#h1-discussion
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U can do each wep at 0 heat
For the items
Bow is easily a more advanced weapon cause it's stops u when attacking.
i usually just pick whatever has the darkness bonus
i deleted sorry
Make sure u are picking fated choices with hammers on weps so u can complete quests
Explosive shot with the bow is one of the best hammer upgrades. Bow is my main wep with Spear as my secondary
Hi everyone, finally got Hades.
I'm playing on KB+M, and feel that it's missing a key feature. Perhaps it was discussed before, or maybe already in plans for future updates.
Was there any mention from Supergiant about the alternate movement scheme?
So that WASD movement maps to isometric directions, rather than screen ones.
I was honestly surprised not to have this in options anywhere, as imo it's a must for such isometric gameplay, and easy to implement.
You want D to move you down right for example?
Yes!
there heat 1 bow done
sounds unintuitive, i can only imagine that being useful for isometric grid-style games
ez pz
also artemis special, demeter attack that
time
@unborn olive you could probably do that with a steam controller
or something like joy2key
The isometric look (especially with how rooms are built) makes my brain expect exactly that. There are 4 major directions, to which walls/columns and the rest of the world aligns. The character is in that plane, so his direction should align with the world.
Would make easier to dodge around columns, too, if I had to press 1 button instead of holding WA, SD etc.
But maybe I'm the weird one, then. And yeah, that's how I played grid-based isometric games since forever.
I don't remember how Bastion played - perhaps I had to adapt there as well π€
Don't have a controller, will look into joy2key thing, thank you!
Bastion and Transistor played the same
You get a "companion" when you fill out someone's affection yeah?
But yeah joy2key might help and just bind D to D+S or something!
@white forge only for some characters
||Meg, Sisyphus, Dusa, Thanatos and Skelly currently||
when it goes down completely and flashes
there's a small splash, where it just doesn't go beneath, and a big splash where its completely submerged
hit it on the big one, yeah
(not when it flashes the prompt button)
if y'all have played animal crossing it's like that kind of fishing
surprisingly havent however mr guan yu gang, how do I get that aspect unlocked?
achilles will have a conversation for you after you have, according to the patch notes, "several aspects unlocked"
the speech bubble will be bigger than normal ones (it's the same one nyx has when she unlocks the mirror for you)
personally, i already had all the aspects unlocked, so i can't tell you exactly what several aspects mean
I got it after having like two other aspects honestly so not many
Without like.. mad spoilers (if any?) do the companions matter? Like,, what do they do and are they different from eachother? I know who to get them from, just not sure which to do
They can help up to 5 times per game, though you might have to play the game for a while before that happens
If you don't want spoilers, you might eventually find one or two by accident, though it might take a couple months to accidently stumble upon them
they're activatable keepsakes, basically, that do various different things for you
Had any suggestions put out there about keeping heat settings for each weapon separate, i hate doing a high heat run on bow then having to redo all the settings for a dif weapon
some do damage, some are supportive
though i can say that each companion is noticeably different from each other, gameplay-wise
We need a space marine zagreus skin to go with adamant rail.... also I was wondering why sometimes mobs drop gold, other times (like chests or survival rooms) they don't
The price jacking wouldn't have been too bad if those mobs gave gold
Isn't it the pillars that drop the gold?
i would assume spoilers for boss fights, not sure though
Only the final boss is considered a spoiler
But if you're spoiling story elements go to spoiler anyway
I'm not sure what you intend to post
the boss itself wont be named
basically the first time the odds have stacked for me this much
I havent reached the boss I think, is he/she/it actually named?
so
or just called Final Boss
that is spoiler
figured
Or "da final boss" for short
ah well just realized I cant post pics in this channel anyway
Can we all agree that Cerberus is best boi though
thats not hermes
ceberus the heck doggo
WAT
also it is a matter of time before that joke about Hermes' speed is made so I have to assume it is already made
Ares and Wine man are fun though
Hermes is just scout from tf2
Hermes has awesome boons
@modern garnet What have you DONE?
I can't unsee that now
Bonk
BONK
But its so true
PLAY BALL
well, he's a non-annoying scout
Replace hermes voice actor with scout's please
im a freakin' blur here
quick, tell supergiant.
Athena is Engineer
I'm runnin circles around ya
I'm runnin circles around ya
amazing
AAAA FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
You see this? Iβm a force of nature
I got it I got it I got it
uh huh
hermes is kinda generally useful boons
Extra dashes make hades sooo much easier, because you now have enough to easily get out of range of his swings
as it it's always good, but there's not really many game breaking builds with them
i often buy hermes boons in styx just for the chance of that one
5 dashes is a good number of dashes
yeah dash is super though
I think this is all the Olympians they plan to add @prime hill
and extra speed for attack/special is nice if that's your build
Drift Dash is my favourite Hermes boon
persephone
DEJA VU
Also can't wait for the final boss lmao
although the extra cast speed and casts drop faster feel really underwhelming
@mental sleet did you see my video lol
It's a little unbalanced
i feel like they could fit in another god or two without it feeling bloated tbh
I did not
It's pinned in #h1-builds-and-combat
Nice pfp @fast minnow
Drift dash is... extra speed after dashing?
thank you
Such a happy boi
he obviously is
I died to tight deadline later.
