#h1-discussion

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brisk trail
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Maybe I should go get sober before I violate smth else
@jaunty marsh Really now?

jaunty marsh
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Yup inded

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Y do u think I got Dionysus on my picture

narrow hemlock
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amegablobsweats so the game is pretty fun huh

jaunty marsh
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Hades? for sure

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well I tell you what young lad Im doing nothing mush now
Drinking and ruining my in game stats by this

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This ->thanthink guy right here is pretty hot tho

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No names cuz..
Spoiler again if I tell that?

void vigil
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please dont evade the swear filter @jaunty marsh!

jaunty marsh
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As you wish, Lady Aphrodite

nimble ocean
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does it count as evading swear filter, when you don't use swear words at all? thanthink

void vigil
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no, thats called listening to the rules shadesmile

gusty slate
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L-- aspect for rail breaks boss fight #3 lol

manic bobcat
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How so?

dawn tiger
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LeBron James is just all around a very strong aspect

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works well with a ton of different boon drafts as well

upper carbon
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yeah

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i like the 3pointer boon for the bow

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shots go straight for the hoops

worthy egret
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hades but instead of good riddance eurydice says good grief

gusty slate
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Eck, F10 blackscreen

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but the L-- aspect whenever I use it on boss fight 3 I get Thesseus stuck

void vigil
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hey @rustic escarp, please repost this in #self-promotion! this isnt the channel to promote streams

rustic escarp
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oh, ok

rough token
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@hollow hull you can report bugs like that in-game with f10

mystic sphinx
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ive been seeing like this thing in speed runs where go up to a door to enter a new room, press e, and then open the menu, then the door changes, is that a glitch or?

rough token
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There's a way to change doors with a mirror talent, that might be it

mystic sphinx
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ah

rough token
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Opening a menu pauses the in-game timer, which is important for speedruns

hollow hull
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@hollow hull you can report bugs like that in-game with f10
@rough token Thanks! I had no idea

rough token
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Sure thing ^.^

brisk trail
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stupid question but how big are the voice files of the game?

narrow hemlock
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large

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there was like over 15000 lines when nighty night update hit and blood price prob added another few thousand so id say like ~10gb worth is a healthy guess

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do not know exact numbers

past mirage
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VO.fsb is 582.612 KB large

rough token
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What is that in gigs? A bit too sleepy to do the mental conversion

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Also! Did you just change your profile picture, letran?

past mirage
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Yes. We have a running gag in the D&D group now, and everyone changed their image to an animal in a jar.

rough token
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Lol

past mirage
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It's 0.56 GBs, to answer your other question.

rough token
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o7

brisk trail
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thanks :D:D

fathom tinsel
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Fun discovery: you can tick up the plume on the final boss (presumably the butterfly too).

nimble ocean
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and also get +hp with appropriate mirror ability when exiting the arena

rustic juniper
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well i finally got my first spear run by just spamming the exploding spear toss

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does someone have a good fists guide?

brisk trail
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long knuckle feels great with the fists

manic tundra
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question: what's everyone's favorite aspect?

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either in the whole game or for each weapon

flat vapor
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whole game? probably hera

next escarp
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All right after a week off. I'm ready to jam some.

I promised my wife I wouldn't bring my computer on vacation.
Time to get wrecked

brisk trail
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Is it bad to use green side of mirror

manic tundra
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i personally like chiron more but hera seems cool

flat vapor
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as for each weapon, going from left to right:
arthur/guan yu/chaos/hera/demeter/L-----

manic tundra
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Is it bad to use green side of mirror
@brisk trail for some of them

brisk trail
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Kind of like fiery presence more than shadow presence

flat vapor
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Is it bad to use green side of mirror
nope! if they fit your playstyle, then it's fine

manic tundra
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like death defiance is 10000% better than stubborn deffiance

brisk trail
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Well yeah

manic tundra
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but there are some good green ones

brisk trail
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Which ones

manic tundra
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yeah firey presence is a lot easier to use

flat vapor
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eh, 40+ heat runs love stubborn defiance

manic tundra
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the last 4 i use green with

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eh, 40+ heat runs love stubborn defiance
@flat vapor yeah that makes sense

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I'm not good enough to go that high yet tho

worthy egret
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I use a few green ones but i dont remember which, save for Dark Regeneration

manic tundra
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usually save all of my death defiances for the final boss

brisk trail
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I only have 4 unlocked so

flat vapor
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once saw a 40+ heat video on YT and the runner was healing back 300 hp for every stubborn defiance

worthy egret
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Which is honestly miles better than Cthonic vitality

manic tundra
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unlocking more really helps

brisk trail
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I can't tell what dark regen really does

manic tundra
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wait what?

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300 hp with stubborn defiance?

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how?

worthy egret
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@flat vapor i saw that, how did he do that?

flat vapor
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going for every heart and getting patroclus's touch of styx+

manic tundra
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i think dark regen is the one that heals you when you pick up darkness

worthy egret
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Yep!

manic tundra
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so he had like 500+ hp?

brisk trail
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Might rather have cthonic vitality since it's a constant

worthy egret
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That's fair

manic tundra
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i like cthonic vitality more

flat vapor
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like 400~ but the touch of styx made it so the runner healed back at around 80% i think?

manic tundra
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because i usually don't go for darkness

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damn

flat vapor
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not too sure on the number but i remember 300 hp per specifically

manic tundra
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that's pretty good

brisk trail
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Well I would go for darkness, I just don't want to depend on it to heal

manic tundra
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yeah i get that

brisk trail
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I need as much darkness as I can get

worthy egret
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I also like how cool DR is when you imagine it. Like, Zag heals by absorbing darkness. That's metal

manic tundra
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also, unrelated question, what's everyone's favorite weapon?

worthy egret
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Exagryph

manic tundra
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yeah that's pretty cool

flat vapor
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bow currently

manic tundra
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exagryph is fun, i like the aspect of ||lucifer|| a lot with it

brisk trail
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ngl +30% damage was worth 5 keys

manic tundra
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personally i love the fists

flat vapor
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hera/zag/rama/chiron are my personal tiers for bow

manic tundra
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wait 30% damage with what?

flat vapor
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hera being best

brisk trail
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I just go with whatever has the darkness buff

worthy egret
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I'm not playing favourites, i say, as all my Exagryph aspects are maxed and all the other weapons are starving

brisk trail
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wait 30% damage with what?
@manic tundra I unlocked boiling blood

manic tundra
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ohhh

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how dare you

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they need to be fed

brisk trail
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aspects?

worthy egret
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I feed them sometimes

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You need to unlock all weapons for that

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@brisk trail

manic tundra
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they're a cool thing you get later

brisk trail
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oh ok

manic tundra
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this game has so much replay value it's insane

worthy egret
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I have to feed stygius ive been using it so much but not putting much blood in

manic tundra
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if you max out the zag aspect it's really fun

worthy egret
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I did max out all ||Zag aspects|| though, cause it felt wrong to max any others first

manic tundra
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i get that

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i just max out the ones i use first

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like aspect of ||Demeter|| is crazy when you max it out

worthy egret
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I love the echo of Zag's roar on the charged special

manic tundra
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yeah it's such a nice touch

worthy egret
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HHHAHHHH

manic tundra
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i wonder what they'll do for the ||legendary aspect|| for the fists

worthy egret
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I heard people theorize Sekhmet

manic tundra
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who's that?

