#h1-story-discussion

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lethal iris
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before he can enter the hot category

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sorry but ur opinion isn't allowed

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i'd rather date skelly

spiral saddle
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^^truuee

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thanatos is the only true option

winter nova
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How high do I gotta get meg for summon and for the than and meg choice?

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It just says get them too high hearts but I don't know how much that is

spiral saddle
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its a lot

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i dont have an exact number

winter nova
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I'm at the point where megs next heart is locked?

spiral saddle
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but i believe most every npc has 6 normal hearts, 1 locked, and than, meg, dusa have an extra 3

winter nova
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Oh

spiral saddle
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yea she has 4 more and once you get the locked one she gives you the companion

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the last 3 hearts after that are for romance

atomic forge
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for sexy time ;p

spiral saddle
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god meg is the only one whos been having the heart scenes and it bothers me

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i romanced her for the dialogue

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but i want than more

atomic forge
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omg I want to romance than again

spiral saddle
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and he hasent given me a heart scene at all

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and meg has given me like 6

lethal iris
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yikes

atomic forge
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megs given me 1

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and than 0

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so far

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but than is far rarer to encounter

spiral saddle
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i just want thanatos ;w;

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meg is taking all of zags time >:(

lethal iris
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as shud be

atomic forge
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why can't they just do it all together

spiral saddle
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like

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i knew zag was in for a ride and i was scared

atomic forge
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the whip crack bingblush

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wait

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WAIT

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they do it all together?

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@spiral saddle

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???????

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tell me

spiral saddle
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yea

atomic forge
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I NEED THIS

spiral saddle
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if you romance them both they have a room scene will both of em

atomic forge
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If you romance both Meg and Than, there's a group cut.

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YYYEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

spiral saddle
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meg and than are just like "hehe dummy get over here"

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and it terrifies me

atomic forge
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OMG

spiral saddle
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since like

atomic forge
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zag you slayer

spiral saddle
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i was scared for zags safety to say the least

atomic forge
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zag is living the dream

spiral saddle
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just it hits different when you walk into the bedroom and see both of em

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by the bed

atomic forge
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omg

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dude, that's like, so cool

winter nova
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Or something

lethal iris
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we just need the rest of the furries joining in

spiral saddle
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but a select 6 have whats called companions

winter nova
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Ahh

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What do they do?

atomic forge
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I feel sorry for anyone who didn't romance them

spiral saddle
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essentially summons you can use in run for damage and stuff

winter nova
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I saw some they look cute

atomic forge
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they missing out

winter nova
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Ahh

lethal iris
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i wanted to romance dusa

winter nova
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Is it like once per run?

lethal iris
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then she fzoned me

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Sadge

spiral saddle
winter nova
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Oki

spiral saddle
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and you get a new item in charon wells that give you one back

winter nova
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So u just play with them equipped?

spiral saddle
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lemme type out descriptions

winter nova
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Hmm

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Lemme see which have it

spiral saddle
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battie(meg): 2.5k damage in a line parallel to zags shoulders or the nearest enemy
mort(than): 3.5k in a big circle but slow
shady(sisyphus): 1k damage and some hp, darkness, gem, obol drops
rib(skelly): just a distraction damage sponge
fidi(dusa): just the gorgon enemies on steroids dealing 70 per hit and its a lot
anton(achilles): 1.5k damage to 2 enemies in succession

atomic forge
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actually can't wait for thanazagaera scene

spiral saddle
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all of the companions are gained after completing the corresponding characters "side quest" and unlocking their heart

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you then use ambrosia to level them up 1-5

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each level getting another use per run maxing at 5 a run but you can only use them once a room

lethal iris
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u only need meg's tbh

spiral saddle
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there are of course limitations like you cant use battie in the tart fight, than in the than rooms, etc etc

atomic forge
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all of them have their uses

floral jolt
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I like meg and antos

spiral saddle
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and you cant use them on hades until you get to credits and do some stuff with dad

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i just use battie all the time

floral jolt
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Antos is better single target damage

atomic forge
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u can use skellys and bouldy in hades

spiral saddle
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i like mort but im not good with it

floral jolt
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But meg is better in speedrunning and mostly high heat

spiral saddle
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achilles, meg, than, dusa all need permission from dad first

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which is gained i think after getting to credits and getting his hearts to 4 i think or smth

atomic forge
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I think u need max hades hearts and then some dialogue

floral jolt
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^

spiral saddle
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yea smth like that

lethal iris
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u need max hades hearts and at least 2 companions unlocked

spiral saddle
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you see battie and anton used more than the others

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rib and shady are better for newcomers imo

atomic forge
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I'm using all of them 10 times for the codex

spiral saddle
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mort and fidi are just if you want to tbh

spiral saddle
atomic forge
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I wanna fill out my codex eventually

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but that means getting onions lmao

lethal iris
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wonder how many have gotten all of hypnos enemy dialogue

spiral saddle
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tbh i dont care about codex or trinket levels

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like

atomic forge
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hypnos enemy?

spiral saddle
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i dont use the top row of trinkets much at all

atomic forge
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I have all trinkets maxed :p

spiral saddle
atomic forge
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ahh

spiral saddle
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kinda funny sometimes

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but when you dont die its like :/

atomic forge
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do u need that dialogue for codex?

spiral saddle
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no

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its there just to be there

atomic forge
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ok thank f

spiral saddle
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yea codex is just talking to npcs, killing enemies, collecting things, and using companions and fishing a think

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everything that happens naturally

atomic forge
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about the romance

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I think SG nailed it cos it's subtle enough that kids won't understand but obvious enough that older kids/adults will

spiral saddle
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tbh it kinda bothers me how much more reactive the meg one is. more of the cast is like "oh cool" but with than like only 2-3 npcs say anything and even then its not much :/

