldent Hamlet be enough?

livid cargo
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maybe he really likes Roman Myths Weekly

red coral
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U right Zag is definitely an edgy Hamlet fan

sick tree
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I can't decide if he'd love or hate Disney's version of Hades...

livid cargo
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to choose shield or not to choose shield

burnt pond
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Not to choose shield

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Bow is best cirBless

red coral
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I feel that

sick tree
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Choose shield!

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It's the most adaptable

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Not as powerful but whatever

lethal shoal
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Pche, Sword an any DPS stuff is the best

red coral
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Bow is blessed but when I want to have a good time itโ€™s sword time babey

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I also. Die a lot in those runs haha

sick tree
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I wonder why.... (the sword is terrible at dealing with armoured enemies is probably why)

livid cargo
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I kinda hope the armor change gets reverted, but i don't think it will

lethal shoal
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The best time with swod is (foe me) when I cam apply tactic fast demage fast retreat

red coral
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^Yeah thatโ€™s how it be haha

lethal shoal
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And abou the armeo, you got that hammer upgreade

livid cargo
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I like being able to cheese enemy spawns with sword

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because of the lingering hitbox

lethal shoal
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*armor

sick tree
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Meh, just go ham on the spawners
No one cares if you crack a few eggs

lethal shoal
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...

sick tree
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I wish they limit the number of spawners that can... Spawn at a time so you don't get this situation where 3 or 4 of them pop up in a far corner of the room you can't see and by the time you notice them, there's a gigantic hoard of angry skulls charging at you

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*swarm

lethal shoal
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If I remember right those are the sceletobs with bombs.... purple once?

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*sceletons

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*one

sick tree
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Nah, I'm talking about the skull spawners

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Never been swarmed by larger enemies that bad

lethal shoal
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah those.... nah they fun

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Make them swarm and then use "Q" with sword

sick tree
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Not when they're 4 all clustered together in a hidden corner and by the time you find them, there are, like, 25 skulls all dashing at you at once

lethal shoal
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Well I never had that luck. At least I never had the need to search fot them sine most of the time I dash thrue whole room like mad man. So no hiden crook or craney in front of me.

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*through

burnt pond
crimson dagger
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So I just got killed by a lout and went to see what the broker in the lounge had to offer, at which point Zagreus said "You remind me of a guy who got me killed once or twice"

broken tide
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does anyone else have the feeling that the game tends to become tedious once you get to the later stages? i feel like having all enemies spawn with armor in addition to having multiple spawn waves is a bit too much unless you get a really really glass cannon build. bosses tend to be a bit long in the tooth as well, especially when going for bow builds, which tend to have weak damage output in my experience

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on the topic of the skull spawners. having 4 armored ones spawn close together and them spawning skulls with armor effect is really unfun for bow. i had to run around for 7 minutes or so getting 1-2 hits in before i had to run a whole lap around the area for another go. meanwhile more and more skulls spawn which take additional time to clear once the piles are done.

frosty mountain
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yeah, I agree, ashphodel feels overcrowded

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I dunno how much this is attributed to ashphodel being the last area in the game atm

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maybe once the game is longer they'll smoothen out the curve a bit

lethal shoal
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This question hit me form the clear sky and I need to know answer. Zag is god of what?

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If itยดs spoiler......

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Who wants to discuss it? Man I got some theories.....

fiery pebble
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Talking back to Hades, apparently

lethal shoal
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Meeeeeeeh....

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And if we take that as a joke, witch it supost to be..... some ideas

fiery pebble
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Well, we have little indication

lethal shoal
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like what?

fiery pebble
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Well, none really

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He is a Cthonic god, we can see that much

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And his powers are related to fire and darkness

lethal shoal
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Right

fiery pebble
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He seems to just be a god of the underworld

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Its quite possible he is Hades' eventual replacement

lethal shoal
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Yeah, gods in greek mitology have overlaping (war- Ares/Athena II sun- Helios/Appolo II .....) but I never heard of replace mant. Not to mention that gods are immortals.

fiery pebble
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True but Zagreus in the myth was an odd case

lethal shoal
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*look at the Wiki True

red coral
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It'll give you a better space to explore all potential answers anyway aha

lethal shoal
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OK

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After transision

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Who is here?

sick tree
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@lethal shoal - A while ago, I heard from someone on here that he's the God of Domesticated animals,
Representing things like hunting dogs and house cats
Rather than wilds wolves, bears and so on
But they didn't cite their sourse and I've not been able to find anything to confirm it

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So I donno

lethal shoal
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I look ad the discution goes on spoiles sooooo joine in. shadesmile

true drift
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Hey guys does Hades support ultra wide monitors? Im running 3440 x 1440

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21:9?

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NVm just brought it anyway ๐Ÿ˜‚ if its as awesome as Bastion im sure ill enjoy it ultrawide or not

glad matrix
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it has art borders beyound 16:9

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first time i'v seen something like that

obtuse crater
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hi, noob question here. i have not bought the game, but i plan to in a few days. they say that the game will be in early access for more than a year. do you feel the game has a lot of things to change and improve? dunno how to ask this, but you feel the game has a long way to go or it feels like is almost finished and they are just in the polishing stages? you think it will change much until launch?

void vigil
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from what i understand, it has a long way to go. a lot will be added! what is there does feel very polished already tho

burnt pond
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@obtuse crater If you have a similar experience in other roguelikes, like the Binding of Isaac, I would compare it to having the game go only to the Depths 2, instead of all the way to either the Chest or Dark Room like it currently does. It has a long, long way to go ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I still think it is worth the purchase, I love it

obtuse crater
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yeah the thing is that love supergiant. love bastion, transistor and pyre. i just kind put this one on hold for being in early acces and because i don't quite like the epic store haha. but've seen a lot of positive feedback and that's why i want to try it

broken tide
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the game is on another level compared to usual roguelikes allready, maybe only dead cells has similarly polished features, and if they keep going strong like this then it will be among the best roguelikes to be found for a loooong time

obtuse crater
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I* love supergiant

burnt pond
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I think if you have the available income to spend on this game it is worth it. Worst case scenario is if the game doesn't have enough content, you play it each patch until you feel you have done all there is, and then a month later you get another patch with more!

broken tide
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also get in early, so you can enjoy the permutations of the game over the course of the development

burnt pond
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And also to help shape the game as it gets further along in development.

obtuse crater
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uhh dead cells that was one of my favorite games last year. ton of hours in that game xD

broken tide
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i think i would have missed out on a lot by waiting for the final release. the first patch already feels like fresh breeze again

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did you play dead cells in the betas as well?

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i feel like i played 5-6 different dead cell games over the years

obtuse crater
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no, i started dead cells on 1.0

broken tide
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man, you missed out ๐Ÿ˜„

burnt pond
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Slay the Spire perhaps?

