#h1-story-discussion

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lucid pawn
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my point is I should switch ti up for fists

jagged goblet
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yea

fervent skiff
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200%?

lucid pawn
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but for shield, Zeus is amaing

fervent skiff
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Is that number right?

lucid pawn
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yeah, shield base is 15 damage

jagged goblet
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shield hits for 15

lyric urchin
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Guan Yu is maxed

lucid pawn
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so Zeus adds 30

jagged goblet
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yea

lucid pawn
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that's +200%

jagged goblet
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zeus is awesome on shield special

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or bow special

lucid pawn
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Yeah

fervent skiff
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Which aspect?

lyric urchin
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It's tripling the damage so 300% increase

jagged goblet
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any except chaos probably

lucid pawn
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Oh, right, 300%

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you're right I'

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I'm low :p

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Zeus Shield is still my easiest clear by a lot

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Zeus special, Hermes Special speed boost, and the Hammer that gives +50 damage when it returns

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those three boons on their own are enough to clear

jagged goblet
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does the 50 dmg gets scaled too?

lucid pawn
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take every pom of power you find along the way

jagged goblet
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does it proc lightning?

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i did not check

lucid pawn
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It doesn't, but it is another static boost

jagged goblet
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yea ok

lucid pawn
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and when you're chaingunning the shield it adds up

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I had Heroic Zeus at Level 13 from poms

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things just melted

lyric urchin
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Almost max the keepsakes

lucid pawn
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Also, I'm very sad that after getting back together with Meg, Zag's comment on the gaming table is still "No player two"

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I really want a slightly-peeved slightly-bemused Meg just humoring him for a game or two

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Possibly followed by stomping him into the ground on whatever game it is

atomic forge
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Zag has never found her more beautiful

lucid pawn
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Speaking of Zeus Shielding....

lyric urchin
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Hmm, I'm kind of sad the darkness amount or the other permanent items drops get buffed in later heat levels

lucid pawn
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Decided to try my first 2-heat run

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"let's see how tough the timer is"

hollow mortar
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Ohey, decent build so far. You can do it squirtyay

lucid pawn
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Just cleared Elysium

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still averaging a 4 minute clear per zone

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Or, slightly under

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Took four paths to find the satyr sack... but still cleared in 18 minutes

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Didn't even bother moving on final boss, just stood there and spammed Q; he died way faster than I did :p

hollow mortar
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Zeus loves you 💛

lucid pawn
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And my Captain America build loves him 😄

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So far I feel like Full Zeus is good for shield, Full Aphrodite is good for... almost everything else, and the other gods I only like using for their passive non-ability buffs.

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Also, I feel like if I clear at a higher-than-necessary heat, it should clear all lower heats as well

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it seems a bit silly to have to rerun it at 1-heat increments

atomic forge
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There's a great deal of story progression that gets done over a large number of runs.

lucid pawn
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Also, in case you were wondering, 95% trap resistance lets you casually walk on lava for a solid 5 seconds before it hurts

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If that was a thing you wanted to do

atomic forge
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Yeah, I knew.

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Sure Footing was pocket S+++ when Heightened Security went to +800%.

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And people said Extreme Measures was too hard.

eternal breach
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Heightened Security +800%: ever wanted to know what it would feel like if YOU stepped on those traps instead of Zag?

atomic forge
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Axes in Styx and Hades's vases dealing a strictly casual 270 damage.

eternal breach
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They aren't called a guillotine for no reason after all

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Yeah thats probably what it should feel like when a huge axe falls on you

lucid pawn
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(It turns out you can indeed get hit - and moved - by traps mid conversation)

eternal breach
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Zag: tha-
Thanatos: OH LOOK ENEMIES ARE SPAWNING

lucid pawn
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...also, I just realized ten minutes later that I totally missed the fishing spot visible in that picture >_<

hollow mortar
lucid pawn
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Hmm

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Captain America build just cleared the final zone in 3:18:21

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I think I did okay on that seven minute timer

north garden
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hello i just wanted to share my favorite run ever, had privilege status at 40% so all the status effects just STACKED and did some ridiculous damage; dionysus/zeus/ares/aphrodite. Also it was hilarious to watch Hades get charmed by a full charge Epic Aphrodite Aid, twice.

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Ah, for some reason my screenshot won't send, which is a shame. Here's all my boons tho:
Zeus: Thunder Dash LV.3, High Voltage LV.2, Double Strike LV.2, Splitting Bolt, Static Discharge
Dio: Drunken Flourish LV.2, Drunken Strike
Aphr: Crush Shot, Aphrodite's Aid
Hermes: Greatest Reflex, Greater Haste
Ares: Urge to Kill

dense sparrow
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playing zeus but only dash

thorn compass
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Young is relative for Greek gods

thorny surge
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Wait wait

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Is nyx hooking up with ares

thorn compass
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Night and War

thorny surge
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Ares: god of war and stealing your wife

thorn compass
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Erebus: Angery as fook

unreal seal
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Bruh i got nothing this run lmao

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Also

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I had thought that no one will have any recollection that you won

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because the first time i won after thanatos aided me, he said i didnt get out

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and also Hades didnt acknowledge it

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but i think he was just joshing me

thorny surge
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shame you didn't get athena/ares, would have been great with triple bomb

unreal seal
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Yeah i didnt find a single athena

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the rawket lawnchur triple

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though the lobbed version might be more powerful due to the travel time

open berry
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@thorny surge funnily nyx takes the entire... I think the exchange goes back and forth about like 5-6 times, but anyway nyx takes it as ares being inquisitive about the chthonic gods and disregards how blatantly thirsty ares is through it all

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despite the fact nyx isn't worried about any of it like zag is lmao, I do think it's like one of the legitimately good things that comes out of it, is the confirmation that ares is indeed more willing to give the chthonic gods the time of day than the other olympians are. fits him, really.

thorny surge
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yeah
i'd assume he'd have some amount of interest about where do the people he's directly responsible for go

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he does seem to have a bit of a morbid streak

ancient sentinel
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I don't know if this can be known without data mining, but is each unlocked deity guaranteed to spawn in a run? (Reason we can't know without mining is some might spawn in a shop you never go in and thus never find out one is there.)

junior field
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it's random

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you're more likely to see the few you get early on, but you could always force em using the god keepsakes

ancient sentinel
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I know Chaos is random and Hermes is 2x.

junior field
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Chaos is entirely random, you could see 0 gates

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if you want a particular god, the best approach is to just use their keepsake

ancient sentinel
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That's not why I was asking.

unreal seal
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the answer is that its not guaranteed

ancient sentinel
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Cerberus companion when? :p

junior field
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he can't abandon his post (unless you've got the rats)

ancient sentinel
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He spends half his time sitting next to Hades. :p

supple dagger
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I wouldn't mind a fic that has Nyx actively playing with Ares' affection before Aphrodite takes notice.