Speedline effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cs11HaqEA
for interested parties
Because Discord rules say you gotta be old enough
uho
drift dash for hydra 
N Y O O M
Turns you into rukey

would change a few thing if it were up to me to edit the video
but good nonetheless
woof
oh noes
Bork?
probably could do pause + quick zoom on the perk itself, highlighting the extra movespeed bonus
yeah thats kinda it
can have the music to only start then
tru
damn im gonna lose
I took the spear with the shorter dash distance
and now I cannot dodge
serrated edge is neat tho
Bet you wish you had 5 dashes right now
3 hits on dash? that upgrade is the best
Better than one ig
i thought it was two
2 is for the sword
ah my b
yes but facing da boss 1 extra hit and no dodge (on 3 dash) and I cannot dodge along side doing damage
his aoe swipe is massive
I managed with the shield to do 3/4, counting his extra health, with only 2 defiance
might as well talk in gameplay if you want to discuss the final baws
sorry
but tomorrow could be 
^
Ok, I'm ACTUALLY gonna sleep now, cause I have to get up in about 4 hours
so goodnight
love y'all
have a nice sleepy sleep
gonna cast chill on myself
Charm is completely busted wtf
did it always cost 3 Ambrosia to gift someone?
OH WOW that was a bug.. XD my forced overtime was set to 100% after the update... no wonder that last run seemed harder...
I just reset it now
but wow
yeah attacks were almost instant
Especially the final bosses spin attacks, as soon as the warning showed up he used them, and just in general I couldn't do anything basically
U can dash through his spin attack and not get hit
doing another run now at the new cap of 40% and yeah... that was a lot faster
I couldnt really react fast enough to time it, it was too fast lol
Ahh
is it ||Hades|| lol
||it would seem so huh!||
i shall try
you got this!
Hey devs i have a few comments from a dev perspective in game play. Like I get that the bow is meant to have an attack that charges and then shoots for power shots, but then if u have charion asspect u can't even break through the shield wielding guys in elysium or thesius unless u get really lucky in boons since the hammer doesn't allow u get get piercing. which makes the bow a liability late game unless ur lucky. And then theres the fact the bow doesn't have an attack on instant light tap, it makes dealing damage in a pinch or geting behind someone very difficut to "get around" the frontal shield. I feel the bow should should have a tap attack that is weak like 10 dmg and doesn't go that far maybe even melee, but then if u charge it it has normal bow shenanegans.
Then theres chaos boons. Like they're good personally some what... but they all reinforce base damage without adding any flair. I get it's chaotic cause u have to suffer first then ur get rewarded, but that screams more hades or even furries rather than chaotic. I think that chaos should also add elemental dmg and their various status effect as well that stack with ur other boons, but weaker or more chaotic in damage or something. Like chaos i feel as a character is amazing, as a gameplay mechanic meh unless u are tyring to get the ones where you get more items. Like buff chaos somewhat to be more "chaotic"; after all, its the primordial originator of all things.
Then theirs gift giving... i was flooding charon with gifts cause logically i figured they'd eventually in some fashion offer me a discount. Same with the Eurdicye where i wanted her to give me more food or something... or maybe it one portion for now and another in 10 enounters as left overs etc. I just feel like for a single player game, its awefully over balanced, when the best part of the game is having all these boons mix and match and cause lots of death and chaos on screen.
Obviously the game is still a WIP but I think it would be super cool to have some benefits like discounts or extra potion options through gifting and the like
your mini-essay would be better placed in the #hades-feedback channel @hardy scarab, although the devs aren't really interested in such major changes at the moment
and the time has likely passed
but it's awesome to see that you're interested enough in the game to be passionate about its development
is there a log in the game to review conversations/is that a planned feature down the line? sorry if this has been asked before I'm new to interacting with the community and stuff
You can check the patch notes and such but to my knowledge I think thatβs it? I know thereβs a screen when you finish the story mission explaining some of the things they have planned
I believe if you click the major update button on the main menu it tells you some of the stuff coming in the next updaye
You guys
Fffffffff
I literally just accidentally forfeited the run during the final boss fight
This is also at least the third time I've done this, though never during the final battle until this time
I am butt hurt
I wish there was a way for me to not have lost all my progress from that
What a waste π
Now my hands/arms hurt and I didn't even get my titan blood lol
Spent nearly two hours on this one two cuz I was pausing off and on to chat with the fam, in fact that's what happened, I paused to chat for a sec, then went to start back up but accidentally pushed buttons in the wrong order and boop.
Stupid :[
Oh well
Feeling down about myself temporarily but .... At least I left the house in a cute outfit today lol, so I can be proud of myself too π
Blaaah anyway /vent, but really though is there an alternate saving philosophy anyone can think of that preserves the whole permadeath thing but doesn't make it quite as easy to wipe out progress? I've lost runs to crashes before too
oopsie
There is atleast 6 runs in the past mounth that were canceled outright at least an hour in, because I suddenly do a -300 iq move.
At least I'm not alone lol π tho, sorry for your loss π ππ
i botch alot myself.
but dashing into last boss' vase is a 400 IQ move 
Sometimes, I think "Let's get together with Dio for this run!" and just stroll by the keepsakes not changing anything
Realising what I've done only after Furies are sent home.
i mean you can still change keepsakes then
its how i chase my fated list duos: use one god keepsake in tartarus, use another in asphodel
why is getting Dio legendary way harder the Athena and Aphro?
like u need a ton of boons from him
seems kind of unbalanced when Ath and Aphro its reasonable
looking at the wiki it seems like u need more
That's outdated.
ohh ok phew
People were (rightfully) up in arms about it, so now it's just a Hangover source and Trippy Shot.
sweet
well it made no sense to make his so much harder
when Aphro's charm is completely busted
@empty ferry if you wanna do the keepsakes prophecy you could just ||equip all of em in the courtyard, that counts||
no, i meant duo boons
ah
duo boons is a long one for sure
@sharp parcel what's the condition to trigger medusa keep sake?
