#h1-discussion

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idle crypt
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I'm so excited for shadow mama ❤️

dark cradle
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Yeah they're both just placeholder Shades rn

idle crypt
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egg salad

dark cradle
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Iirc even Sisyphus was a shade model at one point

idle crypt
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oh really?

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I wasn't here that early

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That's cool!

grand crystal
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so was artemis

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back before chaos like a few didnt have art

idle crypt
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Dang

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I'm so excited for the update

dark cradle
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Me too!

noble sage
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what do you guys think about any surprises we may get with the new update? Last time nobody could even guess fishing would be in

dark cradle
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I have no idea tbh

grand crystal
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yea, im always excited to see what SG will do

dark cradle
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I'm at the point where I'm done speculating and more just shivering in anticipating

idle crypt
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hahaha same

noble sage
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haha fair

grand crystal
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there sint much more they can do that i can think of but they are a great company so idk

noble sage
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I wouldn't bet against them

grand crystal
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id be satisfied with more dialouge, nyx art, new weapon

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and id love more of an ending

ornate rampart
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Artemis, Charon, Sisyphus and Nyx were all shades, Patroclus was one but with a beard haha

noble sage
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some new enemy variations could be cool also, to spice things up

grand crystal
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but im just waiting, in a lot of anticipation

dark cradle
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I want some Apollo mentions AT LEAST

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How has Artemis never commented on her brother

ornate rampart
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But the text says « a new olympian is coming »

grand crystal
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hera, apollo and hestia(??) are all that are left i think

noble sage
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because Artemis doesn't give her brother the time of day

dark cradle
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Nice

grand crystal
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dio took hestia's place so idk

dark cradle
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That was nuanced.

ornate rampart
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It’s not Hera or Hestia as Demeter says at some point that they won’t help us because they’re mad or something so yeah maybe Apollo 😍

dark cradle
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Since Apollo would be the one giving her the time of day

grand crystal
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we can only get hera and apollo because they are all that is left

ornate rampart
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Hephaestus too

noble sage
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sadly I'm going to say Hestia is unlikely, as much aa I hope it would be someday

ornate rampart
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And Hestia

grand crystal
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hephestus

ornate rampart
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Yes unfortunately :’(

grand crystal
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isnt he just forge/fire

dark cradle
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How could you forget poor Heph.

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I guess everybody does

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Poor ugly boi

grand crystal
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so we already have daedalus

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so he would have to be fire

dark cradle
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Heph would be nice because we could get 4th aspect of Vulcan

ornate rampart
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Or metalwork, he can be a support booster like Hermes

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Increasing armor

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Giving you armor even

grand crystal
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armor

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think about that

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i see that as a bit much

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i could see fire, but thats about it

noble sage
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I mean a dedicated armour god wouldn't be bad

grand crystal
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or he is just daedalus^2

noble sage
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he's also the god of stone

ornate rampart
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Maybe you get a blue heart and there’s special effects when you lose it

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So it’s not overpowered

grand crystal
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stone

noble sage
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so could do with some environmental elements

grand crystal
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time for bouldy

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bouldy

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please

noble sage
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bouldy is heph in disguise

ornate rampart
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He’s not a stone god :( that would be gaea

grand crystal
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then heph is one big boi

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??

dark cradle
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FENRIS

noble sage
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well specifically stone masonry I guess x3

dark cradle
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What if he is

ornate rampart
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He’s also the god of volcano so maybe his effect leaves lava on the ground

noble sage
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You know

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maybe he is

dark cradle
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Bouldy does give you blessings as if he were a sentient being

noble sage
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I honestly am more surprised Hera isn't in yet

grand crystal
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he is sentient

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be quiet

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bouldy is a strong independant rock

noble sage
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her whole thing is family

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and how... dysfunctional that can be

dark cradle
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Well apparently she's too busy being angry

noble sage
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wouldn't put it past her

dark cradle
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If I had to guess, it's related to the whole Persephone debacle. ||She isn't on Mt. Olympus because the other Gods don't know where she is either. Maybe Zeus turned her away and peeved her off?||

noble sage
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I mean

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when hasn't Zeus peeved her off

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xP

dark cradle
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Exactly my point

grand crystal
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id like to think that olympus is actually dysfunctional and she doesn't like that so she left

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but idk persephone's relations to the other gods besides she is demeter's kid

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who is her father??

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i forget

dark cradle
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It's Zeus.

grand crystal
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oh, ok

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nevermind

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i was thinking she is with her dad but i guess not

dark cradle
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That's just the OG myth tho

grand crystal
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wait, does persephone have dad issues like zag??

dark cradle
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Not really.

noble sage
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nah

grand crystal
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darn

noble sage
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zeus just goes around

dark cradle
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Zeus even stepped in to help during the whole thing

noble sage
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I don't think they would go with the original myth here

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besides maybe Zeus having a more keen interest to help find her

dark cradle
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Yooo

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Side tangent

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Related to new weapon

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I haven't seen it mentioned

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But Persephone frequently carried a sheath of wheat AND

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A scepter

grand crystal
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that would be interesting

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but i feel like a scythe is more likley

noble sage
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I'm putting all money on it being a scythe

grand crystal
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aspect of than here we come

noble sage
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it's the last og titan weapon

dark cradle
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I just don't know if they'd do a scythe since it's so clearly Than's weapon

grand crystal
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aspect of than!!

noble sage
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well Demeter is the only one without an aspect

dark cradle
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And who wants the weapon that ||castrated a Titan|| lol

grand crystal
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we have a spear and thats what ||hades|| usea

noble sage
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and she's part of the original titan slayers

grand crystal
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so tah obviously has no bearing

dark cradle
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Yeah but Hades' spear is a different spear and the one we're using is his OG so it's explained away as such

noble sage
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I just don't know what else Demeter could use

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we're not getting a Hestia rail situation here x3

grand crystal
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@dark cradle it being thans staple thing still shouldnt be a bearing

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we need a "heavy" weapon and that leads to things like axe or scythe

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and scythe has a bit more opprotunities

dark cradle
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Hey, I'm not going to complain if that's what it is.

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It's just not what I think it is.

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I don't know what I think it is.

noble sage
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maybe a staff of some kind if we wanna play with it

abstract fable
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hello everyone, is it a known bug that the final spear aspect special doesn't trigger support fire?

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just noticed this

dark cradle
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A scepter is a staff.

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I just think it'd be nice to have something of his ma's.

noble sage
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I'm not saying it's not possible

grand crystal
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what could you do with a sceoter besides hitting people/ magic

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i dont want a ice/fire rod situation form zelda

noble sage
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magic is a wide range of things

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x3

dark cradle
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Magic would tie into it being a possible third ranged weapon.

noble sage
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god if we do get a magic based weapon, I hope it references Hecate

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it's such a shame she didn't make the cut being one of the more prominent cthonic gods

dark cradle
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I wonder if we'll ever see any of the Titans that are still kicking around.