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Actually, that just now made me wish Chthonic gods were included in boon randomization... Nyx x Ares duo boon.

open berry
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im honestly wondering if sgg has written out ares/aphrodite like any other questionable aspects of greek myth bc theres really no references to a relationship between them. aphrodite makes a couple sympathetic comments about ares but thats about it.

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its only a shame bc i would love to see deimos and phobos in sgg style, since theyre supposed to be wild, sharp toothed lads

clear oracle
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I'm just sitting here wondering what Hera is doing after all this time.

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I get that Demeter is in the game since ||she plays a large role in the frozen surface and Persiphone is her kidnapped daughter||.

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But no Hera is ???

open berry
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i think hera is not involved bc rewriting her to not have such a problematic history while being involved with the narrative is kind of a mini nightmare

atomic forge
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Hera isn't a relevant figure when concentrating on Chthonic mythology.

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The booning Olympians only just barely straddle the line between minor and major characters.

open berry
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i think people forget that not all of the gods are meant to be represented

clear oracle
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I understand that. But Hera is a prominent figure that I can't help but raise the question.

open berry
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i do sort of wish hermes had more commentary about the underworld since he does have chthonic origins but his extra commentary about trinkets and time limit and stuff are pretty nice

clear oracle
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If going by relationship to Chthonic Gods then what is Artemis doing here.

atomic forge
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I'm assuming the exact choices of who is a present character was tied to gameplay.

open berry
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whats considered "relevant" is determined by sgg and what they want to focus the story on

clear oracle
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Fair enough. Maybe I'm too uptight with this whole thing.

flat shell
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I thnik Demeter does mention Hera and Hestia not residing on Olympus because of a disagreement or something, but that's only in-universe explaination. Out of universe, just a creative choice, probably.

open berry
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also tbh theres really an endless list of 'i wish [god or hero name] was in the game' haha like, perseus in relation to dusa, ect

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we just simply cant have it all

atomic forge
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I still hope for the day that SGG has become an effectively AAA company but they keep every ounce of integrity they have in their games right now.

clear oracle
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Are they AAA?

atomic forge
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They're indie, A or AA at most.

clear oracle
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Yeah. Although Hades seems to be the biggest and most welknown project so far.

flat shell
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Bastion felt WAY bigger when it was fresh.

atomic forge
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They're still a studio with like, 20 people.

flat shell
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And it still holds as well remembered by a lot fo the gaming community.

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biggest, though, I agree. They've got a lot more room to work with now.

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i screwed up, I meant to mention that Bastion was well known, not... Words hard

clear oracle
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Does anyone want to hazard a guess on how the story ends?

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With Persephone and what not.

open berry
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bastion felt bigger bc it was published by wb, i remember a lot of people back then were arguing about 'can you really consider this an indie title when its published by wb'

clear oracle
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Developer and publisher are two different things. So yeah, Bastion is indie?

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The same way that No Man's Sky is an indie title and published by Sony and asked for AAA price

open berry
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yeah bastion is indie, supergiant is indie. im just saying it was an argument back when bastion released as to whether the game could be considered indie or not bc it was backed by a large studio like wb

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everything after bastion was published by supergiant themselves

rancid vine
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weren't bastion publishing by warner bros.?

open berry
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wb = warner bros, friend

rancid vine
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sorry m8 just got here

clear oracle
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Anyhow, I bet that at launch, the story ends with the frozen ground thawing and grass starts to grow. Symbolizing Persiphone present. Zag walks pass the gate, he hears Persiphone voice and the game ends with a white screen.

atomic forge
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We've been told that the game will have a happier ending than the very bittersweet endings their games have so far had.

clear oracle
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Oh that's good to know.

open berry
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we dont know what "happier" means in this case though 😂 happier than the usual ending angst is how happy, exactly?

atomic forge
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Probably not ending with the end of the world/||suicide||?

clear oracle
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I think Red is just lazy. ||Rebuilding the world? Nah I'll just go into the sword world instead.||

drifting citrus
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||revolution|| is possible

atomic forge
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Yeah, but people are still being left behind.

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||You can never free every Nightwing, much less all the people who also deserve to make it back up the Falls.||

atomic forge
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So, when you snub Artemis in a trial, she calls you a half-god or lesser god or some other permutation of the insult.

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Olympus still thinks you're Nyx's child.

nova spoke
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yeah, that was a bit disappointing.

atomic forge
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Nyx is acknowledged several times by Chthonians as Hades's equal, including by Hades himself.

last furnace
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Yeah Nyx mentione that - she says they only know what they need too

nova spoke
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outside of Trials, she seems like the perfect gf material

last furnace
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I don't think they consider her a full god though - nyx is closer to chaos than the gods

atomic forge
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Yes, but equal in strength/stature, just not origin.

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That does have me worried about the endgame.