@winter cape keep talking to her, then she'll give you a quest to ||repair the lounge, so you just buy some cheap lounge renovations and a bed for the dog||
I've been talking to her for a while, still no other response
I think there's a hidden trigger
For skelly its to defeat him with maxed Zag aspect sword
thats not hidden
For Meg it's to defeat her with all the sisters
thats the quest that skelly tells you about explicitly
dusa has the same kind
keep giving her nectar
One narrator line sounds different about "Fancy Recliner (bedroom)". Other actor l guess?
can't progress further
it'll be added as the game develops
@autumn pagoda nah, just recorded at a different time
does charges of death defiance at the mirror deplete themselves? like if i die would i have to re-purchase that upgrade or is it just a run by run basis
you start every run with that amount
mirror upgrades are permanent
good to know
but you can tweak up and down as you please
there is a pact modifier that limits the amount of darkness you can have in your mirror
if you want an extra challenge
Honestly it'd be nice to have 'Mirror Sets' so like, A B & C.
So you could have one set for no limit. One set for a level of limit and another for max limit.
And not have to manually change them. :x
eh, I suppose
but once you try playing with the mirror limiter, you'll never want to turn it on again
that's my experience, at least
I can imagine.
I wonder what legends they'll choose for the other weapons final aspect π
John Rambo for the rail
King Arthur for the sword
probably some Babylonian or Mesopotamian for the bow, no idea about the shield
could be someone northern european, a viking
the shield is clearly tower knight from demon's soul
How do you think the gameplay will look like? I mean after beating the hades floor, are players gonna fight some famous humans still alive? Or like modern one or some other kind of thing
Or maybe past the mortal world some plot twist will happen, like gods kidnapping persephone and zagreus discovering his godly aspect (for example zeus with thunders) will stand against them with the help of important ones from hades?
Like total 180, boons from charon like death bonus, achilles + strenght etc
And boons related to that, is my idea any good or impossible, what do you think?
There is nothing planned after the final boss
I think there will be a playable sequence, you just walk and talk
and then it sort of ends
this is falling into #h1-story-discussion
Anyways you know what i mean
hi, are there any achievements planned in the game in steam?
they plan to add achievements after early access phase for now
noice
*by the time early access ends
Well, when the remaster of a game(from AAA) are worse then early access of the indie game π€£ (F for WarCraft3 and Blizzard company)
Huge love to Supergiant Games and Darren Korb Personally
π
I'm surprised that people are surprised. AAA games are just corporate machines, there's no love in it. If you want the real good games always go for small company or indie devs.
Also Guys or @tacit lodge @vale drift
About Demeter, please someone confirm that she will change outlook from season to season with effects of boons ? Like Winter, Spring,Summer, Autumn themed boons and looks. It will be outstandingly good
that would be too much dev work for just one god I guess
Imagine making powers for a god every season, and then fix bugs every season?
well
I thinking about it like creating each season hardcoded bundle with effects and outlook and make d script that will check date and depending on that change goddess outlook and boons
And this goddess is deserving that, She is goddess of seasons cmon ) Its not a lightning Zeus or Ares )
theres a story reason why she will always be how she is now
and that reason closely matches her myth
@empty ferry oh then I will have my eye on it, thanks!
and as long as zag can't leave I don't see how things will change lol
Studying classics at school was spoilers for me.. π
Incase the rest of the world outside England doesn't call it the same, classics meaning Latin and Ancient Greek
We learned roman and greek in my electives.
So every test you had to write Mars and Ares
does anyone know are at least some of the upcomingβ’οΈ achievements gonna be retroactive? or is it clean slate?
as in, when the achievements are released, will i have some of them completed as long as i have already achieved them as long as i trigger the check for them? or do i have to do everything from the start to get any achievements? 
the achievements will probably mirror the prophecies from the fated list
yeah
that's reassuring to hear
Some can probably be done retro, like beating a certain number of runs/bosses, or in a certain time
but some might be you have to do it in a run
like beat a floor/boss hitless
yeah, all of that stuff is stored in the save already
okay cool, i'll take your word for it
noice
me, when playing hades home alone in the early morning: splitting bolt and unhealthy fixation
me, playing hades after work while streaming for friends: most crap gamer ever
just got a run with:
Eris rail (+60%)
Rocket bomb
Cluster bomb (x5)
Heroic Aphrodite special (+297%)
+14% damage on weak (aphrodite)
+10% damage on everything (ares)
Athena call
just hugged bosses and right clicked, they died instantly
@trim surge how did cluster work with rocket? just 5 rockets?
