actually i want to sincerely thank you, Joe, because you are the only one streamer VOD of whom i can listen to while working on assignments (!), artwork, chatting, playing games (other than DD too) and whom DD playthrough inspired me to take a bite of C++ to make console based textual dd-clone (didn't finish it bc didn't have time for it) and inspires me now to take a crack in C# whilst i am learning it in uni to try to make dd-clone again with more advanced methods of programming this is, well... something that i won't forget. this is so much help
If youre going to microwave anything bread or pastry related, put a cup of water in the microwave with it, and when its microwaving, itll keep the bread or pastry from getting harder, and it actually softens some breads
"He's delicious trust me. I took a lick myself." - Big Joe Bear 2019. Yep i. Probably going to have to watch all 80+ UA-cam episodes so see the run where he actually succeeds.
Well, if you keep your fingers and toes crossed, we might be on that run now. That is to say, the end has not yet been found. It's an ongoing journey we all share together. Everyone has gotten pretty good at their ritualistic chant for summoning Shambler. It makes me proud.
UA-cam recommended this series last night, Its really long and you are very fun to listen to, I have it going on my 2nd screen but i mostly just listen to your commentary :) , When you were talking about the "Shuffles" followed up by "Hi, I'm easily amused, i felt compelled to hit the like button :D.
That's precisely why I prefer to keep the longform content, instead of shorter highlight videos. It's nice to have something to fill the air in the background for a while. Being easily amused certainly has its benefits as well. Never a dull moment.
5:50:00 I would put in a system whereby you use funds or send out agents to go and find specific heroes, maybe just a specific class, a specific rank preference, or even, a specific trait(forest nun, vestal with weald explorer, adventurer, and tactician.) I would make it kinda like Majima sending out dude on expeditions like in Yakuza 0. Tell a little story of their travels, pay more for better results, maybe even commit a few of your roster to bolster your odds of success. That way the stage coach would still be there, but the randomness of the system could be alleviated. Also I would make YOU, a party member, and a good one, that can be taken on expeditions. Highly resistant to stress, to the point where high level enemies will barely even bother, but, of course there is a downside.....it's you. If you die that's it, game over. I've always loved mission in RTS games where Tassadar must survive. They are the best. Most people are cowards and put their hero in the back, but I put my hero in the front, because they have more hp.
Redhook decided that the idea should generally be that the 'heir' is omnipresent, always there. This is better represented in a more ethereal way than a direct character (since that character may not be able to go on every run. As the story is told, we are essentially a part of every expedition, leading it. The heroes are just essentially the bodyguards we've brought along to protect us as we try and figure out what the hell is going on and how to end it. We command the flow of battle, but don't partake directly in it necessarily. We determine where the expedition goes, how to bypass threats, and navigate potential treasures. You're the mastermind behind every swing and see the game from your own perspective. You're there, just in the background.
@@BigJoeBear But then, why doesn't anyone ever attack me? I get that I'm supposed to be leading but, boy it sure doesn't feel like it. Like, if I were a swine soldier, and I saw a dude in a robe in the back, I'd hit him first. That guy gets the ol ball and chain.
@@tomhill3248 This comes down to the player's narrative. There's always room left in a good story for the receiver to place their own thoughts into it. In this case I'd say why go for the unarmed guy stashed away in the corner while there's an enraged barbarian swinging a giant poleaxe at you? Or that MAA is playing interference, in effect 'guarding' you, etc. It allows the player to partake in the narrative of the story as well, even if it is typically subconscious. In the end the enemy serve a purpose to the Ancestor and the Progenitor. You are unwittingly a part of that goal, if you the heir die prematurely the Ancestor's (really the progenitor's) plan falls apart. He needs you there with the drive to keep investing resources, and even more importantly as you learn, bodies into reclaiming the estate. The death and chaos created by the heir trying to reclaim the 'birthright' is what's feeding the Heart's rebirth. Heir dies, this whole process slows down, or even grinds to a halt. This is presumably also why the Ancestor managed to escape alive, when seemingly nobody else did, after opening the gateway. It's cyclical, and basically the ending of the game effectively tells you that you're the next ancestor. Doomed to repeat forever until such an inevitable time as an heir finally fails, and all is lost.