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just looked it up, an Egyptian god would be cool

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I wonder how that would play?

brisk trail
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Kind of wish bosses got harder

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Because rn meg is just stab stab stab dead

gusty slate
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You want harder? You innocent child...

manic tundra
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i mean meg is easy

brisk trail
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very

manic tundra
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but... ||she's not the only first floor boss you can encounter||

brisk trail
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any fun builds to do with guan yu?

manic tundra
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get all the spin upgrades with the hammer

flat vapor
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artemis charged skewer

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ez win

manic tundra
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personally i don't like artemis that much

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i just go hard on damage or deflect

brisk trail
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no i mean

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fun builds

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aside atemis xD

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if i so much wanted to win i would end up doing a stubborn roots run + full artemis

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athena boon or centaur heart

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Boon.

manic tundra
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athena 100%

brisk trail
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And I'm at 4 hp

narrow hemlock
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you're going to almost always want the boon honestly

manic tundra
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yeah, boons are really good

brisk trail
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i cant live without the divine dash

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xD

manic tundra
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also, make it a priority to get the rest of the mirror upgrades, they make life a lot easier

brisk trail
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^

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Would rather unlock all weapons first tho

manic tundra
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oh yeah, do that first

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the weapons are one of the best parts of this game

brisk trail
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yeah

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Made it back to elysium

manic tundra
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nice!

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elysium is pretty hard, and the boss is (in my opinion) the most annoying

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definitely not the hardest

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but it's just a pain to deal with

rancid glen
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Man

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I love this damn game so much

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That's all I have to say

manic tundra
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yeah it's really good

brisk trail
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Same

manic tundra
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i think i have like 80 hours in it at this point

brisk trail
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That's a lot of hours

rancid glen
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I'm at 26

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Just unlocked guan yu. Damn what a fantastic weapon

brisk trail
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same

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i did it to unlock luci

rancid glen
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wish I had more blood to fix that health reduction

brisk trail
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feels great tho

manic tundra
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when you do fix the health it becomes a really good weapon

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i suck at using it

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but i know it's good

rancid glen
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you think they'll have different/varying floors in v1?

brisk trail
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i love the special

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hits super hard with a epic at the start

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i think i just killed alecto with like 5-6 spears(?)

rancid glen
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I got lucky on my first run and got the spin atk dmg reduction + faster charge

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managed to clear it on heat 1 lol

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oh, which heats do people typically add on as they ascend heat levels?

brisk trail
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What does "your ablilites that can deflect immediately activate doom" mean

rancid glen
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I used HP+ as my first one

brisk trail
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so think of it

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your phalanx shot delfects right?

flat vapor
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your abilities that have athena boons on them, when they hit an enemy with doom, the doom goes off immediately

brisk trail
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if you hit it it also hits doom

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my dash

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hmm

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doesn't seem that good

rancid glen
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Yea so have the enemy with doom take dash damage and it'll proc the doom immediately

brisk trail
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its like a free exalted xD

rancid glen
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yoo it's so good

flat vapor
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that, plus the combo damage stated in the boon

rancid glen
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What weapon do you have?

brisk trail
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spear

rancid glen
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I had it w/ spear and I was clearing bosses even so fast

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is your doom on atk?

brisk trail
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yes

flat vapor
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works best with deflect dash

brisk trail
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guess I'll try it

rancid glen
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Just spam atk + keep dashing around, and the dmg will stack like crazy

flat vapor
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your doom basically doesn't have a timer anymore and does bonus damage

brisk trail
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wait so it will indefinetly attack the enemy

rancid glen
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yea and keep stacking doom damage/other buffs (doom does more dmg and is delayed)

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no so you will atk (doom) dash (proc), atk (doom) dash (proc), repeat

brisk trail
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ah

flat vapor
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the doom automatically procs as soon as you hit with an athena ability

rancid glen
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so if you can spam that really fast, think of every time you atk + dash, you'll get a full doom proc in there

brisk trail
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This is too op

rancid glen
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so if you get lucky and your doom does ~200 dmg

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yeah haha exactly

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probably my favourite combo

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besides shield special + zeus thunder

manic tundra
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unrelated note but is the doom status good at all?

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outside of the duo boon

brisk trail
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Yeah.

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It's not super easy to use but it's really strong once you get some Poms and tier 2 boons with it.

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doom status might be my favorite

flat vapor
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yes

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a full doom build does insane damage

manic tundra
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how so?

brisk trail
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doing it with aphodite gives massive damage

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its feels great to pull off

rancid glen
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man I haven't seen aphrodite in like 10 runs lol

manic tundra
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so like doom attack+aphrodite special?

brisk trail
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I just got my death defiance back, I might have a chance

manic tundra
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oooh

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you got this

brisk trail
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i only use her for the doom boom duo

flat vapor
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basically you want doom special plus impending doom, both leveled up a bit

rancid glen
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sorry what do you mean by when you use w/ aphrodite it gives massive damage?

brisk trail
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Boss is up next

rancid glen
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how does aphrodite enhance doom

manic tundra
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have you beat it before?

flat vapor
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(doom special because it has higher damage than attack, but attack works too)

brisk trail
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duo

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Never have beat them, I met them once and they killed me

rancid glen
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@brisk trail How does aphrodite enhance doom builds?

brisk trail
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Killed minotaur and theseus's god summoning stuff killed me

manic tundra
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thesus is super annoying because of the shield, try taking the minotaur out first

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just dash like a maniac

brisk trail
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I got a call just before the fight from charon

flat vapor
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how does aphrodite enhance doom
duo boon between ares/aphrodite called curse of longing: doom automatically resets on weak enemies, for half damage on each reset

manic tundra
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wait for it to be fully charged

brisk trail
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yeah

flat vapor
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so 200 damage initial, then 100, then 50, etc

manic tundra
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then just blast it

rancid glen
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Oooh right think i saw that once. Thank you

brisk trail
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ngl this sound track is doom tier music

rancid glen
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do you guys always take chaos gates?

brisk trail
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depends

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Hell yes it is, Goldre.

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if you get a chaos gate and you see a boon you need its better to pick the boom if you dont have a keepsake guaranteeing it

rancid glen
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true

brisk trail
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ugh they killed me again

next escarp
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What exactly are the secret stash?

brisk trail
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lol tried to heal of of lernie without realizing i had stubbon roots and i can just kill myself to heal back up

next escarp
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@brisk trail
This is the first rogue-like game I've actually enjoyed in like 20 years.

I suck, terribly, but I've been enjoying the game overall.

brisk trail
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same

rancid glen
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Yeah, I love rogue-like games (Slay the Spire, Night of the Full Moon, etc.) and I can honestly not stop playing this game

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I haven't been this addicted to a game in years lol

brisk trail
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Got twin fists

rancid glen
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Nice

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I always have trouble with that weapon lol

brisk trail
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the magnetic fists makes everything fun for that weapon i swear

manic tundra
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the twin fists are easily my favorite weapon because you just feel so powerful

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also the hammer upgrades are just great

brisk trail
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so

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i basically

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healed like 400+

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in a hades fight

karmic oasis
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So, maybe I am weird, but does Zags new voice lines sound flatter?

