Thread 720351131

2 is better

>>720351131 (OP)
Dude is literally just free loot.

I run into this guy fucking every dungeon and kill him effortlessly. Basic fucking enemies are deadlier than this. I only get a gem worth 3,500 for my troubles. What a waste of time. Playing on bloodmoon btw.

>>720351447
He's a funny guy, he brings levity.

>>720351131 (OP)
I gave up on this game after I lost my primary team and they were permanently dead.

Couldn't be fucked having to rebuild.

I want more characters for DD2

>>720351709
This is why you should play DD2 instead. It doesn't do any of that gay "Grind your team back up again" shit. The building up is cumulative.

>>720351447
>>720351656
Just did the Miller quest. Jester was playing for dear life to combat the stress, battle ballad made sure vestal could take everyone off death's door before the next reaping and then he scored a finale for 69 damage, winning me the fight. MVP of all MVPs.

>>720351721
>>720351769
I quit DD2. I don't like how bosses are, oh, you either picked the exact correct loadout 2 hours ago or you're fucked.

>>720351818
The bosses in DD1 are like that too, the only difference is you can cheese them with bullshit more easily. I don't see a problem with figuring out how a boss works, what its gimmick is, and then accounting for that on your next run.

>>720351904
I don't want to fucking plan out my entire afternoon before I even start a run. In DD1 I can pick out a team and go fight the boss in 10-15 minutes, and in the longer quests like the Baron I can just switch to a different team right before the boss.

>>720352043
It's not that complicated and ultimately just always ends up being "Have a party that can overall consistently hit the front ranks and back ranks"

>>720352142
I guess I could give it another shot, I do love DD1. Is there like an easy guide to what my team comp absolutely needs to have prior to each boss?

>>720352293
The game also got patched to be less punishing, so you'll have an easier time. Having said that, you can always look up them on the wiki to see what their moves are. You can intuit the strategy right there with how the moves work and their conditions without needing to read the guides. But the wiki pages have also guides on how to beat them.

>>720352293
https://darkestdungeon.wiki.gg/wiki/Bosses_(Darkest_Dungeon_II)

>Lose characters
>Just recruit more
>Everyone is expendable
Fun

>>720351709
>permanently
Not if you get a free graveyard resurrection town event

>>720353243
Red Hook is a bad developer

>>720352293
Hellion Ravager. It sound boring but she's by far the best character in the game.
> hits hard 1, 2 and 4
> can move around
> incredible self-sustain
> has not 1 but 2 damage buffs

>>720351131 (OP)
>imblyign :DDD *SNORT*

>>720351131 (OP)
I fought him and honestly he wasn't that big of a deal.

>>720351709
Just have multiple teams and don't be afraid to just hire low levels to march in and die.

Sterling wasn't wrong when he said the game was a good allegory to how corporate America works.

>>720351131 (OP)
>>Ruins your run
Thats not the shambler

>>720353243
You can never remove the pain of losing your A-Team though.
>>720356336
Now *thats* a run ender.

>>720351371
Dunno if
>better
But I'd say that it was a very good game, that was fundamentally misunderstood by (((gamers))). It made some interesting and at times necessary changes. It's possible it would've been better to release it under a spin-off name, to lessen the immature backlash it recieved?

>>720354296
>resurrects 75% of your worst straight-off-the-wagon Apprentice run of nobodies

>>720351371
Although I don't like kingdoms mode. Already put more hours in 2 than 1 because I don't focus on it as a main game but every few weeks I feel the urge and do a few runs. I'm not sure the point of the crypt added in the abom dlc though, feels like a harder sub region which almost seems to defeat the purpose

>>720358306
It's a fun area. Pretty easy if you have a very mobile team with a Duelist or a Jester. They have fun reusable items, too.

>>720356938
>It's possible it would've been better to release it under a spin-off name, to lessen the immature backlash it recieved?
I suppose. Part of the backlash also had to do with EGS. I think it was never gonna be as big a success as DD1 no matter what, though.

>>720356938
>the crimson court
Heh, nothing personal kid

>>720351131 (OP)
Meh he's just a surprise loot box (assuming you dont get godawful RNG and roll triple highwaymen every turn)

The Fanatic, however....will ruin your day.

>>720351371
>A game so bad it even killed the narrator
>better

>>720359149
ebin meme

>>720358306
Kingdoms is funner than the main game. I like how you need to adapt to the situations. Lost a hero? Tough shit, get one of the others and keep going.

>>720351131 (OP)
For me it's the Swine [Royalty]

>>720351818
I disagree
Played some DD2 during the free weekend and beat not-cthulu, chirurg, death, brain & locks and monster lungs first try, librarian second try

>>720351818
>shitter detected

>>720351371
>blocks the sequel's path

>>720351131 (OP)
you can just stun that nigga

>>720351818
>"you either picked the exact correct loadout 2 hours ago or you're fucked"
https://youtu.be/0GW-Y445jUc?si=dNUJHqEzQh5l4EC2&t=64

>>720361723
The game has been balanced a bit since then. It was way more of a pain in the ass before.

The lungs in particular were way worse back then.

Last I checked, the not-cthullu is still a big pain in the ass now, so good job on that.