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and like no one talks about dusa ;w;

atomic forge
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well dusa you don't actually romance

spiral saddle
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yea but like

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id still like it to be acknowledged by more than nyx and aphro

atomic forge
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fair enough

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but like, with the amount and variety of dialogue in this game? I have 0 complaints

lethal iris
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ppl wanna forget about the than thing

atomic forge
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why

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than is sexy

spiral saddle
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like just residentzag

atomic forge
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so is nyx, meg and seph

spiral saddle
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and tbh long hair than is just amazing

atomic forge
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and aphro

spiral saddle
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and so i think sephiroth

atomic forge
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idk who that is

lethal iris
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thanatos is creepy and has a horrible sense of style

spiral saddle
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and im like ahh yes my favorite cthonic god, sephiroth from ff7

atomic forge
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LOL

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nah than is hot

spiral saddle
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honestly i really like his design

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its just physically appealing

atomic forge
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yep

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I agree

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and aphros design đŸ€€

spiral saddle
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^^truuueee

atomic forge
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they nailed the character depictions

spiral saddle
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and can we all just acknowledge how both of sephys dresses have pockets

lethal iris
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aphro has the face of a man

atomic forge
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wut

spiral saddle
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and like i just love artemis's design

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its sooo pretty

atomic forge
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yuh

lethal iris
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ares is the hottest followed by dio brando

lethal iris
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artemis be cute too

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aphro is probably the least hot olympian

atomic forge
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wrong

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sg employees looking at this chat like "stop simping over our 2d fictional characters"

lethal iris
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i mean thats what this room is for, no?

atomic forge
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of course

lethal iris
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what else is there to discuss about the story

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other than which characters are the hottest

atomic forge
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how cerberus is a good boy

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unfortunately no cats in hades sad_bingus

lethal iris
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theres the smol chariots making kitty sounds

atomic forge
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hades is my fav game of all time

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or atleast tied in first place

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with dishonored and bioshock

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but definitely fav roguelite

spiral saddle
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hades is ight

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i like transistor more ngl

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like hades is a wonderful game i just like the vibe of transistor more

atomic forge
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haven't played transistor, didnt rly appeal to me

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I love bastion tho

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bastion is a hidden gem

lethal iris
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i have transistor and never touched it :>

meager cedar
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Bought Transistor expecting a Bastion/Hades style gameplay loop. One level in and I realized that it was significantly different from what I was expecting, and refunded it

atomic forge
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that's fair enough

meager cedar
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I play games because I want to have one ooga button and one booga button, and where I can mash them to win anything, because i am best caveman

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besides, I kinda feel like Transistor has the worst of both worlds insofar as realtime and turn based gameplay. But at any rate, this is #h1-story-discussion , not #hate-on-games-other-people-legitimately-enjoyed.

compact needle
analog aspen
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its like proto-hades in a way

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the chipsets or w/e they're called remind me of boons a lot

deft sedge
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Wow, it’s almost like they were made by the same people or something perrielleheh

vestal pagoda
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Wow really I never knew that

pearl oriole
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anything special i need to do to unlock lyre prophecy

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i've been playing it a lot but still not yet achieved

deft sedge
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You have to play it 210 times & talk to orphy

atomic forge
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you can always just use an autoclicker

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thats what I did

deft sedge
atomic forge
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very true

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well, gl switch players :p

pearl oriole
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210 times eh lol

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how would you know?

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i didn't count

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i assume there's a tune

atomic forge
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I didn't count, but other ppl have :)

pearl oriole
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no as in, how would i know once i've completed?

atomic forge
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I just calculated the clicks per minute then did some quick maths to determine how long I needed to continuously click for

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which is dumb but whatever I had autoclicker

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I think it's 1 click/2 secs

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ummmm i cant do maths

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god my brain is fried I need to sleep

wicked creek
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on 210th he says "i can play" or something similar

deft sedge
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I did it in increments

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Just played once every now & then

atomic forge
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I believe orphy has 4? sets of dialogue or maybe it's 6 idk

deft sedge
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Ye, something like that

wicked creek
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i played like 10 or so times per run

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prob more because i kept losing count

deft sedge
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But you can just get it all at the end according to those who did all 210 at once

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Or smth like that

atomic forge
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^can confirm this works

deft sedge
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I just played cuz zags comments were fun

atomic forge
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but you only get one dialogue per run

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just like normal

deft sedge
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I also found the sounds from the lyre fun

atomic forge
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also if you're in the middle of orphy euridice quest you'll have to finish that before you'll get the dialogue from orphy

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which is what happened to me

deft sedge
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I didn’t even get the quest until long after I was done w them

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I finished their quest before epilogue & only got the lyre post epilogue I think?

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That’s me tho

atomic forge
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for me I got the lyre quest kinda in the middle of orp/eur quest so I had to go several runs before I could finish it

gray parrot
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Optimal lyre playing is once per run because there's such a long delay between after playing it and when you can play it again that you save time by just playing it once, then dash canceling towards the courtyard to do another run, and rinse repeat until you're finished

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Although you'll likely want to do all the tier 1 plays at once since they waste the least amount of time between plays and doing 210 runs to do lyre sounds inefficient

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but after you get past the single note plays it's definitely optimal to do the plays once per run so you're not losing out on that time for the tune to play

autumn tinsel
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"optimal lyre playing"

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god that made me laugh out loud for no reason

gray parrot
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I've put some thought into routing an "All prophecies" speedrun so I figured out how to optimally play the lyre

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pretty sure it's gonna be like the last prophecy you do tho

pearl oriole
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i'm still stuck on a couple.. haven't managed to get some legendaries and duos

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and i havent done the SD runs with LC

deft sedge
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You don’t have to combine them if you don’t want to

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I just did a bunch of random ones for the prophecy

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Until I had them all

pearl oriole
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yea i finished the pact one. but haven't really tried SD and RR yet. i basically progress up the Heat for every weapon. i'm still trying to max them all the aspects.. so far spear and fists are 11 the rest are like 4 or 5 lol

deft sedge
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Well, since this is no longer story I’ll leave NeekoEhehe
I’m sorry for derailing the chat

deft sedge
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I want a hades stealth game now

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The alternate reality where zag decides to sneak out instead of fight his way out

vast juniper
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i think he cant do stealth cause hades can see him the whole time he's trying to escape right?