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That game just came out of Early Access, so if you want to try and compare the game a year ago to today, that would be apt.

obtuse crater
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but i think you guys are convincing me xD

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that artstyle has me crazy

burnt pond
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Then my work here is done cirSlain

broken tide
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if you have the money, you owe it to yourself to play roguelikes in their different developmental stages, you get a multitude of "games" that way^^

obtuse crater
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ok ok , thank you guys for the response ๐Ÿ˜ƒ . think i will hang out here until launch then xD

burnt pond
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Good choice dusa

harsh pike
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I'm gonna give all my gifts to charon

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I love his thrilling dialouge

burnt pond
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Auuuughhh.

lime hinge
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If you want classic and easy to 'carry,' there is an android port of Nethack, a classic.

sterile peak
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people are talking about roguelikes but no one is mentioning the classic Dungeons of Dredmor

lime hinge
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Never could get into that one.

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And is seven years really a classic?

sterile peak
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when is the cutoff for classic

lime hinge
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Good question! ๐Ÿ˜„

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(I admit that I'm biased; I couldn't get into it, something about the control scheme just turned me off.)

hexed lynx
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Man I spent hours and hours on Dredmor

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enjoyed the Mathematician

minor hornet
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I think I played enter the gungeon or spelunky the most

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I don't think there was much else other than that that I really stuck with

hexed lynx
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Binding of Isaac mostly for me

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though Dead Cells has had lasting effects

minor hornet
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ooh, binding of isaac, I got the golden idol for that one

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then they rebooted it which was entirely understandable and I lost everything

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there's probably a metaphor in there somewhere

hexed smelt
charred yoke
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lol

raven swan
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Is there something I'm required to do before having access to the feedback channel? It won't let me type in there. ๐Ÿค”

signal spoke
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Please check out the pins in the feedback channel

raven swan
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Oh my bad - I had only read the top one. Sorry!

signal spoke
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no problem!

proven briar
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I never ever knew we had legendary boons

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I'm stupid LOL it should've been obvious but I flipped

timid vector
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Hello all. Just a noob looking for some gameplay tips

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I can relatively reliably get to Meg but haven't managed to get past her yet

proven briar
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what weapon do you use

flint gust
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She has a specific pattern of attacks, some of which she apparently only uses below half hp.

She's easier to kill at range than up close, so bow and spear are better than sword and shield to start with.

The new mirror ability that increases damage based on casts stuck in an enemy really makes the boss fights easier.

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Also, poseidon, zeus and aphrodite arent as useful as say ares or athena.

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For the bosses, they're as good as anything else otherwise

proven briar
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zeus's uhh it's like chain lightning? and then ares' curse where they take dmg afterwards can be really nice

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at some point I had leveled ares' curse to 6 so I was doing +161 dmg after every atk kek

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deals more dmg than actual atk

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idk with meg at first I think I went a little wild trying to kill all the enemies around her as well but at this point I just kill a few of them, and then lead meg away from the herd so I can focus on her

timid vector
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I'm struggling to find a "best" weapon for me

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I tried a couple runs with the bow and foundit awful

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most success probably with spear

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sword gets me killed nice and early on generally

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I am just losing too much to chip damage if I'm up close with enemies

proven briar
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oh gr8 uhhh I use spear to, you know how early on she doesn't really spawn any enemies?

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*too

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I take that chance to just kinda get a little closer to her, deal some dmg before she spawns her cronies

timid vector
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and how about keepsakes?

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I'm not really finding any of them impactful

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I'm mostly using the shaul or the collar

proven briar
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ohhhh

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I like zeus and athena's keepsakes

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hypnos' is good too, once you level it

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certain gods' boons can be quite strong depending on the level? ie epic and rare

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so if you wear a specific god's keepsake so that you can get that boon you want that can be nice

grave knot
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i wish the keepsakes could stack

hexed smelt
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eh, that'd be way too powerful

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personally i tend to go with a god's keepsake in tartarus and then switch to skull earring for asphodel for that sweet damage boost

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collar is good early on when you need a cushion of hp to learn the game better

sick tree
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Hey everyone~
I just got the kid's bandana from Bastion, in the post~
thekid

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I am extremely happy~

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:3

frosty mountain
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the KID!

frosty mountain
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do yall have a favourite enemy? like, enemy type?

broken tide
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all mages aside from the asphodel ones, it'S fun to hunt them and to destroy/deflect their projectiles

frosty mountain
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I also find witches the most "fun"

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it's a bit counter intuitive that while they're most vulnerable on melee range, they are also most dangerous

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because they can shotgun you

broken tide
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that part is not the bad part about them in asphodel imho. i usually spawn 3 at the same time in addition to other enemiesand they just fill the screen with projectiles ( which would be fine if they were the only danger, but with hazards and usually 2 additional enemy types present it just becomes unfun)

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depending on weapon it feels "unfair" in that i have no way to counter/ avoid getting hit there

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bow is the worst offender in that regard unless you have instant charge

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i wish i could stop wanting to play with coronacht <.<

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using the other weapons in between always feels like a breeze

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maybe i like the witches too because they don't have massive amounts oh hp ^^ almost anything else feels like damage sponges

gray temple
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i also want the bow to be fun, but it's so slow

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and while the primary is not bad, i hate the multishot

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because of the like half second where you can't do anything when the bow finishes shooting

broken tide
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yeah it lacks the oomph to keep you safe while shotgunning enemies or it needs less delay

gray temple
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i've done like 10 runs with it, and the last run i did, i got some upgrade that made me shoot fast with my regular attackk, but i've not seen that otherwise

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i might just be bad at the game though, so take anything i say with a grain of salt

broken tide
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yeah the instant charge combined with extra flat damage is workable until right in front of the hydra. then the amount of enemies just becomes ridiculous at times

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so if you get that one again, use zeus or ares

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on standard attack

lilac bramble
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The triple shot boon for the bow is super good

sick tree
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I find it really difficult to dodge projectiles with the bow because the basic attack animation is much longer than the other weapons so, even when I hit dash in time, Zag won't move until a fraction of a second after the projectile makes contact

broken tide
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i usually destroy them by shooting them with an uncharged shot rather than dash at the last second

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only times this doesn't work is with the witches in asphodel who just vomit projectiles en masse

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but man do i hate the homing function of the dusas

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with the need to charge attacks on bow, you can hardly attack any more when dusas are combined with other enemies

sick tree
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Gorgons

broken tide
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yes

gray temple
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every time i take the bow

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i end up with one of those tiny rooms

broken tide
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๐Ÿ˜„

gray temple
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with the guys that shoot three purple balls

