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So Athena dodges don't deflect anything Alecto does but the little ancillary bolts she fires, yes? I figured the blades and aoe areas wouldn't either but she just beat me to death swinging at me and charging, through my Athena dodges. I've never lost to Alecto, or any fury, after having completed dozens of successful runs, but she just chopped me up out of nowhere somehow. Utterly bizarre.
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ChrisBTY posted:My most recent clear was with Eris rail. Unfortunately the whole thing kinda went tits up and it was a 37 minute clear on heat 4. I didn't have a call at the end because I couldn't get Athena to cough hers up for love or money so it made the dad fight take like 3 minutes longer. Apparently I don't quite 'get' the Eris Rail. One of the cool things about Eris is that all damage is affected by the boost even Doom. So Ares is a surprisingly good choice for an attack boon with some of his support boons. Throw a big number boon on special like Aphrodite, Athena or Artemis and you’re pretty much good to go.
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Oct 18, 2020 04:40
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Can someone explain the appeal of this game? I only tried 3 runs and it didn’t grab me in comparison to rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon but all the praise it keeps getting is making me think if I should give it another shot.
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Oct 18, 2020 05:06
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SeANMcBAY posted:Can someone explain the appeal of this game? I only tried 3 runs and it didn’t grab me in comparison to rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon but all the praise it keeps getting is making me think if I should give it another shot. Ya... its good
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Oct 18, 2020 05:12
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SeANMcBAY posted:Can someone explain the appeal of this game? I only tried 3 runs and it didn’t grab me in comparison to rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon but all the praise it keeps getting is making me think if I should give it another shot. Give it a few more runs and pay attention to what people tell you after your runs. Hade is really a "game-for-everybody" in that sense. If you're looking for "bust the game wide open after smashing its skull across your knee" builds like you can get in Isaac/Gungeon you're going to have to wait until the Authority/Prophecy mirror builds because the game is fairly locked-down.
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Oct 18, 2020 05:14
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SeANMcBAY posted:Can someone explain the appeal of this game? I only tried 3 runs and it didn’t grab me in comparison to rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon but all the praise it keeps getting is making me think if I should give it another shot. Sure. I was kinda in this same boat when i started playing it on Early Access a while ago. After a failed run i just kinda lost interest and waited until they finished the game. Now that 1.0 is out, I went back and this game has exceeded my expectations. What sets this roguelike apart is a combination of things. Pretty drat quick combat with all the great lessons they took from their prior games. Being able to make accidentally good builds almost all the time with the tools and powerups you get, an absurdly gigantic amount of voiced dialogue that keeps track of your progress, and things you do and people you meet. The art, music and sound effects are amazing as always. When you successfully finish your first run, trust me when I say you'll find plenty of motivation to keep on playing. I'm not sure if you'd believe me if i say this, but I think they managed to top Bastion
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Oct 18, 2020 05:22
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Jank runs when you get to Hades, know you don't really have a chance, and see a fishing spot on the screen are the worst.
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Oct 18, 2020 05:54
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I bought it a while ago and put enough time into it to get my first clear. I stopped then until release cause you couldn’t really continue the story. You continually improve and once it clicks it continues on forever. The story is pretty good too. The characters are very sexy and they legitimately are cool to talk to. Plus the art is amazing like all supergiant games.
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Oct 18, 2020 05:55
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SeANMcBAY posted:Can someone explain the appeal of this game? I only tried 3 runs and it didn’t grab me in comparison to rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon but all the praise it keeps getting is making me think if I should give it another shot. I love the game personally but comparatively dislike games like Isaac or Gungeon where less stuff carries over run-to-run. In Hades I was hooked instantly by the meta-progression and house story. If you saw most of the stages but didn't like it then maybe it just won't be your thing.
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Oct 18, 2020 06:15
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if you asked me which elysium enemy was the most obnoxious, I think I would have a different answer after every single run
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Oct 18, 2020 06:52
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:if you asked me which elysium enemy was the most obnoxious, I think I would have a different answer after every single run It's really dependent on your weapon (the big chariots are bullshit with the bow) but the consistent fuckers are the shield guys.
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Oct 18, 2020 07:31
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Oxyclean posted:Does Eris work with Rocket? I assumed with no blast to stand in you lose the ability to take advantage of it. Yes, it's great with Rocket Bomb cause you can stand in front of a wall and blast yourself in the face to charge up, and it's much much quicker than waiting for the normal special.