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cause occasionally he'll be like stop this mf and send guys after you

deft sedge
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I mean he obviously steals his dads helm first

vast juniper
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hitman-style stealth escape from the underworld đŸ˜©

spiral saddle
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i still find it interesting that zag actually kills once he makes it to styx

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like

deft sedge
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Mhmm

spiral saddle
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satyrs have sentience i think

deft sedge
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Those poor satyrs

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They are the followers of Dionysus

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And possibly pan?

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They’re not really good though, but they are sentient

spiral saddle
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well pan is just a god of madness :/

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yk

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pan

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panic

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get it

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but yea once you think about it morally zag isnt the best

deft sedge
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“Pan, in Greek mythology, a fertility deity”

spiral saddle
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lmao

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everything is fertility

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even when it doesnt make sense

deft sedge
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My head canon is that the satyrs were just trying to find shelter from the cold

spiral saddle
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talks about pan a bit in this

deft sedge
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And that’s why they’re also killing the rats

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Competing for space

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Cuz you know that in the satyr sacks you got vermin sometimes

deft sedge
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I just half remember pan as a wild god & something w fertility & stuff

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And I know satyrs did a lot of .. can’t say here

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But not good

winter nova
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Question

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Nyx just told me about using authority to help orpheus?

deft sedge
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Admin chamber

winter nova
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Something about the chamber I unlocked

deft sedge
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Contractor purchase

winter nova
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What do I do?

deft sedge
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Talk to nyx

winter nova
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I unlocked the admin thingy

deft sedge
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No I mean

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There’s something you have to buy at the contractor

autumn tinsel
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Go to admin chamber if you've already unlocked it

winter nova
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I don't see anything about orpheus at work orders

autumn tinsel
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Do a run

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Die

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And come back

winter nova
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I did

autumn tinsel
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It'll be there probs

winter nova
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Hades not at his desk

autumn tinsel
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ok then go to admin chamber, see if there's anything there

deft sedge
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Nyx will tell you where it is, you do something (like a run), you go to admin chamber & find the work order

winter nova
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Hmm

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I don't see anything new in admin

deft sedge
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It’s a spot

autumn tinsel
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then do a few runs

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Talk to nyx

deft sedge
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A dot

autumn tinsel
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Check contractor

winter nova
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It's been about 5 runs since then

deft sedge
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Ye

autumn tinsel
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huh, weird

winter nova
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Is it the dot near the red hole?

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In the back

autumn tinsel
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Yeah

deft sedge
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Yes

autumn tinsel
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Actually no

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Probably not

winter nova
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I talked to that a while ago

deft sedge
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Maybe?

autumn tinsel
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But try it

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ah nvm

deft sedge
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If you see a dot then talk to the dot

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It’s in the scrolls

autumn tinsel
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Just keep talking to nyx and checking work orders i suppose

deft sedge
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Somewhere

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And then you have to purchase it at the contractor

winter nova
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I got the prophecy in the list in my room too

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If that means anythjng

deft sedge
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First page

autumn tinsel
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Also make sure you have the prereqs for the side quests

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Quest

lament epoch
autumn tinsel
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which is to have orphy and eurydice at lock heart

lament epoch
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if you cant find it then you already found the work order

winter nova
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Ahh

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Oki

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I can't find the work order tho

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And talked to the dot a whole ago

lament epoch
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scroll down

winter nova
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Last one I see is the erebrus gate one

lament epoch
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hmm

winter nova
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Just like nectar, gems, darkness work orders

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And the superior plunder one

lament epoch
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you should reset the house one more time

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see what happens

autumn tinsel
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reset meaning to die

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Do a run, basically

lament epoch
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because i think the first time you unlock the admin chamber there will be a couple of yellow dots to interact with

winter nova
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Oki

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Maybe not working cause hades isn't here?

autumn tinsel
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Nope

lament epoch
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nah

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just start a run, after that run see what happens

autumn tinsel
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Who needs that old geezer when you can do stuff on your own amirite

winter nova
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Hmm I'll reset a run

lament epoch
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yes

winter nova
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OH GOD I got 4 diamonds

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From the prophecy

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Yay!!

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What do I spend it on?

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I got 5 rn

lament epoch
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ambrosia

meager cedar
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no

winter nova
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What do I use ambrosia for?

deft sedge
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Hearts

meager cedar
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spend it on Work Orders first

lament epoch
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unless you really like the music

deft sedge
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After lock

winter nova
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I've been to urning it into blood

deft sedge
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To max relationships

winter nova
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Ahh

lament epoch
deft sedge
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You will need at some point

winter nova
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Wait does giving meg ambrosia mean I max her?

lament epoch
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wait

winter nova
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For her lock heart?

lament epoch
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you probably should get work orders

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but make sure to have 1 ambrosia for meg

deft sedge
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You can’t give until after you unlock the heart

winter nova
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I'm right before the lock heart for meg

lament epoch
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keep killing meg and then she will talk to your in your chambers, then that will unlock the heart

winter nova
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Ahh oki

lament epoch
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then give her ambrosia to get her companion

deft sedge
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Have to talk to you in the chamber 2 times

winter nova
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So no ambrosia for her yet?

lament epoch
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not yet

winter nova
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Oki

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Does it matter if I do heat runs?

lament epoch
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no

winter nova
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Wanna speedrun and maybe get the dialogue then

lament epoch
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just do a run

deft sedge
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That’s optional

lament epoch
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if you wanna speed run then do it

winter nova
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Nah I wanna see how fast I can go with beo or hera

deft sedge
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Just a question, did Nyx tell you where in the admin chamber the work order was supposed to be, or was it just a convo about the admin chamber?

winter nova
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Just a covo

deft sedge
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Aah

winter nova
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Like hypothetical

deft sedge
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You do need to see hades then

winter nova
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Heck

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Oki I'll do a run

deft sedge
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Talk to him after orphy has started singing again

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About Orphys contract

winter nova
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Oki

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Well orpheus is singing rn but hades not herr

deft sedge
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After that you’ll have a chat w nyxie about the location of the work order

deft sedge
winter nova
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Alr

vast juniper
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do i have to reach || the end credits by beating hades 10x || to unlock hidden aspects? cause every time i talk to achilles it just progresses the main story instead of him mentioning the spear

meager cedar
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Do you have 5x titan blood invested in Spear Aspects and have you been investing Nectar?