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and die

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and there's always like 6 of them

broken tide
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shoot through the balls

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like, shoot them when all 3 are fired and hit the balls at the same time as the enemies

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the bow pierces

frosty mountain
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yeah, destroying the balls is really effective

gray temple
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well, there's usually like 18 on screen at once, and i can't do much about it lol

lilac bramble
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Try and shoot the ones on a direct course to hitting you

gray temple
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like, i have zero problems with those rooms using aegis

lilac bramble
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And don't try to dash like crazy away from them, more often then not you'll end up running into them

gray temple
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but aegis seems really good

sick tree
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They're called Witches, you'll get the hang of dealing with them pretty quickly,
the elite ones that show up in the second half of the game can be a huge pain though

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when using to bow, at least

broken tide
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mostly because at that point every single enemy has armor while being upgraded to a stronger type in addition to getting more enemies at the same time and more spawn waves...

frosty mountain
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bow special can kind of be used to clear the screen of projectile spam

broken tide
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i think my most hated room in the whole game is the "boat cruise" through asphodel where elite bombers spawn with the shielding enemies and that with 3 or 4 waves

sick tree
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Unless they end up just slipping through the gaps...which happens a pretty frustratingly often

gray temple
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@broken tide i just died on that stupid boat

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and quit playing because it was frustrating

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lol

broken tide
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yeah i find the special too risky to clear projectiles with, because you are stuck if one does get through

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yeah

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i consider my runs over if i get the boat with a weak build

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the only one that had no trouble was the spear special with back crits in the first build of the game

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charge-> teleport behind them and crit them for 400+

prisma wind
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Murderboat is definitely a challenge

gray temple
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is the spear any good? it also seems a little slow, but i like the idea of the aoe attackk

frosty mountain
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casts are really important in murderboat

timid vector
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Spear is the weapon I've been most successful with

frosty mountain
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for focusing the soulstones

prisma wind
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I think I've only managed 1 boat ride without getting hit

timid vector
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but I haven't yet beaten Megh

broken tide
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yes it's awesome, but they took the ability to back-crit with the aoe away to balance it

timid vector
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So I can't talk ๐Ÿ˜„

prisma wind
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I really like spear

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Bow and spear are my favourites

gray temple
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so far, my favorrite is the sheild

timid vector
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my best runs have included some kind of OP shield special boon + cast boon

frosty mountain
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I think spear is probably the "best" weapon

timid vector
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or dash boon

gray temple
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the bull rush combined with throwing it with homing

broken tide
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has anyone had any success with the spear throw? i find myself never using it

timid vector
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Yes a lot in successful(ish) runs

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can slice through the mini bosses

broken tide
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i love shield bounce as well, too bad it is so weak for bosses

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maybe the buiff to return speed alleviates that a bit

lilac bramble
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The only success I've had with the spear throw has been with the armor% boon

frosty mountain
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I've had success with spear throw, but I personally hate it

gray temple
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i usually just pray for one lightning upgrade for shield toss

safe vapor
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I only really use spear throw a lot if I get the 500% armor shred

frosty mountain
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very clunky compared to other means of doing dmg

broken tide
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also, did they make hydra more difficult? it feels like the monoliths are smaller and the homing shots can curve around them easier

frosty mountain
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you should consider using ares for shield special, it's really good

broken tide
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yeah, extra damage ticks are awesome with bounds/ range attack

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bounce*

frosty mountain
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I think hydra is easier as of the chaos update. due to projectiles being destructible

broken tide
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i didn't even try that!

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damn i could have beaten it first try <.<

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thanks a lot Icathios!

frosty mountain
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realistically, spear and bow are most effective at destroying them

broken tide
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i just tried to hide like before

frosty mountain
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hey np shadesmile

broken tide
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and got shredded

frosty mountain
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you can hide but you'll have to move for the last ~5 shots

sick tree
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Why do so many people hate the shield?
I know it's not the most powerful weapon but it's so adaptable and, imo: the best choice for new players or people who just struggle with precise timing, like me

frosty mountain
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I think the shield is one of those that grows on you over time

broken tide
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yeah, shield was my first win

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the ability to just turtle when pressured is so strong

sterile peak
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my weapon ranking from best to worst is Spear Sword Shield Bow

hexed smelt
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wait, spear as worst??

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no wait i misread

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okay, corrected: bow as worst??

gray temple
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i rate them: Shield, Spear, Bow, Sword

hexed smelt
prisma wind
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Bow>Spear>Shield=Sword

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My clear chart is very similar to sparrow's, except lower overall numbers because I haven't been playing a lot, sitting at 92 or 93 runs

broken tide
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@hexed smelt do you use controler or KBM?

hexed smelt
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controller!

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i used a controller for pyre and transistor and bastion too, i'm just way more comfy playing these kinds of games with a 360 controller ^^

broken tide
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damn, i had hoped for some pro control layout

hexed smelt
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i'm still convinced that shield clear was an absolute fluke btw

sick tree
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BOO!!~ Shield hater!!

hexed smelt
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(เธ‡ โ€ขฬ€_โ€ขฬ)เธ‡

prisma wind
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It's ok to like different things shadesmile

true tulip
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Shield Gang

sterile peak
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I swear I just cannot get behind the bow
it's too slow, has a terrible special, doesn't do enough damage compared to how long it takes between shots

prisma wind
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I agree on the Special, but the rest I disagree

hexed smelt
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(เธ‡ โ€ขฬ€_โ€ขฬ)เธ‡

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the bow can be slow if you take the wrong hammer or if you're not dashing enough

broken tide
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i'd argue it should work without dashing

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rather than rely on it's damage / charge increase as a crutch

hexed smelt
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it's a delicate balance

broken tide
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other weapons work without backstab dash-attacks

hexed smelt
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i mean clearly neither of us are going to convince the other here :P

broken tide
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we don't have to

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it's just a thing to keep in mind if they plan to balance the weapons later

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rmb dash didn't work for me, btw. when charging attack, releasing and dashing it seems my rmb doesn't "unlock" fast enough

sterile peak
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the other weapons have things you're able to do with them
sword has knockback and you can build for either fast attacks or slow but powerful chops
spear has either quick, low-damage stabs, a ranged throw, or a devastating spin attack
shield can block, be thrown as a chain attack, and has a knockback effect and a charge
bow can...be combined with dash

broken tide
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it doesn't work as long as lmb is pressed

sterile peak
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any boon that isn't artemis or sometimes poseidon isn't good for the bow since most rely on per-attack

broken tide
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unless you go for instant-charge

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but that kneecaps your damage

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even if you get 4 pomegranades