Had a hilarious run myself last night:
Nemesis sword
Athena attack and dash
Demeter special
Zeus call w/jolted boon
Tipsy shot cast with damage resist while in the fog, Demeter-dio duo, and Zeus-dio duo
World splitter and double dash hammers, plus some chaos boons I donβt remember right now
Nothing hit me and everything just melted as I dashed around spamming attack and tossing out fields of death
Oh, and the Demeter boon for increased damage done and decreased damage taken while empty on bloodstones
Is it decreases damage taken on that boon? I must be misreading it =\
"take 10% less damage and deal more."
when you're out of cast you take less damage and deal more
it decreases the damage you take and increases the damage you deal
Where are you misreading it
damage reduction is the same regardless of rarity, but damage bonus increases with rarity
I love the no ammo damage buff boon from Dem
On Hera bow it kicks in as soon as you fully load your next shot
well, yeah, because it depletes your ammo
Aye, but it's something that might not be immediately obvious to people
such insane boss damage
It's as strong as Aphrodite, but also useful for non bosses :p
whew
Keeping the streak going
I have no clue how I'm doing thisa
I like the sense of victory after killing hades
In most roguelikes, it's just a you win stats page and you're back at the main menu
but here, hades is super salty
And yes, defeating Hades is glorious
And 70% sass? :p
His tone of voice after some wins is hilarious
Yeah, zag is super likeable
"Look who has come back, everyone!"
guys, final boss discussio needs to go under spoiler tags or in #h1-story-discussion or #h1-builds-and-combat depending on whether it's more story or gameplay related
oh. apologies
so does the convenience fee in pact of punishment not affect the diamonds or titan bloods sold by Charon?
there was something about it in a patch, i dont think it does
"Convenience Fee: no longer raises cost of Bounty resources sold in Charon's shop in Styx"
It was just that it was 10 gems for a key, which is just the reverse of a key for 10 gems
I tend to get a lot of keys with the contractor upgrade :p
So I just swap for other stuff since I have everything unlocked by now.
bounty resources what does that mean
@trim surge diamond/blood available in the final biome's shop
their price used to increase with the Fee modifier turned on
I thought so, but then they remove the mirror limiter from hell mode
and now I need all the darkness in the world to max out Fated Authority
What encounter mean?
1 room , 1 run , or 1 enemey ?
1 combat room
As a result, Styx is very good for levelling trinkets
Of course, you have to get to Styx first lol
Well items however are worse because of that.
what exactly does godmode change anyway?
you gain a certain percent of damage resistance with each run
caps at like 80%? itβs a very small increase each time
Hello! I had a question about the final boss fight. Would this be the appropriate location?
2% each time, caps at 80%
Just curious if I found a bug or just somehow had an utterly broken run that destroyed the final boss
Yeah, I thought I never needed to worry about darkness anymore, but here we are
Probably going to take months to get a decent amount of darkness, because I canβt do treasure troves with tight deadline active
No no no no no
I'm gonna miss the supergiant asks
Damn this 10-4 job
Sorry Grimm! If it helps, we've had users in the past drop questions in the chat for each other.
Hey I got a question, how do I unlock the Rod of Fishing?>
you buy it at the renovator
1 diamond
p cheap
i had so many questions but now theres a chance to actually ask them i cant think of any good ones
just copy and paste them alllll
they've been pretty great about answering stuff in the past
that would be kinda weird but if its straight up not there, then yeah probably
not sure what else could trigger it
you checked all the tabs and scrolled down?
guess its final boss time then
TIME TO GET GIT GUD THEN lol
guess it's daddy time then
love it when you call him big papa
lol
||Final boss identity is considered spoilers for the purposes of this channel||
||its kinda weird that its a spoiler, because its not like its a twist or a surprise ||
||but ill try to be a little more vague||
I'm not gonna be there for the q/a but I really wanna ask if Hypnos is getting anything in the next update
god bless whoever updates the wiki, love seeing demeter all done
Mfw I gotta miss q/a for a test
mfw i be missin the qna because timezones exist
Honestly I wonder, can we pass on questions from others?
If so maybe I can help out on that since I myself have no questions lol.
well same lol, then suppose will pass on what Cheesy wanted to ask.
hello everyone
Tryna think of a question
do we have q&a 30 minits later?
Yeah
good
10 minutes to ask whatever
where can i ask?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i has a question
it will be opened?
what gods work good with Chiron special, i did a dion run already, maybe arti or zues?
i find the rail gun best weapon
I hate rail
Itβs aboht it really lol
@teal patrol Dio and stacking ares
Beat the game for the first time with the rail gun. Want the shield or spear for it next
i still can't beat this game with the rail π¦
Like outside of artemis and dio chiron special is kinda wasted
have you max your stats
Maybe if there was some way to prolong the Chiron autoaim
I typically use the lob on the rail. In the run where I cleared it I had Zeus attack with jolted which helped a lot and also the cast recall on wide enemy sucking blade rifts
Which was handy
also anyone else finding new dio dash to be really really good
they buffed dashes across the board, which is nice

I just wish they worked a bit different, affecting enemies at the start and end of the dash
It does a lot less damage than the last iteration of nasty dash.
Hm so basically in godmode, if you die a buncha times, you slowly gain damage resist buffs till they cap at a whopping 80% eh?
Do you start at zero?
10% i think
love the rail, once I figured out how to reload while firing the special it felt way smoother
though I have heard that the rail is harder on gamepad because of aiming the special
typing intesifies lol
i'm sure it's easier on kbm but i've had no issue aiming the special, as long as i'm not moving it from like... one end of the screen to the other, in which case you should just turn around first instead lol
1 minute and almost a hundred question
They didnt put slowmode on rip them
is this the first Q&A since steam release?