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Like Oceanus.

noble sage
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I doubt it

dark cradle
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Styx is technically one.

noble sage
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just because titans are a huge thing

grand crystal
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zag just says "my turn to fell a titan"

abstract fable
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I expected Cronus to show up at some point because he's pretty well known

noble sage
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also for some it really wouldn't make sense

abstract fable
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Saw a theory that maybe the narrator is a titan but I can't really see that

noble sage
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I totally could buy into that

dark cradle
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I think the narrator is somebody like Homer

grand crystal
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what if the narrator is that one prophet from the Odyssey

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i forget his name

noble sage
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especially if it's someone like Prometheus

dark cradle
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Tiresias

grand crystal
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yes

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thanks

noble sage
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who's always had a bit of a soft side

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I don't think it could be just a poet or prophet because of how omnipotent he is

dark cradle
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Maybe it'll be kept ambiguous

grand crystal
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i mean, tiresias would make sense

noble sage
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honestly they don't really have to answer it

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Actually wait

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GUYS

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what if

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the narrator is bouldy all along

grand crystal
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kshdgvi;hs

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wait

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thats great

dark cradle
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That's it.

grand crystal
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yes

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it is solved

noble sage
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totally canon now

grand crystal
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sgg better be reading this

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bouldy as narrator

noble sage
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Damnit now I spoiled it for everyone

dark cradle
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banned

noble sage
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blood and darkness

knotty epoch
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it's the supportive shade

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they've been by zag's side the WHOLE time

noble sage
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xD

abstract fable
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YES

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I want to gift ambrosia to supportive shade

noble sage
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we should be able to!

abstract fable
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same thing as bouldy

noble sage
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dedicate the victory to the shade

abstract fable
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random small buff

grand crystal
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just made a feedback comment about it

dark cradle
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Haha.

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That shade in my headcanon is Marcus Aurelius, who despite being a Roman Emperor was raised and taught by Greek tutors so he gets a pass into Elysium.

noble sage
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if the surprise for the update is we can gift the supportive shade, I would die happy

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I hope they don't ever hint on who it could be

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and we can leave it up to interpretation of the various possibilities that have made to Elysium

dark cradle
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Right.

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Whoever it was likely a great leader, though, considering they're up on the Podium area of the Colosseum they're in.

noble sage
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or they just got their ticket early xP

dark cradle
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Hahaha

noble sage
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I'm just saying

grand crystal
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i cant wait for the supportive shade to be a romance option

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just

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romance the shade

noble sage
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if they were so excited about supporting Zagreus despite being hilariously outnumbered

grand crystal
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all you get is more support

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nothing else

dark cradle
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This is a pipedream but I wonder if they'll ever do anything like an event that references the more, y'know, Roman side of Greco-Roman mythology.

noble sage
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@grand crystal You wouldn't want that

grand crystal
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ight

noble sage
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it'll be a tale of forbidden love

abstract fable
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supportive shade is heracles

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change my mind

dark cradle
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Even though the Roman side is technically the Greek side since they stole most of it.

alpine stratus
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id love a zag/suppoortive shade romance tbh..... celebrity smooch shadehearts

grand crystal
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i dont think heracles is in elysium

abstract fable
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yeah good point

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that is said in game

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forgot

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he's up on olympus because of zeus or something

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(also sorry mods)

grand crystal
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but like, wouldnt heracles be in tarturus anyway

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i think he ends there in his myth

dark cradle
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Yeah he became a God upon his demise

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BUT

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He still had a mortal aspect.

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So they sent that part of him to the Underworld.

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Its phantasm is said to eternally roam the Elysian fields.

noble sage
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going back a bit, I don't think they would touch on the Roman aspect, we're not even sure of the timeline of the game

grand crystal
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and roman is just greek

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but stolen

dark cradle
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That's literally what I said lol

grand crystal
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stupid aneas

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or whatever his name was

dark cradle
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I just like the concept of the Greek Gods having like, alternate personas for their Roman counterparts

grand crystal
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but it isnt alternate personas, they are just renamed

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besides apollo

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thats just lazy

noble sage
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they do have difference

dark cradle
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Well, not in real life.

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Hence the use of the term 'concept'.

noble sage
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generally being tougher, warlike and organised

dark cradle
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And Apollo's name stayed the same because he's probably the most important God, arguably, and the God attributed with most descriptor phrases.

noble sage
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Apollo's just a good name

dark cradle
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Healing, poetry, the sun, music and the arts, etc.

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He was the most loved.

noble sage
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don't wanna mess with what works

dark cradle
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I'm excited to see what SGG does with him.

grand crystal
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but dont all of apollos lovers like die

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in his myths

dark cradle
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Don't all of any of the Gods' lovers die in their myths lol

noble sage
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don't people die period

grand crystal
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but i mean, especially apollo

noble sage
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xD

dark cradle
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Well.

noble sage
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man I would want Apollo just to see the Apollo/Artemis duo boon interaction

dark cradle
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There was Cassandra.

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He cursed her so really that's on him.

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Because she rejected him.

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lol

grand crystal
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i fell like apollo is desperate at this point

dark cradle
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There was Daphne who was a water spirit and Apollo was being a C R E E P and constantly sexually hounding her so she begged her father to help.

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And he turned her into a laurel tree.

grand crystal
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i wouldnt be suprised if apollo made moves on zag when he gets introduced

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but i wouldnt like it

dark cradle
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And Apollo was often depicted with a crown of laurel leaves so after that he clearly was still a creep.

noble sage
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hahaha

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oh god

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can I have aphro's reaction to that pls

dark cradle
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There was Cyparissus, who was this beautiful young man.

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And Apollo liked him so much that he gave him a cute deer for a pet.

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But then Apollo slipped and accidentally killed it with a javelin as it slept under a tree.

grand crystal
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cant believe that zeus is better then apollo at "relationships"

dark cradle
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And Cyparissus was super sad and begged Apollo to let him cry forever so Apollo turned him into a tree.

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The Cypress tree, no surprise.

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Which has sap that looks like tear drops.

grand crystal
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why so many trees

noble sage
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Apollo just needs zeus as his wingman

grand crystal
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proceeds to pick up zag

dark cradle
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Then there was also Acacallis who was the daughter of King Minos.

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She had two kids with Apollo but since they were from Crete and Apollo was a foreign God, her father banished her to Libya.

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And then she later had another kid with Zeus.

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And then another kid with Hermes.

grand crystal
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yea, so apollo just struggles

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or fails

noble sage
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he's a god of poetry

dark cradle
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With Hermes her kid was Cydon who went to Crete and formed the town Cydonia.

noble sage
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not good poetry

dark cradle
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And on Crete there's a flower named after Acacallis.

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BUT

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Apollo definitely sowed his seeds.

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He had over a hundred children.

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Orpheus is one of them.

grand crystal
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then orpheus went and died

dark cradle
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Asclepius and Aristaeus too.

grand crystal
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because he messed up with eurydice

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he turned around

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at the last bit

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that dummy

noble sage
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real talk Eurydice best girl

grand crystal
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eh

noble sage
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I can see why Orpheus would go to all the trouble

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I mean cmon, making boons better is the best

grand crystal
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than best girl tho not gonna lie

dark cradle
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Artemis is best girl

grand crystal
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she is a strong independant woman

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and i appreciate that

worthy dagger
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Is it weird to think athenas best girl out of the gods

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Maybe I’m just weird : P

grand crystal
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i mean

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everyone has preferences

noble sage
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no but it will fuel the ship wars

worthy dagger
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True

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Fuels being added to the fire as we speak

noble sage
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greek fire specifically

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everyone's hot except Demeter

dark cradle
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x]

noble sage
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because she's cold

worthy dagger
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You right

iron fog
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bit late but man i feel bad for apollo

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dude is like a pandora box to relationships huh

dark cradle
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I mean.

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He had hundreds of successful romantic encounters.