spiral saddle
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nope

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hidden spear doesnt need 5 blood invested

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you just havent gotten lucky :/

vast juniper
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i have 5 different aspects unlocked on various weapons

spiral saddle
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5 non zag aspects unlocked and have i think made it to final boss

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yea

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you just havent gotten lucky yet

vast juniper
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and i have beat final boss 7 or 8 times

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ah okay

spiral saddle
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yea for some reason weapon dialogue has low priority

vast juniper
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maybe once main story is finished and he wont need to talk about it anymore

spiral saddle
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ive gone a while without getting waking phrases when they just say one liners instead

vast juniper
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that sucks 😔

spiral saddle
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yea its all just luck

vast juniper
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i just want || rama || so bad

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i've got like 15 titan blood saved for it

spiral saddle
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lol its a trip to say the least

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my favorite weapon

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highest heat and best time with it 😎

vast juniper
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bow is my favorite weapon by so far that it's not even close lmao

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im probably gonna max at least 3 of the aspects before maxing any other weapon

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the only reason i played any other weapon was cause i wanted one win with each

winter nova
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Ok so I've done 3-4 runs

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Not had meg come in my room yet

unkempt geyser
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keep at it, she'll show up eventually

coral narwhal
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Do you need to be wearing a fully leveled up broken shackle to complete the Sisyphus prophecy?

wicked creek
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is it even required for his prophecy?-

coral narwhal
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Just wondering...must be on the wrong side of RNG

wicked creek
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i don't think you need it

coral narwhal
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I am 80+ runs in and usually (always?) go to his chamber when given the chance and still have not completed it

wicked creek
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you need to void his contract, which requires close relationship with nyx and access to admin chamber

coral narwhal
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I have been doing all those things asap

wicked creek
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so you need some discussions with nyx (and also meg, since she's the one who punishes him)

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oh right wait

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so the step you're missing is

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did sisyphus never ask about being freed yet?

coral narwhal
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maybe my EM is keeping me from meg dialogue

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i don't think he has

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seems to be getting close though

wicked creek
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are you close with meg too? i assume you at least have 6 hearts with everyone (except dad)

coral narwhal
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I have full hearts with almost everyone

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Hypnos, Artemis, Hermes, Achilles, and Patroculus or however you spell these names

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those are the only ones I don't

wicked creek
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you got all of them right except Patty

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did Zagreus ever ask Sisyphus about helping him?

coral narwhal
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he did recently

wicked creek
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maybe that's why, that's a requirement to even be able to talk to nyx, meg and others about sisyphus' contract

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well for now just keep on playing, yeah maybe turn off em1 even though i wouldn't be surprised if she actually talks about him in the lounge, but just to be sure i guess, talk to nyx and all

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idk what else to add sortry

coral narwhal
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It's fine. I'll just keep playing, thanks. 🙂

winter nova
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Okay so I am at the locked heart for Meg and than

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How do I go farther?

deft sedge
winter nova
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And than?

deft sedge
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beat him?

winter nova
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?

deft sedge
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in your contest

winter nova
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Ahh

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Oki

deft sedge
#

after you get to his locked heart, beat him in the contest

winter nova
#

Alrighty

deft sedge
#

then you'll get some dialogue & stuff

winter nova
#

Ok

spiral saddle
#

"beat him"

spiral saddle
#

god i listen to lament of orpheus and actually listen to the lyrics

#

it hits hard

winter nova
#

Fr

winter nova
#

How am I supposed to get the work order for orpheus?

#

I stg i haven't been able to find it

spiral saddle
#

did nyx tell you where the file is in the admin chamber??

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like where

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she'll say a string of greek stuff then you just go into the admin chamber, find it, then the work order pops up

#

both eury and orphy need to be at locked i believe

#

need to have given orphy good riddance to sing

winter nova
#

Ahh

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I gave him good riddance but he's at his locked heart yet so I will do that

obtuse bridge
#

There's always one piece of advice for getting certain story elements to come:

#

just keep playing. The system of working towards it.

atomic forge
#

90% of the story can be done just by playing and talking to characters every time you get the chance

vast juniper
#

just finished my 9th clear đŸ˜€ || excited to finally finish up my keepsakes collection and get non-main-story dialogue from achilles so i can start unlocking hidden aspects||

winter nova
#

Wait u on 9th and no achilles thing yet?

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I did my 3rd and got that dialogue idk y tho

meager cedar
vast juniper
winter nova
#

Oof

low tapir
autumn tinsel
#

hey, he's just tired after a long fight

#

cant blame him, you'd do the same

wicked creek
rotund ore
#

i have brought the 3142 sigil, visited chaos twice, but dont see some sort of cutscene between chaos and nyx?

wicked creek
#

Just getting unlucky

atomic forge
#

wait

wicked creek
#

Both me and my friend got the dialogue on our 3rd chaos

atomic forge
#

there was

rotund ore
#

nvm, its no fullscreen, yes to borderless

#

yup

#

ok thanks for that

atomic forge
#

did u delete somethign

wicked creek
#

So try to get chaos again :p

rotund ore
wicked creek
#

Alt tab is the thing that let's you switch between apps quickly, meg

atomic forge
#

ok cool, sry I'm tired and I was so comfused I thought I sent msg in the wrong channel

wicked creek
#

I'm gonna keep calling you meg for megumin

atomic forge
#

that's fine

#

idm any nickname

wicked creek
#

Oke

#

But yeah alt tab allows you to switch from an app to another app without mouse

#

Usually helpful on full screen

atomic forge
#

hades alt tab speed is sooo fast secks

#

unlike source games

rotund ore
#

oh i think need to buy sigil > 1 run > trigger nyx acknowledge of sigil brought > some cutscene occurs

atomic forge
#

you will need to die or clear to allow new dialogue

rotund ore
#

anybody got the transcript to the girl talk/whispers between meg and dusa

#

LMAO

atomic forge
#

very interesting question

#

there might be something on the wiki on a quotes page but I'm not sure

spiral saddle
#

:o stella said bad word

vast juniper
#

Just got the end credits! and wow || was not expecting hades to let me past without a fight ||

deft sedge
vast juniper
#

if i did my 10th run on 4 heat do i still get credit for that heat even though || i didnt fight hades ||

royal crypt
#

i think i did it with ||3 heat|| and still got credit

wicked creek
#

the only thing you can't do that on is ||63 (64 for hell mode) because you can't unlock the final pact until post ending|| otherwise it always works

floral jolt
#

Well getting dad at 60 is still a problemdusa

#

Especially without em4

burnt thunder
#

I just got the Extreme Measures version of the Theseus fight. || Those ARE Gatling spear launchers, right? I'm pretty sure that if Daedalus figured out how to reverse-engineer the Rail, then improve upon it, people would be more worried about it.||

vast juniper
#

so i thought after finishing the story achilles would finally stop talking about the story and give me || secret weapons || but no now he's simping for || patroclus ||

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fml

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i just want || ramaaaaaaa ||

tiny sequoia
#

?? You're at post-game without ||guan yu||???