@@BigJoeBear Well I would definitely go for the coward, because he's clearly important! especially if I'm a fish man, those things seem, smarter, more civilized then the others. I may not get to watch many movies under the see, but if I've learned anything from dealing with the ancestor, it's that dudes in robes are clearly very important. Also if the process grinds to a halt why is there a time limit in Stygian? And why do the bandit deaths not count? Or do they? And an heir finally failing, wouldn't that include death? His death? I was always under the impression that the ancestor was an asshat who fucked everything up, and that if it weren't for him, none of this would have ever happened. And that by summoning his son, all he did was ensure the heart of darkness's demise. Because he was, after all, a fool. The greatest joke of all, is that anyone sees him as anything more then the cowardly villainous idiot he is, that manages to craft grand plans that always fuck over everyone around him including his would be master. A true Tzeenchian at heart that one! With enemies like him who even needs friends?!
5:49:00 this isnt a con persay for me but i always found the entirely random quirks you get after every run a bit weird, like how do you become a cove adventurer in the weald, if i were to change up the quirk mechanic at all i would make it have a bit more thematic sense to the dungeon you were running rather then just a single pool of random quirks
i do feel there is some correlation between run i seem to get more positives with the less resistance i got in the thing but i agree 100% id be nice if it was more connected
Last video you were talking about what we'd like to see changed or developed in the second game. For me, it would be team synergies. They don't feel especially rewarding right now, but it would be nice if lore/thematically related parties of complimentary characters were better supported, both during combat and during camping. Religious team: currently only supported during camping. Could be expanded upon. Light team: could be fused with the religious theme. Some traits like warrior of light should be built into class abilities, etc. Dark team/stealth team: Currently, only the occultist can create darkness, and no one benefits from it except through traits and loot. There are synergies to be built around that theme: heroes that can shuffle their order easily if surprised could have some "darkness matters" aspect to some skills, perhaps passively triggering stealth bellow a certain light level, or having improved hit chance, or automatically criting on surprised enemies. One idea, the beast could be less scary when you don't see it. Hunter's mark team: just not impactful enough to be worth it currently. Blight team/stun team: Currently lacking support to be viable, and thematic connection between the possible party members. Bleed team: Currently lacking support. Some abilities should heal you or reduce stress if they hit a bleeding target. I'd throw in a new character who is rather conspicuously a vampire, or perhaps an old character could be reworked that way post-crimson-curse. Occult/apostate theme? Perhaps a team synergy that would benefit from and resist high stress? Throw in a pyromancer/alchemist hero who can be part of a synergystic light theme or synergistically occult, but not religious? I would make sure every character fits into at least two different teams. One way to do that would be to give every hero some passives, but I wouldn't let them have permanent access to those passive. Instead, I would pair passives with the more niche skills, and they would apply only if you have the skill in your bar but also apply when _you_ get hit or when you use your go-to ability, etc. Moreover, I would rework the different areas to make them more different mechanically. Currently, darkess works the same in all the areas except DLC, increasing loot but increasing enemy crits and stress. That could be changed to make each area more strongly unique by representing different types of exposure. In one case, darkness is replaced with frost, in another torches keep at bay the miasma of bugs, elsewhere light is automatically increasing in some rooms instead of decreasing but comes with insulation and thirst, etc. Anyways, just some thoughts. Cool playthrough.
Interesting ideas, and I definitely agree having more play and synergy around the dark would have been cool to better reward higher risk play and make torchlight more of a strategic consideration beyond what items you equip. I personally like the freedom of not having to rely on specific team setups to get full character effect, and being able to toy around with strategies and comps. I'm sure it could be done well though. Area differences seem to be what they are leaning towards, considering each expansion played with the idea more than the one before. So that could lead to some interesting things in the sequel.