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like... I feel like he has less emotion

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whereas before the update, he had a much more enthusiastic/sarcastic quality

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or... maybe I am just insane

rancid glen
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how'd you heal up that much? Guan yu?

manic tundra
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i don't think his voice lines are flatter, but i'm not too sure what voice lines are new

brisk trail
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I think some of the content haven't been extremely personal to Zagreus, so he's just not as emotive as he'd be when talking to Hades.

next escarp
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40:21.51 new record 1 heat

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Parting shot is pretty sweet

granite ether
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@hollow hull in regards to your most recent post in #hades-feedback; please report bugs/glitches with the in game bug reporter (F10). The feedback channel is not meant for reporting bugs

swift falcon
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Do you guys think ||there should be a way to guarantee Charon boss fight? I’m trying to do the “beat Charon twice in a row” prophecy and got really annoyed on my previous run where I went into shop every time it was available even with no gold, and didn’t see the bag. Even if it’s something crazy like don’t get hit for 3 rooms or clear every room in under 40 secs, just some way to subvert rng and guarantee a Charon boss fight||

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Curious to hear some thoughts on this

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There are other aspects of controlled rng like rerolling and stuff like that

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Or maybe even some way to increase percentage chance if you’re using a certain keepsake or something

brisk trail
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Wait you can ||fight charon||

swift falcon
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Yeah if you ||go into his store and see a bag of gold behind him you can take it and that initiates a boss fight||

ruby palm
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||just know that you WILL be slapped by an oar and it WILL do significantly more damage than you think||

brisk trail
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Well

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Why would you do that(besides the quest), also that seems borderline impossible to fight him twice in a row

narrow hemlock
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for fun

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live dangerously

swift falcon
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^

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Also you get some perks

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||300 gold + a discount for the rest of the run on Charon’s stuff||

brisk trail
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Ooh

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That sounds nice

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Combo that with the boon that gives 10 gold(or whatever)per room

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Got it one run, and it was borderline best boon(becuase it allowed me to buy so many boons)

swift falcon
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But yeah my main issue with it is ||that it’s purely up to chance, apparently there’s only a 20% chance for the bag to actually spawn||

brisk trail
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I've never seen it

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Guess I'm unlucky

swift falcon
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Exactly lol

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I wish there was a way to guarantee it

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Like buying items to ensure chaos gate

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Anything like that

brisk trail
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Technically it's 1/10 chance to fight him twice in a row

ruby palm
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22% is what ive heard but thats not much of a diff

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and it's only on ||mid-biome shops, not in the pre-boss shops or in styx at all||

brisk trail
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Speaking about rng, that reminds me, I play with whatever weapon get's the darkness buff and the sword never seems to get it(not that it's my favorite weapon, but I want to play it sometimes)

swift falcon
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And also it can only ||spawn at midpoint stores, not the one right before the boss||

ruby palm
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one step ahead of u riks :p

swift falcon
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Lol yeah

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I’m on phone rn

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So a little slow

ruby palm
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u good fam

swift falcon
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Anyway I wonder how many runs I’m going to screw over trying to do this prophecy

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||Just going to shop even with 0 gold||

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Just for a chance

brisk trail
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I feel like there has to be some sort of thing to guarantee it

summer aurora
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it gives a reason to go to ||midpoint stores now||

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I never used to go there beforehand

swift falcon
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Wow lmao, right after I said all that stuff

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I fulfilled the prophecy

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Haha

brisk trail
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Noice

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Is there a better way to mix up the weapons

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Or is it better to stick to one weapon

swift falcon
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Goldre I recommend changing it up

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Usually I just use whatever give bonus dark

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Because you get more rewards if you use different weapons as opposed to only using one

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But if you just want to practice and get good with one weapon it’s not the worst thing to just focus on one for a while

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But yeah for me I vary it up run to run for different rewards and to get used to all the different play styles/combos you can make

brisk trail
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Yeah that's my point

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I play with whatever weapon get's the darkness buff and the sword never seems to get it(not that it's my favorite weapon, but I want to play it sometimes)

ruby palm
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i play around with other weapons but i rarely if ever get any luck completing runs with anything besides the shield and ||gun||

swift falcon
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Jin you have to spoiler mark that

ruby palm
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^

brisk trail
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Ima ignore that

swift falcon
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Anyway shield is def easiest for me

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But I been really enjoying fists recently

ruby palm
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which aspect? im partial to chaos

swift falcon
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Especially with the right combos

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Same qaz, I like chaos the most of the ones I’ve tried

brisk trail
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I just unlocked fists, but darkness hasn't blessed it yet tho

swift falcon
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Oh goldre you should just use it, for me I tried each new weapon as they unlocked

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Then once I had tried them all I started seeing which one was picked

ruby palm
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yes pls try fists theyre great

swift falcon
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Imo that’s the best way to do it

brisk trail
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I will then

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Just want to unlock all the weapons so I can finish the mirror(nowhere close to maxing it out)

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Don't know when I should save up for another death defiance, 500 darkness is steep

ruby palm
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id snag stubborn defiance asap but thats personal preference

brisk trail
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Isn't that the one that let's you revive once per room

ruby palm
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mhm

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every room

brisk trail
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Yeah but

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once

swift falcon
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Yeah idk imo do death defiance first, if you play well you can possibly have 3 revives for final boss

brisk trail
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yo

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how do i find the hidden boss

swift falcon
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Do the other one after

ruby palm
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say what u will but i find the safety of having it every room much better than maybe having three at the end

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@brisk trail
||mid-biome shops have a 22% chance to have a bag of gold sitting behind charon, with the text "borrow?". picking this up gets you 300 obols, but also gets charon to attack you for shoplifting||

brisk trail
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Bringing up alternate mirror stuff, which upgrades are good to have on green

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The only mirror upgrades I have on green is fiery presence(I have it unlocked down to Infernal soul)

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damn ok

ruby palm
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i honestly prefer most of the yellow (green?) ones

brisk trail
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if you kill him does he reappear

ruby palm
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||as i understand, yes - with discounts for the rest of the run. i dont know how much the discount is tho. it's a very difficult fight, that oar SLAPS||

brisk trail
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any tip at fighting him?

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i still need to get the two fights

ruby palm
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@brisk trail for me up to that point, i usually have shadow presence, cthonic vitality (i flip that one a lot tho), ruthless reflex, boiling blood, and abyssal soul

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sorry for @ing everyone i just wanna make it clear who im addressing .-.

rustic juniper
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fists are killing me lol

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could someone explain these for me?

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It feels like low damage unless i stand there for the full combo, low control and low range

ruby palm
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move in and out quickly

rustic juniper
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im playing it terribly wrong but the range does not feel compensated for me

ruby palm
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it's a very fast paced weapon

brisk trail
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Anyone got a good keepsake?

rustic juniper
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so that hermes + dashes boon is good?

ruby palm
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yeeee

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good keepsake depends what you want

rustic juniper
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and youre not supposed to go for the full rotation right?

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of punches

ruby palm
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idk if theres any 'supposed to' as far as that goes

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punch as many times as you can safely id think

brisk trail
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Dash while holding down the Attack button after either the fourth or fifth hit in the combo and when your Dash-Strike ends you'll seamlessly continue into another combo.

ruby palm
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^

buoyant merlin
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Was anyone else not able to get into bastian at all? Especially after playing Hades, theres no way I can go back to that combat

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I've yet to try Pie Ur or Train Station Sister

ruby palm
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?

brisk trail
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I played everything in release order.

fading gazelle
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Same here, and I can see why'd you think that

manic tundra
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fists are killing me lol
@rustic juniper this might be a bit late but for the fists my go-to strategy is just to dash like a maniac and never sit still for too long

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because the dash attack does good damage

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you can try and go for the whole combo but after you get it immediately dash to reset it

rustic juniper
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makes sense

manic tundra
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so that you're always attacking someone

ruby palm
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so that you're always attacking someone
yeeeeeeeeeeeeee

manic tundra
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also if you're using the aspect of demeter use the giga cutter whenever you have it

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because the damage on it can get insane

buoyant merlin
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What game should we make next?