So I kinda noticed something about Dionysus
The last one was in December iirc. No idea if it was before or after the steam release though
he noticed but he wont tell you!
They are not going to answer all of them right?
There are too many questions for that
who knows
Dangit, can't really show it so I guess I'll just say it
why cant u
Dionysus has the same hair as Rarity from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
bro...
Bro...
Great observation /I mean Bro...
Bro what? Ellipses are meaningless, use your words
Just how many questions are there... chat went so fast 
better luck next time yeah ///
a looooot of the questions are either in the FAQ or can be answered through playing the game more
whats the general opinion on crystal clarity
I kinda want to read a Hades comic.
im having a lot of fun with it
My guy he is trying to get out from the under world
I don't think he likes the under world that much

Are they gonna stream to answer the questions?
No they are already answering them on that channel
No invicibility frame when die on nova to provent death on second time on it on hades boss ?
supergiant is really suffering from success with all these questions
glad the steam release was so successful but now they get to pay for it lol
here I thought my question would be glossed over lol
I need some Hades merch other than the 10 anni poster and the logo shirt omg, this game makes me giddy inside
I was thinking that maybe when the game relesed we will get a character DLC
but after playing the game for so long I think it will be hard to do
The main character have a lot of animation to him for all the boons and other things making another character will be like making another game
i just know there's going to be at the very least an unofficial thanatos body pillow on redbubble or something
Bouldy plushie 
their previous games haven't had dlc, just stuff like an extra song at most. but who knows with this one π
Bouldy yoga ball
but a static one, like Sisyphus or Patroclus, with just some voice lines?
Bouldy yoga ball that you can roll up a mountain
caaaaan doo!
The companion keepsakes as plushies
makes perfect sense
Hades ring tone telling you you're a disappointment
Bouldy with a string to pull to play their voice lines
Hades alarm telling you you're late
a round pillow, with a
for a fece
So uuuuh, i got a Heroic Aphrodite Special with lvl 9 on it...
so you could nap on 
Pillow embroidery with quotes from the game
Like you believe in Bouldy and Bouldy believes in you
@mild root you can go above 10!
Pillows embroidered with Charon quotes
YES
build a bear skelly that says "boy'o!" when you squeeze him
I know, but lvl 9 yielded me 304% already
Which it was
understanda π ±οΈ le
Fake fruit bowl with Poms and darkness shards and other resources
Darkness/blood shard as a key thing
Oooo
Supergiant Games(TM) sends you a bowl of pomegranates.
Stygian blade flash drive to go with my transistor flash drive
shield of chaos frisbee
but not as disappointing as 76 nuka cola was
Yes
ooo ring too
YES
buy a phone call with Chris Saphire(tm)
Who?
Thanatos voice actor
Yes
π³
Mirror styled like Nyx's
Honestly I'd be cool with a paper weight that looks like the little skulls
Like the ones with the rubies in their eyes
Gimme Hades merch
Cerberus plushie is where all the money is at
Absolutely
ooo the keepsake plushies would be cute too
lol yeah
Hypnos sleep mask
YEAH
oh thatβs genius
Webkinz... I had 267 as a kid.. lol
I had 2
A huskie and a Dora fish
I was a very demanding child
Nice
But if they did sell physical merch like a Cerberus webkinz, it could have a code for like.. resources? Like diamonds and all that? idk
maybe a small dlc thing like a cosmetic
What accessories could we get from baby Broseph Achilles?
hades dating sim
Yo yes
dlc more conversations and dates
god yeah
Ares too
can we link here? saw some gorgeous dio fan art today
I think so
aphrodite call me please
That looks straight up official my God
instant reblog
I saw that on twitter! I almost thought it was official too
wait the long winter udpate dev stream isn't going to be posted ever??? arghh they answered the question i asked and i missed it and was going to go check it in the stream π
does anyone remember what they said about survival/endless mode?
scroll up
yes dear scroll up to see your question answered
in the chat
you can't talk in it right now but you CAN see what was said
I think we're gonna need a crail emote after today's q&a
o yeh
sorry, i meant, i asked a question during the dev stream and they answered it during the stream but i missed it, and now that they said they aren't going to post the stream i'm still in the dark lol. just wondering if anyone remembers what they said about survival/endless mode during the dev stream for this update?
hey guys I need help. I got a duel screen but when i launch hades, my right screen clips flickering black to normal screen and hades lags big time. Anyone know how this happens?
Frick, I remember them mentioning an endless mode in the last devstream, but I have no idea what they said exactly
im so glad to have been responsible for a bunch of text emote replies
whoever added the "O" after my "OCEANMANG" is a hero
π π₯
ahhh damn they didn't answer it in this Q&A either even though i'm pretty sure someone asked about it
π
can't believe i missed it
ocean mango....teach me how to tango
i was so sure they were gonna just upload the stream like usual and it was gonna be fine
that we under...stango?
i missed a lot actually and wanted to rewatch it
I missed the stream and thought itβs fine theyβll upload it somewhere
nope π
thanks for answering most of those questions guys!!! ALSO I HOPE YOU SAW MY ADDON OF DRINKING ENOUGH WATER AND TAKING BREAKS
reactions need more π° π΄ π· πͺ
They did not answer my question about the location, although I asked him one of the first (((
Im not sure if its been answered before, but are the Hades devs okay with being a little less realistic to lore for the sake of the story? Like not staying true to greek mythology for the sake of the game?
i mean considering it's still winter on the surface but persephone isn't in the underworld
i assume so
also @chilly stump we love you!