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i reached hydra with that and the damage was still weak and it took forever

prisma wind
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Artemis is good for bow, yes, but getting any +%dmg on Attack is great because math

frosty mountain
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yeah

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athena is probably best

broken tide
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added bonus of reflecting damage by shooting them

sterile peak
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you know I see athena so little I forgot she was an option lol

broken tide
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which is fun with projectile rows

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witches get slammed with a barrage of shots in addition to your own โค

frosty mountain
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yeah it's kind of ridiculous

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poseidon and athena are also useful utilities you can have on bow special

hexed smelt
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athena special on bow ๐Ÿ‘Œ

broken tide
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yes! poseidon on special saved my ass so often

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when getting swarmed in asphodel

hexed smelt
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oh, a room full of asphodel witches? let me just send every single one of your shots back at you

broken tide
#

๐Ÿ˜„

prisma wind
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Honestly, bow Special is my dump-stat when I get a boon that I don't want ๐Ÿ™ƒ

broken tide
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until that one shot gets through and you are still stunned by aftercast-delay

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happens way too often though @prisma wind

gray temple
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ok, these stompy dudes

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have like a huge aoe radius when they land

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i can't dash fast enough once the white flash happens to get out of the way

hexed smelt
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try dashing directly up or down to get out from under them

prisma wind
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Dino did some Scienceโ„ข, see link above

brisk trail
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God bless the Hades mythbusters

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We would be lost without them

small lake
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what's up folks guess who's back!

prisma wind
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Hey, it's the Doc! You've been out of touch lately Kappa

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How did you move go?

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Did you get your computer set up/arrived safely?

small lake
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Murphy's Law in full effect

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computer just got working again today

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it arrived with a fried motherboard so I had to do some surgery on it

prisma wind
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So have you booted up the Chaos Update yet?

small lake
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but, I'm back in business and I'm updating Hades

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I've been avoiding spoilers like the plague until now, I'm ready to get my ass kicked

prisma wind
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You almost missed out on it entirely failbag Next update is in what, 10 days?

small lake
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yeesh

prisma wind
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It's very good, Doc! There have been some changes though

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Please, go explore and report back friendly

fair bone
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Doc, have you killed the Asphodel boss before as of yet?

small lake
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yes, many times

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speaking of, have they nerfed bow yet?

prisma wind
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||Not entirely, but it's taken a hit||

small lake
#

acceptable

prisma wind
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Hunter Dash is probably the biggest change to bow meta

small lake
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Hunter's Dash rework YES

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guaranteed crits were stupid OP

prisma wind
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TL;DR Quick Temper was removed, then Hunter Dash went through a couple iterations and now is a boon equivalent of QT

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Fair warning though, it's bugged to reset to common rarity once you exit the room where you picked it up

small lake
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oof

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"Rubble is destroyed when foes collide with it"

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thank you so much

fiery pebble
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Its still insane though

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Main reason Bow is again the 100% best weapon

sterile peak
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s p e a r g a n g

small lake
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I noticed they slapped backstab damage off the spear AoE, which is nice

prisma wind
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Makes it consistent with other AoE effects

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I think it still penetrates walls while Sword Special doesn't? Not sure 100% though

small lake
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which I think is perfectly fair for a spear

#

Artemis looks so good oh my god

prisma wind
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She's delightful friendly

void vigil
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@trail raven no spoilers in this channel please! could you edit your message?

trail raven
#

oh

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so sorry ! โค

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thanks for the warning

void vigil
trail raven
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i can talk about SPOILER there right?

void vigil
#

yep!

trail raven
#

ty !

sick tree
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Does the lava in Asphodel count as a 'trap'?

void vigil
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yes

vale kite
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so as it turns out the one chaos picture i have saved on my phone works as a snapchat filter and the result is very disturbing

gaunt bane
#

share this i beg you

lean ferry
#

Reading through the discussion when I realised that the weapon preferences are like the exact opposite from The Rising of the Shield Hero since so many love the shield here XD

gray temple
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i could just be terrible at the game

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(i'm really bad with the bow. can't even get meg to half health)

prisma wind
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Bow takes a bit of practice and timing/muscle memory for the dash attack-power shot routine, but once you get the hang of it, that's all you'll do with bow and it's quite effective!

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I'd say of all the weapons, the bow is the most technically challenging to pull off, but also the most rewarding when you do

gray temple
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i die to those two skeletons that throw bombs every time

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when i use the bow anyways

prisma wind
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Oh, the skeletwins do you in, eh?

flint gust
#

Cant believe the next major update is less than 10 days away

raven rain
#

Wait really?

night turret
#

yup

raven rain
#

Oh wow

vale kite
terse forum
fiery pebble
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Scythe in next major update?

burnt pond
#

I want to know who writes the little quotes for the shades, they seem to have some fun times.

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Oh is the scythe the next weapon we are guessing?

night turret
#

Guessing

sick tree
#

Risu would be happy but I doubt we'll get a scythe in the next update, if ever

burnt pond
#

That sounds like a possibility. We have speculated a lot about the possibility of

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||Thanatos||

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being a character, and when I think about it i picture scythe

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I think it is a holdover from Golden Sun 2 for some reason.

night turret
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I want a fist weapon to show dem gorgon heads real spacejam.

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God it reads as awfull as it was in my head.

sick tree
#

I think Zag is a little too weedy to fight with his bare fists but I wouldn't mind a pair of gauntlets or claw weapons

burnt pond
#

Some caestus

vale kite
#

dual-wielding sticky hands toys

trail raven
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I wish there was a room where we can test out builds

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Like a room where you chose your own boons , hammers and stuff

minor hornet
#

hm, I just got a trial of the gods room, but it was just labelled as an "aphrodite (difficult)" room

prisma wind
#

Sometimes it can be hard to see the second symbol behind the first

minor hornet
#

I mean, usually they're smaller and offset, but I'm almost certain this was a dead-center big aphrodite icon

#

I'm honestly not complaining though because I thought it was going to be a boat but instead I got two boons

#

everybody wins!

vale kite
#

nightmare scenario where you actually get a trial of the gods on the boat

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"how dare you pick sides!" boat starts moving

sterile peak
#

that boat has ended more runs than the twin bombers

vale kite
#

oh definitely

sterile peak
#

it just becomes so cluttered

pliant hound
#

I had the choice between Poseidon and Athena on the boat...I chose Poseidon...and chose poorly.

night turret
#

Honestly Choosing between Athena and Poseidon near the boat ride is almost a choice of "Money vs Money health and some darkness"

gray temple
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so, i almost never lose to twin bombers when i am using shield

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every other weapon, on the other hand, pretty much ends in death

night turret
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I throw you a fastball now

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Are you talking about Small dual bombers or big ones?

minor hornet
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I don't know how early you are in your runs but they become significantly easier when you have enough darkness to max out your casts and dashes

gray temple
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@night turret either of them. The smaller ones are even easier with the shield