"How about something that isn't isometric?"

angry glares

thrown out window

cyan cloud
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fellas level with me on this

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how can one have -110% movement speed

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chaos do be wildin

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but the walking animation is now funny to watch

ruby palm
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hgfhdfghjgfd golly

narrow summit
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When you're just curious if there's a Hades Discord and there is. muah

sullen wasp
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Am i the only one here that thinks that hammers could use a bit of tweaking? Maybe this is just me, but i feel like the variety on most of them is questionable. Getting only attack upgrades when you run a special build and vice-versa is kinda annoying, and the anvil is so rare that it doesn't really help. Maybe make it so that the hammer always has one attack and one special upgrade, then a random third would be better? What do you fellas think?

narrow summit
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I'm starting to come to terms with having the sickest builds and then dying and it doesn't win me the game because I suck steveW

cyan cloud
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us couric, us

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some hammers are pretty handy

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though tbf they shouldnt be a requirement

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like legendary aspects REQUIRE some hammers to be functional

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...or maybe im bad at using them idk

cobalt anvil
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@buoyant merlin Pyre isn't isometric tho

ruby palm
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oh true

buoyant merlin
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Silence.

brisk trail
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what is Pyre's view called

high island
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Getting only attack upgrades when you run a special build and vice-versa is kinda annoying, and the anvil is so rare that it doesn't really help.
@sullen wasp I would say the mistake you're making is building against the run instead of building with the run. Especially now that every combo has a Duo Boon, you can get a sense of how to make the most of what the run is offering you very quickly in Tartarus. Then you have three biomes to build on that.

sullen wasp
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That is absolutely true sometimes. However, in a few cases i ended up getting my first hammer in elysium. My point is, you don't always have a choice, and the hammers may, or may not br helpful in that regard, you feel me?

high island
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Hmm, you already know that can happen if you didn't see a hammer in Tartarus. So you can build with that in mind to have more flexibility. Like, picking up that Epic Attack boon you see even though you haven't been using Attack or focusing more on your cast because casts don't rely on any hammers.

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Things like that.

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The only times I feel limited in that way is on very high heats with AP and UC etc. because your choices are very limited.

cyan cloud
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its weird that the hades and zagreus dialogues at the end of an encounter do not reply to each other

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also the hades taunt at the beginning of a run, I dont seem to like its design

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the spacing of the letters is a bit odd

sullen wasp
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@high island well, yes and no. But you get my point. I personaly think that hammers could be a but more structure. I generaly try to not waste boons, in that i won't pick an attack boon if i know i want to spec on on special etc. But of course, if a better oportunity arises, i will go with it. My issue is that sometimes you are well specced in a direction (say rama special build with zeus, jolted, increased thunder strike area and his legendary) befoee even touching the first hammer. I actually had something like this in one of my past few runs in tartarus (3 zeus boons back to back and one in the shop). Of course this is a rare case, but still.

ruby palm
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they do reply to each other occasionally

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iirc

high island
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A boon on Attack is never a waste because it fills a core slot that would take priority in your boon offers. It also opens up Duo Boons.

sullen wasp
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@high island altough you are right, a bit more variety in terms of what i pick, and adapting to the situation won't hurt

high island
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I used to feel more like you, but I think that's something that comes with experience and better understanding boon trees.

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And also the general structure of runs.

cyan cloud
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oh they do? thats nice

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do you all ever feel bad using an overkill cast on a single skull

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poor boyo

sullen wasp
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@high island true that. I gurdd i try to control my runs a bit too much haha. Most roguelites don't allow it so i kinda feel obligated to do it

ruby palm
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i feel no regret over nuking numbskulls

high island
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Depends on the Duo, some of them require specific boons, but most of them work with any core boon.

sullen wasp
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@ruby palm and you should not

high island
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Oh wait, that "they do?" was about something else I think lol.

ruby palm
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:3

high island
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Depends. If the overkill saves time or keeps you save, it's a good idea to do that.

white monolith
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how does quit work? it tells me to clear this chamber to safely quit, but i've already cleared the chamber and picked up the reward

high island
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You can only quit if you haven't taken any damage in the chamber yet.

flat vapor
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you probably took damage after the reward

high island
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So if you've cleared the chamber, you can just enter the next one and quit before you take any damage there.

flat vapor
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traps/magma

white monolith
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ohh okay

narrow summit
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I feel as a newb, it's a must have to have something that gives hp regen right? Or have a full kit of sturdy? Either that or I suck that bad. I feel like my dmg to the boss dmg ratio's are overbearing. Or am I suppose to dodge even more than I am now?

floral shore
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The final boss (whose identity is considered a spoiler) tends to pretty clearly telegraph his attacks. It's a matter of dodging and weaving, unless you have a build that can either outtank him or massively outdamage him.

void vigil
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please dont evade the swear filter! @narrow summit

narrow summit
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I'll uh, remember that next time alma.

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@floral shore Thanks.

thin sphinx
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hey lads, does anyone know if it's me or Hestia is a bit broken right now

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can't reload as consistently as I used to

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seems to stumble every second shot

buoyant merlin
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is kinetic launcher affected by increased special speed

high island
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Or am I suppose to dodge even more than I am now?
@narrow summit probably! Dash deliberately rather than recklessly—in every chamber. But also, try getting more max HP—200+ is usually a good goal—and just max out your mirror talents and everything.

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Just getting more experience with all the boons and better understanding the boon trees will also really help you deal a lot more damage.

narrow summit
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@high island Thanks for the tips, I've put a little bit of that together over the past few hours 🙂 there's never a dull moment in this game. It's nuts.

high island
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You'll get a feeling eventually for when you need more effective HP vs when you need more damage in your build.

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Sometimes I'll leave Tartarus with only ~110 HP, so I'll know I should get some Centaur Hearts soon to get that up to at least close to 200 before the third region.

narrow summit
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Yeah, I can safely say I have more luck with 200 hp vs. 60-whatever it is and about 1-2 hearts with that 2hp regen boon. Thanks for the tips, I'll keep it in mind. I think I've died more in this game than Dark Souls 1+2+3 and I'm not even mad. TopKek

vague zinc
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Can you not get freezing vortex with hunting blades?

abstract fable
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@cyan cloud the hades taunt at the beginning of a run is a memory, which is why zag doesn't respond all the time

hollow hull
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@hollow hull please separate your feedback post into two individual messages. I can't vote on it the way it is now. squirtnya
@high island Understood. I submitted my feedback again with the two ideas split up.

high island
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Nice! Thanks! squirtnya

hollow hull
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My friends and I were talking about the game all day yesterday and we had a few ideas. I also saw the "slow" mode on that channel and just put everything into one message. Should have just waiting and done it right the first time. Thanks for reminding me!

rugged glacier
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It would be really cool if we could share the random seed of a run with our friends. My friend had an awesome run with hunting blades and it would be neat to be able to load that RNG seed up and play through to try it out. Disable achievements/darkness/whatever you need to in order to keep the single player game state.
@hollow hull Hi sleepykyle. I wanted to mention that the RNG seed doesn't seem to give you the same reward choices even if you make the same choices again.... I tested that just now to make sure... I went until the miniboss in Tartarus (in my case it was the doomstone) and I got a boon from poseidon... after that I gave up.... after that I started again with the same setup, and I made the same decisions... but when I got to the room before the miniboss, it was showing me a Zeus boon reward (for the miniboss room), and the miniboss this time was different (it was one of the multiple armored foes encounter)

Bottom line is... it seems like the game can change some of the rewards later on, even if at the beginning it appears like your run is the same... I'm not sure how it works in the background, but I'm guessing there are some 'middle' RNG seeds that are being generated after the first one?... Not sure if anyone can confirm this.

Just wanted to let you know this, because seeing how the game works right now, even if you could share the RNG seed from the beginning of the game, it seems like the next run could still turn out differently... unless maybe SGG could save 'all the seeds'? (so to speak)

hollow hull
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@rugged glacier Interesting! I would bet they have something in-house that allows them to debug specific scenarios. They would have to pull that system to the front end and allow us to create our own "runs".

rugged glacier
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yeah... they could probably make a log with all the seeds that were generated during the run, and make it so that we can input all of them in the next run... which sounds a bit more complicated I guess, but could work

flint sorrel
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Just wanted to let y'all know, I saw someone in a stream describe Artemis as an Aro/Ace Arrow Ace, and I just... love it?

