Forum Overview :: Darkest Dungeon
 
Boss by fabio 02/12/2016, 5:05am PST
On one hand, it was neat that status stuff like Marked & damage reduction were finally useful, or that bleed and blight finally had enough time to pay off.

On the other hand, doing the most obvious thing (killing the small pig in the Swine Prince battle) leads to an instant party wipe. Rather than lose valuable party members or grind out more runs while they recover, I almost just want to break out the walkthrough before every boss fight and where's the fun in that?

Other than that, the XP grind is really getting to me. I'm fine with the idea of a Rogue-like with high meatgrinder casualty rates, but not when it's coupled with such a sloooooooow level advancement trying to get new characters up to speed. It would have been fine for a 1-2 hour campaign, but not for 15+. As far as I can tell, there is no way to boost the rate of xp gain. You can't even really have new characters tag along with veterans for higher level dungeon runs because any character below that dungeon's minimum level is going to be crippled with exponentially higher stress damage, leading to an affliction which is going to inflict stress damage on your more valuable veteran characters. Also once you unlock bosses, you quickly run out of easy level 1 dungeon runs for recruits because the boss quest ends up taking over the level 1 slot.

It feels like they could have doubled the rate of XP gain and then the pace would be right.
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I am really liking this game! by Mischief Maker 02/01/2016, 7:36pm PST NEW
    can u buy me it NT by pinback 02/02/2016, 11:16am PST NEW
    I'm mostly enjoying it by fabio 02/09/2016, 1:56am PST NEW
        In the hamlet, click the book icon on the lower-right. It's the in-game manual. NT by MM 02/09/2016, 5:24am PST NEW
            I dunno, I'm starting to lose interest by fabio 02/09/2016, 4:32pm PST NEW
                You REALLY shouldn't have multiple party members with afflictions. by Mischief Maker 02/09/2016, 6:30pm PST NEW
                    re: hookers by fabio 02/09/2016, 7:10pm PST NEW
                        Also on classes by fabio 02/09/2016, 7:13pm PST NEW
                            Re: Also on classes by MM 02/12/2016, 2:29pm PST NEW
                        Re: re: hookers by MM 02/12/2016, 2:23pm PST NEW
                            I'm getting very intrigued about this game from this discussion. NT by Fullofkittens 02/12/2016, 3:19pm PST NEW
                                This old teaser trailer gives a pretty good idea of the game: by Mischief Maker 02/12/2016, 4:37pm PST NEW
                    Boss by fabio 02/12/2016, 5:05am PST NEW
                        Re: Boss by MM 02/12/2016, 2:41pm PST NEW
                        Re: Boss by #Its Maker 02/18/2016, 7:13am PST NEW
                            yeah I stopped playing by fabio 02/18/2016, 3:15pm PST NEW
                                You hate everything by You fucking whinging cunt 09/10/2016, 3:25am PDT NEW
                                    Thanks pinback NT by Shitposterio 09/10/2016, 11:58am PDT NEW
                                        "whinging" implies a Brit NT by MaddoxFan2015 09/10/2016, 1:50pm PDT NEW
                                    frothing vitriol rage to combat negativity NT by best character 09/10/2016, 1:20pm PDT NEW
                                        You've all inspired me to pick it up again! by Mischief Maker 09/10/2016, 2:11pm PDT NEW
                                            THAT'S THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE WE NEED CUNT CUNT CUNTfuckingCUNTCUNT NT by frothing limey 09/11/2016, 9:10am PDT NEW
                                    FABIO'S game takes and opinions by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/11/2016, 9:21am PDT NEW
                                        Except you can challenge the End Dungeon any time, everything else is optional. by Mischief Maker 09/11/2016, 11:14am PDT NEW
                                            There is no way you're surviving one minute in the last dungeon on day 1 by fabio 09/11/2016, 3:11pm PDT NEW
                                                Patches significantly reduced the Hamlet grind. by MM 09/11/2016, 5:39pm PDT NEW
 
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