42:25 I have the same problem with Flagellants. I've even tried raising their deathblow resist t 90%+ with trinkets, it doesn't matter, they still take the deathblow every single time....
Right at the end, the random nature of the wagon. I'd say if would help if you could pay 100 for a chance to get one of three you select - RP wise you're putting out a call for them and one of three may respond. 500 gold for a guaranteed single class, and 1000 gold for guaranteed two classes plus a chance at a third. Needs some balancing and tweaking but to spend a small bit of gold for a character you want to recruit would be nice. You can't request the full wagon of course.
If the how to cook a pop tart without a microwave question is still relevant skillet on the stove top work like making toast on the stove low heat watch it flip it eat it
Hi there!! Loving your videos so far! One question. What is the idea behind of choosing the penance chamber and the brothel over the cheaper options for stress healing? Really curious about that
The negative outcomes are easier to work around in my opinion, plus they generally full clear stress. The main benefit is simply that they have a roughly 15% chance of giving you powerful buffs for the next dungeon on that character.
I'm new to the game....soI have a quick Q. So, why (@2:08:00) wouldnt you try and have the Vestal disarm the trap? Potential for stress relief, right? Is the gamble just not worth it?
The trap wasn't scouted, so I didn't have a choice either way. I know it's there because this dungeon is always the same (tutorial dungeon.) Even if I could, I still wouldn't. Healer stress is never worth a gamble, especially not for such a small payoff with such a steep penalty. Vestal's trap disarm chance was roughly 60%, not great. Healer will probably need to immediately run another dungeon as well., so lower stress is critical. None of this matters in standard game play, as the game is far more lenient than presented in this challenge.
Ahhh deathless run.....a fruitless endeavour, for those that seek sense of accomplishment from self imposed masochism, a maddening labour - from on who could not finish a deathless run
The nomad wagon, as crazy overpriced as it seems, is critical to DD speed runs - pay whatever the cost for stun trinkets because that’s the only way to do the final missions starting in week 16.
well now... i am watching you while playing DD1 and i just got double crit for 32 on my jester and vestal vs the viscount turn one both bled and died... ouch.
I had a similar situation once, tried fighting the Necromancer Lord, couldn’t even get through the first fight without losing someone to a heart attack after 5 BACK TO BACK RANDOM CRITS Needless to say, I will forever say god bless to the guy that made a random crit disabler, so much more fun now that I need not worry about that situation again
Your 'eyeball' planet isn't a good place to live even if it had an atmosphere suitable and a magnetic field. The wind forces would be horrible. The heat from the sun side would generate a huge temperature difference from the sun to the dark side and thus wind forces and perhaps tornadoes would be off the charts. If there's water on that planet, hurricanes would be devastating.
2 is ok, as in 2 she can at least aoe heal, but 1? You taking multiple vestals? What are you using as a healer if you take vestal position 1? I usually keep vestals in rank 3-4, unless I run a grave robber comp where robber is 4 and dances back and forth from 4 to 2, shuffling position 3 plague doctor and 2 vestal back and forth. Pretty good synergy since plague doctor grenades the enemy backline and then grave robber lunges/throws knife for extra damage, usually killing stress casters first round, but I always find position 1 to be best occupied by a class that can stun front rows, like crusader, hellion, bounty hunter, because this allows for reliable patching up wounds after the priority targets are dealt with...
Position 1 vestal with the right quirks, profane and the beads can crit for over 65 damage on champion difficulty in the ruins. Sometimes you just need to wallop. Pairs ok with a secondary healer, since she can slide back in a pinch. Very offensive focused ruins party. Done it before a few times. I like to rely on a Crusader for the healer, since they also gain bonus damage against unholy when healing isn't needed.