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I already think there's going to be a confrontation with Demeter.

nova spoke
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isn't Nyx a primordial? like Morpheus, Death and Chaos?

last furnace
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Imagine if they make the end game you facing a random god that you have the boon of

Like they feel that betrayed they turn on you

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And oh yeah - demeter definitely gonna find out about persephone

nova spoke
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it's Supergiant Games game so I fully expect the ending to be anywhere from soul crushing to melancholic to bitersweet

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then again, I haven't played Pyre. Maybe that one had a proper happy ending

atomic forge
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It's still bittersweet, but they've gone on the record that Hades's ending will be happier.

last furnace
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I heard pyres ending was pretty cool - havent played it yet but i watched the noclip doc on it

atomic forge
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There will still be bittersweetness, but it won't be bawling over the credits of Transistor while Paper Boats plays.

last furnace
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Transistor ending... that hit me so hard

nova spoke
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Maybe it was the music but the true ending of Bastion was felt pretty sad as well.

last furnace
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The song

atomic forge
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Bastion would have an outright happy ending if the world weren't destroyed.

nova spoke
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yeah

atomic forge
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Setting Sail, Coming Home is about as good as the world could have become at that point.

open berry
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nyx is regarded as an equal to hades, yes, but the olympian gods regard chthonic gods as "lesser" in general, this is implied repeatedly.

opal kraken
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Maxed out Aspect of Zeus

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Also the gods seem really excited about Zag wouldn't they consider him a "main" god since his father is Hades?

atomic forge
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See, that's what's also got me on edge. He's 3/4 Olympian, 1/4 mortal.

nova spoke
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they don't know about 1/4 part

thorny surge
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that's the weird bit
even their dialogue treat zagreus as a minor god

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guess the green eye is a dead giveaway

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pun unintended

woeful sinew
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h a

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niceee

thorny surge
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even the furies seem to treat him as such in all fairness, and they don't know about persephone being his mother either iirc

nocturne sandal
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Zag is not mortal?

thorny surge
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no

woeful sinew
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well, meg knows

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sorta. i’m pretty sure

atomic forge
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Why wouldn't they know about the 1/4? Do they not know Demeter's family history?

thorny surge
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yes but alecto doesn't, and she's the one that calls you godling and taunts you because of your red blood

woeful sinew
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aahh

mystic mortar
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Zag is not mortal?
@nocturne sandal He gets killed all the time. mortals die once.

thorny surge
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because zag being persephone's son isn't common knowledge

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not even Thanatos knew and he was around when persephone was with Hades

atomic forge
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Sorry, I misread something.

woeful sinew
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yeah i’d reckon since alecto and tis aren’t allowed in the house, they wouldn’t know like meg

thorny surge
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aye

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it's less likely that they'd know

atomic forge
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Once they find out he's not a full god but has mortal blood, is that better or worse?

nova spoke
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Tisiphone has the best dialogue of the Furies

thorny surge
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oh yeah a lot of lightbulbs are gonna fire up when they know who their mother is

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deffo

woeful sinew
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X,D

atomic forge
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Really, only 2nd in the game to Charon.

thorny surge
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or well, candles
lightbulbs don't seem to be a thing yet

woeful sinew
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one day one of thems gonna pull a profound oneliner, i can feel it in the comedy

nova spoke
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I wish Charon was more chatty. I'm only at around 40 escape attempts and he only talks to me if I give him Nectar

open berry
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charon will get content in next month's update

thorny surge
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anyway back to it
even if they don't know who zagreus' real mother is, knowledge of him not being a full-on god seems to be common-ish
him bleeding blood and not ichor is a dead giveaway, and his heterochromia does make him stand out even if he's the son that resembles hades the most amusingly enough

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seriously, zagreus is basically hades but younger and with a green eye appereance-wise

woeful sinew
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i’m still waiting for the day i stumble into that sprite edit of zag’s eyes

supple dagger
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I have to laugh at thinking about the tutorial portion of the game, as we never DO see those first few runs "enter rotation" anymore after the first run. Not saying I necessarily want them to, but I think it'd be young to visit it... and maybe tweak it a bit. Idk how. It's been a while since I did "new game" and saw everything again under the guise of "wowie! I'm new!"

graceful chasm
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i wonder what persephone looks like sometimes

thorny surge
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same

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all we know is that she likely has green eyes

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that's about it

hollow mortar
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Meanwhile, I picture her they way she's depicted in SMITE 😅

thorny surge
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i wonder if she also switched into a wintery form like her mother

atomic forge
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inb4 she's in summer wear. "Oh, my mother didn't think I couldn't handle this? I'm not surprised."

supple dagger
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A piece of me kinda wants her coded a bit like Eurydice, but other than that, yeah, I'm a little curious myself.

Also is it weird that I came to the observation that Asphodel and Elysium have two soundtracks that plays, while Tartarus has four (if I'm to include "House of Hades").

atomic forge
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i have the shade in the elysium boss fight arena that is red is it possible over time that more and more of them turn red in favour of our boi

foggy cobalt
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Oh, that would be cool.

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I always like to do a little weapon demo after the fight so my fan has something more to cheer about.

atomic forge
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indeed, i only just got him so i wondered if we could get more people in favour of him lol over time even if you gotta kill the boss like 50 more times just to get one more fan (excessive i know lol) but its neat little details like that which make a game just that more amazing

foggy cobalt
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Oh, here's a question. What the heck are Skelly's prizes?

supple dagger
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I think that would make the win/lose interesting. For every time you win in Elysium boss, you get a single shade that silently (but not really) supports Zagreus. Then maybe, 2 wins later, you have 4 or 5. 2 more, 7 to 9. 2 more, 12. Then every win after 12, you get larger chunks.

foggy cobalt
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That item on the list is buggin me.

hidden bison
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The big statues

foggy cobalt
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Huh?

hidden bison
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At the left of the exit window

supple dagger
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So far, they're commissioned sculptures of Skelly. I learned that after getting the second one unlocked and Zag negatively commented "am I going through these pacts just for sculptures of you?" And Skelly admits he commissioned three models of himself in different poses and can't get a refund.

atomic forge
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Oh them empty slots lol

supple dagger
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I have yet to find out what the last pose is.

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I'm glad Skelly's... a skeleton...

