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Highwang posted:You're a cruel man. A dull rod can be a club and a simple stick can pierce hide when sharpened enough. I believe that any character can be good with enough...training... Agreed. I'm bad at this game, and probably break way too many toons. I know I wouldn't be able to win NG+ due to the time limit, for example. I'm genuinely interested in seeing how you work with a somewhat stable roster. 
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Fat Samurai posted:Agreed. I'm bad at this game, and probably break way too many toons. I know I wouldn't be able to win NG+ due to the time limit, for example. A stable roster assumes we aren't all going to die.
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Aug 4, 2016 15:55
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I think of myself as a man of (admittedly finite) Jest, so sign me up if there's room. I'm told I look good in red.
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I vaguely recall playing this game when it first came out and not giving a drat about the Stress mechanic and/or the negative attributes. I'm not entirely sure why on earth that was, aside from laziness. I do recall that I always spent too much money on supplies for stuff it turned out that I didn't need. I also tended to be up to my armpits in Vestals, PDs, Jesters and Graverobbers. Hardly saw any other class. Guess I'll give this a shot again now that someone is actually explaining the stuff - hell, I had no idea about the hidden rooms that were mentioned in the last video.
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Aug 4, 2016 16:58
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numerrik posted:Signme up as Numerrik. I have no preferred classes, and would prefer my color palette to be green or purple. If I need a class, make me a Vestal.
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Aug 4, 2016 19:37
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Sign me up as a Man at Arms or a Hellion. You'll probably go through those fast.
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Aug 4, 2016 19:44
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WELP things have obviously been rebalanced since the last time I played. And I now know why walking about with no torch can be a terrible idea. Live and learn.
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Aug 4, 2016 20:08
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citybeatnik posted:WELP things have obviously been rebalanced since the last time I played. And I now know why walking about with no torch can be a terrible idea. Live and learn. Think of all the wondrous treasures you are fore-fitting by lighting your torch though! Seriously though, dark runs are a thing. They just require a certain kit.
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Highwang posted:A bit of a heads up, I will not be accepting people that don't put in the effort to specify at least one class. What good is a soldier that knows not his lot in life? Alright, please sign me up as one of these classes, whichever pops up and isnt claimed: Occultist or Houndmaster as KirbyKhan
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Aug 4, 2016 20:43
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Highwang posted:Seriously though, dark runs are a thing. They just require a certain kit. This is one of the biggest differences between mine and my brother's play styles; I love doing dark runs with the "torch below 26" trinkets and surprise-resisting items and camp skills (I don't think there are any quirks that modify surprise, which is really odd), and he absolutely never risks it. I think the biggest issue with them is just how devastating monster critical hits are on your party, and the "hidden" bonus to their crit chance at dark/pitch black is killer (literally  ). "Playing" with the darkness (extinguish torch to get loot, light back up to "dim") works pretty well, but then you're spending money and inventory space on torches, which defeats the point a bit. citybeatnik posted:WELP things have obviously been rebalanced since the last time I played. Yeah, things have changed a lot. I've only played the game in its more or less "modern" state (after the camp skill nerf, corpses, skill rebalancing like Hellion fatigue, etc.) so it's been really interesting to hear people talk about how it used to be.
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Highwang posted:A bit of a heads up, I will not be accepting people that don't put in the effort to specify at least one class. What good is a soldier that knows not his lot in life? Okay fine, make me a hound-master, man-at-arms, or crusader
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Aug 4, 2016 21:24
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Oh I certainly do believe that dark runs are a thing, but I also suspect that you shouldn't do them with a starting party. Something else cropped up as well but I'll wait for Highwang to deal with it before I go in to details.
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Aug 4, 2016 23:02
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For those who care about such frivolities, I've added a spreadsheet with recruitment data to the OP So many gloryseekers. Fills my dark heart with glee.
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Aug 4, 2016 23:35
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If you require, I would like to sign up as a Crusader.
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Oh, sorry. I didn't BOLD my request, I see. I'll sign on as a Houndmaster, or an abomination
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citybeatnik posted:WELP things have obviously been rebalanced since the last time I played. And I now know why walking about with no torch can be a terrible idea. Live and learn. Definitely a vast improvement over earlier on in the early access version, where dark runs were pretty much objectively better than light runs.
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I would like to sign up as bounty hunter. I just love the class so much. e: also picking blue as the color
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I'm ready for glory and success! This place doesn't look.. too shady. What am I? Why, a Leper of course. Mind how close you get. The Red cloth is there for a warning.
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Aug 5, 2016 03:40
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I'd like so sign up as a Purple Antiquarian, Red Hellion, or blue Arbalest
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Highwang posted:For those who care about such frivolities, I've added a spreadsheet with recruitment data to the OP Sounds like there's room for more dark runs to me. 
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Yo, highwang, where can a sexy young Leper named Leppy Granola catch a stagecoach to Garth Mawanghi's Darkplace?
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Arbalest, Houndmaster, or Abomination, in blue or purple depending on availability.
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I guess once you get to me I'd like to be brown like a fox. I figure most classes in this game have a brown option.
