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Re: Boss by #Its Maker 02/18/2016, 7:13am PST
fabio wrote:

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.


Two things:

One, it wasn't an instant party wipe. You had every opportunity to run after realizing you fucked up by killing the piglet. ESPECIALLY when you had heroes on death's door. Wanna know the value of the vestal over the occultist? As long as her initiative rolls place her ahead of the boss, your team is effectively immortal because that 1 HP she gives them all resets the death's door mechanic (not counting the mission-permanent debuff). I honestly haven't had a single hero die where I couldn't say that it was probably my fault.

Second, I'm having the exact opposite problem with XP. I decided that it's most cost-effective to just have one of every class in my team then run with the lowest leveled, mixing and matching their skills as the lineup demands. Now everyone's level 3 before I cleared all the level one bosses and they're refusing to take those boss missions. I'm stuck upgrading my barracks and training up a whole crew of newbs to take up the slack.

That said, the ONLY time you should do a short level 1 mission is if you have level 0 characters to bump up. Medium sized missions bring in more loot and let you use campsite skills to save a fortune on hookers.
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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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