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I mean, just in general, the depictions of mythological figures in this game are just so good.

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I think this game might have actually been the thing that made me more interested in greek mythology.

granite ether
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yeah Artemis is asexual (which is often shortened to ace)

flint sorrel
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Yeah, I'd just never put it all together, and the phrase was just so perfectly fitting.

granite ether
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that's fair, she's one of my favourite characters in the game out of the yes many incredible characters in Hades bittie3

worthy egret
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🏹 🏹 🏹 zagluv

patent topaz
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Some interpret her way of approaching Zag as romantic or even platonic feelings but i just mmmh nope
I feel like it's more...
You know how teens don't want to go on holidays with only their parents and always want to go with a friend or really just someone their age? I think it's something like that

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Also the thing with Callisto, i love how she's clearly her gf but she always brushes it off with "friend" like-
Girl it's okay you can tell me 👀 get out of Narnia

dawn tiger
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Zag is the cool cousin that hasn't been over since thanksgiving 4 years ago (except he hasn't left home at all)

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everyone loves Zag

patent topaz
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we love zag

past mirage
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My perspective is that Zagreus is like a pen-pal for Artemis - someone to pour out her heart to. And he sends gifts back to show he cares! The hurt comments during trials show how important this connection is to her. Even after the fight, where most gods say it’s water under the bridge, she’s wary and upset.

patent topaz
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And really, she's relatable
The way she pokes fun at the Santa Claus' nature of the gods gifting boons to Zag mechanic? Or the way she fangirls over Achilles and spits out awkardly "...youseehimtellhimhe'sthebestforme!" at the end of that dialogue? She's just
gah

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She also fangirls over coronacht, when she asks Zag if she can try it when he comes on Olympus

wintry frigate
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Hey, question, where can I report a bug?

dawn tiger
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F10 iirc

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Ingame

wintry frigate
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nothing happens

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(epic games version)

granite ether
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Press f10 while in game, then alt tab if the bug reporter window doesn't pop up

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As the bug reporter might be just sitting behind the game @wintry frigate

worthy egret
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That happened to me once as well

wintry frigate
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nothing happens at all with f10

granite ether
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Did you try alt tabbing?

wintry frigate
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yeah, spamming f10 tabbing seeing ingame, out of game nothing pops up, no f key works either

granite ether
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Check your key bindings to see what the bug reporter is bound too

wintry frigate
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ah, changed it to something besides f10, works now ty

granite ether
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No worries ^_^

wintry frigate
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my f10 seems to be busted

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key

brisk trail
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So I have a ton of titan blood

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But what do I do with it

narrow hemlock
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theyre used for upgrading weapon aspects

brisk trail
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weapon aspects?

nimble ocean
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it sounds like a meme
other variants of main 6 weapons, each one has 3 more, except for fists, it will be added later

brisk trail
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?

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I only have 5 weapons

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I don't see "aspects"

nimble ocean
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when you select a weapon you can hit action button once more, and there will be a menu

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of a selected weapon

brisk trail
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Pretty sure I can't

gusty slate
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Need all weapons unlocked, no?

zinc solstice
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We need "trophies" and a insignia for steam to complete xD

brisk trail
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Oh I need all weapons

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Think I'm missing one

nimble ocean
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strange, i was pretty sure it's not nessesary..

brisk trail
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Also yeah, achievements would be cool

zinc solstice
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I will love to hunt the achievements of the game if he could have it xD

brisk trail
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Yeah

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Enough stuff to hunt in the game without achievements tbh

nimble ocean
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they said there will be steam achievements after 1.0 most probably

gusty slate
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The prophecies should be the achievements

brisk trail
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Admittedly I would like steam achievements, but I can wait till 1.0 for them

narrow hemlock
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achievements are confirmed for 1.0

brisk trail
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As long as I don't have to start a new save to get them

narrow hemlock
gusty slate
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but that sweet sweet v1.0 fresh save!

outer comet
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Hmm

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I wish there was some video of Nyx talking available on YT, I wanted to use her as a voice reference for a character of mine xD

brisk trail
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but that sweet sweet v1.0 fresh save!
@gusty slate Yeah but... sighs

gusty slate
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another 300 hours later to max a save

brisk trail
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Nah, if I'm making another 1.0 save I'm wiping the save I currently have

nimble ocean
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but the history

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save that was made during EA, nothing like that will ever be available

brisk trail
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I mea-

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Or just not delete my save

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Is there any benefit from having a newer save

narrow hemlock
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nope, some of us just want to experience the events of the game in the intended order

nimble ocean
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dunno.. experience everything once more in a proper order?

brisk trail
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Oh true

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So I am going to delete, remake got it

narrow hemlock
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@outer comet hold that thought i'll get back to you on that in like 20-30 min

brisk trail
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How soon is 1.0

nimble ocean
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this year

outer comet
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Oop

brisk trail
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That soon?

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Really

outer comet
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@narrow hemlock r u sure? i can record its fine

nimble ocean
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they really want to release this year

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it's the main goal now

outer comet
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Also it's not really soon. It's been out for a while now, and this current update is 0.9.

brisk trail
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yes...

nimble ocean
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well, the year is long.. 6 months passed, 9 more to go

brisk trail
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true

narrow hemlock
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no i will do you one better, just give my slow internet a moment

outer comet
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:o

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sure tatz

brisk trail
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Next moth maybe

outer comet
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im scared

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No it's not next month, the update came out last month :P or really, just a few weeks ago.

narrow hemlock
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it'll prob be like at minimum 3 months, who knows. most updates were every 2-3 months

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depends on how much is left to do

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we know we're getting an ending, one last character, one last aspect, and every character still gets content, but we dont know just how much content that is either

nimble ocean
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just came up with idea.. Zag gets into the past.. back when there were only a few weapons, few gods helped him, fewer enemies.. most people around were wearing cloaks.. smaller house without mosaic.. crystal-like boons.. and noone knows what's going to happen next..
maybe because Chronos wanted to put Zag through some kind of challenge..
or could it be Hypnos?

brisk trail
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what now

zinc solstice
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The remodelation site needs an option to see previously how it would see the object before buy in it

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Maybe some "Press X button to see how it would see"

twilit void
#

Damn do you really get Titan blood every time you beat the final boss no matter the heat?

narrow hemlock
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once per heat, only up to 20 heat

manic bobcat
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So no, you don't

past mirage
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If you beat a boss with a weapon at a heat level you cleared before, you get a bunch of darkness. Quite substantial if you beat the last boss.

twilit void
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Ok someone worded it like that when they were talking about farming runs

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That was my understanding so just wanted to make sure

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Does the 15% extra health heat also apply to bosses

mystic nexus
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I feel like y'all will appreciate it

twilit void
#

After I get all the ability unlocks from the contractor that you pay gemstones for, is the only use for them the cosmetic stuff?

mystic nexus
#

You can also trade them up for other resources

worthy egret
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"this run is going horribly ill just let myself die"
"Not finished yet."
"Jesus christ fine Zag"

gusty slate
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Final boss of the game is Zag's stubborness

worthy egret
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Zag is the 'Tis but a scratch! knight

gusty slate
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^ even moreso when he has gone through 6 DD's and is at 2hp!