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since you never have to move out of the center of the room

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and you get a poseidon pushback buff on your main attack? they stand even less of a chance

rotund wolf
#

I like the boat

#

Medusa don't spawn on boat

night turret
#

Yeah I dont like gorgon-heads too

#

I dont like what they selling to me

prime cairn
#

Hey, is anyone knows if there will be cloud save support?

alpine stratus
#

Not at the moment!

mortal ore
#

Does anyone know how do i get refund of the money's difference because of the game's price reduction?

prisma wind
#

Regional pricing refunds are done automatically by the Epic Store, you shouldn't have to do anything

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Cloud save support is also up to Epic to implement

neon ocean
#

Hello everyone have COOP mod in HADES?

sick tree
#

@trail raven -That would ruin the exploration aspect of the game, going out to discover new boons and experiment with them on the fly,
I donno, maybe if you could only test out boons and upgrades you'd already acquired in previous runs so there's still a reason to go out exploring and picking up new boons, rather than just your old favourites
but still meh

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and no @neon ocean - there isn't a co-op mode, I'm afraid

neon ocean
#

๐Ÿ˜ฆ sad face

solar coral
#

If the next update is a new zone, Iโ€™m 110% sure itโ€™s elysium. What do you guys think elysium will be like?

prisma wind
#

It's sure to be a spirited area

quasi shuttle
#

It would be cool, if any room in Elysium contained a boss or mini-boss (-es), presented as the fallen Greek heroes, in place of countless mobs.

brisk trail
#

my save file is gone

#

I went to go play hades and I got 3 empty save slots

#

im about to cry

spring cipher
brisk trail
#

uninstall

dense sail
#

yo that is a bummer ๐Ÿ˜ญ could be a fun to start from scratch and grind up

#

I've been thinking of doing that myself

stiff torrent
#

@pliant hound Quit is available before you've taken damage or after you've accepted the reward. Give up after you've taken damage. Just go to a room and take damage and then hit escape to Give Up

broken tide
#

@brisk trail first time playing since the chaos update?

void vigil
#

how much have you played on that save? :(

sterile peak
#

also, @brisk trail did you move to another computer?

sick tree
#

//so, how do these spoiler tag thingies work?//

vale kite
#

you put those || at the start and end of your spoiler

alpine stratus
#

"||" like this "||"

#

oh no

#

its | that but twice

sick tree
#

|| like this?||

alpine stratus
#

yeah!

sick tree
#

ooh, yay!

#

Thanks Cham~

#

(Yes, I'm going to keep doing that ๐Ÿ˜‹ )

fiery pebble
#

So spoilers straight up dont work in the browser version

#

Well thats dumb

alpine stratus
#

theyre working fine in my browser?

sick tree
#

Anyway, now I've figured out the spoiler tags;
@solar coral - I high, high, highly doubt we'll see a whole new zone this quickly after the last one, I imagine we'll see a new God, weapon, more room designs for the current levels, or enemy type, hopefully a selection of the above in the next update and finally see Elysium a few months down the line,

As for what it'll look like: I honestly have no idea, considering how they handled the last one
Spoilers ahead for the second zone: || I mean, Asphodel is meant to be a beautiful expanse of green fields and meadows, occasionally broken up by the various rivers of the underworld and the odd lake, but in game, it's just a fiery hell-scape... ||
|| Granted: they justify it by saying it was flooded by the river Phlegathon (AKA: the river of fire) so they're not just spitting in the face of the original descriptions of Tartarus, Asphodel and Elysium, || however: in order to maintain a sense of escalating steaks, they'll presumably contrive a reason to make it even more treacherous and hostile than the previous two
That's just the kind of compromise you have to make when your character is fighting their way up and OUT of hell, rather than fighting their way down into its deepest and darkest depths

Personally though: I'd love it if they did make it look beautiful and idealic, as it's meant to, just to create an effective contrast with Zags mood at that stage of the journey and the fact we'd ostensibly be fighting some of the greatest soldiers and warriors Greece has ever had, since Elysium is reserved for heroes and other extraordinary figures (and sometimes their families but whatever, I don't wanna slice up any innocent women or children, thanks)

fiery pebble
#

Idk though

#

Could be nice to have Elysium be exactly like described

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But since only the greatest heroes get there, the shades totally kick your ass

alpine stratus
#

bc the Elysium shades have more brains probably itd be fun if they thought of it as a challenge

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"lets see what you can do, prince!"

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"I wont hold back cause youre alive, so dont hold back bc were dead"

fiery pebble
#

Oh god imagine shades that can deflect

alpine stratus
#

shades with shields....

fiery pebble
#

"Nice bow you got there nerd"

alpine stratus
#

"yeah dude i was an uhhhhh general"

fiery pebble
#

Actually, thats an interesting question

#

Do only the greek people go into Hades?

alpine stratus
#

aaaaaaahhhhhhh patroclus bossfight.......

#

no idea hcbcnvn

fiery pebble
#

Is there just a nearly identical Hades II called Pluto nearby?

#

Or do they share underworlds?

#

If the latter, we could fight Caesar

#

As a miniboss

tepid yacht
#

see also: an alternate universe where you go to fight caesar but he ends up being a giant bottle of caesar dressing

fiery pebble
#

Eh, theyre pronounced differently

alpine stratus
#

u get to the end of elysium
theres just....a guy
"Never was much of a fighter, but I cant let you pass, my apologies"
"Cmon, pleeeease"
"Haha..... I wish I could, lad. But if I make you give up, there's someone your father will let me see."
(DUN DUN DUN PATROCLUS REVEAL)

fiery pebble
#

Then he rips off his fake skin and it turns out it was Skelly all along

alpine stratus
#

no!!!!!!