Hey @latent light, we have! Our general approach to Hades is with the perspective that a lot of mythology retells stories differently, and that mythology has been interpreted countless ways over time. Our Hades is just another interpretation of mythology in line with that tradition. π
And thank you Fel!!! 
if you happen to know ashley please tell her i am desperately envious of her voice
I'll let her know next time!! It can be a message from both of us. π

@chilly stump Thanks for the QA! I really wanted to know if any of you read The Song of Achilles?
endless + hermes = 
haha true, i feel like it'd have to have a cap or something
also following up with that, @inland shell, a webcomic called Lore Olympus?
or diminishing returns
We have! If you search "Song of Achilles" in the ask-supergiant channel you'll probably even find Greg's answer about it!
Lore Olympus made me hate apollo :P
For anyone curious:
Greg05/17/2019
@cedar hinge 'Did the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller play any role in how Achilles and ||Patroclus ||'s relationship was written?'
I read The Song of Achilles during development and really enjoyed it. Achilles and the setup for his storyline were already in our game at that point, as I have a long-standing fascination with The Iliad and Achilles -- let's just say this was not the first time I tried to get a character based on Achilles in a game. Though I think The Song of Achilles did reinforce to me that my reading of Achilles' relationship, and I was glad to experience some of the surprises in the book since I had a sense of how the story would end. Anyway I have nothing but praise for Miller's sharp prose and her ability to conflate the natural and supernatural in such a believable way. Some of the side characters in the book were really excellent, such as Thetis and Chiron.
I mean like, The Iliad could have been enough inspiration by itself.
I was in school for the q&a did anyone ask the devs what their favorite aspects in hades were
kind of but not really. was asked what's their least favourite aspect was and what's their work on making the aspects be well different themselves.
Did they answer any
guys what is due boon and how can i get it ?
@lusty stump
Yeah I had a feeling they would mention zagreus spear
https://discordapp.com/channels/456889434672201729/477164376496013323/672867558608732161 and another regarding future aspects
Sword better be something medieval
Rambo aspect for gun kek
Ok rail 4th aspect better be something American
colonel colt aspect
Iβm assuming each of them are gonna be from different regions
Sword = Medieval Europe
Rail = βMURICA
Bow = ???
Shield = ???
i'm interested if any weapon can be tied to slavic culture (me being a slav)
maybe it's for the 6th weapon
like a huge axe
I feel like final weapon is gonna be pure melee
So we have 2 of each weapon type
2 pure melee, 2 hybrid and 2 pure ranged
just get a hammer xD
My guess for final weapon is a big slow super strong weapon or a fast dual wield short range melee
so hammer or... nunchucks?
Thanos
Yeah
i mean, the 4th aspect doesn't need to keep it a scythe
Thanatos could be a combo counter type thing
just as guan yu isn't a spear strictly speaking
so we could have an axe as a reference to scandinavian/slavic
Letβs go
seize the boons of production
Ok we can all agree sword 4th is probably gonna be medieval
seems logical
lightsaber
i was thinking energy barrier for a shield, actually
Captain America aspect
that's just default shield lol
Who is a famous crossbow user though
Wait
bonus gold reward yknow
You know phalanx where a bunch of shield dudes stand around a bow
true
native american aspect for the bow?
Nah bro we need America for the gun
i mean, there's a lot of americas
or some kind of aztec stuff for bow or shield
i'm not strong at their mythology tho
which weapon its better to kill the final boss?
i'd say shield, if you just want to kill him once
i tried
but all are more or less viable
yeah, i can just like camp and waiting he attacks me (while protecting with shield) then speed and attack, but he keeps spawn enemies and is so annoying
i can recommend fishing for athena's aid with her keepsake
how do i fish?
helps a bunch when you don't have time to dodge or have to go in
i bought the fish thing for a diamond
i mean, get an athena's keepsake to increase the chance of getting her boons
not literally fish
uhh
i guess, that goes for all the gods, if you're able to construct a build you'll have easier time
also, hermes' boon for bonus dashes helps a lot vs final boss spin
gods can gift you keepsakes that basically force next boon you find to be from them
maybe i know it but i have the game in italian
i mean the bonuses that gods offer
oh
athena's active ability gives you invulnerability for a second of 2, which comes in handy
yeah ik athena's boons are rly usefull
her dash is so good
I still want a Transistor aspect for sword. Not sure what it would do, perhaps replace your call with a time stop
yea dash is good when clearing levels, call i find very useful against bosses
also, broken spearpoint and lucky tooth keepsakes help
but i just find the winter witch and other useless things
I prefer the bracers for defense
demeter is quite useful
slowing down the summoned monsters and kiting away with cast is one of the ways you can play
The slow seems pretty inconsistent in my experience. I wish it would show stacks
I once had the frost nova on cast with Aphrodite cast, it was amazing
Also I love the Dio and Demeter duo cast
oh
Red stabbey bois
i dont use them so much
get the upgrade in the mirror so you have more charges for cast if you haven't yet
and get the upgrade that gives you bonus damage against enemies with 2 curses
get the upgrade in the mirror so you have more charges for cast if you haven't yet
@bold sluice alredy did that
they give damage, bonus damage, and depending on your boons, they almost one shot some enemies
mines just do 50 or 80, i never find some good boons for it
like they turn the game kind of easy thinking of it
i like zeus' boon for it perfect
bc i always end up in a group fight
dionysus cast with hera's bow aspect tho
i never liked dionysus cast, so thats a big oof for me
i mean, on its own it is kinda clunky
when you load it into the bow tho, it's a different story
how do u guys play cast build?