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I don't think the dude is too hung up about it.

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In most of them he was actually kind of being a pressuring ***hole.

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So don't feel bad for him.

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Because of him being a jerk at least two people got turned into trees.

iron fog
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dating apollo = 10% chance of being turned into a tree

void dock
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Other plants included.

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You may have died, but at least now you get to be a pretty flower!

noble sage
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alteast he believes on going green

grand crystal
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instead of the bodies of people lets have plants

iron fog
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he breaks up with you in an eco-friendly way

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plant a tree, transmogrify your romantic partner into a tree... same thing

grand crystal
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its his arbor day routine

grand crystal
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@sonic sentinel there's a visual??

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i just go off of normal timing

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and muscle memory

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i didnt even know there was a visula and ive been a bow main since before chaos

sonic sentinel
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The line that extends when you charge. It stops extending with the bouncing shots.

knotty epoch
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there's a flash of light on the indicator for a very short amount of time when it's ready to powershot

grand crystal
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i know the flash

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but i never pay attention to the line unless im actually trying to snipe

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i just aim for like 1/2 a sec and then shoot

knotty epoch
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i always time it to the flash and not when the range reaches the end since there's a small delay on that iirc

grand crystal
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i just time it to the flash but now i dont even need that

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i just know the timing

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ive been playing thi sgame for too long

crimson void
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The only common factor in apollos failed relationships is apollo

dark cradle
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^^^^^

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Ding ding ding

civic prism
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Is there a bug report out for the collision on maps?

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Finally get a decent build with Hera Bow, and my bloodstones straight up disappeared.

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Makes Hermes' Recall Boon basically mandatory, but it's a legendary -_-

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Feelsbadman, robbed of what could've been my first victory against the final boss 😦

restive compass
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does anyone have the font of the text boxes of the dialogue?

halcyon radish
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so I have played nearly 200 hours of Hades and I just realized Artemis's hat/hair cover thing is actually her hair. I'm a special kind of stupid.

weak canyon
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no

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your not alone who thought that

halcyon radish
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Thank goodness I thought I was going crazy because I still can't unsee it being a hat or headcover.

autumn tartan
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it's her hair?!

verbal jungle
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TIL

autumn tartan
coarse junco
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Anyone having problems with updating Hades? When I try to play it say contents are still encrypted

deep pivot
coarse junco
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Got it fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling

solar coral
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Update hype train. New weapon 😮😮😮

autumn tartan
solar coral
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Exactly

lusty stump
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I forgot, how many days left before update?

wary moth
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6 days

flat vapor
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👀

wary moth
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Man, the people who dubbed This game made an incredible job, I mean god

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I love when they chat

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Also, I'm really hoping that Patroclus and Achilles get to see each other someday

autumn tartan
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Meg's voice makes me melt tbh

So does Than, just in general

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The audio work is so, so good

wary moth
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I find it perfect

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I think my favorite voice so far is Hades himself

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It's really imposing, and strong. It fits well, haha

autumn tartan
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Hades' voice is really good

signal spoke
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@lean cloud Don't dodge the swear filter please! And no, they are still available for me.

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Perhaps you are having connection issues?

lean cloud
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Another channel just disappeared.

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I took a screenshot. Give me a sec.

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Tech support just disappeared.

signal spoke
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Ah, that would be because you have the category for Hades minimized. Click the > arrow above where you see #hades-faq

lean cloud
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Woah.

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Apparently, I clicked something on my keyboard that made that happen. Weird and trippy.

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Thanks.

signal spoke
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Sure thing!

weak canyon
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i hope to god Achilles and his lover are reunited like their ashes are in a gourd.

spring plaza
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But strangely...isn't the point of the lore of this rogue-lite to never escape and a never changing much situation...like stuck in fate? If the game does have a real ending, does that even make sense? Unless it is unlocked in Hell mode, maximum heats as you beat the ultimate odds and become a true hero...

I may say in such case, I will never see the ending though

lusty stump
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The ending is not complete, as not all components of it are out so we have to wait what they will offer.

wary moth
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Hey, who is the "supportive shade"?

night turret
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Supportive Shade is... Himself!

wary moth
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I'm trying my hardest to remember who on tartarus is that

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I don't know if I'm tired or just confused, but how come I have never reached them? I have over 60 hours of gameplay, oof thanthink

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Wait

night turret
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Theseus's arena in the top corner

wary moth
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Yeah, I was about to say that, hahah
I've never realised he was there!

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Oof, my bad

lusty stump
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The red supportive shade! They actually can be seen even preparing Zagreus posters in Bull's chamber.

wary moth
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Oooh

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Detais!

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Man, next time I'm on a run, I'll definetly play close attention to that

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I'm usually hella focused on giving my best shot

lusty stump
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They can't be seen, but the poster is up there!

mental sleet
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UPDATE HYPE

hidden geode
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A week has never felt so long

tiny crag
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yeah T_T

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6 more days...

night turret
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Are you ready for the new update just utterly wreck everything untill you cant even play this because so much things changed?

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Yeeee me neither.

unreal otter
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Is there a consensus opinion on what the new weapon will be?

night turret
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No.

unreal otter
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Aah okay

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I'm not sure if they're a significant weapon in Greek mythology but I'm hoping for some gauntlets

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Do some punching

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But then again we do have exagryph so sticking to the Canon doesn't seem top priority lol

river socket
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if it's a melee weapon i hope it's either really fast or cant be canceled by getting hit

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the sword special tilts me

unreal otter
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Sword special with Athena's deflect boon makes you almost invincible

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Then ya add a hermes boon for faster specials and it's game over super fast

wet reef
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Wait what Sword special and Athena's deflect work well together? I always assumed they had bad synergy lmao

cold wraith
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bare hands would be a fun final weapon

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punches, kicks, maybe even a grapple

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let me suplex the elysians

timber quarry
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a whip?

night turret
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Meg would not let us smear titan blood on her favourite whip i'm like 147% sertain.

deep pivot
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@wet reef it’s actually a defensive synergy. Makes clearing crowded rooms a bit safer and you have a deflect AoE squirtnya

wet reef
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maybe we'll find the secret fourth whip that belongs to the fury sister who would have punished people with an attitude but kinda lost her job because she would have had to punish everyone in the underworld

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actually the last weapon belongs to the final god who fought against the Titans right?

timber quarry
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maybe Nemesis?

wet reef
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I think we already have a nemesis aspect on uuuh

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shield?

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no thats chaos

timber quarry
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im not sure

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i know in GM she has a dagger and a whip

wet reef
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I'm certain we already have Nemesis

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I'll boot up and take a look

timber quarry
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just checked its on the blade

wet reef
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Oh yeah right

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Did Demeter fight against the Titans?

timber quarry
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Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon i think. that was from a quick wikipedia scan

wet reef
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Hades took the Spear, Poseidon the Blade

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wait that would leave one weapon open then right? Probably the Bow I assume

timber quarry
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Zeus has the shield

wet reef
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right the bow belonged to his wife

timber quarry
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Hera

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Hestia has Rail

unreal otter
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Nemesis aspect is on sword

timber quarry
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Demeter has a scythe or sickle since she is the god of harvest which was apparently molded from cronus' scythe

unreal otter
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Oh woops didn't see your message harbor

jade grove
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Apparently Demeter also had a torch...

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Either way, I hope we can float.