#

Gotta stop giving him nectar so that his talk pool runs out

sand matrix
autumn tinsel
#

i had the achilles-patty story trigger at the same time that i was gunning for hidden aspects

#

and it became a mess

#

took me like 10 runs to finally get guan yu

winter nova
#

Lol

#

I've beaten meg about 20+time now

#

Since I hit her locked heart

#

I stg she does not want to come to my room

#

Like COME on just progress PLZ

atomic forge
#

you gotta give her ambrosia

#

@winter nova

#

3 times

#

or 4

#

i cant remember

winter nova
#

AHHHH

#

But I can't give her anything

#

Just talk

atomic forge
#

do u have amby?

winter nova
#

And she's always in the lounge

#

Ye

#

I got 1

#

But it just lets me only talk

#

No gift

atomic forge
#

ummm, have you unlocked the locked heart?

winter nova
#

No

#

In still trying to

#

But it's not happening

#

I'm at 90 runs

atomic forge
#

that would make sense

#

lol

#

just keep progressing all the cthonic gods

#

and you'll get there eventually

winter nova
#

Im at locked with orpheus eurydice and than

#

And meg

atomic forge
#

how many times have u beaten hades?

#

u might need to max his hearts\

#

icr

#

check the wiki homie

winter nova
#

Last I checked it said nothing but I'll check again

night copper
#

Hello

#

I need a bit of story help

#

To reach the plan

#

Do I have to give every god ambrosia?

sand matrix
#

Yea!

#

I think you can reach before giving one for Aphrodite though thanthink

tiny sequoia
#

I think it's most gods, you can miss one?

autumn tinsel
#

you need to have a bond with 6 olympian gods

#

except for demeter, you can get the epilogue even if shes at the locked heart because her bond is post-epilogue

atomic forge
#

How do I get hades to give me his keepsake

deft sedge
#

Beat the game

#

Over & over

#

And give him gifts when he allows it again

atomic forge
#

Ok

#

So is it just kinda random?

deft sedge
#

You just have to give hades nectar

#

More then once

#

And to do that you just have to keep beating the game

atomic forge
#

Gotchu thx

winter nova
#

How has meg not done anything

#

I'm at her locked heart

#

But thanatos has talked to unlock his locked heart?

deft sedge
deft sedge
winter nova
#

I did that one

deft sedge
#

Yes

winter nova
#

But not meg somehow

deft sedge
#

But you beat him

winter nova
#

Oh

deft sedge
#

You just have to keep fighting Meg

winter nova
#

So it's just bad rng

#

Just meg?

deft sedge
#

Yup

#

Meg

#

Doesn’t count if one of her sisters lead & she’s on the side

winter nova
#

So should I just farm me

#

Meg*

#

Like reset if not meg

deft sedge
#

Up to you

winter nova
#

Cause it's been a while of beating her

#

Oki

deft sedge
#

You might have bad dialogue rng

#

You have to see her in your bedroom twice

winter nova
#

Ye

#

I haven't seen her once

#

And I'm at 90 runs

deft sedge
#

Well

#

It’s random

sand matrix
#

Finally, ||set Sisyphus free of the Furies!!!|| Nyx literally disappeared from the House for around five runs making like difficult

atomic forge
#

What is a unlocked heart?

vast juniper
#

lol i started to ignore || patroclus || to try and force achilles to talk to me about || hidden aspects || and now he disappeared

deft sedge
#

it means you've done the favor

vast juniper
#

game hates me smh

deft sedge
#

and now you can give them ||ambrosia|| to progress relationships

#

they trust you now basically

meager cedar
#

I always thought the whole "give someone alcohol" thing was a sort of, well... unnatural way to progress relationships

deft sedge
#

technically nectar is just the drink of the gods

meager cedar
#

especially since so many of them say "you don't need to give me things like this" and the correct response is to keep giving them

deft sedge
#

we just equate it to alcohol in here

meager cedar
#

which seems like a red flag to me

deft sedge
#

it's whatever drink they want it to be

meager cedar
#

this isn't about the drink

deft sedge
#

just like ambrosia is whatever food

meager cedar
#

it's not that it's alcohol, it's a matter of respecting boundaries

deft sedge
#

they reject it because of the rarity in the underworld, or because it's forbidden

#

Hades doesn't allow it, so by accepting they are breaking the rules

#

that's why meg "confiscates" it

meager cedar
#

well, let me put it this way.