@@BigJoeBear I still don't get why you'd fit her as position 1 though. Profane scroll gives her more extra bonuses in position 2, and she can just as reliably macebash from position 2 anyway, while giving her more versatility in the skills she can use. Even with the beads, her base damage is relatively low for her to be a dps, and most importantly, her base speed with those 2 trinkets is crap, would rely on her having quickdraw + reflexes quirks to put her damage to good use vs fast unholy like gargoyles or ghouls. Even then, mace bash can't hit the back 2 ranks, which is where you need most of the damage to go, while you stun the front rank tanky mobs. Her stun can't be used in position 1 either. Sure, in ruins and only in the ruins, an area of the game I tend to spend the least time in because for the majority of the game deeds and portraits are more valuable, she's passable for damage, but her bonus damage to undead only makes her deal comparable damage to a crusader not fighting undead, and I tend to not specialize my guys to be good for only 1 area.
@@Skrymaster I wouldn't ignore Hand of Light. None of this matters outside of torchless anyway, as you're talking the difference between moderate to trivial. Even with Torchless, running 3 vestals and a jester can be hilariously effective (not to mention the meme potential). Much akin to pre-CoM 3 HM and a pos 1 Occ. Sometimes you don't have a Dismas' head or a Crescendo box when you want to smash with the Vestal. Profane works in a pinch even for pos 1. Maybe you're running a HWM, and the vestal will be splitting time between position 1 and 2. Profane would be fine here as well. Unless you're running some absurd challenge, this game has plenty of room for fun or playful comps and itemization. No need to knit-pick efficiency. Besides, Ruins are awesome when running a challenge like this one. Wish I could spend more time there with my lovely Sisters of Battle.
@@Skrymaster You spend the least time in the ruins? Well you're obviously not that great at the game. Ruins is the second best area for loot....best being the cove of course. That place is a bit more dangerous, sure, but it's obscenely wealthy. Both in loot (barnacle chests, fish) and in quirk removal.
I've actually done extensive research on this, including asking a few French viewers and personal acquaintances. The general consensus is that both ways are considered correct. The word is French but its root is Italian (risposta). The defense of re-pohst comes from its Italian roots, however the actual french pronunciation of the word is closer to pahst than pohst, but isn't an exact match either. English speakers tend to instinctively default to pohst since that fits the expected pronunciation for the language. I prefer re-pahst as I personally view it as about as close as I'll ever get to the actual pronunciation as a person that doesn't speak French and generally has poor enunciation. Hearing an actual French person say it, it sounds like they merged an 'a' and an 'o' together, but it comes out slightly more 'a'. This likely adds to the confusion and disagreement among English speakers as you could certainly hear it either way depending on your biases. I had the luxury of not having a bias when I first heard it in an old French movie when I was a youngin, since the word was new to me. Now, if you want to know a word I say stupidly, that I believe also has French influence, wait until you hear me say gorget.
1:39:20 "Everyone chill out for a second!" proceeds to run into the shambler
1:36:28 after five critics in a row, surely anyone would fall in love with that Grave Robber.
"It's 2020! Oh god I hope not" If only he knew...
I was about to make this same comment lmao
Whoever said one man couldn't change the world never ate a bat sandwich..
Luckily tomorrow is it's last day😄
@@Stefan.t.b trueeee
Came here to make the same comment, only 11 months too late.
actually i want to sincerely thank you, Joe, because you are the only one streamer VOD of whom i can listen to while working on assignments (!), artwork, chatting, playing games (other than DD too) and whom DD playthrough inspired me to take a bite of C++ to make console based textual dd-clone (didn't finish it bc didn't have time for it) and inspires me now to take a crack in C# whilst i am learning it in uni to try to make dd-clone again with more advanced methods of programming
this is, well... something that i won't forget. this is so much help
Seems more to me that you inspired yourself, and did the thing most people falter on, took action on it. Good luck with the project, and Uni!
You might be the most sincere/friendly person I've seen on UA-cam game plays man. Discovered you today, instant subscribe
It's just my naturally jovial nature. It comes with the beard and the belly. I'm the swamp-folk's version of Santa.