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I'll accept a scythe that we can float with, like Than, and throw at things.

novel wasp
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i require update

night turret
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Don't we all?

karmic oasis
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@jade grove You dare stray from our fire torch wand agreement?

jade grove
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I'll be slightly disappointed, but it's the next best thing

karmic oasis
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Never surrender!

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6 days is plenty of time to force SG to utterly change all designs if its not a floating flamethrower device thing

novel wasp
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Minecraft torch

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thats the new weapon

karmic oasis
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As long as I can burninate the countryside while moving, I will be happy

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I dont care if it looks like a my little pony

night turret
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Have mercy on those guys who need to playtest all that.

timber quarry
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pouring gasoline in the underworld

merry harbor
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Aren't WE the playtesters?

timber quarry
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...neat

night turret
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Kinda, but I'm pretty sure there is some hidden circle of nerds who get to play something utterly broken and report on that.

timber quarry
#

we need to find their parent's basement

tiny crag
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AAA studios typically hire specialized companies that provide playtesters, if not done in house

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Not sure how a smallish studio like supergiant does it though

karmic oasis
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They usually hire playtesters, or invite community members to play test it.

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very small indie devs usually do it themselves, and then have friends do it, or put it up online and have suckers like us hardcore fans do it.

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Now we have the concept of Early Access, but back in the day it was Beta testers. But to get to that level, its already been playtested to death

timber quarry
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having a game early access gives the developers more freedom when it comes to changing mechanics because the 'early access' term means that a large amount of the content could be subject to change.

karmic oasis
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Right, we aren't "playtesters" in the strict definition, we are more like beta testers back in the day. God that makes me feel old.

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we are determining how the make the game enjoyable, and our feedback represents a more balancing effect, sometimes picking off bugs etc etc. Playtesters are actively trying to BREAK the game. Not just, Dionysus is OP, nerf please, but "When I got to step 10 on the dionysus playtest checklist, when I used poison on X enemy while in Y position, the game crashed. I was able to repeat this 10042 our o 11054 times

halcyon radish
#

Yikes, professional playtesting sounds intense and kind of tedious too

karmic oasis
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any playtesting is intense and tedious

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Its not a pleasant job. Its not really: here play this game and let us know what you think!

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its, here is this small portion of the game, Mr/Ms Playtester ID#40054, follow this procedure and checklist and meticulously write down every reaction (not your opinion, just write it down), and do this THOUSANDS of times

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AAA game playtesting is usually the worst, but if you are a small but significant indie studio, I would imagine it might be even worse due to budget constraints raising the overall amount of gameplay responsibility you might have a playtester.

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there is scaling though, AAA games get ripped to shreds for bugginess, but smaller dev teams bugs are considered a natural part of the evolution of their games. All games are judged by their bugginess though.

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Maybe SG will chime in on that aspect, its always an interesting subject to me. I never playtested, the most involved I got in development was beta testing (one time an alpha-ish test, I barely remember the experience). But I do know people who have, and their discussions (that they can have at the time) were very interesting. Not interesting enough for me to quit my job and do that instead though lmao.

marsh jackal
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How would you rank spear aspects?

halcyon radish
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My own personal tastes is literally in the order that it appears in, with Zag being the best aspect for me, and Guan being the worst.

timber quarry
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yh, that would seem stressful for both playtesters and developers because one is under a heavy microscope while the other party has to blaze through entertainment to meet a deadline. also i dont have all the aspects so i cant be the judge on which spear is best.

lusty stump
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Guan Yu>Archilies>Zag>Hades

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for me at least

halcyon radish
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is Guan really that good?

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I found it nice to raise the difficulty with

karmic oasis
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I like Zag>Achilles>Guan Yu>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hades

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Guan Yu might get better when I play with it more, but I have too much fun with Zag and Achilles so far.

lusty stump
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Guan Yu is only great at level 5, otherwise yes it is sucky. You learn to dodge more with it, stick to special and use other attacks only if you need to replenish health.

halcyon radish
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hmmmm I might pick it up again my next run and slap some titan blood on it.

flat vapor
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guan yu > the rest

marsh jackal
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I haven't tried guan yu yet but so far I like achilles > zag > hades

achilles damage boost allows your attack to actually pack a punch/your cast without risking that much if you throw a spear you can wait for enemies to throw attacks at you then dash right next to them and unleash a flurry of attacks the only thing I don't like about it is I wish the buff lasted longer than it does

While the range and animation speed is nice on zag, it still has that awkward hiccup when you retrieve it which causes a poorly timed retrieval to make yo uget hit, the damage boost isn't much of an increase either especially when you have other special increases at 60% and those weapons have higher base damage

hades requires you to charge the attack which takes a while, and has typically puny range which makes taking fast enemies from heat a terrible choice and usually that's an easy 3 heat

sleek juniper
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Achilles is good for cast builds too; it gives higher damage bonus for your casts than poseidon or eris.

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I don't like the special on spear that much other than applying status; and guan yu.

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Guan yu special usually is my main dps. It makes the spear fun for me.

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And i agree with the hiccup. I wish that was eliminated; then i would like the spear much more. Something responsive like rail attack. It would make achilles work like i would like it to; for long range dashing.

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Also; for all aspects i think the spin attack is not bad. It's a little bit too slow even with the hammer upgrade. I would be fine if spin damage was cut in half and the base chargeup time was half too.

brisk trail
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Guan-Yu special is super strong, not only for it’s base damage and AoE, but also for the fact that it ditches the retrieval part, making it much more spammable. The spin is healing, occasionally.

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Also Achilles LOVES Athena, either for the cast or the attack for spins

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Quick Spin Aphro/Athena/Artemis builds are all totally viable on Guan Yu.

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Yeah, but you need the hammers

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If anything, hybrids are an option

marsh jackal
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also the one hammer I really wanna try on achilles is triple dash attack, especially if I get artemis dash

brisk trail
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Triple dash is iffy on higher heats, but on the lower ones I could see it being fun

craggy tapir
#

Sorry if this has been asked before but what is the current state of the game? Is it pretty balanced right now? Are their massive important segments of the game missing? Or is it just additional content being added on? Should I wait until it's out of early access or just hop in now?

brisk trail
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I've done Serrated edge with Hades Aspect on 15/20 Heat before.

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The full game structure is in place, the story is still pretty far-from-finished.

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^

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But the last few updates will probably be devoted to putting the story into place, so the game is very close to finished.

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Also the upcoming update adds more stuff

marsh jackal
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The balance is pretty fair the only time you have hiccups is when you mess with really high difficulties which are 1 completely optional and 2 aren't likely to be content you'd choose to experience early on into playing hades

craggy tapir
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Thanks for the responses I appreciate it. 👍🏿

brisk trail
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Like the heat system needs some adjustement, and there are debates about the aspects of the weapons, but outside of that balance is ok

solar scarab
sleek juniper
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I reflect the sentiment of @marsh jackal regarding issues in the game; most of the time not worth bickering about but technically you should since you are a beta tester now. The game is a great game; the storyline is developed well (up until where they say more content will come) and the gameplay is already the best roguelike i played.

humble pulsar
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Serrated Edge is fun but you've gotta have a good understanding of the dash distance and it's reduction to use it without getting yourself killed.

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It's a big damage buff though

brisk trail
#

Hunter Dash, Deadly Strike, Aspect of Hades.

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If you're lucky enough to get Greatest Reflex, rejoice in your hilariously busted run.