#

Let's say your friend hands you a loaded Glock out of "kindness"

deft sedge
#

I would ask how they got ahold of it since you can't buy guns in Norway

meager cedar
#

and continues giving you more guns every day

#

precisely

deft sedge
#

but I'd accept it

#

cuz it's a gift

#

I'd get it fixed at a shop

open berry
#

Can't tell if joke or actual bad analogy

but I think the issue being pointed out here is the insistent gifting to get close to someone, regardless if they want it or not

meager cedar
#

yeah, that's essentially what I'm trying to say

open berry
#

it's valid and I understand your point but at the same time it's a standard video game mechanic in sim type games

deft sedge
#

I just don't see them as not wanting it I guess?
unless it's dusa maybe

#

to me it just looks like they are nervous cuz it's forbidden

#

maybe than too

#

but I can kinda see it I guess

open berry
#

artemis voices distrust of zag's intentions for his repeated gifting, up until she does an abrupt 180

meager cedar
#

than just plays mysterious and aloof to avoid appearing capable of being taken advantage of

deft sedge
#

I just read that as her not being comfortable getting something from a male in general

#

until she trusts you

open berry
#

yeah and she had a valid reason for being suspicious. but doesn't negate that she says something about it more than once

#

zag doesn't have any malicious intent but there are instances in dialogue where i feel he kinda.. gets overzealous in his kindness and over steps boundaries

deft sedge
#

guess it just goes to show that Zag is just like any other high born & raised prince then hehe

If he wants it to happen, it shall happen - no matter what anyone else says or thinks about it

#

in the classic sterotype of the prince that is

#

well, classic in my lightnovels NeekoEhehe

ashen parrot
#

Guys

#

I haven't completed the story completely yet

#

I just want to know if these have any meaning (myths and stuff)

meager cedar
#

Nothing directly stated in game.

#

At least, as far as I'm aware.

#

I have 73 hours in, have the epilogue done, and haven't heard anything about them.

unreal dagger
#

nah

#

after the epilogue is just bonding with people

#

and completing the codex i guess

#

speedrunning if its your sort of thing

meager cedar
#

Oh, I got the credits like, 45 hours in

#

Last time I played ||we had the party with all the gods||

unreal dagger
#

yeah

meager cedar
#

I was expecting more honestly

#

like, maybe being able to ||walk around and talk to each of the gods personally||

unreal dagger
#

the game is still a roguelike

#

not a story rpg

deft sedge
#

^

#

We’re just lucky we got as much story as we did

unreal dagger
#

^

#

roguelikes are usually not that deep

meager cedar
#

I know I'm basically nitpicking the one grain of uncooked rice in a whole 3-course sushi meal at this point, I was just surprised that the level of care and character just sort of ended there

deft sedge
#

I love the epilogue

unreal dagger
#

its fine, i was mad too

#

but hey

#

thats how supergiant works

meager cedar
#

at the end of the day the only criticism I have about Hades' story is that I want more of it

deft sedge
#

Maybe I loved it cuz it was more then I expected hehe

unreal dagger
#

maybe we'll get some dlc in the future, who knows

unreal dagger
#

loved the story

deft sedge
#

I imagined the epilogue as just a dark screen with the narrator talking about what happened - like reading a book on the mythology

unreal dagger
#

isnt that what it was lol?

deft sedge
#

With the text appearing on screen ala death msgs

#

Not getting the art & stuff

#

So I was pleasantly surprised

unreal dagger
#

meh i feel the epilogue was underwhelming

#

couldve done better

#

again still pleased

meager cedar
#

Just imagine:
Greece, a fanservice DLC

unreal dagger
#

i want more gameplay

#

more gods, more boons

#

more variety

#

story would be fine too

meager cedar
#

consider this:
Steam Workshop

unreal dagger
#

knowing them

#

they wont

meager cedar
#

true

deft sedge
#

I’m fine with no dlc innocentkook

unreal dagger
#

there is still mods out there

deft sedge
#

But I know I’m in the minority

unreal dagger
#

i feel the game lacks a bit of content, gameplay wise

#

which they made up for in story

meager cedar
#

Supergiant always leans deep into story though

deft sedge
#

I can’t say it lacks content until I run out of it

#

And I’ve yet to do that

#

So for now it’s safe

meager cedar
#

I feel like their design philosophy is to use video games as an interactive medium in such a way to tell stories that cannot be told through any other medium

unreal dagger
#

both story and gameplay

deft sedge
#

I’m only.. 140+h into it

#

So I’ve got stuff to do still

unreal dagger
#

im 300

#

😂

#

definitely worth the ride

#

enjoyed every minute

meager cedar
#

I'm of the belief that a 10-hour game worth playing twice is far better than a 20-hour game barely worth playing at all. But I'll settle for a 300-hour game over both of those

unreal dagger
#

facts

#

only reason i made it that far was approval process

#

if it wasnt for it i probably wouldve ended at 100

#

which is still fine

atomic forge
unreal dagger
#

same thing

#

i still dont know what the difference is

atomic forge
#

I don't see you mention the game's genre anywhere, I'm just noting that there is a LOT to do, so compared to your average game, 100 hours is a pretty long time.

unreal dagger
#

i did say something about the genre somewhere

deft sedge
unreal dagger
atomic forge
#

They definitely shaved gameplay for story, comparatively to contemporaries like Isaac, but Hades isn't short on content at all.

deft sedge
#

Roguelikes are usually more brutal

unreal dagger
#

meh i call them both the same lmfao

#

core game is still the same

#

go die repeat

#

is my main genre

deft sedge
#

They’re still different tho

unreal dagger
#

ok

deft sedge
#

I’m not sure I’d be able to compare Isaac or gungeon to hades just yet hehe

Hades is much easier

unreal dagger
#

reading the wrong way lol

#

im not complaining

atomic forge
#

Okay, I missed you saying "Hades is light on gameplay, heavy on story for a roguelike."

#

I asked for that clarification but used the wrong word.

#

👍

unreal dagger
#

i thought you were referring at me using the wrong rogue term xD

atomic forge
#

I totally see how it read that way, my B. This is why you always scroll 10-15 minutes up in the chat to get more context.

#

I try to use the "right" words when appropriate, but it doesn't really matter recently.