not enough dmg
press hard on artemis and demeter keepsakes for cast synergy and pray for hermes' reload and recall
i always search for long range and quick damage, so Artemis and Zeus are my favorite boons
Ice Wine cast is 
but i LOVE Athena's deflect on anything also
athena is generally real good yea
I wish fully loaded was more common
you gotta get another cast-based artemis boon for it to appear
just had a perfect cast run with athena cast and fully loaded
Just spam all 8 of them and hades melted
hard to replicate though
Fully Loaded, Chaos Grasp boons.
Wait, bought two?
yea
I switched to the +8 encounter keep sake before styx
then I got the shop during dungeon
I mean I saw the shop twice
so I bought the cast item twice
it lasted long enough till Hades
Skip?
Bless you Greg for using the phrase "go full Mass Effect."
you can skip the second hydra head phase by nuking him to 0 hp right before it triggers
i've only done it with aphrodite wrath but I figure theres some meaty crits or something that can too
Hey everyone, I havenβt played in a very long time cause my computer seppukued itself a few months ago and Iβve seen mentions of things I didnβt get to discover yet in the recent Q&A: what are weapon aspects and legendary keepsakes?
I'm having a difficult time getting billowing strength from Zeus, any tips?
weapon aspects are variants you can get tthat change how the weapon plays
Sword has Nemessis Aspect with a chance to crit after using special and Poseidon Aspect that buffs cast damage and knocks bloodstoness out of enemies after being hit with speciall
||legendary keepsakes/companions/summons are giftss given by (atm) Than, Meg, Skelly, Sisiphus, and Dusa that can onllyy be used a limited amount of times per run|| spoilers
I thought this genre of game was over when Dead Cells was released. What could possibly live up to how good Dead Cells is? Well as it turns out, Hades doss. Absolutely superb gameplay and still lots more to come looking at roadmap. Very impressed. Looking forward to escaping again.
@shut plover the wiki contains the requirements necessary for different boons
can links be posted here?
From what i can see there's no requirement for that one, so it's pure rng i think
I found Hades a lot more enjoyable to play than Dead Cells. Dead Cells is still great but it's a lot more hardcore than Hades and Hades puts the choice of difficulty in your hands, which I think is great
Dead cells was fun but once u unlocked all the items it got repetitive fast
Like cell 3+ became unfun difficulty
Well the hardest possible difficulty in this game may not be possible lol
Just kinda silly
We need someone dedicated to beating 49 heat
Like I love Dark Souls and Bloodborne but some games have unfun just plain stupid difficulty
Some people just love that kind of pain influcted upon them
Dark Souls and Bloodbourne were super fair though, and no-hit playthroughs were possible. There wasn't any "cheap unavoidable damage" in the games; it mostly just punished button mashing
yo what's the chair the house contractor sells that hypnos can sit in i wanna buy him a chair
Divine chaise
I mean if you dodge everything, it's doable but its gonna take a long time
having random boon (-2 options) is a huge turn off though, I think it shouldn't be part of the difficulty
well high pact makes the game frustrating as it removes a lot of options
increased difficulty is fine but as soon as you take away options whether it's -boon choice, more expensive shops or having to sell boons it takes away a good chunk of what makes roguelikes fun
Extreme measures on the other hand add content
yea some of them need to be revised
I dislike the timer and removing boon options the most
timer is just dps test which you often lack at high heats
also doesn't make sense with how random styx is
removing boon options is literally anti-drafting
heh, bc death
looking through and i dont see it in my catalog. when do you unlock the chair?
Guys can I ask a story question?
?
Spoilers okay?
not in here β€οΈ
spoilers in #h1-story-discussion
Doesn't seem active :(
Hey why is Demeter not appearing anywhere for me?
Do i have to do something to unlock her boons?
you have to reach the final boss at least once
i want to offer some feedback but haven't done so before and i dunno if theres a reliable way to word things such that i can weed through old feedback to make sure im not duplicating stuff. is it ok if i end restating prior suggestions?
thereβs been plenty and plenty of repeated suggestions, go for it
thanks!
just if youβve seen any recent ones, go ahead and give them a thumbs up or down
right ill at least browse those
Hey there everyone I'm new to the server! How do I go about being able to post in the feedback channel? I have a topic I'd like to bring up.
Itβs in the pinned messages in #hades-feedback !
The instructions to give feedback, that is
Thanks!
Guys, I'm struggling with the blade past 17 heat ever since the Divine Dash nerf. You guys got any builds to recommend?!?