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Otherwise, pray for Drift Dash, and learn to use it because you are stuck in the triple strike for a hot minute.

old coral
#

Any guesses on the new weapon? I think it will be a big and slow hammer

novel wasp
#

its my turn on asking the new weapon

worldly prism
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A whip

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Or a magic thing

marsh jackal
#

What if we get a wand?

potent silo
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yess

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battle with minotaur and spear dude is over

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pog

gray sun
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Eh, but I don't really see Demeter wielding a hammer though

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Plus the shield already kinda fills the niche of blunt force trauma weapon

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My theory is still that it'll ranged, probably a Torch/flamethrower

dark cradle
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Well if we're basing it on the OG Titan slaying weapons and it specifically says another 'Titan slaying weapon' in the update teaser, then it's likely a scythe.

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I want it to be a scepter but I'll be happy with whatever.

gray sun
#

I mean, I don't recall the legend of Hestia with a machine gun

dark cradle
#

No, but you can stretch the whole 'flame of the hearth' and 'fire coming out of a pot' thing and say that's essentially what a gun is.

potent silo
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died instantly on the next floor

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lol

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guys

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thoughts about Fated Authority?

marsh jackal
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Don’t like it

dark cradle
#

I love it lol

merry harbor
#

It's fantastic but could use an in-game explaination about the reroll possibility being split between perma rewards and ones for your current run.

dark cradle
#

Does anybody know what the mirror cap on them is

marsh jackal
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I’d suggest saving it for styx (i tried it after someone mention it) you can gurantee a solid amount of boons that way

dark cradle
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I saw somebody that had 7 and I wasn't sure if it was modded or not

merry harbor
marsh jackal
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It’s not

dark cradle
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Oh dang.

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I'm only at 5 and it's a huge Darkness sink

marsh jackal
#

I’m currently at 6 and I could upgrade it to 7 but it’s like 50k to upgrade

merry harbor
#

It is The darkness sink right now.

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Like it's ridiculous

marsh jackal
#

Yeah I remember back when I thought the god rarity was a darkness sink

dark cradle
#

It's not too bad once you get the upgrade that has Key pick ups give you one.

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I typically save it for Styx as well then burn them all trying to get Boons on every door

marsh jackal
#

I usually save Cerberus heart (if elite door) everything else boon town

dark cradle
#

How is everybody doing on Streaks?

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I'm on a streak of seven rn and almost too afraid to do another run.

merry harbor
#

I got up to 9 once, realized I was running out of dialogue because I hadn't died often enough, and shelved my pride to go do risky stuff and forget about keeping one.

river socket
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i think im on 5

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i usually lose my streak when i try using the sword

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or guan yu

dark cradle
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I wish I had tried for Streaks earlier lol I'm getting into high heats now and it's making it 2spook

marsh jackal
#

My highest is 12 and I’m somewhere around 10

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I lost my streak with sword

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What heat are you at right now cale?

dark cradle
#

I'm only at 8 ;;

iron fog
#

i have managed 10 streaks then lost it on next run with those damn

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satyrs

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middle management in the styx tunnels /stares into distance

marsh jackal
#

My trick is burst first one as hard as possibly and then use companion on second

unique crescent
#

I had a streak of like 25 back when heat became what is it now

marsh jackal
#

Yeah that’s what’s happening to me right now

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That 12 streak was the heat change lost once and now I’m on about 10

delicate arrow
#

Guys, daily reminder that if youre going to invest in a cast build, make sure a tier 1 cast is obtainable

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I'm at Elysium with nothing but hunters dash, fully loaded, dual shot and snow burst

jade grove
#

F

delicate arrow
#

Didn't manage to get slicing shot

#

2nd Ares boon, still nothing.

#

Got ravenous will.... Still nothing..

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At this point I'm just going to go true shot

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With no crit on me

#

Finally found patty

plush pike
#

I believe in you, friend

delicate arrow
#

I'm so done.

#

Going to Hades with 2 DD kekw

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Oh now I find 2 Ares boons

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At STYX

#

Honestly if I get heroic cast all this hassle was worth

#

Nope

#

Lost all dd

#

I FOUND SLICING SHOT

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FINALLY

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JESUS CHRIST

brisk trail
#

But do you have Hunting Blades yet?

delicate arrow
#

Nope.

#

I can't get it

agile saddle
#

@delicate arrow last boss is spoilers

delicate arrow
#

I'm on heat 13 with Hera bow.

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And heat 9 with Guan yu

brisk trail
#

Good luck!

delicate arrow
#

Gonna need it for sure

#

Imma get Demeter boon and leave

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Hopefully legendary

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Oh nvm can't get Demeter boon kekw

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Will just get pom and gas

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I died

covert current
#

ah quick question

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so Meg came into my room

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and said something about her sister

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sisters*

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some crap

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and some hearts started to shoot

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what does that mean

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like the hearts at the top

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went pew pew pew

brisk trail
#

You can now romance Meg if you so desire.

covert current
#

oh so now

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those pew pew pew things

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meant its all cool

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and i didnt blow it up?

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and that is the reason to stay till 3 am?

remote moat
#

There is no blowing up

terse holly
#

||huh is Demeter Zagreus' aunt ingame?||

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||she is sibling to zeus-hades-poseidon||

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||also she is mother to persephone with zeus apparently||

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oh boi weird family tree

plush dagger
#

@terse holly the actual answer is a big part of her story and also a spoiler, but in case you don't mind ||she's the mother of Persephone, and Zagreus' grandmother, but she's unaware of the latter. She's also the foster sibling of Zeus/Hades/Poseidon, so she THINKS she's Zagreus' foster aunt. And no, she's mother to Persephone with an unnamed farmer, who was mortal.||

terse holly
#

i got it from wikipedia but okay

plush dagger
#

forgot to mention that this is all ingame, I don't know the actual myths shadesmile

terse holly
#

||so that makes zagreus...3/4 a god||

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||yeah in myth zeus is married to hera who is also his sibling||

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||and athena is an autonomous head protuberation from zeus||

dark cradle
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||They navigated the whole incest thing with Persephone being the child of Zeus and Demeter and had her instead be the daughter of Demeter and a mortal fisherman.||

calm laurel
#

Yeah...

carmine pecan
#

how many days away now

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😳

dark cradle
#

Six.

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It's up next Wednesday.

calm laurel
#

👀

chilly stump
#

Five days actually, in PST! Tuesday March 10th. 💃

uncut gazelle
#

Crap. Update in five days, Nioh 2 in eight
And I'm hip deep in FF 14 right now -.-

onyx elk
#

Do i get pyre if i purchased Hades?

civic prism
#

I don't think so

onyx elk
#

i thought i read something like that here, but steam says otherwise so i guess no

vocal thorn
#

There was a promotion a while ago about that, but it's been gone for a while

onyx elk
#

Oh, thanks

vocal thorn
#

I had the game at the time of the promotion, but I guess I didn't understand how the promotion worked, because I never got the copy of Pyre

brisk trail
#

You should have received a giftable copy in your inventory.

vocal thorn
#

oh, it's there lol. Thanks

deep pivot
#

Coffee can spread some Pyre love friendly

remote moat
#

Damn

#

I am so hyped

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For the update

covert current
#

4 more days

remote moat
#

Got 50 keys and like 30 blood ready for the weapon

marsh jackal
#

Wait I just looked up the rewards for fishing did you know you can get diamons/titans blood/ambrosia if you do it in Chaos?