#

True roguelikes are so niche that lites are the de facto inheritor of the name.

wicked creek
#

Most games usually just, stop
They make the game, full story, full game, end
I've never seen so many people ask for dlc before for a game, I'm happy with just having a coherent story and good game play without having to add more?? What's wrong with that, playing what we have? The game just comes with all possible dlcs at once if you played EA lol

#

Especially games with story, they just have an ending, and it perfectly makes sense, I just don't understand how so many people expect nowadays for a game to have extra paid content???

prime mulch
#

They wanted good old expansions like how witcher 3 does

#

Its not greedy if the base game already have massive amount of content

#

And actually plays like a full complete game

low tapir
#

at this point if i wanted more content, new room layouts, new hammers, boons etc would be great

vast juniper
#

finally unlocked every keepsake wahoo

#

completionist brain is happy

low tapir
#

time to max every one

#

and also forge every bond

vast juniper
#

you know it

#

working on meg and skelly rn, gotta get that last row done

vast juniper
#

I FINALLY GOT THE ACHILLES DIALOGUE

#

42 RUNS LATER

#

i'd like to thank the academy

coral narwhal
#

I wish you could fish during the Hades fight... just to flex on your dad. Or maybe to get a special secret cut-scene where you fish with him. Maybe if you have Poseidon/Zeuz boons it can be a family affair

meager cedar
#

There's gotta be like... one frame during which you can fish between phase 1 and 2

#

Even if there isn't, it's more convenient to think that there's a useless fishing speedrun tech

atomic forge
atomic forge
#

Every time Meg says that line I go full shadegrief

slim star
#

Aww, ||Zag can't stay with Persephone for very long each time ||

atomic forge
#

😔

forest totem
#

How do I progress orpheus and eurydice and also how to learn the harp. I talked to both so much and they don't say much anymore, got both to 5 hearts. and I play harp every time I go out, I only once got dialogue where orpheus would try teach me

deft sedge
forest totem
#

jesus

deft sedge
#

And for orphy & eury you have to get the work order to free orphy - you need Nyx at 5 hearts for that

forest totem
#

got nyx at 5 too

deft sedge
#

And orphy has to sing again

forest totem
#

is it 210 times seperated by a run

#

orphy is singing

dry ore
#

total

deft sedge
#

You don’t have to do it all at once

#

You also don’t have to wait between runs

#

It’s up to you

deft sedge
#

First to get admin chamber if you don’t already have it

#

Then it’s a chat w hades about the contract orphy has

#

Then there’s another chat w Nyx about where to find the work order in the admin chamber

#

Then you go find it & buy it at the contractor (first page - might have to scroll down)

forest totem
#

is the work order different to the desk with quests for rewards? I got everything from the contractor first page

#

Ah I can do it all at once thats more relieving

atomic forge
forest totem
#

yeah

atomic forge
#

get an autoclicker for keyboard

deft sedge
#

It’ll only show up at the contractor if you’ve picked it up from the admin chamber

atomic forge
#

2 secs/click, do the maths, set a timer, start clicking, then just vibe on ur phone while you wait

forest totem
#

Cool cool

atomic forge
#

also exit the room after ur done to save game

forest totem
#

I have to pick it up from admin chamber? I thought that just showed me my runs and some weird blood drink

deft sedge
#

No

atomic forge
#

you need to buy the lyre

#

for your bedroom

forest totem
#

bought it, just need to play it more

deft sedge
atomic forge
#

oh

#

uhhh nvrmind

deft sedge
atomic forge
#

idk whats going on sorry

deft sedge
#

2 quest help requests at once

atomic forge
#

gotcha

deft sedge
#

That’s what hehe

atomic forge
#

but yah what shadow said

deft sedge
#

You have to have had the chat with hades about Orpheus’ contract first

#

Only after that will Nyx talk about the location

forest totem
#

right. I'll have to see, I haven't seen hades in ages because I always get to him

deft sedge
#

Then you head to the back with the scrolls, look for the new dot to interact with, interact with it & boom

#

Should now show up at the contractor

#

Might have to do a run first to reset house

deft sedge
forest totem
#

Okay

ruby monolith
#

wait hol up a sec

#

if zag doesnt die in the styx on the surface because he's still technically in the underworld, why didnt persephone just tell him that the first time they met so he could stay longer???

#

oh wait we dont need to spoilerize things in this channel

lament epoch
#

because the game wants you to keep playing

ruby monolith
#

yes obviously but outside of that

lament epoch
#

idk

#

everybody has that question when they get the ending

#

and nobody has gotten an answer

frigid kindle
#

idgi

ruby monolith
lament epoch
#

idk

#

i dont pay attention to the dialogue anymore

ruby monolith
#

cringe

#

I sit through all dialogue

frigid kindle
#

dialogue moment

lament epoch
#

i dont pay attention to the dialogue anymore because i dont have much dialogue left

analog aspen
#

maybe its just that she actually hates zag and wants to see him die a lot

fickle comet
#

The Styx takes him back. I don't think he can go into the Styx and remain in place.

ruby monolith
#

shadefear mfw i remember you can run out of unique dialogues

lament epoch
#

bruh you thought that the dialogue just kept going

ruby monolith
#

no

#

i just forgot for a second because i kept getting unique ones

sand matrix
#

||Surprised to get the waking phrase of Malphon from Asterius.|| Who'll give the bow's phrase then? Only that one aspect remains

rotund ether
#

|| Artemis ||

sand matrix
#

Ahh makes sense. Thansk!

analog aspen
#

the waking phrases were cool to figure out

#

I had to look up ||Lucifer|| because ||Zooz|| just would not ever give it to me for some reason

vast juniper
#

cant believe i just got pranked into spending a bunch of titan blood 😔

lament epoch
#

nah its fine

#

turn the diamonds into ambrosia, and the ambrosia into titan blood

vast juniper
#

gotta spend them on my last two contractor upgrades real quick

#

then i'll do that going forward tho

#

thanks for the tip!

#

just got my first ||companion|| thanks skelly ❀

#

finally i have a use for some of my 22 ambrosia lmao

lament epoch
#

epic

#

i would recommend another companion but i dont wanna spoil it

vast juniper
#

i've been talking a lot to || meg || to try to get hers but she's been missing the past couple runs so no progress there and i've been trying to talk to || sisyphus || too

rough wadi
#

one of time times I got to hades he got salty and started talking about how the only reason I got so far was because of the mirror. so I tried disabling all darkness upgrades (use keys to reset) and tried to get to him again, but I haven't managed it yet. anyone know if he actually says anything to acknowledge it if you pull it off?

lament epoch
#

and also you should not use keys to reset the mirror, use ||routine inspection, its a heat modifier||

vast juniper
#

rip, wish i knew that i've spent like 5 keys on resetting mirror lol

rough wadi
#

it's not really a build question I was just curious if there's dialogue for it

lament epoch
#

i dont think so

#

because somebody beat hades on a fresh file first try and they didnt get any dialogue

#

but probably because it was their first time seeing hades on the save file

#

i also just watched a vid and they did not get special dialogue but they got a title ||100% darkness free||

rough wadi
#

neat

vast juniper
#

is there any reason to max out skelly's favor once || you complete the zag sword quest ||?

