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eleven extra elephants posted:In 2, I've been generally going for the lair boss in my first region if the inn combat items are decent, I've got about an 80 percent success rate beating them but sometimes at high stress cost. IIRC there's a few concessions made to 1st region lair bosses, like the librarian having a slightly larger bookstack distribution, so no it is not necessarily a bad idea assuming you have a team that matches up with that particular lair boss decently.
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Legit Businessman posted:I just started out on dd2 (finally!). There's no such thing as a waste or major pitfalls really, it's a run based game and you can continue to play previous acts as often as you like (you are only locked into selecting the next act the first time you complete the previous one). And you should, unlocks help a lot. The early stage coach upgrades that give +1 armor and +1 wheels are almost a necessity, get them asap; extra candle spawns can be nice too. Resourcefulness: the one that gives you extra money at the start of the run is also worth a few early points, having some spending cash really helps kickstarting a run. For the item unlocks, pay attention to the tiers, each category has the items grouped by tiers and the category goes up in candle costs by that tier; this is the only way to tell in fact. All inn item tiers are pretty great, combat and stage coach peak early at tier 1 (the others are still good, just not as much bang for the buck). Trinkets peak mid to late, but you do want them eventually as they really bump your power. Otherwise do Hero stuff, especially all 3 paths per Hero, cosmetics as you like. Memories and challenge flames are probably the least important as those can complicate the runs a bit (though by all means, grab them if you want them). The DLC is 10 bucks where I'm at; worth it whenever you want the new characters I'd say.
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All the bosses in the game have some sort of unique mechanic to them that the game intends for you to figure out via observation/experimentation, sometimes over a couple of different attempts/runs. The degree to which you are expected to lose, or are capable of powering through without having figured it out kinda depends. I think the Dreaming General is probably the most puzzly/most punishing until you do.
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Panfilo posted:I think pushing one of the analog sticks down when the cursor is over an enemy gives more detail. Mouse over the taproot (the tree thing behind him) to see. Talking about General specific strategies (reader beware and such): There's a couple of abilities that can hit the taproot and the General at the same time, Occultist spaghetti and PD's plague grenade spring to mind. You can also tap the root with combat items which is a nice way of setting up extra/different actions with your heroes that turn. Both combined helps a lot in speeding up the fight and honestly I wouldn't consider doing it without as the stress buildup from a longer fight can very easily tank your run. Autsj fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Jan 20, 2024 |
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temple posted:Harvest child can be debuffed and nuked. I fair better against him/her. Very predictable outside of the hunger mechanic. Dreaming general is my worst because it's so long. It's designed to punish comps without heavy dots or consistent back row damage. Even the leviathan isn't that bad to me compared to general. You don't need back row damage, just affect, preferably a cleave but any item or debuff can also work. If you can control the root the main other thing you really need is stress healing, because it is the stress that will gently caress you up the most--even if you win the fight you might just have a tanked run because of the stress and effects on affinity. You're right about the dots but then than can be said of any major enemy in this game, dot damage is kinda bonkers. Funny thing about the Harvest Child: You can blind the meat to make it roll to miss, and which meat affects which ranks is consistent (though I do always forget which is which).
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They had mentioned somewhere in December that they were working on a big, free update, centered around improving variety and replayability. Still this looks quite a bit chunkier than I expected, very cool.
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