>>720363470
lol

>>720363668
Leviathan is the worst lair boss by far, yes, and harder than every not confession boss other than The Collector (Who is way harder in DD2 since you can't just stunlock him)

>>720359401
I like Kingdom a lot
They should add a version of it where there's no main quest or time limit and it's just you fucking around in a big map
But they would also need to add at least a couple above ground areas first, which I don't think is happening

Most overrated series in /v/ history

>>720366663
Are there better cosmic horror indie games that I'm unaware of?

>>720359227
>yfw release fanatic

>>720359424
Don't fuck the swinefolk.

>>720351131 (OP)
>>720353243
reminder that there is no point in playing the game on any difficulty other than stygian

the fact that darkest difficulty doesn't have a max limit on runs completely ruins the overall challenge of the game, since you can always just grind endlessly and retreat endlessly whenever you want with very minimal punishment

>>720367398
You mean bloodmoon, right? Anything else is unironically journo mode.

>>720363668
Thanks, actually a bit proud of that, shameless gloat. Did it with everyone surviving too, except the chirurg guy, he killed 2 people.
Not saying it was easy btw, just managable, plus I got really lucky with some quirks and trinkets

>>720351131 (OP)
Thats not the thing from the stars
>oh you got no armour piercing? FUCK YOU
what a dogshit boss

>>720356202
>collecting the collector
:O

>>720367548
it's not about being "as difficult as possible", it's about having a well designed difficulty
stygian makes it so all your decisions matter, you can't just fix everything later by grinding

>>720367398
thats not an inherently bad thing
stygian sucks for a first playthrough
a fundamental coolness and important life lesson in Darkest is dealing with loss. You have that large setback that initially feels horrible and huge, but then you face it, and shortly after you realise it wasnt that big of a deal and you get surprised with how quickly you got over it. Sometimes you are in a shitty spot where you cant even think of a run or character selection that actually feels appealing or productive to you, but what really matters is that you do something and progress a bit no matter what. You dont have this with stygian, only the inverse

If i didnt have this with Darkest Dungeon, i unironically probably wouldnt have gotten rich.

this fuckin guy right here

>>720351131 (OP)
I haven't finished a playthrough of this game. I'll get back into the playthrough I was halfway into a year ago when I finish what I'm currently playing.

Is it worth it to buy the entire thing again on steam for the mods if I already own it on gog?

>>720368429
>stygian sucks for a first playthrough
if you are okay with playing the game with the potential that you might actually lose it then it's very fun

also I think this life lesson applies to the game regardless. Even if you end up losing the whole game, it's designed in a way that really makes you want to try again sometimes later but with the knowledge you have accumulated in your previous run.

the thing is, way too many people just don't finish this game and from a personal experience I know I originally got burned out during midgame when the game was pretty much encouraging me to do endless safe and boring antiquarian runs to max out everything. If there is a limit on max weeks instead of there being unlimited runs then that makes every run special and something you always need to be as efficient as possible and take some risks with.

>>720368970
only if you want to support the devs and gaben's yacht armada
the game is super easy to mod manually, you really don't need steam for it

>>720369290
Yeah the problem is most mods aren't compatible with the gog version. They're all made for the latest one with the butchers circus, but as gog never got that their version is, and will forever be, perpetually behind.

>>720366663
>here he is, the (in)famous 4Chan contrarian in the wild and in his feeding and shitpost habitat

>>720351447
>occ / abo / abo / jes
was supposed to be a one-off sacrifice run for apprentice loot, using the worst the wagon had to offer, but those motherfuckers turned into an actual EZ mode build that steamrolled everything up until long champion runs
...wait what the fuck they've removed his ability that put -ACC on enemies? That basically neutered apprentice/veteran enemies

>>720369956
>in the wild
Bullshit. Purebred 4chan contrarians can only survive in captivity due to only being able to digest tendies.

>>720370678
res hooknose are infamous for removing any strategy players actually have fun using to keep their game le hard (it still isn't)

>>720370834
gave me a chuckle, Anon

>>720363470
>getting party wiped by Necromancer
is this guy for real

>>720368970
Isn't it like <3 bucks on a sale these days...?

>>720368694
always have at least 1 +res bleed trinket on every character because of this fucker

>>720372539
Trinkets in the first game are so fucking boring lol
Another thing DD2 is better at

2 shieldbreakers are so much fun to play

>>720351769
>Bounty Hunter only hireable if you come across him in a run
Nah, fuck DD2.

>>720367392
You're not my ancestor!

>>720351447
I love this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe

>>720351131 (OP)
ayo he doin the elon thing

>>720372434
Only the base game, yeah

>>720362860
This mod would be amazing if it wasn't for the embarrassing tone-destroying gooner slop.

I play this game for the coom mod

>>720351721
I think one of the devs confimed that there will not be any new characters cuz of the impossibility of new heroes narrated backstories by the reason of Wayne's Junes death

>>720377871
>cuz of the impossibility of new heroes narrated backstories by the reason of Wayne's Junes death
So hire a new voice actor. If they're so afraid of people comparing him to Wayne, make the new voice actor and old grandma voice instead, like in Dark Souls games.

>>720356202
It may be petty, but after hearing what they did to my beloved bounty hunter in the sequel, i never got the urge to pick it up.

>>720378326
I also think they should do this, like hire the black reliquary narrator to narrate the lore of an desert themed character or sth like that but unfortunally this won't be the case from what seems

>>720375028
nah bh not being available from the start and crusader DLC might be the worst changes in the game, absolute travesty
I like DD2 but whenever I see this shit at the Inn I wonder why would they do this