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I wish his appearance became more ragged, but that's not possible

worthy egret
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The voicelines do reflect his state at least

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And like, characters take note of his appearance so he definitely does look more ragged, we just dont see it

gusty slate
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True

worthy egret
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Which brings me to honestly my favourite Zag Theseus interaction

gusty slate
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Perks of being a God, appearance is spotlesss

worthy egret
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Where Theseus taunts Zag about being really hurt

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And Zag is just too done to be polite anymore

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"Theseus? I would appreciate it if you could be more considerate of the substantial effort necessary just to reach this point where I can make you shut your mouth."

narrow hemlock
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the only downside to antagonists remaining antagonists is that i cant have zag being aggressively kind to theseus to the point hes bewildered and upset any time zag shows up

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luv theseus, just wanna see him break down

undone moon
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I couldn't dodge the gorgonhead miniboss shockwave. The miniboss in asphodel with the gorgonhead and medusa head.
At the start I couldn't do it either when I first added miniboss upgrades. A month ago (roughly) it seemed fine until now. Now I cannot do it either again.
I also had athena's dash protection. It could be that my timing was off but I was pretty sure my last attempt which killed me had the right timing
Somehow this shockwave attack from the gorgonhead seems the most dificult attack to dodge in this game (finished highest heat so far is 20).
Anyone else has the same experience?

brisk trail
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All I do is dash

undone moon
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If it works for you then I guess my timing was off

worthy egret
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It didnt work for me

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But i heard people say theres a second shockwave so i might have not dodged that? Idk

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We talking about the MM version right

high island
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@undone moon Divine Dash doesn't give you extra i-frames, and you can't deflect the shockwave, so Divine Dash makes no difference.

gusty slate
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MM shockwave is a tough one to dodge x.x

high island
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Also, doing an Attack during your dash will cancel your i-frames. Dash-Strikes don't have any invincibility.

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So, you'll need to time a regular dash to get through.

undone moon
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Hmm, it felt like I dashed through it and then right after I still got hit

high island
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That will often happen if you press an Attack or something else immediately after your dash.

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The best way typically to deal with that fight is to use a summon on the Skullcrusher's armor.

undone moon
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I didn't do a conscious dash strike, and i didn't know that would affect my dash protection

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Thanks for the info

high island
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Final boss, by the way, is a spoiler. squirtnya

outer comet
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Well if they don't return to spoiler it

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What do?

high island
outer comet
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Drowning out with emojis could work.

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But that is technically spam.

high island
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I've double-dashed perfectly clean through that shockwave, pressed cast, and got hit by the shockwave that by the looks of it was way behind me.

outer comet
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Yeah

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Safest way I've found to dodge it is by trying not to dodge diagonally.

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Just pierce right through.

undone moon
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My apologies for the spoiler, but it seems you removed it 🙂

high island
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I don't know if the hitbox is just that massive and doesn't disappear until it's gone or what, but I've learned to just not press anything after the dash.

outer comet
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you
I assure you, that was neither of us. O' mod in the shadows, thank you.

high island
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Not me. I'm not a mod. I have no such powers. dusa

outer comet
high island
outer comet
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HEY

high island
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cell banne squirtnya 🔫 dusa

gusty slate
narrow hemlock
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i need a manual just to read this chat, jeez

outer comet
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ohai tatz

high island
gusty slate
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I just like using thanthink because he's adorable

narrow hemlock
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oh to have a full set of hades themed emotes in that style

outer comet
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The fact we don't have 150 emotes

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Is a crime

gusty slate
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Only 150?

outer comet
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You hear that mods?! A crime! ;-;

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Oh yeah, tier 2, so, 150 emotes total

gusty slate
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I request angry Hades emote

high island
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Yes, please. We need 150 Sandra emoji.

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Just delete the others to make room.

outer comet
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s-sandra?

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I mean the fact there isn't a Sandra emoji in the first place is just :/

high island
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The fact that we don't have 150 Sandra emoji is a crime.

outer comet
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Agreed

manic bobcat
#

The amount of emojis in this server is quite... modest

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Can we like have more? squirtyay

outer comet
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Pleaaase?

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45/150

brisk trail
#

Poll:
React with 👍 if I should keep playing and then delete my save and make a new one at 1.0. React with 👎 if I should play other games till 1.0, then delete my current save and play 1.0 when it comes out.

gusty slate
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There are 3 save slots though?

brisk trail
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Yes

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I like my main save to be in the first save slot in any game

gusty slate
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Ah I see

unkempt sleet
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I think you can rename the saves and it will just switch over

outer comet
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Now people can just add their reacts on top of mine as a vote.

gusty slate
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votes don't budge thanthink

brisk trail
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I think you can rename the saves and it will just switch over
@unkempt sleet wdym

unkempt sleet
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I'm not at my pc atm, but the save files should be numbered, so if you change the number you change the slot

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You just need to go to your savefile folder, usually Documents/Saved Games/Hades

manic bobcat
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Your save is named Profile1.sav in the above directory

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To move it to slot 2, rename it to Profile2.sav

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Reload the game load save slot 2 (yes, even if it shows empty and appears to be a new save), then choose give up, reload once more

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Now the game should show your save in slot 2

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So you don't need to delete anything.

summer dagger
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is there a list somewhere with all the boons there are and their effects?

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couldn't find them on the wiki

manic bobcat
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What do you mean?

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They are listed under each God

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So there is no single page with all the boons

summer dagger
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really? I'll check again, thanks

manic bobcat
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But organized under each God

summer dagger
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found them, thanks!

manic bobcat
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Np!

summer dagger
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I'm guessing the wiki lags behind with the info when there's an update, right?

manic bobcat
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It's well updated now

summer dagger
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or are they automatically extracted from the game somehow?

manic bobcat
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They are done manually afaik

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But it's updated for the recent update, maybe not entirely, but the core stuff is there.

narrow hemlock
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all information is added manually by the community, people have been steadily updating stuff since the update

summer dagger
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hmm alright, thanks again

dawn tiger
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the cheat sheets aren't fully update yet

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they still use the Nighty Night update boons

narrow hemlock
#

the boon tier charts peach made?

narrow hemlock
#

that was actually what i was referring to

dawn tiger
#

Arty's still lists Duo shot

manic bobcat
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Yeah those are made by Peach xD

narrow hemlock
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the new ones are being worked on

dawn tiger
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good to know 🙏

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the duo boons are all up to date though

manic bobcat
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It says info as of v.27191

dawn tiger
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so it's mostly fine

manic bobcat
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So you know which one is updated, which one is not

dawn tiger
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as the only real big changes were to Duo Shot and the new conditions for fully loaded iirc

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plus the new stuff for Poseidon

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affecting boon progression

swift falcon
#

From what I can tell, the gods you can possibly encounter are set when the run starts right?

rough token
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Mostly, yes

swift falcon
#

From the runs I’ve done I’ve noticed that there is a group of gods that’s basically locked in at the start

rough token
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I believe there's a pool of 4-5 gods

dawn tiger
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the seed isn't set in stone, factors within a fight affect it. Its why some runners cast in the first room

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to change the rewards after the 1st door

swift falcon
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Interesting

manic bobcat
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You can get 4 different gods to show per run, keepsake notwithstanding

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But you can get different set of gods even on the same seed

high island
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Once you have boons from 4 gods, those 4 are the ones you'll see. I'm pretty sure if you see 4 but skip 1 of them, you can see a different one instead after that.

deep pivot
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Updated diagrams will be done soon. 6 out of 9 already done.

rough token
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Nice

shell ice
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yeah its less "set by the seed" and more "set by the first boons you pick"

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also note that Hermes does not count towards this

swift falcon
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Right I’ve noticed that

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Hermes seems to be his own category

shell ice
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his behaviour is unique

swift falcon
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Because he doesn’t affect your core abilities

shell ice
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its documented somewhere

high island
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Also, if you see 4 in Tartarus but only pick 3 and you force a different one than those 4 in Asphodel, you'll only see the 4 you have, and the one you skipped will be out of the pool.

shell ice
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Boons from Hermes function slightly differently to other Olympians. None of his boons occupy Attack, Special, Cast, Dash, or Call slots, as they are designed to be mixed with and support other gods' boons. In addition, none of Hermes' boons can be enhanced with a Pom of Power.