lusty stump
#

Yeah. I mean no wonder. Chances of fish spot in Chaos place are quite rare.

night turret
#

2

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T W O P E R S E N T C H A N C E

wary moth
#

Wait I just looked up the rewards for fishing did you know you can get diamons/titans blood/ambrosia if you do it in Chaos?
@marsh jackal I got a Titan Blood last time!! But I've already made over 50 runs and I've only managed to get a fish from there literally once

deep pivot
#

It be like that failbag

deep pivot
#

It’s not my run and it also hurts me

night turret
#

That would be an extra OOOF and a half if it had a Fated List scroll-mark.

forest wave
#

Can someone tell me, what to do, if I found a bug, but did not know I can F10 and so just made a foto? O.o

night turret
#

ehhh I would try to recreate it, because then you F10 it apparently sends a savefile with it.

forest wave
#

sounds like the best I could do, ty

brisk trail
#

Anybody received an email today for the translation/localization?

novel wasp
#

@quaint sundial tfw chaos legendary should be an exception when you got full defiance

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it should reward you for getting the rng in the first place, and being good enough to not spend the defiance aka experienced players

#

tbh what if for a fun hidden buff of if you have 3 defiance each boon roll has a hidden 0.1% increase in getting the legendary

deep pivot
#

0.1% is really minor thanthink

sleek juniper
#

About no-choice; the game is seeded so the crossed out choices show you what it would be without the no-choice; so you can restart with lower heat if you want.

proud silo
#

Is it normal some characters no longer have voices? Or is it a glitch?

#

only my character actually has a voice anymore

trim surge
#

no choice shouldn't be a thing

#

same goes for customs (although you get some gold back) and increased prices

#

those aren't about increasing difficulty as much as they are about substracting content/fun imo

#

the loss aversion kicks in

knotty epoch
#

no choice is only less fun because you can see what you lose out on

#

if you don't see it, you don't actually lose anything, and it's just RNG

trim surge
#

well you lose one option so yes you're still losing

knotty epoch
#

it won't feel like it though

#

it'd feel about the same as getting 3 random choices, but yk with only 1

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it's getting 1 "choice" vs losing 2 choices

trim surge
#

I'd rather have some sort of "chaos curse" downside (drawbacks) rather than less stuff in general

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through pact

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boons of blue/purple/legendary/duo would have chaos drawback for X encounters

knotty epoch
#

you realize that chaos curses are still technically "less stuff", right?
-5 hp on attack = don't use attack, etc.

trim surge
#

ye and they're bad, they should have cooldown instead of hp cost

#

there's a cooldown on chaos cast downside

#

should be that instead of -hp on attack which translates as "don't attack"

river socket
#

u cant get killed by that though, so just atk normally and dont get hit squirtheh

delicate arrow
#

you realize that chaos curses are still technically "less stuff", right?
-5 hp on attack = don't use attack, etc.
Guan yu

olive lake
#

Hi, I have a question regarding the OST in general
I was wondering what instrument were used in songs like Good Riddance/From Olympus/Lament of Orpheus
My guess would be an acoustic guitar but the sound is so peculiar, I'm kind of doubting it's right
It doesn't really sound like an actual lyre, maybe a bouzouki or something, does anyone know ?

delicate arrow
#

@river socket you play bow don't you

river socket
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i try to use all weapons

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when i tested that i was using bow yea

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i had hera aspect and couldnt use atk

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had nothing for special

delicate arrow
#

F

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Just assumed you use Chiron bow since you're an ezreal main

river socket
#

oh

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im not an ezreal main

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i just like the name

drowsy jungle
#

Hi, I have a question regarding the OST in general
I was wondering what instrument were used in songs like Good Riddance/From Olympus/Lament of Orpheus
My guess would be an acoustic guitar but the sound is so peculiar, I'm kind of doubting it's right
It doesn't really sound like an actual lyre, maybe a bouzouki or something, does anyone know ?

marsh jackal
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@olive lake @drowsy jungle I think they use a lute

olive lake
#

That's what I thought at first too but it doesn't really sound like one imo

marsh jackal
#

If it isn’t a lute I’m tapped out of older sounding guitars, haven’t gotten to that point in my music class

olive lake
#

This is why I was suggesting an actual guitar, which it does sound like most of the time haha, thanks anyway!

marsh jackal
#

I mean they very well could be using a lute and a guitar for songs

olive lake
#

Yeah they could, it just doesn't sound like a lute to me, there's a certain "sharpness" that isn't typical of the lute but I could be wrong

knotty epoch
#

other than typical instruments there are a 12-stringed guitar, a mandolin, and a lute-type instrument

marsh jackal
#

It’s possible they modified the lute sound to make it sharper so it doesn’t clash with a guitar too

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I don’t know pm darren korb

knotty epoch
olive lake
#

Oh, well that kind of answers it lol

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Now I need to determine which ones are used in these specific songs, but at least that narrows it down, thanks
Edit: Sounds like the instrument I was looking for is a Tanbur

drowsy jungle
#

thanks for your answers

river socket
#

how many days til update again? i cant open the game rn to check

delicate arrow
#

im not an ezreal main
Oh lol

worthy dagger
#

The updates on Tuesday

river socket
#

ty

radiant dune
#

Looks like the new weapon are some kind of throwing daggers /shurikens according to the pic?! Cool

finite jacinth
#

Aspect of Samurai Jack

grand crystal
#

@radiant dune according to the pic?? where on the pic??

river socket
#

what pic

radiant dune
#

in the announcemnents right

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u see a hand on the right with something she's throwing in the air

grand crystal
#

@river socket in announcments

radiant dune
#

or am i going crazy xD

river socket
#

isnt that the new god?

grand crystal
#

no thats nyx i think

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the nyx art

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because the only major god that they have not denied and that is left is apollo

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but her hand thats just her hand

radiant dune
#

yeah but above it u see something like she's throwing up in the air

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or is that from her robe or something

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xD..

grand crystal
#

it looks like its connected to her robe

river socket
#

looks like it's from her robe

grand crystal
#

the shoulder bit

river socket
#

yea it's similar in both sides

grand crystal
#

so nyx art i hope will be cool

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and now all we need is charon art

finite jacinth
#

inb4 skelly, but with glowing eyes

vocal thorn
#

The devs said Hera wouldn’t be one of the Olympian gods in the game?

agile saddle
#

I mean she doesn't really have any abilities associated with her? would be kind of hard to come up with a boon concept for her

karmic oasis
#

What, family values and bearing children isn't powerful enough for you?

tall cloak
#

they're adding a weapon this update, right? it was stygian poseidon, varatha hades, aegis zeus, coronacht hera, and hestia rail, so that leaves the last weapon to be demeter's?

agile saddle
#

I mean there are still a few gods they haven't touched on so if they end up adding another Olympian they have options

karmic oasis
#

The powers of guilt are the strongest in all the cosmos

agile saddle
#

Not every God has a weapon aspect

karmic oasis
#

No, but 5/6 of the OG olympians do

tall cloak
#

no, i'm listing out the gods who originally fought the titans in hades

karmic oasis
#

all thats missing is Demeter

tall cloak
#

ok, so it is demeter

karmic oasis
#

the rest are their children... sort of

agile saddle
#

And then Guan Yu

karmic oasis
#

Except Aphrodite... sort of

tall cloak
#

just trying to imagine what weapon it'd be

agile saddle
#

I really hope the final aspects for all the weapons are gods from different pantheons I think that would be cool

tall cloak
#

the aspects don't have to be gods though, as demonstrated by achilles and guan yu

#

nemesis is also not a god right...if i remember right

agile saddle
#

I guess it's more like mythological beings

tall cloak
#

if we go by the pattern so far, the god aspect is the third one (and the "original") while the rest just seems like choices they pick

karmic oasis
#

The aspects seem to follow this naming trend (fourth one is of course a sample of one so who knows):

tall cloak
#

if they do go elsewhere with the fourth one it'd be cool, yeah

karmic oasis
#

Zag > Minor god/major hero > OG Olympian > Non-greek mythological figure

agile saddle
#

Like Rama aspect for bow or Arthur for sword

tall cloak
#

i feel like guan yu was kinda shoehorn in though; like if they did it for every weapon at once it wouldn't feel so weird personally (though i guess that is the downside ofthe game being in early access)

karmic oasis
#

Sword: Zag>Nemesis>Poseidon>???