#

other than completion

lament epoch
#

||companion||

#

and some story

vast juniper
lament epoch
#

yeah ik

vast juniper
#

but in the || codex || he has two more hearts to go

#

oh just story then

lament epoch
#

but to max him out you have to give him the ambrosia

vast juniper
#

three ambrosia

lament epoch
#

which will give you the companion

vast juniper
#

nah thats what im trying to say

#

the first one gives you companion

#

then you can give him two more

lament epoch
#

yeah

vast juniper
#

so the last two are just story?

flat nebula
#

Its just for the bond

lament epoch
#

well there is more story after you max him out

#

when you give him ambrosia that doesnt trigger any unique dialogue

#

he just thanks you for the ambrosia

vast juniper
#

ah okay

rotund ore
#

Dusa storyline is abit inconvinent to progress. Talking locks out giving ambroisa and vice versa

#

Need to quit game to see both

rigid kernel
#

Dusa isn't the only one to do that. Thanatos also likes to play "pick one" a lot, since lots of his dialogue makes him go play fetch with dead people instead of talking things through like a responsible adult deity.

jaunty mauve
#

is there some sort of requirement to get orpheus ||and euridice back together||? i got the prophecy but i have no idea how to get that story line progressed

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similar to learning ||how to play the lyre||, i got the dialogue where zag says soemthng about orpheus teaching him

vast juniper
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You need || nyx, orpheus and euridice to 5 hearts before it progresses ||

jaunty mauve
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ahhh

vast juniper
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For the || lyre || i believe you have to || buy one from the broker ||

jaunty mauve
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i didnt|| have euridice to 5 hearts||

vast juniper
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Ah, that'll do it

vast juniper
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Story should progress pretty quickly after that

jaunty mauve
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do i need to strum it in my room a particular amount of times?

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wait do i need to ||get them together|| before i ||learn the lyre|| or somethin?

vast juniper
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I dont think so, and i think the number of times is random but make sure to talk to orpheus whenever you see him

prime mulch
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You need to strum it to like 200 ish times, but they lowered it so idk

vast juniper
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Oh not random then, just a big number

prime mulch
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But ueah its still dialogue progression so just keep strumming between runs

jaunty mauve
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just do it a bunch of times then talk to orpheus?

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im not getting much unique dialogue from him

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like nothing with the ! above him

vast juniper
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I guess so, it should be pretty obvious when you get the right dialogue

jaunty mauve
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good to know, thanks

vast juniper
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Actually now that i think about it why didnt i buy it from broke before i did the other quest

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Now it'll be a lot harder to talk to him smh

jaunty mauve
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also unrelated but i love the storyline where asterius and theseus ||argue then they get a new attack after that ||

vast juniper
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Top tier writing

jaunty mauve
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honestly

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and the voice acting makes it so much better

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i hate theseus but i loved that interaction

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whats the voiceline for zagreus saying ||he can play ||

rigid kernel
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Way it worked for me was ||start with quite a lot of uses at first, and then strumming a few times with each death||, heading outside inbetween to get new dialogue loop with NPCs, then rinse and repeat. It seemed to progress at a natural pace that way.
You'll know you succeeded when ||interacting with the lyre produces an actual brief melody instead of random pieces of string torment||.

However, what I noticed was that it created some sort of a dialogue backlog, especially in congruence with the ||Orpheus & Eurydice|| storyline, so if you're also on that quest, there may be a conflict of priority holding you back. Just die a few more times to unclog it. (A weird sentence in any other context, I'm still getting used to it.)

deft sedge
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Can’t remember, but you’ll know when you’ve hit it 210 times - and if not just do a run & see if orphy has new dialogue for you 😗

jaunty mauve
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ok

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thank

rigid kernel
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Note that it isn't ||hit 210 times at the same run & done, but Orpheus needs to spur you on about three times|| before it's actually over. While the math doesn't reset, the audio progress won't happen until you talk to the related NPC.

deft sedge
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You can however hit it 210 times at once

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And then orphy will hit you with the dialogue all at once or so

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It’s been done by many players

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Works just fine

rigid kernel
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That you can. As I say, math doesn't reset. Just needs the four rounds of talking before you'll be able to hear the result ||while playing the lyre|| or before it counts as a completed Prophecy.

jaunty mauve
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ahh okay

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do i need to talk to orpheuys when he says something about it being hard

rigid kernel
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Talk to him if he's available. Note that he may also space out and simply not be there, then you'll need another dialogue loop. (Many embarrassing Tartarus deaths happen just because you want to talk to people.)

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(Also at least I think it's four, including the starting dialogue. It's definitely four-ish. Generally, if you're unsure if you're done, confirm it with the ||lyre||.)

jaunty mauve
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wym confirm

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also

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whatre the requirements to unlock the heart for the gods?

deft sedge
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Plus prophecy will be done

deft sedge
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They all have different favors

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Like with Artemis it’s listening to her tell lots of stories about a nymph friend

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With ares I think it was killing a bunch of enemies?

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And Aphrodite needs you to have a bond with 2/3 love interests

rigid kernel
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10k, if I recall correctly. For Ares, that is.

deft sedge
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Max hearts I mean

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Or maybe it was just a bond ia_think_thonk

jaunty mauve
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ahh okay good to know

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where can i check each of those

autumn tinsel
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theres a pinned guide in this channel

jaunty mauve
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i can play the lyre now but im still not getting any new dialogue from orpheus?

dry ore
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play it a lot

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I mean A LOT

deft sedge
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it's just 210 times total 😗

jaunty mauve
dry ore
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dialogue RNG

autumn tinsel
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id like to imagine that you just sat there for 30-40 mins straight playing the lyre and counting how many times you did it

forest totem
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what does the advance thing in hades' room do that costs 1k darkness and 10 keys

autumn tinsel
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resource director

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changes your health badge in the bottom left corner