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Oct 18, 2020 07:53
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Fargin Icehole posted:Im about 50 hours in and i finally heard Zag Repeat one line. This game has voiced dialogue to rival point n click adventure games, this is amazing
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Oct 18, 2020 07:58
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Something clicked and now I haven't lost a single game for 20b runs. I think Dark Foresight and the legendary/duo mirror perk made all the difference. Still working on summons.
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Oct 18, 2020 08:14
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Funky Valentine posted:It's really dependent on your weapon (the big chariots are bullshit with the bow) but the consistent fuckers are the shield guys. This. Even the flamewheels don't stand up to the remarkably consistent anger the shield assholes inspires in me. I've learned to deal with flamewheels, and the big chariots are just another enemy. Even with Forced Overtime there are so many ways to get around them, even with a melee weapon. But a run doesn't go by where I don't beat myself senseless against shields and take a million pink energy waves to the face, despite knowing full well you can dash through them and hit them in back. Except when you can't because they turn around when you do. Or there's suddenly a trap there, or another shield dude.
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Oct 18, 2020 09:29
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i put the game down for a few days after winning three runs in a row and now that i've turned heat 1 on (9:00 tight deadline) i suddenly can't beat asterius and theseus without burning all the deaths defiance i need for hades 
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Oct 18, 2020 09:49
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:This. Even the flamewheels don't stand up to the remarkably consistent anger the shield assholes inspires in me. I've learned to deal with flamewheels, and the big chariots are just another enemy. Even with Forced Overtime there are so many ways to get around them, even with a melee weapon. But a run doesn't go by where I don't beat myself senseless against shields and take a million pink energy waves to the face, despite knowing full well you can dash through them and hit them in back. Except when you can't because they turn around when you do. Or there's suddenly a trap there, or another shield dude. Just bait out the attack, then dash through the shield guys. Gets them every time.
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Oct 18, 2020 09:56
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War Wizard posted:Something clicked and now I haven't lost a single game for 20b runs. I think Dark Foresight and the legendary/duo mirror perk made all the difference. Still working on summons. Having a maxed out summon is a huge power boost. Most of them can completely skip a boss phase, I mostly use Meg because of the accurate AOE but Thanatos is really good on bosses who have a phase where they stand still like Theseus doing his summon - it can completely end Theseus phase 2 I’ve found Meg is great on EM3 if you immediately use her because that’s 5000 damage you’ll almost always get right away
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Oct 18, 2020 10:01
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I'm extremely enjoying theseus' terror before his entire second phase gets erased by companion mort
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Oct 18, 2020 10:14
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i thought fists + ares was the ultimate omae wa mo shindeiru build, but it turns out its fists + hangover full on drunken boxing
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Oct 18, 2020 10:28
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Eau de MacGowan posted:i thought fists + ares was the ultimate omae wa mo shindeiru build, but it turns out its fists + hangover It's Ares + Dionysus. Ares on special, Dio on attack, and the Duo Boon on top of it all. It's magnificent.
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Oct 18, 2020 10:54
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JamMasterJim posted:It's Ares + Dionysus. Ares on special, Dio on attack, and the Duo Boon on top of it all. It's magnificent. If you manage to add Aphrodite you can make basically everyone in the afterlife swear off alcohol forever*. *until next week or so but still.
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JamMasterJim posted:It's Ares + Dionysus. Ares on special, Dio on attack, and the Duo Boon on top of it all. It's magnificent. iirc you don't need a Doom effect to get the Duo so the dream is Aphro on special and Ares on Cast or something so you can get both Hangover Duo Boons. Icing is Artemis Call for her Hangover Duo boon/Support Fire/Homing Blades.
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Oct 18, 2020 11:03
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JamMasterJim posted:It's Ares + Dionysus. Ares on special, Dio on attack, and the Duo Boon on top of it all. It's magnificent. I'm pretty sure the quickest that I've killed Hades was with fists using Dionysus on attack along with the Dionysus/Artemis duo. Just hangover damage and critting everywhere.
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Oct 18, 2020 11:12
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crepeface posted:iirc you don't need a Doom effect to get the Duo so the dream is Aphro on special and Ares on Cast or something so you can get both Hangover Duo Boons. Icing is Artemis Call for her Hangover Duo boon/Support Fire/Homing Blades. If you do not take Ares attack or Special, I think only his Vengeance boon can trigger the Duo, while aphrodite can have either the cast or the Dash aside from the attacks. But either of the duos makes the build extremely viable.