#

hm. lets stay away from man-in-a-dress jokes, please.

fiery pebble
#

Oh, shoot

#

Good point

alpine stratus
#

thanks!

fiery pebble
#

Hmm

#

What if Hades was just Skelly all along

alpine stratus
#

sorry, just deleting that bit
oh NOW were talking

#

hades: go to your room, boyo
zag: excuse me?
hades: (LOUD COUGH) boy.

fiery pebble
#

Actually, no scratch that

#

What if Skelly is a future version of Zag

alpine stratus
#

AAAAAAAAHHH

fiery pebble
#

||And thats how the statues mixup happened||

alpine stratus
#

YOURE ME FROM THE FUTURE............
spoiltag that bit pls

fiery pebble
#

This one you mean?

alpine stratus
#

Ya!!

fiery pebble
#

"Look, Boyo, Im the future version of you"

alpine stratus
#

JDKGMG ZAG IS....PAYING HIMSELF....TO GO BACK IN TIME....AND TEACH HIMSELF

fiery pebble
#

"Spoiler: You dont age well"

alpine stratus
#

jdjdmvmvmgmvn

fiery pebble
#

Maybe his accent is just a diversion from this truth

alpine stratus
#

"now that u know, finally i can drop the voice"

#

I mean they ARE both darren...

fiery pebble
#

Skelly drops the fake voice

#

And it turns out he is a better singer than Orpheus

alpine stratus
#

no, zag drops his voice. skelly is the real one. PLOT TWIST

fiery pebble
#

Wait, Zag always says "mate"

#

When he gets older, everyone is like a kid to him

#

So he starts saying "boyo"

#

It all makes sense now

alpine stratus
#

yyyup

tepid yacht
#

fdlkjfdkjjkldg

#

good

sick tree
#

@fiery pebble - in answer to whether only Greek people go to Hades, probably yeah

It's easy to forget, since modern religions are all pretty much mutually exclusive (only one can be true) that, for much of history:
People didn't typically argue "My God's real, your God's fake"
Rather, it was closer to "both our God's are real but mine is better than yours so nah nah nah nah!!~"

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So which afterlife you went to would depend on where you're from, what God('s) you worshipped and where you died

fiery pebble
#

Then why are there no Myth crossovers

#

Seems like a lot of wasted opportunities

flint gust
#

There were

#

They ended in war or assimilation

#

I mean, the roman pantheon is a joke

sick tree
#

The Egyptian Goddess of child-birth shows up in a Greek myth so... Yeah... There were crossovers

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They just didn't reach a large scale because... Well, can you imagine how controversial it would be if someone wrote a story involving religious figures from two modern religions?

It has been done in a hand full of satirical series and books but it's still pretty rare

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@fiery pebble

fiery pebble
#

OH

#

I had no idea

#

So technically Smite is canon

sick tree
#

Can't remember the name of the myth in question unfortunately but it's an interesting one
Short but interesting since it arguably involves a Transgendered person

#

Which is EXTREMELY rare, even today, let alone ancient times

tulip lava
#

in greek myth alone there's several trans figures like tiresias, caeneus, and leucippus

sick tree
#

Iphis and Ianthe

tulip lava
#

and a bunch of gods like phanes, hermaphrodite,and agdistis

sick tree
#

Iphis being a girl, raised as a boy then magically transformed into a man before her wedding day to her lady-love

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@tulip lava -I didn't say they were the only one, just that they're rare

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:)

tulip lava
#

still your viewpoint on modern trans narratives being vanishingly rare doesn't mean it was nonexistent in ancient myth

#

and i also wanted to throw some names out there so anyone interested in them can look it up

sick tree
#

Cool~

sterile peak
#

re: myth crossovers

I better not have to link every rick riordan book in here, they're basically canon

undone beacon
#

so, erm... I just started my first hades run, and im kinda trying to figure out what all the reward symbols on the exits mean

#

is there a comprehensive list on a Wiki somewhere?

#

I've tried searching the gamepedia Wiki but had no luck so far

void vigil
#

which ones are you unsure about?

#

i could help myself

#

though im pretty sure theyre all on the wiki in some capacity

fiery pebble
#

I mean most are just the exact same icon as the pickup icons

#

The exception are the black circle with an exclamation mark, thats a special area (Sisyphus if its not an exit after a boss)

#

And the bag with a skull, thats Charon

undone beacon
#

yeah, sure, but other than watching Covert Muffn, I havent had much exposure to Hades yet

void vigil
#

but consider this, what if you dont know what the pickups do ๐Ÿค”

fiery pebble
#

Orange bottle is Ambrosia, thats a resource that doesnt affect your run, the black tear is shadow, also a resource that doesnt affect your run

void vigil
#

most are pretty straightforward but there are a few exceptions

fiery pebble
#

The coin is Obols, you can spend them in shops or wells, getting either temporary boosts in wells, or any of the pickup items other than obols (Buying Obols would be odd)

void vigil
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hammer upgrades your weapon and pomegranate upgrades your boons

undone beacon
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like, very first room

fiery pebble
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Obols are coins you spend as mentioned above

void vigil
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heart gives you more health, coin gives you coin

undone beacon
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is that a heart on the left?

fiery pebble
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The other is the centaur heart

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25 hp for the rest of the run

undone beacon
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right#

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not left

fiery pebble
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Also effectively heals you for 25

undone beacon
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okay

void vigil
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there are pages for these on the wiki

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here, in the items section

undone beacon
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I just thought, maybe someone has made a comprehensive list with all exits where I can just look up which symbol means what

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ahhh, right

void vigil
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the wiki main page is just that, with the exception of an exclamation mark with 3 different colored dots on a rock

undone beacon
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I must be blind, cause I missed that on te frontpage entrely

void vigil
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which is a room with choice of darkness, coin or heals

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or sometimes, any misc room

undone beacon
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okay

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I will get into this at some point

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okay... I expected harsh curse words to be censored, but not this

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I got hades yesterday and maaged to finally get it to run on this really old and slow laptop

void vigil
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sorry, gotta keep your language squeaky clean in this server haha

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congratz on getting it to run tho!

junior storm
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Anyone know why the game went to 10 dls?

fiery pebble
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To 10 what?

burnt pond
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Dollars it seems.

broken tide
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regional pricing it seems, at least it's the reason given for reimbursement by epic game stores

tawdry sedge
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is it possible that in the future we will be able to use more than one keepsakes?

spring cipher
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That seems pretty broken tbh

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But ik down for it

burnt pond
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I don't imagine it being a thing, on account of just being able to do Keepsake + getting 60hp from the collar

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As well as the overlap issue with having two god-specific keepsakes, which would limit which other ones you would be able to take

eternal vault
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y'all I just got 69 obol from this treasure trove and zagreus said "nice"

alpine stratus
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AAAAAAAA

eternal vault
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sorry if that humor is too adult, I don't want to toe that line

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but also I'm losing my mind

alpine stratus
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hes in on the memes

neon ocean
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Is not logic a boss have invocation and invocation have invocation juste WTF. What are u doing xD

prisma wind
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I don't follow, sorry volfredthink

keen basin
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I don't know where to say it but damn this game is amazing

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The voice acting, the art, the gameplay

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The soundtrack too

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Zeus' voice is just ๐Ÿ‘Œ

minor hornet
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Poiseidon's my favorite because he has the attitude of a proud puppy

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which is to say he's so happy and boastful even when he's just brought you garbage

somber pawn
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||so are they going to add big chungus as a god to get boons from or is he gonna be another boss||

somber pawn
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to anyone i may have offended with my pfp, i am sorry, I was simply trying to show how with the power of friendship and magic, we can overcome any terrible ordeal :(

brisk trail
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hey i love how poseidon just calls things n people โ€crustyโ€

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itโ€™s so funny i like him

alpine stratus
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poisedon eating a sandwich: crusty!

prisma wind
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It probably has crab in it, so crusty seems accurate

brisk trail
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ooo what if he says that while eating sisyphusโ€™ sandwich and sisy picks it up from him

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...good one wight

alpine stratus
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omg.....