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because those busts are definitely naked.

atomic forge
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lol

foggy cobalt
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Huh. I will have to poke at that.

lyric urchin
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I still haven't got the first one I think

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I've clear heat lvl 8 too

clear oracle
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I'm at 5 heat now and still haven't won a single run with melee weapons. What's wrong with me O.o

foggy cobalt
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It happen!

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Each weapon, but especially the melee weapons, have their own style.

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They do play very differently, and figuring out how to make each work is part of the plan.

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Lab it up.

crude epoch
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meele weapons are fun

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magnetic fists are my favorite

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with arthur sword being a close second

open berry
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luv the punchy bois, i had fun just climbing through heats collecting bounties

foggy cobalt
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Whoo!

alpine briar
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what the heck

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I used artemis aid

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5 charge

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and it took 1/4 of hades health

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ok

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what

foggy cobalt
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It does a lot of damage.

alpine briar
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yeah thats really good

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Just won with it

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4th win today

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pretty sick

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uhh

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the final sword aspect

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it crit

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for 1000 damage

flat shell
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YUP

alpine briar
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?????????????

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????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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why

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is this

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in the game

flat shell
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Welcome to Arthur!

alpine briar
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I main arthur

foggy cobalt
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Because Power Character.

flat shell
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Aphro on it is ALSO silly strong

alpine briar
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1v1 me lan

flat shell
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oh then. because lol

alpine briar
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This is actually stupid

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I broke the game

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in 2 rooms

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This game is over

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300% damage to armor

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prepare to die

clear oracle
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One shot the Hydra heads for me

woeful sinew
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melt everyone in your path

lyric urchin
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You can't due to the armor

clear oracle
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Hmm I definitely one shot the heads before with Hera Bow. I guess the damage wasn't applied at the same time?

lyric urchin
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Probably

atomic forge
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It does not.

lyric urchin
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Well, I think the first heads might not have armor

atomic forge
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The Attack and each Cast counts as their own individual hit.

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Both waves of heads have armor.

lyric urchin
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Then that's the reason

clear oracle
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Then it's definitely probable to one shot a Hydra head with Hera Bow?

atomic forge
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Yes.

clear oracle
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That's...what I said?

lyric urchin
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I mean you can't due to it counting as seperate hits

atomic forge
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Technically correct.

lyric urchin
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Did you just mean the health part?

clear oracle
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Ok we have different definition of one shotting

atomic forge
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But you're killing a head in single Attack, which is what FoxHope is asking.

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A single set-up/action counts as "one-shotting".

alpine briar
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Ok boys

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may have 353 health on the second floor

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this is actually dumb

lyric urchin
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You can get more

alpine briar
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389 now

clear oracle
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Megaera is in my bedroom taking back her stuff :(

junior field
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that's good, the room is a mess

clear oracle
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I mean it's better than like 80% of real life boys room

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But it's ok Meg, we will get back together

fickle comet
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"Shut up, Zag."

manic yoke
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Any idea when we're gonna get news on the next update?

supple dagger
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No exact date was given outside of "June"

flat rapids
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later this month

velvet wyvern
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yo, alternate bossfights are so cool

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I wish hades got one too

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just remember to not get that drfit hermes boon when going for alt hydra

drifting citrus
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in the in-game roadmap, there's confirmed one more alternate fight

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likely EM hades

shy nimbus
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I already made a meme for that 3rd Hades fight 🤭🤭🤭

velvet wyvern
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4 phases hades

clear oracle
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Is Poseidon legendary supposed to be a meme?

drifting citrus
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which one

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huge catch removes the chamber cooldown, making it really really good for fish grinding

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second wave pushes enemies back further, and getting double wall slam with all of poseidon's tier 2 boons is great damage

clear oracle
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I mean huge catch

junior field
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it's not a meme? It nets you a lot of fishing spots, which is a great way to get resources

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it's also the only viable way of getting Chaos fishes

clear oracle
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Ok. Do you have any tips for a perfect catch?

drifting citrus
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have a quick reaction time

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and be lucky

clear oracle
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Per Google, the buoy bops up to three times

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So if the first 2 aren't it

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The third one must be?

junior field
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after the 3rd one

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but it could be at any prior point, too. You have an 0.3 seconds window to click the button for perfect.

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it sounds hard but it's pretty easy once you've done it a few times

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I suggested a puddle interactable in the house so you could practice

clear oracle
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Ok. I mean can you preemptively be ready for the third bops if the first two were fake?

junior field
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it can move 3 times

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if it moves 3 times, you know it's gonna submerge after

north garden
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max 3 fakes, final 4th one will sink. click/press catch immediately at the flash.

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though i've gotten first bob flashes

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i always switch to my dominant pointer finger to catch it lol

open berry
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if you're using a controller with vibration, the controller will rumble ever so slightly on bobs and fully vibrate for catch time

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honestly the easiest way to fish

north garden
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that's so neat tbh, im playing on laptop so there's no vibration

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literally no vibes 😔

open berry
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I just have my ps3 controller plugged in, but even someone doing kbm could have a controller on standby just for fishing if they wanted. I don't kbm much with hades but swapping between them is pretty seamless

half shadow
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I got into my second ever Erebus portal, and lost this time... I did not expect the Red Onion... now I'm not sure wether I wanna win Erebus runs anymore or get all the Red Onions, lol

alpine briar
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Shouldn't I have the codex by now

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I've beaten the game like 11 times

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Bug?

fickle comet
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@clear oracle you have 340 msec to make a perfect catch. There's a very obvious white flash when a fish bites, that's all you need to look for. Ignore the bops and vibrations, telling them apart is slower than looking for nothing but a white flash.

#

You get the codex from Achilles.

alpine briar
#

I've already talked to him

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I talk to everyone when I finish a run

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I dont understand how I have not gotten the interaction yet

fickle comet
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It always boils down to just keep talking to people with a ! on their head and give nectar.

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And do more runs.

alpine briar
#

Ugh ok

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I feel like I should have it

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But I

#

I'll take your word for it

velvet wyvern
#

you don't have the access to the codex at all ?

alpine briar
#

Yep

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I don't even know how to open it

velvet wyvern
#

hold LB/L1

alpine briar
#

?