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JamMasterJim posted:If you do not take Ares attack or Special, I think only his Vengeance boon can trigger the Duo, while aphrodite can have either the cast or the Dash aside from the attacks. But either of the duos makes the build extremely viable. the Duo doesn't need Doom to Trigger it as I understand the description. it just ticks faster once you have it.
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the highest dps run i ever had was aphro special on the fists with the hammer that gives the special the landing slam with some insane base damage, then i got a chaos boon that buffed special damage. i would clear entire rooms in one hit as long as i remembered not to dash-special since the dash-special doesn't trigger the landing slam
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crepeface posted:the Duo doesn't need Doom to Trigger it as I understand the description. it just ticks faster once you have it. You need to have one of the doom effect boons to get the dio/ares duo boon.
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Oct 18, 2020 11:25
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:god i hate the tiny vermin I love how it's the only enemy in the entire game, including all the bosses, that Zag is actually afraid of.
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ZypherIM posted:You need to have one of the doom effect boons to get the dio/ares duo boon. Ah, I just checked and you're right. Was remembering incorrectly: crepeface posted:Just had a run with a 12 dmg/0.5s Heroic Hangover boon on Eris attack rail with just about every other Hangover boon as well as 4 Duo boons (8 stack, +crit chance for each stack, +crit damage on weak enemies, 0.35s damage ticks). I also had 10% attack speed from Hermes, Ricochet shot hammer and Flurry Fire (faster, more accurate shots). Stuff just melted as I pelted them with SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS. I still think you don't need to have the Doom on to trigger Curse of Nausea though, I reckon you could overwrite Ares Special with Aphro Special crepeface fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Oct 18, 2020 |
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Yea once you have the duo boon you could get rid of the ares one, but doom on special is a pretty strong ability since you usually aren't trying to spam it too hard what with having dio on attack. Getting aphro on cast would be far better, as without support I think its a superior cast to ares and you'll be up close anyways.
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Oct 18, 2020 12:01
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Zeus is Good.
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Deformed Church posted:Zeus is Good. Yeah, Zeus monomaniacal focus on his lightning bolts makes stacking his boons a strong proposition. Basically all his boons compounds, even if it's not obvious. I'm assuming that's because Zag is a man and thus Z is keeping his horniness portfolio at home.
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I've been spoiled on Skelly's employer but somehow I still haven't gotten that bit of dialogue. Is there anything specific you need to do to trigger it? I tried using the Companion Rib against Charon cause I thought that'd do it once I was back at the House, but it didn't work. edit: Hmm, looks like you might need to talk to Hermes while you have Skelly's Tooth equipped. Makes sense I would miss this since I never equip it prior to Styx. I'll try this now. Sway Grunt fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Oct 18, 2020 |
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Omobono posted:Yeah, Zeus monomaniacal focus on his lightning bolts makes stacking his boons a strong proposition. Basically all his boons compounds, even if it's not obvious. I get annoyed that Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt are different things. Like Ares has Doom and Blade Rifts, except they're both Lightning, so there are SOME Boons that work on both.
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Wow did I ever just end a loving hell of a run right now. Hades mostly melted. Maxed chaos shield, power rush bull rush, piercing shot, 170ish doom on special, weak on attack, constant doom on weak. Every room: 400 point piercing shot that applies weak followed immediately by six-shield full-screen shotgun blast applying doom. Repeat. It felt like having a hacked staff of apocalypse in Diablo 1. You just walk in a room and everything dies.
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Oct 18, 2020 14:56
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I can't really get the rhythm of chaos shield down. The throw delays your ability to block, and I seem to end up throwing the special past stuff that I bull rush into. It ends out working fine but I don't think I'm using it to its full potential
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terrorist ambulance posted:I can't really get the rhythm of chaos shield down. The throw delays your ability to block, and I seem to end up throwing the special past stuff that I bull rush into. It ends out working fine but I don't think I'm using it to its full potential Bull-rush through dudes, not into them.
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crepeface posted:I get annoyed that Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt are different things. Like Ares has Doom and Blade Rifts, except they're both Lightning, so there are SOME Boons that work on both. At least with Zeus you can still potentially roll his Legendary and some of his strongest Duos by following one or the other. And also his Legendary is probably a contender for one of the best in the game.
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