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Spear: Zag > Achilles > Hades > Guan Yu

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etc etc

cold wraith
#

although idk how they’ll fit in a gun with a mythical hero

karmic oasis
#

Aspect of Schwarzenegger

tall cloak
#

i guess it depends on how far back you're going, right?

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gunpowder and guns have been around for a while

agile saddle
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Billy the Kid rail aspect XD

karmic oasis
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Also, this game does not have to follow a timeline. The gods are eternal after all

cold wraith
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gunpowder sure, but guns themselves are a bit muddy depending on how you define gun

tall cloak
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oh sure; guan yu does not come before the ancient greeks

cold wraith
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like does a fire lance count

tall cloak
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the issue is how far back (from us) we're looking at here

dire cedar
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Guan Yu is from like

tall cloak
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it's very hard to narratively prop up a recent figure as mythical

karmic oasis
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It could be modern, the weapons themselves are ethereal, unbound to time and space

dire cedar
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1000 years after Greek

karmic oasis
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I mean I totally agree with that, theres not a lot of mythical heroes who have wielded a gun lol

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We do have plenty of legendary gunslingers though

dire cedar
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they can go with some funny movie references

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or make it more serious

cold wraith
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they could maybe have it skinned as a crossbow for a legendary crossbow user

dire cedar
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there was not so many legendary crossbow user's

karmic oasis
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Aspect of Skurge lmao

agile saddle
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Robin Hood Bow XD

tall cloak
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that seems too close to the bow side then

dire cedar
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Aspect of Guts

tall cloak
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robin hood bow aspect would be super cool

agile saddle
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A bow that has a chance to take gold from enemies

cold wraith
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repeating crossbow would still be distinct i guess but that’s chinese again so less variety

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i assume guan yu is chinese at least

karmic oasis
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Aspect of Skurge: The Rail is now two handed, Left hand is Des, right hand is Troy

dire cedar
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yeah

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yes general from China

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from Three Kingdoms period

agile saddle
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Just make all the aspects Chinese will just turn into dynasty warriors

dire cedar
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Miyamoto Musashi aspect of Sword

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dual wielding on special

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there are so many great heroes

cold wraith
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tbh wikipedia's list of mythical weapons has a ton of good stuff

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also realising just how much fire emblem rips off myths, knew they had some but didn't realise it was everything

dire cedar
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they have nearly unlimited possibilities

old coral
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patch today?

alpine stratus
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nope! tuesday

grand crystal
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cant wait

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still think the wep is going to be a scythe

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unless we get like a gun sword or something

olive lake
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I second the scythe

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at least I really hope so

grand crystal
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it would be cool if the different weapons could have skins from the other sggs

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like the sword gets a transistor skin

olive lake
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There could be the Chronos and Thanatos aspects

grand crystal
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and demeter, kinda

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cuz you know, harvest

olive lake
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Oh yeah right, no idea if she actually uses one but it does make sense

grand crystal
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im still going to never forget that you threw the machete in bastion

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and i still think why the sword for hades cant do that

olive lake
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Because with the Poseidon aspect, it's already a cast/ranged oriented weapon I guess lol

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Well, you have the option to go ranged at least

grand crystal
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but i want zag to chuck the sword

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even though its almost the size of him

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id love to see him just throw it

oak fox
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Fist weapon 😈

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👊

cold wraith
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fist weapon but it makes your fists like rayman so you can punch from across the map

raw swan
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Only half a week left

warm halo
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Does anyone know if Athena legendary boon is bugged or if you need a prerequisite boon to get it? Been trying to get it for about 8 hours of game play with her keepsake maxed out the whole time. Just had a run where I picked her up 8 times through the run and still nothing. Dont know if im just absurdly unlucky or what

flat vapor
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you need a basic deflect boon plus brilliant riposte as the prereqs to her legendary

warm halo
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that would prolly be it then. Never take that boon. Thanks for the info 😄

alpine sparrow
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bouldy can we get that update now im like waiting

proud orbit
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the wait never ends

pliant dagger
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Imagine if SGG made plush toys/keychains of the companions..like a little battie or mort

trail void
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They could have my money if they did that

west chasm
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So i just noticed that Than's shoulder accessory, 3 wings, is made as a counterpart to Zag's cerberus skull shoulder piece

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You learn something new everyday huh

novel wasp
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@west chasm do you mean pauldron

west chasm
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Yeah that

mint scaffold
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The devs were pretty cool to look up Greek myth and implement it into their designs.

west chasm
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Yeah, the greeks surely did not make those iterations as flashy tho

midnight bay
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We’re talking about merch and I just want a nice figure of Zag for my desk or something

modern garnet
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I wonder if anyone's mocked up a zag funko

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I know there's been some funko mock ups of... other characters but

west chasm
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Imagine buying funkos

midnight bay
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I’m not too big on the funkos either. They have their place but I think the aesthetic kind of ruins a lot of cool character designs. I’d prefer something more akin to a Zagreus amiibo

uncut gazelle
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amiibos are pretty legit even if you don't have a switch, IMO
They make for decent figures on their own, especially for the price they go for

rotund finch
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I like funkos cause they have them for SO many series and things that might not have figures otherwise and they all match too so completely different things like an anime one, and game one and a movie one can all go next to one another without looking as crazy. Though I agree the look isn't the best and the designs can get butchered they at least of recognizable for the most part LOL

pliant dagger
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Do we know how many more updates the devs have planned before leaving early access?

west chasm
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Funko's issue is that they don't work with most human shaped characters nor anything with a naked human-like face

flat vapor
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@pliant dagger nothing specific, just that 1.0 release will be the latter half of this year

tacit ledge
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Funkos come down whether you like the design or not, by simplifying it like they did its super easy for them to get as many characters as possible. Personally not a fan of the design, feels like they cut too much emotion from the figures, I'd rather get a nendoroid of Zag. Nendoroids even with their chibi design still feel like they captured what the character is about and not just what they look like

keen shadow
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Hello everyone, I need help from a fellow Hades player. My PC crashed, and apparently Epic store doesn't do cloud saves. So I've lost my save that I put 67H in, and that hurts badly. 😦 I had pretty much everything unlocked. I had unlocked all abilities in the mirror (except for Fated Authority which had i unlocked but 0 darkness on it), I had spent quite a lot on lounge renovations, had 2 familiars and several weapons aspect maxxed out, ...