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zag is like mmm crusty but he means its good bc he likes the crust so sisy starts using it to mean good and then when zag gets to olympus hes like OH RIGHT

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YEAH IT WAS A BAD THING

prisma wind
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Crusty will always be endearing in my heart, you can't take this away from me

brisk trail
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i hope you have a smooth crusty death prince z

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me too..

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because itโ€™s from poseidon no less

alpine stratus
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SMOOTH CRUSTY DEATH.....MAY UR DEATH BE LIKE SAND WHICH: NOT IN LAVA AND CAUSED BY WITCH

brisk trail
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finally a pin related to poseidon

alpine stratus
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pinseidon

brisk trail
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partly

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pinseidon

prisma wind
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I'm partial to Poseipin, myself ๐Ÿ™ƒ

alpine stratus
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pinseipin

prisma wind
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pinpinpin

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PiNpInPiN, ride the pin wave

alpine stratus
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the cerberus of pinne

gray pilot
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hey i'm new here so i might be late to this discussion but

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artemis best girl

brisk trail
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I CONCUR

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she s so cute

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and her boons are 100/10

gray pilot
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she scored a dash attack crit on my heart

prisma wind
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Artemis is life artemis friendly

brisk trail
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i ve got nothing constructive to say other than, i get so happy when i encounter her

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shes such an eyecandy

gray pilot
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even when my boons don't make sense with hers

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i still go

patent umbra
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What sort of birds are on Artemis art?

prisma wind
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Artemis, to my mind, has some of the most versatile boons out of them all, in that they can actually work with other gods' boons

gray pilot
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definitely true

prisma wind
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@patent umbra Quail, I think

patent umbra
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Iwant them as plushies

thick sphinx
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@gray pilot regarding your feedback on bronze skin and aphros migitation boon, the reson bronze skin has a lower rating is because it blocks all damage, aphrodites only blocks close range attacks

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iirc

sacred ocean
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i dont know if its just me, but compared to the spear and shield, i really reallllly dislike the sword. i dont know what exactly is the reason tho. is it just that its underpowered or is it something in its playstyle? thoughts?

lean ferry
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If i had ti guess, its because the sword has the highest risk involved in its use. You have to get in the enemies faces, and with witches and Gorgons... Thats a terrible idea.

The other three weapons all have something that makes them good to use. The Bow has great range and a wide spraying special that combined with reflection can be almost unstoppable. The shield can block almost every attack in the game and boasts impressive damage while also manouvering you across rooms fast while damaging enemies and protecting you, and its special can act as a sniper aimbot of sorts with the right boons. The spear does the least base damage, but also has the greatest base attack speed and impressive range, allowing you to keep enemies at bay (and also has a surprisingly op projectile hitbox, making witches easy to block) while whittling down their health. Its special is... Pretty meh, and i never use its chargeup attack because it takes too long to charge.

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If i had to say anything good about the sword, its the special. It can handle basic (and elite with the right boons) numbskulls with ease.

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With that over, how can I make a suggestion to the feedback channel? Im not authorised to comment there and im wondering if I just haven't been in here long enough or if there's another requirement.

hexed smelt
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check the pinned messages

lean ferry
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Thanks

jagged bison
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I personally wasn't a fan of the sword either until I tried out a few Daedalus upgrades - specifically the ones that change its attack. either the one that attacks faster but removes the thrust, or slower but does +400% damage. both are much more fun than the base sword combo, IMO

rotund wolf
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I like sword with posiedon a lot but

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That's useless on bosses

brisk trail
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the rapid attack upgrade for the sword combined with Zeus attack boons makes for a really cool light show.
the world splitter upgrade for the sword plus Broseidon boons makes it feel like you are using a baseball bat to slam enemies into walls on the other side of the room.

rotund wolf
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I wanna wall slam the hydra

solar coral
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Poseidonโ€™s boons can still be useful against the bosses. I once got a knockback plus 84% damage increase on the attack, with a few poms it was at 114%. It just absolutely melted the boss

vale kite
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OH BOY

untold briar
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newupdatepog

wooden quartz
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... already?

terse crane
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DYONISUS COMES

leaden quest
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I know it's a while away but I'd really like it to come out of EA :c

vale kite
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there's liquid

untold jolt
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Dyonisus?

quartz blade
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welp, next god is Demeter for sure

late elm
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OMG Demeter!

brisk trail
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looks more like smoke

quartz blade
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that silhoulette nailed it

slender monolith
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LAWD

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SHE COMIN

arctic cave
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Demeter

quartz blade
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scythe incoming

alpine ore
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Excitemeenntttttt

viscid blade
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whoยดs that?

lavish heart
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Could very well be Demeter or Morpheus

arctic cave
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Persephone's mom

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God of nature

slender monolith
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I'm happy now

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:3

arctic cave
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Not happy with Hades

neat musk
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I'm pretty sure that's Tim the sorcerer joining the fray

distant umbra
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Grandma Demeter coming to help

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Incredible

arctic cave
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Oh yeah

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She'll be his grandma

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That's cool

fiery pebble
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Yeah it looks like smoke, which is why Im not sure its Demeter

lavish heart
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I said Morpheus because of the smoke

arctic cave
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Mmm

worn gale
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Dionysus boiz!!!!

lavish heart
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Dionysus is unlikely

worn gale
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you can see the vines and wine floating

alpine stratus
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Owl- please lets not talk abt heavy subjects w/o warning here!

wet flume
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its obviously Spoon Man the famous demi-god

alpine stratus
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Or really, at all

arctic cave
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He'll be coming eventually.

alpine ore
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Pan maybe?