@@BigJoeBear :D
If youre going to microwave anything bread or pastry related, put a cup of water in the microwave with it, and when its microwaving, itll keep the bread or pastry from getting harder, and it actually softens some breads
I do like an informative comment. I'll have to try it out some time.
remember to check the base of the microwave for water after, coss too much water breaks microwaves
"He's delicious trust me. I took a lick myself." - Big Joe Bear 2019. Yep i. Probably going to have to watch all 80+ UA-cam episodes so see the run where he actually succeeds.
Well, if you keep your fingers and toes crossed, we might be on that run now. That is to say, the end has not yet been found. It's an ongoing journey we all share together.
Everyone has gotten pretty good at their ritualistic chant for summoning Shambler. It makes me proud.
UA-cam recommended this series last night, Its really long and you are very fun to listen to, I have it going on my 2nd screen but i mostly just listen to your commentary :) , When you were talking about the "Shuffles" followed up by "Hi, I'm easily amused, i felt compelled to hit the like button :D.
That's precisely why I prefer to keep the longform content, instead of shorter highlight videos. It's nice to have something to fill the air in the background for a while.
Being easily amused certainly has its benefits as well. Never a dull moment.
just found this channel, and I love it! Thank you for the chill, knowledgeable, and wholesome content!
5:15 'if I'm wrong, I'm an idiot, if I'm right, I'm still probably an idiot, but at least I'll be a confident idiot' I am stealing that, thanks LOL!
Words to live by.
"Did my cross just shoot a bullet?"
Do not question the power of the lord sir!
5:50:00 I would put in a system whereby you use funds or send out agents to go and find specific heroes, maybe just a specific class, a specific rank preference, or even, a specific trait(forest nun, vestal with weald explorer, adventurer, and tactician.)
I would make it kinda like Majima sending out dude on expeditions like in Yakuza 0. Tell a little story of their travels, pay more for better results, maybe even commit a few of your roster to bolster your odds of success.
That way the stage coach would still be there, but the randomness of the system could be alleviated.
Also I would make YOU, a party member, and a good one, that can be taken on expeditions. Highly resistant to stress, to the point where high level enemies will barely even bother, but, of course there is a downside.....it's you. If you die that's it, game over.
I've always loved mission in RTS games where Tassadar must survive. They are the best. Most people are cowards and put their hero in the back, but I put my hero in the front, because they have more hp.
Redhook decided that the idea should generally be that the 'heir' is omnipresent, always there. This is better represented in a more ethereal way than a direct character (since that character may not be able to go on every run.
As the story is told, we are essentially a part of every expedition, leading it. The heroes are just essentially the bodyguards we've brought along to protect us as we try and figure out what the hell is going on and how to end it. We command the flow of battle, but don't partake directly in it necessarily. We determine where the expedition goes, how to bypass threats, and navigate potential treasures. You're the mastermind behind every swing and see the game from your own perspective. You're there, just in the background.
@@BigJoeBear But then, why doesn't anyone ever attack me? I get that I'm supposed to be leading but, boy it sure doesn't feel like it. Like, if I were a swine soldier, and I saw a dude in a robe in the back, I'd hit him first. That guy gets the ol ball and chain.
@@tomhill3248 This comes down to the player's narrative. There's always room left in a good story for the receiver to place their own thoughts into it. In this case I'd say why go for the unarmed guy stashed away in the corner while there's an enraged barbarian swinging a giant poleaxe at you? Or that MAA is playing interference, in effect 'guarding' you, etc. It allows the player to partake in the narrative of the story as well, even if it is typically subconscious.
In the end the enemy serve a purpose to the Ancestor and the Progenitor. You are unwittingly a part of that goal, if you the heir die prematurely the Ancestor's (really the progenitor's) plan falls apart. He needs you there with the drive to keep investing resources, and even more importantly as you learn, bodies into reclaiming the estate. The death and chaos created by the heir trying to reclaim the 'birthright' is what's feeding the Heart's rebirth. Heir dies, this whole process slows down, or even grinds to a halt.