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Mouse and keyboard?

velvet wyvern
#

sorry I dont know the binding for keyboard

alpine briar
#

It is C

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Can you open the codex in a run?

velvet wyvern
#

yup

alpine briar
#

I don't have it

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I mashed C

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Nothing happens

velvet wyvern
#

Hold

alpine briar
#

It does a red X

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Its telling me no

velvet wyvern
#

....

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do you get the "codex updated" popups?

alpine briar
#

No

velvet wyvern
#

safe to say it's bugged then

alpine briar
#

Look

velvet wyvern
#

there are things that you only unlock with the codex

alpine briar
#

I'm no game designer

#

But all I gotta say

#

Is add a way to check if the player has it

velvet wyvern
#

open a new save slot, and play a little to say if it unlocks

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should happen pretty early on

#

first 4 runs or something

alpine briar
#

Maybe I missed the interaction

velvet wyvern
#

it's just talk to achiles

alpine briar
#

I must have missed the interaction with him

#

If thats the case

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Damn

#

That sucks

final hollow
#

Good evening boys

#

so

#

how do u unlock guan ytu

alpine briar
#

how do you post in the feedback channel?

velvet wyvern
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idk the trigger, but eventually a conversation with achiles unlocks it

alpine briar
#

I want to put my error in there

#

because why not

velvet wyvern
#

there's pinned text there

alpine briar
#

I can never see it

velvet wyvern
#

sorry?

alpine briar
#

AH I SEE

#

wow I'm dumb

velvet wyvern
#

no worries

alpine briar
#

I'll just use bug report system

#

Forget that

#

It said to use it

velvet wyvern
#

according to the wiki:

Though the Codex is obtainable at any time after Zagreus' third escape attempt, Achilles may not hand it over right away - multiple conversations may be required to trigger the correct event. The Codex cannot be opened prior to obtaining it.

alpine briar
#

Dude

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I have like

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11 runs won

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no way I dont have it by now

#

and I always talk to him

#

Maybe I'm dumb

velvet wyvern
#

hmm, i dont know

#

even if it becomes a matter of luck, your odds are pretty broken

#

would still count it as a bug

alpine briar
#

Makes me sad

velvet wyvern
#

Start a new save?

alpine briar
#

No way

#

Too far in

#

Forget the unlocks

#

It'll get patched

#

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem

fervent skiff
#

@alpine briar 11 runs may not be enough to ge the codex just saying

velvet wyvern
#

there is a post on the steam forums with a very simmilar report

alpine briar
#

I've had more than 11 runs

velvet wyvern
#

it's not 11 runs, he beaten hades 11 times

alpine briar
#

I have just won 11 times

fervent skiff
#

Well what happens sometimes is that when you get new lore text it sometimes overrides other text from happening

alpine briar
#

What do you advise I do then?

fervent skiff
#

If its been more than like 50 runs then it most likely a bug

alpine briar
#

I already submitted a bug report

fervent skiff
#

But other wise just die in the first room and keep talking to achilles

#

To refresh the house quickly

alpine briar
#

How

#

I have 3 death thingies

#

And 100 hp

#

It will take forever

#

Can you disable talents

#

OH WAIT

fervent skiff
#

Yeah

alpine briar
#

a heat thing does that

fervent skiff
#

The contract

alpine briar
#

I got this

fervent skiff
#

yeah

alpine briar
#

I'll do it tomorrow tho

#

Its literally almost 5

fervent skiff
#

Just do that and more damage and you should die pretty fast

alpine briar
#

I can't put this game down

fervent skiff
#

Sure thing! ^_^

#

I agree its really great

alpine briar
#

Arthur is too much fun

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40% resist

#

lmao

fervent skiff
#

and slow projectiles

#

Its a really fun aspect

alpine briar
#

My special deflects too

#

So its like

#

Full coverage

#

Nothing gets in

fervent skiff
#

Oh damn thats great then

thorny surge
#

Hell, just the damage alone

fervent skiff
#

I swear dem PHAT numbers are so great

thorny surge
#

Yeah

alpine briar
#

1000 damage room 2

#

with artemis

#

lelw

fervent skiff
#

Add a few chaos boons and an attack special and bada bing bada boom you're unstopable

#

Lol nice

alpine briar
#

I am an absolute unit

#

I have

#

20 sec shield

#

arthur

#

and athenas aid

#

I am unstoppable

fervent skiff
#

Hades is as good as dead

alpine briar
#

For real

#

Ok boys

#

Confession time

#

Styx floor is harder than hades

#

Change my mind

thorny surge
#

Now add posi dash for extra numbers

fervent skiff
#

Hmmmmm

#

Not really

alpine briar
#

The poison sucks

#

Big time

fervent skiff
#

I mean I would agree with you under certain conditions

thorny surge
#

I will change your mind with the following sentence: you are w e a k

alpine briar
#

Hades is literally easy clap

fervent skiff
#

lol Nice

#

Not all the time believe me

thorny surge
#

Athena can deflect most poison attacks

alpine briar
#

Getting corner camped by poison

#

is not cash money

fervent skiff
#

I mean when you reach heat 36 stuff gets... interesting

alpine briar
#

And you can get poisoned like 2 times in a row

#

so you are running back and forth

thorny surge
#

That’s why you dash on rats and excalibur them

alpine briar
#

to the thing

#

Also

thorny surge
#

Because normal hits stagger them

alpine briar
#

I am big scared

fervent skiff
#

For?

alpine briar
#

Of the heat modifyer

thorny surge
#

And exca has big range time

fervent skiff
#

Lol don't be

alpine briar
#

That gives a new attack

fervent skiff
#

Embrace

alpine briar
#

Actual scared

velvet wyvern
#

only annoyance to me is that rats have a little too much HP, but otherwise not a big problem

alpine briar
#

Rats are UNIT

#

Like they eat damage

fervent skiff
#

Which ones?