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Skippy Granola posted:Yo, highwang, where can a sexy young Leper named Leppy Granola catch a stagecoach to Garth Mawanghi's Darkplace? I already have you listed!
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Aug 5, 2016 06:20
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I've never played this game, so sign me up as a dark white Leper.
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I remember getting my butt kicked in this game and looking up some guides; they seemed to agree on the "use em and lose em" strategy for the early game. Hire everyone you can and just throw them through easy missions until their stress is too high, then just kick them out instead of bothering to heal them. Only bother to save people with good traits, and start training those up for the harder missions. Is that still an effective strategy for a new player to this game?
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ousire posted:I remember getting my butt kicked in this game and looking up some guides; they seemed to agree on the "use em and lose em" strategy for the early game. Hire everyone you can and just throw them through easy missions until their stress is too high, then just kick them out instead of bothering to heal them. Only bother to save people with good traits, and start training those up for the harder missions. Is that still an effective strategy for a new player to this game? Viable and preferred. It saves money. If you wanna see, dare to compare with the up and coming episodes 5-7 on what I do. I have a very "my way or the highway" mindset though. Games never feel fun unless I can do it my way, and the game allows that. Its wonderful.
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Well I've never got past week five on this game, so I'll throw my head into the ring. Sign me up for whatever.
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Highwang posted:Viable and preferred. It saves money. If you wanna see, dare to compare with the up and coming episodes 5-7 on what I do. They added in passive stress healing, so you don't HAVE to send your disturbed soldiers in to the bar to heal Though Kleptomaniacs etc can go to hell...
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Highwang posted:Viable and preferred. It saves money. If you wanna see, dare to compare with the up and coming episodes 5-7 on what I do. They added in passive stress healing, so you don't HAVE to send your disturbed soldiers in to the bar to heal Though Kleptomaniacs etc can go to hell...
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Out of curiosity, what's the update schedule going to be like? Once a week, whenever you have time, on the first wednesday after a waning moon, unless that date can be devided by 3, ... ?
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Make me a Graverobber, Highwayman, or Jester.
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Highwang posted:A bit of a heads up, I will not be accepting people that don't put in the effort to specify at least one class. What good is a soldier that knows not his lot in life? fibio posted:Well I've never got past week five on this game, so I'll throw my head into the ring. Sign me up for whatever. Scrub man fibio sounds like he needs to start paying attention. Maybe then scrub man will feature prominently in Highwang's Dark LP for Doomed Adventurers.  (You gave up at week five? That's... okay. Fair enough. You'll want to be looking for good party/skill combos and study how Highwang deals with monsters. Remember, stuns are your friend.)
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double nine posted:Out of curiosity, what's the update schedule going to be like? Once a week, whenever you have time, on the first wednesday after a waning moon, unless that date can be devided by 3, ... ? I'm going for twice a week, Monday and Friday if I can. To wit: Update 3: Welcome to Sunny Weald Today we're checking out a new zone and watching what happens when you ill-prepare your budget! Also thanks to everyone who voted in the poll, next dungeon is going to be The Cove Finally, some trivia: About 7 minutes in I make mention of 80% PROT Maggots. During the unveiling of the Houndmaster in early access, this was also when PROT was coded into the game and the values were loving everywhere. A notable example being maggots that had 8 health but 80% prot, and you would fight packs of four. This was the slowest fight just because you had to do roughly 8 hits per maggot since you would only do 1 damage. Luckily that was removed in about 1-2 days but it was still pretty funny. Highwang fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Aug 5, 2016 |
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Since no LP is complete without dumb questions, here's one: Is this game a rogue-like? The whole thing screams as such to me, but I thought I heard you guys mention set encounters in the latest video. Could be I just misunderstood what you meant.
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It's not a roguelike, it's a procedurally generated dungeon crawling game with elements of permadeath. 
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Since no LP is complete without dumb questions, here's one: Is this game a rogue-like? The whole thing screams as such to me, but I thought I heard you guys mention set encounters in the latest video. Could be I just misunderstood what you meant. The definition of a rogue-like is the subject of a thousand screaming nerd fights, but dungeon layouts, quest generation, enemy composition, etc. are all randomized, except for a few missions. For example, the first mission you do in the ruins after the tutorial segment on the road is not randomized and is designed to show off features like traps and curios, and ease you into what a normal mission would be like. Likewise your first stagecoach always has a plague doctor and a vestal on it, because Vestal + Plague Doctor + Highwayman + Crusader is a fairly balanced workmanlike party that is sure to be capable of completing the first scripted ruins dungeon you have to go to.
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Okay, but the first fight against the mushroom people and their mushroomy pets wasn't set to always show up when you first go into that one area?
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Okay, but the first fight against the mushroom people and their mushroomy pets wasn't set to always show up when you first go into that one area? No that's just poo poo luck. Oddly enough, the Weald is a place that gets easier as the difficulty goes up just by merit of less chances to fight that pack of crap.
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wait, what was that at the end? You can pay a hefty sum to remove a positive trait? Why would you do that?
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