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So I'm asking for help, would anyone be willing to share their saves with me so I can copy it on my drive ? I can't see myself grinding for 67h again

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and in case anyone think I'm lying and just want to skip the grind, I can prove what I'm saying, since I was streaming myself playing the game this week, so I can show you a VoD on Twitch of me playing at heat 16, with a familiar and a lot of decorations in the lounge

sharp parcel
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only 4 days left till the new weapon drops!

plush dagger
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it's a flail, but with bouldy attached to the chains bouldy

sharp parcel
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Bouldy? Chained? Impossible bouldy

uncut gazelle
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Bouldy is chained, and should it come unchained then olympus itself will quake at its fury

dusk night
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is anyone elses game suddenly locked at 60PFS?

cold wraith
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did vsync get turned on or something

dusk night
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right maybe

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but my refresh rate is 144

remote lily
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But the vsync still does lower to to 60. I turned it off and have 90+, it lowered frames to 30

wet reef
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Bouldy off the string what crimes will he commit

jade grove
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lol

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new weapon is just boulder

dusk night
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seems strange cause i havent changed any of my settings

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only just started happening today

jade grove
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Aspect of Katamari

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It needs to be bigger, yes?

dusk night
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ive fixed it now tho

jade grove
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aspect of katamari would be hilarious, tbh

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I'd play it

wet reef
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when you equip it the music slightly changes and gets louder the more enemies you kill with the boulder special "roll up"

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Aspect of the Prince: After rolling up a certain number of enemies the special will summon the King of all Cosmos to be very weirdly condescending towards you

jade grove
sturdy elbow
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hi guys : )

sturdy elbow
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i love this game so far wow

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the main characters voice is making me question my sexuality 😳

wet carbon
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wait until you find out he also voices skelly

orchid pagoda
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What?!

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Also, Hypnos' chair looks so good.

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I wouldn't mind having it myself.

fallen bramble
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Is it too soon to ask patch when?

lusty stump
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uh in 4 days I think it is?

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And yeah Zagreus is voiced by Darren Korb, the same guy who voices Skelly, makes the music and such!

sturdy elbow
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wow lol

royal fern
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I'm sure I'm not the first one to suggest this, but when Hades is complete can we rally for a spinoff dating sim?

sturdy elbow
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oh boy

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i'm down

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this games soundtrack is bomb

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very nice

deep pivot
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Yes!

cursive steppe
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Welcome to the party squirtheh

sharp parcel
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pretty sure Pyre was a dating sim of sorts already

royal fern
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maybe, but Pyre didn't have dusa

cold wraith
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pyre dlc for dusa

livid cargo
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dusa spinoff game when

terse holly
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feather and stone

civic prism
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Pyre didn't have Artemis or Aphrodite xD

humble sage
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is it just me or hydra nerfed ?

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like it feels less aggresive GWsabianPepoHmm

old coral
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what time today is the patch?

merry harbor
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Not today, in a few days.

errant torrent
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i was being surprised there for a minute.

solar scarab
flat vapor
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when the day comes, probably some time later in the day, there's no specific time

opaque nexus
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Hades already is a dating sim

verbal jungle
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The best dating sim I've ever played! Its also apparently a roguelite dungeon hack and slash but meh shadesmile

wet reef
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So we have
An endearing humming simulator with a new tactics oriented action game attached to it
A great visual novel with some fantasy rugby elements
And now a dating sim with a few roguelite elements

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in what way will SGG surprise us after Hades?

austere gazelle
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A narrative driven shopkeeper simulator with elements of jet-ski surfing

west chasm
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An FPS with chess elements

vague perch
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I'm very probably going to buy Hades when the update drops. I really want to play it instead of just watching people, lol. I love the greek themes and the gameplay just seems really fun. And I just love roguelites

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I'm hyped to see the new content

verbal jungle
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I say buy it now and enjoy!

sharp parcel
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no point rushing it

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I saw Hades on a stream as well

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bought it a week later

vague perch
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Don't have the money 😅 getting my allowance soon.

sharp parcel
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sank over a 100 hours now, it's great

verbal jungle
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That's fair!

vague perch
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I can imagine

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Also the designs are great, so I make drawings of it a lot currently

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Trying for at least 1 per day right now. But did some more than that at first

sharp parcel
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oh? Maybe drop some of that good stuff at #fan-works !

vague perch
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Have been doing that

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I make the bad ms paint once 😅

sharp parcel
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oh yeah, I see it dusa

knotty epoch
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you mean the good ms paint ones? i see no bad ones

vague perch
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I have made zagreus, dusa, bouldy, magaera, red shade and now artemis

verbal jungle
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That's actually why I bought Hades, I am a huge sucker for the Greek Gods and when I saw what Zagreus and Dionysus looked like, I smashed that purchase button!

vague perch
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Thanks

verbal jungle
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Also, it was on a 20% sale or something so that helped

vague perch
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nice

sharp parcel
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your bouldy is on point

verbal jungle
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Your art is amazing Simpire! I love your Red Shade!

vague perch
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thanks :)

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I'm thinking about maybe making red shade with some zag merch, or wearing like the belt of Theseus and axe of Asterius as if they've been defeated and zag gave them to red shade

verbal jungle
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Do eeeeet!!!!

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Foam finger with Zag #1!

vague perch
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I can do that, though I'm afraid it would look too much like my original drawing. So I'd probably add some more stuff, like one of those soda hats or something

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People seemed to like red shade so I wanted to join the love

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I'm very curious what the new weapon will be

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And I'll also probably draw some art to go along with new designs added in the update

verbal jungle
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There’s been talk all over the place to what the new weapon could be! I’ve heard things like scythe, staff, flamethrower. Even a bag of bombs!

vague perch
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Stuff like a bow could be fun

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A slow but wide sweeping scythe could be fun

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I'd also like something like a boxing glove or brass knuckles where you could maybe get some combo attacks going or something

wet carbon
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i'm a supporter of the Big Ol' Hammer

vague perch
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Bastion doom cannon

verbal jungle
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Aspect of Yzma: Put the enemy in a box, then put that box inside another box, then mail it to myself and when it arrives AHAHA I’ll smash it with a hammer!

sharp parcel
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hm, yes, it's all coming together

vague perch
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I know it turned into the repeater, but since supergiant wanted to have a weapon that you could fire whilst moving I'd like something like the orbitals from kid iccarus uprising. Like 2 turrets flying beside you and shooting where you aim. you wouldn't have to have many more animations on zagreus himself. Maybe they'd fire slower than the repeater and as special you could leave one of the turrets somewhere. It would still shoot at where you were aiming, but you could leave it somewhere and recall it for more area coverage

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That's my brain machine thinking of a quick idea at least, don't actually know how plausible it'd be

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It just sounds fun to me now

wet carbon
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throwing knives could work for something you could shoot while moving but it's not a very godly weapon

verbal jungle
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They were thinking something similar to that! A lot of the talk against it was how Zag would look hovering with a gun

vague perch
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Everything can be a godly weapon if designed well enough

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We also have a gun

verbal jungle
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A spear is just a stick with a dagger tied at the end

vague perch
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basically

languid estuary
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hey pretty new, but was wondering when I can use titans blood on weapons? I have 12 escape attempts and 950 darkness gem things

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still cant it seems

wet carbon
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have you unlocked all the weapons?

languid estuary
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no not yet

wet carbon
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you need to do that, i'm pretty sure that's the only requirement though

languid estuary
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oh okay thanks! 🙂

wet carbon
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no problem