#

The big ones?

alpine briar
#

The phat ones

fervent skiff
#

Ah

alpine briar
#

also the little vermin

#

he sucks

thorny surge
#

Really? They’ve never seemed that phat to me unless you stack heat on them

fervent skiff
#

I mean the phat rats are really slow and basicaly just damage tanks

alpine briar
#

I am working my way up heat

#

Doing 1 at a time

#

to farm

#

extra stuff

#

playing the long game

fervent skiff
#

You just started I'm assuming?

alpine briar
#

Well

thorny surge
#

Jury summons is the best heat upgrade to me

alpine briar
#

I bought the game monday

#

I think

#

And now I have 30 hours

#

so I guess I just started

thorny surge
#

BRING FORTH THE HORDES

fervent skiff
#

Thats pretty good tbh

#

Jury summons is pain

velvet wyvern
#

I like the alt bossfights a lot

thorny surge
#

Yeah

fervent skiff
#

Yeah same

alpine briar
#

Jury summons is my go to

#

For free bounties

thorny surge
#

Emergency Measures is great too

alpine briar
#

jury and damage immunity

fervent skiff
#

Encounters become so long though T^T

alpine briar
#

That makes it pretty easy

#

True

#

Also

#

Chariots

fervent skiff
#

*Extreme Measures

alpine briar
#

Can be removed

#

From the game

fervent skiff
#

Lol no

alpine briar
#

at any time and I would not care

#

Like

velvet wyvern
#

the explosive ones?

alpine briar
#

yes

velvet wyvern
#

lol

alpine briar
#

They can not be in the game

velvet wyvern
#

why

fervent skiff
#

They are great farms tho

alpine briar
#

Fists man

#

I cant do anything

#

Lmao

velvet wyvern
#

dont remove chariotes

thorny surge
#

Yeah, those are a pain without damage dashes

fervent skiff
#

Just dash away

alpine briar
#

Just dash and spam my 3 casts

velvet wyvern
#

teseus chariote always give me a good laugh

alpine briar
#

For like 5 mins

#

no thank

fervent skiff
#

I just PSYCH them most of the time

alpine briar
#

Also

jagged goblet
#

you can make them explode on walls/barriers

#

just dash through them

fervent skiff
#

Yeah

alpine briar
#

This is me being big noob

#

How to avoid bullrush

jagged goblet
#

but they are annoying on fists

alpine briar
#

I just tank it typically

fervent skiff
#

Lol don't do that

jagged goblet
#

i tank the whole game

alpine briar
#

Doesnt hurt that bad

#

I get to that fight with good HP

fervent skiff
#

Big flex there boi

#

I find Thesus more annoying that Hades

alpine briar
#

Thesus can suck it man

#

I hate him

velvet wyvern
#

just hit and run, lure them into a trap or make them hit a wall

alpine briar
#

The rush follows you almost perfectly

#

So without extra dashes its hard to get away

fervent skiff
#

Just move to a wall and then dash away

velvet wyvern
#

everytime I got into theseus with athena dash I make sure to kill him with his own spear

fervent skiff
#

Or one of dem pillars

alpine briar
#

Ok

#

I'll try that

#

Also

fervent skiff
#

I just hate Thesus's shield

alpine briar
#

Doom as a status curse thingy is cool and all

fervent skiff
#

but?

alpine briar
#

But it feels kinda

#

underwhelming

#

it just does damage

thorny surge
#

Nah, theseus is ez once you figure him

alpine briar
#

nothing else

velvet wyvern
#

the hades spear thingie?

fervent skiff
#

Well you need the other Doom boons to make pretty strong

thorny surge
#

Also that’s why you get the doom specific boons, aye

alpine briar
#

Thats what I mean

#

So like

#

Add a boon that inflicts paralysis on people with doom

#

Not like stone

#

that would be broken

fervent skiff
#

Nah Doom is fine as it is

alpine briar
#

eehhh

#

I guess

fervent skiff
#

You mean like a slow down?

alpine briar
#

Yeah

fervent skiff
#

We have chill that does that

alpine briar
#

Chill is LAME

#

I WANT RED SLOW

fervent skiff
#

Lol

#

Pair it up with killing freeze and it is dope

alpine briar
#

I know right

#

also

#

The rail

#

hurts my soul

fervent skiff
#

I KNOW RIGHT

alpine briar
#

Time to kill is UGH

#

LIKE JUST DIE

fervent skiff
#

I SWEAR

alpine briar
#

YOU DO NEGATIVE 5 DAMAGE

#

WITHOUT SPECIAL

fervent skiff
#

Rail is a really hard weapon T^T

#

For me atleast

alpine briar
#

You need triple bomb

#

and special spam

#

To win

fervent skiff
#

I swear

velvet wyvern
#

without triple bomb feels impossible

thorny surge
#

That’s why you grab zeus or posi for it

alpine briar
#

Triple bomb carries the weapon

fervent skiff
#

Yeah I wish they could make the rail feel more faster

#

Like I'm standing shooting peeps and dropping a few bombs

#

Meanwhile with the sheild

#

WOAH GOING OVER THERE NOW HERE

velvet wyvern
#

major problem to me is that the gun doesnt stagger enemies

fervent skiff
#

It really should

alpine briar
#

gun doesnt stagger?

velvet wyvern
#

and have a poor dash attack

fervent skiff
#

Nope

alpine briar
#

what?