His boons are in a different item pool than other Olympian boons for the purposes of Fated Authority and Charon's shop. His boon can take priority in appearance even if one equips other gods' keepsake. Additionally, his boons will never spawn as the first chamber's reward or in mini-boss encounters. You can only obtain up to three of his boons in one run - with the third only available in Charon's shop in the Temple of Styx - and he never appears in a Trial of the Gods.

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from the wiki

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also worth noting that he doesn't have any duos

flat vapor
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it's because hermes is special and cooler than the other gods

shell ice
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i think the in-game-stated reason is that he's "less connected to olympus" or something

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since he acts as a messenger and spends a lot of his time on psychopomp duties

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hence he doesnt have any duos and his boons don't interact with the others

flat vapor
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tbf, hermes has the special trait of being closer to the underworld than any other olympian

shell ice
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yeah

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as i said, psychopomp stuff

flat vapor
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he's like a hammer that can talk

dawn tiger
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yeah, like Hermes in Greek Myth is sometimes the one who drags Sysiphus back to the underworld after he avoids Hades and Thanatos by having his wife intentionally mess up his burial

shell ice
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i wouldn't be surprised if we see Hermes in person at some point, seems more likely than the other olympians

dawn tiger
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Hermes had a lot of Chthonic qualities in general

flat vapor
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and besides, his general skillset fits more in line with being a support god, rather than a main one

rough token
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"gotta go fast"

shell ice
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i kinda wanna see how they'd design attack/special/cast/dash boons for Hermes

dawn tiger
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lowkey the hardest working god, Hermes was straight hustling as a damn baby and swindled Apollo

flat vapor
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i mean, he already has those dusa

dawn tiger
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kid was ice cold

shell ice
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the current approach of just adding attack speed feels like it wouldnt really suffice for a full boon

dawn tiger
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always looking for the next hustle

shell ice
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not interesting enough

high island
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I think the reason given in the game is basically "I'm Hermes. I show up where I want, when I want—always at the right place at the right."

shell ice
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i guess the dash could just be the +dashes, it's powerful enough and changes gameplay enough to deserve the slot

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and it'd probably be the best dash boon

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but the others would need a bit more creativity i think

swift falcon
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Hermes is more akin to Daedalus hammer than other gods

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In terms of boons

shell ice
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yeah it works very similarly

manic bobcat
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he's like a hammer that can talk

swift falcon
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Lol missed that

shell ice
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hermes is "soft capped" at 3 instead of 2+anvil

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and doesnt show up as often in tartarus

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but besides that theyre very similar

manic bobcat
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Both Hammer and Hermes are capped at 3 though

heady elm
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when a god shows up at the beginning to throw a big boon at you is it intended that you won't see them again or am i just really unlucky

manic bobcat
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Anvil gives you 2 but takes away 1

dawn tiger
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its all RNG

shell ice
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yeah but i still see that as a difference worth noting

dawn tiger
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sometimes you will have runs where you see the got a bunch of times in one region

shell ice
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you can buy a hermes boon from ||styx||, you cant buy a hammer

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just an anvil

manic bobcat
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when a god shows up at the beginning to throw a big boon at you is it intended that you won't see them again or am i just really unlucky
@heady elm did you force that God?

heady elm
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no i was trying to force a different god and then posiden just rolled in and gave me all epic options and then made it to 3rd boss without seeing him again

manic bobcat
high island
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The god will show up again unless you somehow push them out of the pool. You'd have to be extremely unlucky for them to not show up. I don't know if there's a pseudo RNG that prevents the god from not showing up at all, but I generally don't see that happening.

swift falcon
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Man it is frustrating when you reroll boons and 1 of the options is the exact same

narrow hazel
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does darkness continually increase with heat levels? EG I beat all the bounties at heat 3 and now run it for darkness, will that give me more than a no heat run?

manic bobcat
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Nope

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Go no heat if that suits you.

narrow hazel
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gotta get those fated dice

high island
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I think only if you have 5 different Olympian boons from forcing different gods, you'll push one of them out of the pool. Basically, the pool is limited to 4 gods whose boons you have. Might even be open to all 5 but RNG makes it very unlikely for all 5 to show up, but I think it's 4.

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Been paying a lot more attention to that kind of stuff recently.

heady elm
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how do you force a god out of the pool if you already have its boon?

high island
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If you have 4 from Tartarus and force a different one in Asphodel, 1 of the 4 you picked up in Tartarus won't show up again.

heady elm
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i guess i am asking how you force a new one in tartarus

brisk trail
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damn

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didnt knew that

high island
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Oh. With a keepsake.

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You swap keepsakes between biomes.

heady elm
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oh, i always figured they didn't work since i tried it once or twice and didnt get them

void vigil
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you can also start with hammers

heady elm
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might be like how the hammer can prevent the force in the beginning

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alma you type to fast

void vigil
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but the first boon you will get will be from that god, even if the first thing you got in a run wasnt a boon

high island
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The first few runs in a new save have some scripted appearances from gods that you can't overwrite, but it will work for the next boon that's not scripted.

heady elm
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ah

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ya i started playing around with it sort of early so it messed up my assumptions of what worked

high island
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Hammer can appear in Tartarus instead, Hermes in the other biomes.

void vigil
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they always work, aside from in those scripted instances and when the first thing you get is a hammer

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or hermes, yeah

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bc he speedy

heady elm
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so even if a hammer or hermes interupts the next god after that will still be forced?

void vigil
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yep

high island
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I'm not 100% sure about the 5th god pushing 1 out of the pool, it just seems like it works that way. I'm still learning to play the system myself.

void vigil
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as long as you see the charge on the keepsake

heady elm
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so could you get to all 7 gods with the right forces after each boss?

manic bobcat
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Theoretically yeah

heady elm
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there should be an achieve or special ability for doing so

high island
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The keepsake will keep forcing the god for any future boons until you pick one up from that god (shops don't count) or switch keepsakes.

manic bobcat
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Steam achievement is not out yet

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You can hope

high island
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Well, there's the Family Favorite mirror talent.

void vigil
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i think at least one will always not show up, for theseus' call

high island
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You'd have to force the last one after Theseus anyway.

void vigil
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thats a challenge run

high island
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Theseus used to pick one at random if you had boons from every god before they added Lady Demeter.

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But now you can't get all before him anyway, yeah.

void vigil
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interesting

swift falcon
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I’ve noticed in a few runs that some of my keepsakes were locked between realms, anyone know why that is?

manic bobcat
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If you used them before, yoy can't repick them

swift falcon
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Oh gotcha

undone moon
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For me the keepsake picking system seems a bit weird: You can't repick a keepsake but you can keep 1 over multiple stages

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Also once you pick lateron you can't repick if you made a mistake

high island
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You can repick it if you change the game's code to let you repick it. Everything is possible if you set your mind to it. dusa

void vigil
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yeah, changing the keepsake is what makes it expire

undone moon
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I mean the window where you switch a keepsake closes

void vigil
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also, i think you cant repick because picking the collar and then exiting and picking something else used to restore your health

undone moon
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It feels a bit inconsistent

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And not very user friendly

void vigil
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so that got patched out

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you only get one chance.... pick wisely.... and carefully

undone moon
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I toke me a long time to understand that repicking between stages didn't have bad consequences

high island
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I like it. Forces you to think about when to use what.

brisk trail
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is it hard to brute-force the demeter legendary?