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that is some nature like over it ๐Ÿค”

arctic cave
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Eh, why not stick the big 12?

slender linden
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guys its obviously Pikachu

alpine ore
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OMG WHOS THAT POKEMON

late elm
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Dionys buff - make everyone drunk

fiery pebble
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Its almost certainly Dionysus

slender linden
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i cant believe its been almost a month already wth xD

fair bone
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Nyx maybe?

distant umbra
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Born now you're getting me excited about teaming up with Demigods

fiery pebble
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The vines are grape vines, and the liquid/smoke in the air could be wine

lavish heart
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Well, in that specific case it's not about a sexual rape, but it's the terminology used for the abduction of Persephony by Hades, coming from the greek word for rape, ฮฒฮนฮฑฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚ (vee-a-smos) which if literally translated means "by force" - not necessarily sexual.

late elm
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Mobs start walking in circles and falling over

lavish heart
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It's also the name of the epic about it.

sick laurel
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Isnt Dionysus trapped in hades wine cellar

fiery pebble
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Then call it an abduction

slender linden
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maybe we'll have to free him first xD

fiery pebble
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The word has morphed in its meaning

wet flume
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I have been trying to get in that dang wine cellar all game. It would be great if he was trapped in there

slender linden
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yeah

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there are other words you couldve used

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i doubt everyone here knows greek, ya know?

fiery pebble
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Besides that would be latin, actually

covert glen
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if its demeter

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p sure she'll just

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hate us and want to see us die

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cuz we're hades' spawn

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morpheus could be cool tho

wild sundial
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personally i like the idea that dionysus will be a post-game unlock god since there's actually a bit of an etymology link between dionysus and zagreus

covert glen
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hades' brother

late elm
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not necessarily, we are also her grandchild

covert glen
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or it's persephone

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idk

wild sundial
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and yeah, we might be hades' spawn, but we're also trying to ditch the old man

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i think she'd be down for anything that spites him

late elm
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since Zag is literaly running away like his mom did

sick laurel
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I'd like to think we free Dionysus from the wine cellar just to piss off hades

covert glen
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i feel as if zag is just running away cuz it's boring down there

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i don't feel demeter would want hades' runt on her

wooden quartz
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i think we will see zag kiss a man

covert glen
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fair green earth

wild sundial
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um...zag is explicitly running away to meet his mom

lavish heart
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Well, in the actual mythos, Zagreus was the son of Zeus and Persephony

covert glen
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ah

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depends on the myth owl

late elm
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they were both equally unhappy with Hades

covert glen
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zagreus is also said to be

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gaia's spouse

lavish heart
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Do you mean the Aeschylus myth?

covert glen
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so it's far more complicated

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i just know there are variations

wooden quartz
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from what i read there's actually two zagreuses, most commonly, as part of the same exact myth

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one that was murdered

covert glen
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zag was the son of hades and persephone, then zeus and persephone cuz zeus is just another aspect of hades in some place

wooden quartz
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and then the one that wasn't is persephone' schild

lilac drum
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Two Zagreuses.

sick laurel
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Uranus is the sky god is the husband of gaia thou

lilac drum
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Zagreus: Don't trust anyone, including yourself.png

fiery pebble
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Dont you mean

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Zagreus pointing at Zagreus.png

covert glen
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yeah but there are writings of zagreus and gaia being king and queen

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of the earth

drowsy karma
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Aaaa

lavish heart
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I am Greek and have spent an extensive amount of time reading mythology ๐Ÿ˜› The most widely accepted theory about Zagreus is being the son of Zeus, and in a way Hades, as Zeus' katachthonius. The theory that he's the son of Hades came from Gantz and is considered a misinterpretation of Aeschylus by archeologists and historians.

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At least locally.

distant umbra
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Well it's not like this game even attempts to be accurate

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Which is completely fine in my book

cyan plank
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I think they put great care in the way they craft the story, and it think for the sake of that bending the various interpretations is perfectly fine yas

distant umbra
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Ye it's their own story, and I'll treat it as such

brazen cargo
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can't tell if it's Pan or Gaia

alpine stratus
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@wooden quartz if zag genuinely n lovingly kisses a man in patch #2 i fly over to california to hand out flowers to them all

inland gust
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or maybe it thanatos god of death

covert glen
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true

cyan plank
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@alpine stratus jo I come with ya

covert glen
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we haven't seen him in a while

distant umbra
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Everyone in Greek mythos is bi

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It is known

alpine stratus
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GAY TRIP โœˆ

distant umbra
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Well, more like Pan

cyan plank
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its amazing

vale kite
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greek mythology be like

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love who you love

lavish heart
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Thanatos wasn't a god. Thanatos is the personification of death.

distant umbra
#

Greek mythos were more like

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If it moves, a god screwed it

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And I don't even mean that it has to be living

brazen cargo
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Dionysus would makes a lot of sense too.....

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hmmmm

distant umbra
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Zeus impregnated sea foam

lavish heart
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Zeus basically sexually anything that had a hole

cyan plank
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especially zeus, if it moves, zeug probably screwed it AND they had a child

lavish heart
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He impregnated the sea, out of which Aphrodite (literally translating to "the one that came from foam") came out.

brisk trail
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hey guys, tone it down, this server isnโ€™t for this kinda discussions

distant umbra
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Ye

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Oh ๐Ÿค”

cyan plank
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whops sry

lavish heart
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But yeah, toning it down .3.

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Well, quite literally

cyan plank
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how bout back to the topic who the new charatcer might be ?

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my friend still hopes its Demeter

distant umbra
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There's a chance it's Hera

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Not high

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But it's there

fiery pebble
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Dionysus is probably the safe bet

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Grape vines around him, liquid in the air and what looks like a wreath

frosty mountain
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๐Ÿ˜ฎ update drops on my bday

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blessed

brisk trail
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happy birthday in advance ! you get the best gift

frosty mountain
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hey thanks!

ancient elk
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Looks like im not you from the past with different bdays icathios ๐Ÿ˜›

frosty mountain
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you're right

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you're from a parallel universe

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:p

ancient elk
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:0 it all adds up

frosty mountain
#

so who is the teaser person? what are people speculating?

ancient elk
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Wine boi

fiery pebble
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Dionysus and Demeter are the most common guesses

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I believe its Dionysus for reasons outlined above

frosty mountain
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that'd make sense. then again most people were wayyy off the mark with chaos

radiant tangle
#

My money's on Demeter

fiery pebble
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Well, with Chaos a lot of people didnt expect them because Chaos in myth isnt really a person

frosty mountain
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I mean, not as off the mark, but hardy anyone guessed

distant umbra
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This is wild but

ancient elk
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Tbf chaos doesnt have distinctive features like grape vines

distant umbra
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What if it's Persephone

fiery pebble
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Theyre more of a force of nature

frosty mountain
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true. chaos was more of a concept really, less of a deity

ancient elk
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Persephone is end game i reckon

fiery pebble
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Yup yup

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And yeah, Persephone is almost certainly absent until the end of the story

distant umbra
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Ye but what if he does an appearance after you beat the second boss or something

ancient elk
#

She

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And also

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Thats like

distant umbra
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Yes she I dropped a very strategic letter e.e

ancient elk
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The whole point, ur run would end when u find her lol

fiery pebble
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I doubt it, really

distant umbra
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Right, but what if she dropped a blessing

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Or she left a note

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Or something like that