#

Dude

fervent skiff
#

Exactly

velvet wyvern
#

so you need to keep moving

#

and does negligible damage

#

do*

alpine briar
#

Lets talk about broken stuff

fervent skiff
#

Sure

alpine briar
#

The cast bow

#

WHY

fervent skiff
#

Yes

alpine briar
#

IS IT IN THE GAME

fervent skiff
#

Not broken at all

alpine briar
#

Sure it is

velvet wyvern
#

i mean

alpine briar
#

Get athenas cast boon

velvet wyvern
#

why not

fervent skiff
#

Its perfect whatchu on aboot?

alpine briar
#

free win

#

It does upwards of 500

fervent skiff
#

Frgt Athena

#

Get Artemis

alpine briar
#

Artemis is lame

#

Unless arthur run

fervent skiff
#

WHAT

alpine briar
#

then

#

Its time

#

for big number

velvet wyvern
#

artemis for sure

fervent skiff
#

TAKE THAT BACK

alpine briar
#

But but

velvet wyvern
#

goddes #1

fervent skiff
#

ARTEMIS IS BEST GIRL

alpine briar
#

Her call

#

Is pretty sick

#

deletes hades

velvet wyvern
#

definitely best girl

alpine briar
#

1/4 of health gone

fervent skiff
#

High five me Dede

velvet wyvern
#

🙏

alpine briar
#

Wait

fervent skiff
#

Yas

alpine briar
#

We are waifuing gods rn

#

Ok hold on

fervent skiff
#

Lol why not

alpine briar
#

I got this

velvet wyvern
#

not exactly

alpine briar
#

Wait

thorny surge
#

Best girl is dusa she’s above your petty gods

alpine briar
#

Honestly

velvet wyvern
#

It would be too much platonic with arthemis to me

final hollow
#

Best girl is Artemis

alpine briar
#

I don't like any of the girls

#

In this game

velvet wyvern
#

boo hoo

fervent skiff
#

Lol dusa is a great character

velvet wyvern
#

you can leave

final hollow
#

Artemis is by far the highest tier waifu

alpine briar
#

I'm crying

velvet wyvern
#

good night sir

final hollow
#

Imagine Artemis getting fake mad at you when you accidentally step on a twig and scare away a rabbit she was about to brutalize with her bare hands

fervent skiff
#

She would look so cute doing it as well

final hollow
#

right?

velvet wyvern
#

she's always like "dude you're such a bro"

alpine briar
#

You guys are deplorable

velvet wyvern
#

I can't hear you from here

fervent skiff
#

You're deplorable

velvet wyvern
#

you're too low

alpine briar
#

GOTTEM

final hollow
#

ahem yeah i am sweetheart

alpine briar
#

The bot caught you slippin

#

gottem

fervent skiff
#

moi?

final hollow
#

Anti swear bots always make me just want to see what it takes to get past them

#

Like what I use | instead of I

#

Or l instead of I

alpine briar
#

||Read if artemis is bad||

velvet wyvern
#

go play age of empires 2

final hollow
#

read if artemis is best girl

#

Oh wait

#

You did

#

:^)

alpine briar
#

Oh crap

#

My own trick

fervent skiff
#

Aight back on topic

velvet wyvern
#

the game is basically 50% figuring out how to surpass swearing filter

alpine briar
#

Ok

fervent skiff
#

Why do you not like artemis?

alpine briar
#

Best weapon in the game

#

I don't dislike artemis

#

I just find her boons lame

fervent skiff
#

WHY

final hollow
#

Her boons are insane fym

alpine briar
#

When I'm not building specifically for her stuff

fervent skiff
#

THEY ARE SO GOOD

alpine briar
#

ehh

fervent skiff
#

Aight lemme explain

alpine briar
#

No no

velvet wyvern
#

why wouldt you like any of the female characters, really

alpine briar
#

Crits are cool

fervent skiff
#

yes yes

final hollow
#

Artemis+Ares is absolutely insane

alpine briar
#

But like

#

no

#

Her call is broken

fervent skiff
#

But yes

final hollow
#

A 15% crit chance for 200% damage is an outright 30% damage buff

alpine briar
#

luke be quit

#

quiet*

#

No math here

fervent skiff
#

BUT THATS THE BEST PART

alpine briar
#

only caveman brain

final hollow
#

Literally just straight buff to any damage with that attack

fervent skiff
#

MATH

alpine briar
#

Video game = ooga booga

fervent skiff
#

I swear

thorny surge
#

I don’t think that’s how math works

final hollow
#

whipping out calculator.exe to figure out how busted artemis's next boon will make my special

fervent skiff
#

And a hera build with artemis is super OP

final hollow
#

Hera?

velvet wyvern
#

the guy in the soldier pfp couldnt have any other attitude, really

alpine briar
#

ok listen to me

#

LISTEN

fervent skiff
#

Yeah hera bow

#

Listening

alpine briar
#

Artemis boons

#

are good

#

BUT

final hollow
#

Ohh I see

fervent skiff
#

Yes

#

NO

alpine briar
#

I find them boring

fervent skiff
#

NO BUTTS

velvet wyvern
#

the best

alpine briar
#

compared to other

final hollow
#

bOrInG

alpine briar
#

boons

velvet wyvern
#

no but

alpine briar
#

Fine

#

New topic

velvet wyvern
#

compared to others. is the superior

fervent skiff
#

Lol aight

alpine briar
#

How should they nerf arthur

final hollow
#

Yeah lemme use a garbage Zeus boon because it's flashy durrr

fervent skiff
#

What do you mean nerf ?

alpine briar
#

It needs it

fervent skiff
#

Don't give them ideas

#

NAH DUDE

alpine briar
#

Its dumb

#

600 hp facetank

final hollow
#

Ok how do you unlock Guan Yu

velvet wyvern
#

why nerf any stuff

final hollow
#

I'm sword main

alpine briar
#

Luke be quit

velvet wyvern
#

if anything, make things more powerfull

final hollow
#

but i want that top tier

alpine briar
#

QUIET

#

UGH

thorny surge
#

No arthur nerfs

final hollow
#

I NEED GUAN YU

thorny surge
#

New topic

alpine briar
#

ok

#

Hera bow

thorny surge
#

Why is poseidon the best dash

alpine briar
#

NO

velvet wyvern
#

go talk to achiles

alpine briar
#

ATHENA DASH

final hollow
#

After doing what

thorny surge
#

500 word essay

final hollow
#

I know you need to invest a certain amount of blood into the spear or something

#

What else?