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i keep trying but i end up on styx without a chance

undone moon
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I feel it's not a user friendly solution. I hope they will adjust the code so you can repick as long as you don't exit the picking screen

void vigil
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you can do that

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also, that sounds like bad rng :( going for the prophecy?

brisk trail
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yup

manic bobcat
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Can be a problem with stuff like skelly, plume, butterfly etc

void vigil
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i feel like its not that hard to get, ive gotten it many times without trying

brisk trail
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hope i get it soon then

void vigil
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its no chaos defiance thats for sure

manic bobcat
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180 hours in, still don't know what that looks like xD

rough token
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Oof

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I've gotten it a few times

void vigil
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i screenshotted the first time i got it, lol

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then i got it again pretty soon after

high island
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There are some ways that you can build to greatly improve your odds of getting a specific legendary. One of the most important things is filling your core slots (except call) because those have priority when you're offered boons until you fill them.

void vigil
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i have to say im glad i cleared the prophecies when i did, because a lot of boons and hammers got added to the game

rough token
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Same xD

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Though it would've been nice to still know which ones were new just by looking at them

void vigil
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and now theres more..... it seems like i will never clear them shadegrief

high island
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Another one is avoid t1 boons from her that aren't necessary for her legendary and that open up multiple other t2 boons—because that will just pollute her boon pool with stuff that isn't her legendary.

manic bobcat
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There will be so much to do for a new Hell Mode save at 1.0

past mirage
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Fated Authority is very useful if you want to gun for a certain legendary or duo. Especially if you still have a bunch of them in the Temple of Styx, the tunnel rewards become basically anything you want. I could clear all prophecies that way, before God's Legacy was even introduced.

burnt lantern
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Isn't shield kind of broken?

past mirage
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Broken-good or broken-bad?

burnt lantern
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Broken-good

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You can basically block most boss attacks with it

shell ice
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not really much different than just dashing out of the way

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except its harsher on tight deadline

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shield's blocking is handy but it's one of its more overrated qualities

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which is understandable; it's a lot easier to use than well-timed dashes, so it's more intuitive as one is learning the game

burnt lantern
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Yeah it helped me get to the end 2 times since I bought the game 2 days ago

shell ice
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that said, aspect of chaos is probably the best aspect in the game

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but that's because of the special

burnt lantern
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Which weapon does aspect of chaos belong to?

shell ice
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shied

flat vapor
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shield

burnt lantern
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I think I'm blind

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Never saw aspect of chaos

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What does it do anyway?

shell ice
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after bull rushing, your next special throws more shields

brisk trail
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it is fun

burnt lantern
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Oh I read something like that. Must've missed the aspect name.

brisk trail
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but i like the hidden one more

past mirage
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After selecting a weapon, walk up to its spot and interact with it again. The aspect menu will open.

shell ice
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fully upgraded, it throws 5 extra shields (so 6 total)

burnt lantern
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Yeah I know about the aspect menu

shell ice
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making your special 6x as effective is pretty good, it turns out

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("6x as effective" is exaggeration but yeah)

burnt lantern
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Appreciate the help though

shell ice
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that said, i'm cool with chaos aspect being pretty overtuned just because it's a fairly unique gameplay style

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none of the other aspects focus on the shield throw special

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they either focus on attack or change the special

burnt lantern
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Yeah the blitz one makes the shield throw go nuts

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The Zagreus one just adds special and attack damage

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Does anyone have tips for the final boss' second phase?

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Those ghost urns are annoying

gusty slate
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Saving call until second phase part 2, using ||bouldy||

burnt lantern
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Haven't unlocked companions yet

shell ice
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learn the animations; ||i find it easier than the first phase overall due to lack of invulnerability phases and the fact that there's only one thing to focus on||

gusty slate
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I usually dash through urns and just keep moving tbh

void vigil
burnt lantern
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Isn't Sisyphus' companion called Shady?

gusty slate
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Who now

burnt lantern
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I keep hearing ||bouldy||

shell ice
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||it summons bouldy.||

burnt lantern
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Wtf

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So then when ||bouldy|| is summoned it drops all the goodies?

gusty slate
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Something like that

burnt lantern
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That's pretty cool

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It does 1000 damage too right?

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How much of the boss bar is that? Can use it to quick finish him when he's low enough

manic bobcat
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Depends on the boss

burnt lantern
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Talkin' about final boss

manic bobcat
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Boss health: ||15-16k x2||

burnt lantern
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BRUH

manic bobcat
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Someone should confirm that, though

gusty slate
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Wait is it really that much?

burnt lantern
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Final boss is one motherfricker

manic bobcat
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Someone datamined the info and posted it. That's the source, could be way off but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

gusty slate
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My DPS must be amazing then

burnt lantern
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I wish I could refund my titan blood

gusty slate
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Still farming that... only... 24 more runs till max bounties

burnt lantern
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I fricking wasted all my Titan Blood on Varatha's Zagreus aspect

gusty slate
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Proxy forgive us shadegrief

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Can beat with base weapons, don't think there is enough of the resource at that point in time anyways

burnt lantern
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I misread and thought it gave plus damage to special and plus range and speed to attacks

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Then after using all the blood it turns out all the bonuses are for the special only

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Nearly gouged my eyes out

gusty slate
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spear special is cool though

burnt lantern
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I hate it

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I feel like it does underwhelming damage

gusty slate
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Yeah it sorta does, I need the hammer upgrade that gives it crit on return

burnt lantern
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Oh there's a Daedalus upgrade for that?

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I still have many of them to see I guess

gusty slate
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There's a few Daedalus upgrades for the spear throw

burnt lantern
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It's called "Vicious Skewer"

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Wow that's really good damage

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+50% damage and +%50% crit chance

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Does that stack with Artemis?

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That'd be OP

gusty slate
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It's how I beat Redacted originally

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I think it does stack

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Geebus, why are you making poor Proxy work so hard?

burnt lantern
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And if you can get some other boons for backstabs

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Ez dmg

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Oop I censored the space my bad

gusty slate
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Careful though, mods do enforce when they're awake

burnt lantern
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Oh

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They actually do their job unlike Hypnos

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Good to know

gusty slate
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Hypnos does such a good job I gave 'em a place to sle- I mean sit comfortably while doing it

burnt lantern
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Wdym

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I always catch him lackin' at the corridor

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His advice is as*s too

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"Try not to step on the traps next time."

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Thanks m8

gusty slate
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I mean, he does have a point

burnt lantern
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🤫

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No

brisk trail
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if i were to replace flood shot with demeter cast would i still be able to use artemis duo with poseidon?

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help

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plis

gusty slate
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Should be

burnt lantern
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My knowledge of boons is limited

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Apologies

gusty slate
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I think that duo works on all the casts?

brisk trail
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decided not to gamble and im picking the dash

gusty slate
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Ok, I personally prefer flood shot with ||dem pos duo||

burnt lantern
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I've been wondering how many hammers it's possible to encounter per run

brisk trail
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2

burnt lantern
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: |

brisk trail
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lmao you deleted it

gusty slate
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Well, technically 3

burnt lantern
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Oh that's cool now

brisk trail
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yeah you can get 3 with || the forge at the end||

burnt lantern
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Oh Charon sells them?

gusty slate
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He can, but ||he sometimes sell a forge at the end that lets you have 3 hammergrades||

burnt lantern
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WHOT

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BRUH DAM WTF

gusty slate
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It's risky though.

burnt lantern
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How much does that cost?

worthy egret
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It takes away one of yours at random and gives you two random ones.

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275 obol iirc

brisk trail
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||charon has a chance to sell them if yyou miss one||

burnt lantern
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Oh okay

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So they're random

brisk trail
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costs like 200 tho

worthy egret
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Yeah

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Two hammers would just be broken

gusty slate
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They're so bloody expensive if you miss em zaglol

burnt lantern
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Interesting

brisk trail
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yeah pokeuser

burnt lantern
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I never miss hammers

worthy egret
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I do sometimes

burnt lantern
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I'd hammer my head on the keyboard if I did

worthy egret