Nemesis, Aphro attack with Demeter special
Bronze Skin - "Resist damage from foes' attacks"
Reduced Damage from Foes: +x%
Different League - "Resist some damage from nearby foes' attacks"
Reduced Damage from Foes: +x%
Is there any reason why these are worded differently?
i assume aphrodites only applies to melee range foes? but i dont actually know
damage vs some damage
foes' vs nearby foes' makes sense
Epic Bronze Skin is 18%
Different League vanilla is 19%
Makes sense if one is Melee vs Non-Melee
damage vs some damage doesn't
ty for the advice
I don't want to spam the Feedback channel so I thought I'd post this here as well so a discussion can be had:
Pact of Punishment: Budget Cuts
I personally disagree with the design decision on this modifier, all of the others I'm fine with. I find it lacks QoL constantly having to reset your Darkness after you remove it, and I don't really like the whole "budgeting your Darkness" feel of it. Instead of giving you a budget, I think it should just make the effects of the mirror that you have active less useful by a percentage per Budget Cuts level, maybe 20% per point, with a maximum of 4 bringing it to 80% less mirror effectiveness. This would make things like Shadow Presence only give +10% backstab damage when at full rank. Obviously just throwing around numbers here, but I feel this would be a more QoL way of implementing this mod.
Would probably have the rename it if they did change it based on this feedback, but what are your thoughts?
I like that Idea
Thanks! It's not that I find the current Budget Cuts difficult, I just hate having to use it. Going back and forth between the mirror just feels awkward. I've just finished Heat 11 so it's not from a difficult aspect that I dislike it if that's anything to go off.
i upvoted it but really just some level of good qol improvement would be enough for me. if they wanted to drop it in favor of something else thatd also be fine
but yeah i agree with the sentiment that its the most unwieldy modifier to toggle on/off
I think the only other mod I dislike is "Underworld Customs", due to it kinda being anti-fun how it can rupture a vital synergy in your build. I'd be fine with it just reverting one of your boons to Common tier or something instead. I'd rather it made something much less powerful than take it away from me.
is that the forced purge one?
Yes
i like how this idea keeps the same philosophy of forcing the player's boost/survivability from darkness to be less pronounced (which is definitely a heat modifier i believe will remain in the game through to v1.0), just in a less tedious manner
i actually use it baseline as my first few heat haha, as its not really a penalty given that you also get gold and usually have some boons you dont need/actually dont want influencing future god rng
but yeah
you can get bad rng with it where you get 3 vital components
Exactly @vast junco, I wanted to keep the feel of limiting the mirror but in a less awkward way for the player to constantly deal with.
its also more punishing specifically zone 1 than elsewhere
I had an interesting idea for a new modifier should they be open to suggestions of additional mods. Something along the lines of in a Trial of the Gods room you anger the god you don't pick and remove them from the pool entirely from the run.
Obviously you could ignore those rooms so maybe force the player through that room if/when it shows up due to the mod's effect?
i kind of feel like there should be a greater penalty baseline to those rooms so maybe just add that as is with some sort of additional benefit to help offset it is?
trial of the gods rooms are auto picks for me every time they come up
i never care about offending a god
maybe that changes in higher heat runs? (i only run around 5 at the moment)
Yeah they are kind of a no-brainer when they show up regardless of what build you are planning.
Never anger Athena while doing the deadline heat challenge. It soaks up way too much time if your build isnt strong atm.
This can be shortened to never anger Athena. Her revenge terrifies me with the constant deflects.
agreed
I don't like the Budget Cuts change idea, having to pick and choose what suits you better is more interesting gameplay to me
I mean at max rank you basically can't spend much anyway.
witg ranged weapon Athena is not a big deal. Poseidon may be a real problem
having to let a baby exalted respawn because it's immune via athena trial π
I can get max Privileged Status, 25 extra health, a death defiance, an extra cast and an extra dash
That's all I need
I like that more than a pointless 10 hp, pointless 10% damage buff, pointless 10% back stab damage
If you want a lot of useless bonuses you could always just turn on budget cuts and put a single point in almost everything
But there's a reason why that's a bad idea
I mean the idea was that it was for QoL more than anything.
QoL maybe since you wouldn't have to go back to the mirror to change
But it would make the condition even more difficult than it currently is
Yes, that was the point of the idea
Which people already complain about
Well like I said, the numbers can be tweaked. Maybe only 50% less effective at max rank.
The point was to make it so you didn't have to keep revisiting the mirror everytime you go between using Budget Cuts and not
If it's only qol, you could just have two separate darkness profiles
One restricted one not
So the player doesn't have to micro it every time
Or let them manage it right there if you choose to turn it on
Put a little hand mirror next to the gate lol
is there any point in giving a character lots of nectar
like ive given hypnos at least 6 so far to see if what would happen
Yes it increases your relationship with them. Certain characters offer things back down the line.
at the moment, a few of them will reward you at the max level of their relationship
Gives you those warm fuzzy feeling inside
so you get a second keepsake if you keep feeding them nectar?
Not exactly.
not exactly a keepsake but yeah, altho only for a select few characters
like, really, a minority of the characters
Is it me, or is adamant rail really terrible now?
I agree, I find the Rail incredibly underwhelming. I don't think I've had a run this patch I had fun with it, nor did I feel powerful at any point.
Removing it's stun leaves you open to enemy attacks so badly
I just feel that the damage is way too low per bullet at base.
Quick question, do I lose the pierced butterfly's bonus once I take it off?
I believe so yes, but I may be wrong.
yes
So i have to decide between a possible attack buff at the end, or a bonus death defiance.
Same deal with Hermes' trinket, right?
so they can be very useful im assuming, if you can reliably go fast/not get hit
Yeah they're for snowballing. The better you do, the better you will do.
im good, but I'm not THAT good. Yet
You will be. π
I checked the pool and it said I've done 50 runs. It feels like I've done SO many more.