thorny surge
#

Athena dash means you are w e a k

alpine briar
#

It means you are genji

velvet wyvern
#

i just unlocked hades spear

alpine briar
#

Deflection time

velvet wyvern
#

and after some time there I have it

thorny surge
#

Poseidon’s dash just makes styx trivial

final hollow
#

I find myself muttering "I NNEED HEALING" irl sometimes

alpine briar
#

Luke

#

Die

#

As an Ana main, you are feeding

#

switch

final hollow
#

bruh I main mercy

thorny surge
#

And its special status effect makes it deal a DoT when enemies move

final hollow
#

Or Junkrat

alpine briar
#

ok back on topic

velvet wyvern
#

does anyone use the "get life each chamber" thing?

alpine briar
#

The stubborn defiance?

velvet wyvern
#

aside from Vinny from Vinesauce

alpine briar
#

Or the thing you can buy

#

That heals you

thorny surge
#

Don’t need to worry about rats and satyrs if you disintegrate them with a couple posi dashes

alpine briar
#

wait that was not specific

velvet wyvern
#

the mirror stuff

alpine briar
#

Dude

#

It only heals you

#

For like 3

#

Kinda sucks

#

But better than nothing

velvet wyvern
#

that changes into either getting life each chamber or healing with darkness

alpine briar
#

I use it

velvet wyvern
#

its TRASH

alpine briar
#

It is

#

I am too lazy to get darkness heal

#

to max level

velvet wyvern
#

litteraly like, 50 darkness

alpine briar
#

shhhh

#

Lazy

velvet wyvern
#

oog booga, i got it

alpine briar
#

ok good

#

worst god in the game

#

go

#

boon wise

velvet wyvern
#

lol poseidon

alpine briar
#

His aid tho?

#

Its pretty good

spiral pond
#

yall clowns debating which waifu of yours are better but bouldy is the best

velvet wyvern
#

it is athena but worse

alpine briar
#

true

thorny surge
#

Darkness is something you get every now and then at best
Constant small heals are better

@spiral pond lithophile begone

alpine briar
#

Knockback is really good with bow

#

But nothing else really

velvet wyvern
#

I always stumble into a pillar whenever I call poseid aid

alpine briar
#

So I can see how he is bad

velvet wyvern
#

3s into a wall

thorny surge
#

You fool, you want the knockback for the extra wall slam damage

alpine briar
#

Wall slam doesnt work on bosses

#

so like

#

no

velvet wyvern
#

knockback is wonderful with the shield

alpine briar
#

Also

#

I cleared the styx floor

spiral pond
#

@velvet wyvern CC masochist lel

alpine briar
#

for my last boon to be increase all boons to epic

#

I was SO sad

velvet wyvern
#

xD

alpine briar
#

But I was loaded

#

So I hit up the shop

thorny surge
#

Posi boons make knockback hits deal more unga vs bosses and make it give a status effect that hurts them when they move
Checkmate atheists

velvet wyvern
#

is it possible to get to hades without any boon?

thorny surge
#

Yes

velvet wyvern
#

booneless

alpine briar
#

Sure

#

Use arthur

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Easy clap

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200 damage

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40% resist

spiral pond
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if you talk bad things behind athena, the blessed smile will be upon you

thorny surge
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It’ll make the fight excruciating

alpine briar
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OH GOD STOP

thorny surge
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But it can be done

velvet wyvern
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please delete this

spiral pond
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You cant

alpine briar
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GUYS

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Its 5:12

spiral pond
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I am the curse god itself

velvet wyvern
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it haunts me

alpine briar
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all nighter boys?

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Hmm

velvet wyvern
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it's 6:12

thorny surge
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This is weak curse

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Fade

alpine briar
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5:12

velvet wyvern
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good morning

alpine briar
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no

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America

thorny surge
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Post chaorles

alpine briar
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Forget ur timezone

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Doesnt exist

velvet wyvern
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you assumed to dont know math already

woeful sinew
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oooh east coast eh?

spiral pond
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@thorny surge yeah i should probably make new curse

thorny surge
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Yes

velvet wyvern
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you're wrong by default when come to numbers

alpine briar
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shhhhhh

spiral pond
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yall are not ready for this

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uh oh sisters

woeful sinew
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i’m die

alpine briar
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Dude

velvet wyvern
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i like it

alpine briar
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I'm leaving the server

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Bye

woeful sinew
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youve killed me, pay for my funeral

thorny surge
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lmao

spiral pond
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bye

velvet wyvern
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chaos would be a fine drag race contestant

alpine briar
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I lied

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Also

woeful sinew
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they would slay everyone on stage

alpine briar
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Chaos is jank

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Don't understand

spiral pond
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that is a new type of curse boon by chaos

alpine briar
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But what I do understand

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LEVEL 3 EGG

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IT IS EGG TIME

spiral pond
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look into this picture for 5 minutes you get a defiance boon

woeful sinew
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eg

alpine briar
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EVERY RUN EGG

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I MAIN EGG 1V1

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Chaos boons are like

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"Oh you have a fully automatic weapon? Lose 5 hp per attack for 4 rooms"

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LIKE BRUH

final hollow
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Chaos boons are sick

velvet wyvern
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you're weak dude

final hollow
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honestly there's no god that i don't like

woeful sinew
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it’s a long term commitment. In it for the long haul... In my case i forget i chaos boned till 6 chambers later and hear their wibbly wobbly sounds

velvet wyvern
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chaos is ez money

final hollow
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I've stanned poseidon since the Percy Jackson series but his aren't all that spectacular

alpine briar
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I love chaos

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I always get them

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ez free stuff

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can we also talk about how the wine dude sucks

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like

spiral pond
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@alpine briar how many curse will make you get out of this server

velvet wyvern
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hm

spiral pond
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i would like to try

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I still have more

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hades curse pics

final hollow
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Dionysus are okay, the DoT on hangover is beneficial but it's not exclelent

alpine briar
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No stop Fade

woeful sinew
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h my gosh pleaes

velvet wyvern
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can you just

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like

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no

alpine briar
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Hangover is awful

velvet wyvern
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at least

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leave it for tomorrow

final hollow
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Can you send images in any channel

alpine briar
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Worst status effect in the game

spiral pond
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Nah we go all in

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:^)