This is presumably also why the Ancestor managed to escape alive, when seemingly nobody else did, after opening the gateway. It's cyclical, and basically the ending of the game effectively tells you that you're the next ancestor. Doomed to repeat forever until such an inevitable time as an heir finally fails, and all is lost.
@@BigJoeBear Well I would definitely go for the coward, because he's clearly important! especially if I'm a fish man, those things seem, smarter, more civilized then the others. I may not get to watch many movies under the see, but if I've learned anything from dealing with the ancestor, it's that dudes in robes are clearly very important.
Also if the process grinds to a halt why is there a time limit in Stygian? And why do the bandit deaths not count? Or do they? And an heir finally failing, wouldn't that include death? His death?
I was always under the impression that the ancestor was an asshat who fucked everything up, and that if it weren't for him, none of this would have ever happened. And that by summoning his son, all he did was ensure the heart of darkness's demise. Because he was, after all, a fool. The greatest joke of all, is that anyone sees him as anything more then the cowardly villainous idiot he is, that manages to craft grand plans that always fuck over everyone around him including his would be master.
A true Tzeenchian at heart that one! With enemies like him who even needs friends?!
This is why I'm loving these playthroughs, 2 minutes in and we've already set the game aside to teach us how to cook pop tarts
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5:49:00 this isnt a con persay for me but i always found the entirely random quirks you get after every run a bit weird, like how do you become a cove adventurer in the weald, if i were to change up the quirk mechanic at all i would make it have a bit more thematic sense to the dungeon you were running rather then just a single pool of random quirks
i do feel there is some correlation between run i seem to get more positives with the less resistance i got in the thing but i agree 100% id be nice if it was more connected
i know im a few months late... but i got to say thank you for these videos
Happy to be of assistance.
Last video you were talking about what we'd like to see changed or developed in the second game.
For me, it would be team synergies. They don't feel especially rewarding right now, but it would be nice if lore/thematically related parties of complimentary characters were better supported, both during combat and during camping.
Religious team: currently only supported during camping. Could be expanded upon.
Light team: could be fused with the religious theme. Some traits like warrior of light should be built into class abilities, etc.
Dark team/stealth team: Currently, only the occultist can create darkness, and no one benefits from it except through traits and loot. There are synergies to be built around that theme: heroes that can shuffle their order easily if surprised could have some "darkness matters" aspect to some skills, perhaps passively triggering stealth bellow a certain light level, or having improved hit chance, or automatically criting on surprised enemies. One idea, the beast could be less scary when you don't see it.
Hunter's mark team: just not impactful enough to be worth it currently.
Blight team/stun team: Currently lacking support to be viable, and thematic connection between the possible party members.
Bleed team: Currently lacking support. Some abilities should heal you or reduce stress if they hit a bleeding target. I'd throw in a new character who is rather conspicuously a vampire, or perhaps an old character could be reworked that way post-crimson-curse.
Occult/apostate theme? Perhaps a team synergy that would benefit from and resist high stress? Throw in a pyromancer/alchemist hero who can be part of a synergystic light theme or synergistically occult, but not religious?
I would make sure every character fits into at least two different teams. One way to do that would be to give every hero some passives, but I wouldn't let them have permanent access to those passive. Instead, I would pair passives with the more niche skills, and they would apply only if you have the skill in your bar but also apply when _you_ get hit or when you use your go-to ability, etc.
Moreover, I would rework the different areas to make them more different mechanically. Currently, darkess works the same in all the areas except DLC, increasing loot but increasing enemy crits and stress. That could be changed to make each area more strongly unique by representing different types of exposure. In one case, darkness is replaced with frost, in another torches keep at bay the miasma of bugs, elsewhere light is automatically increasing in some rooms instead of decreasing but comes with insulation and thirst, etc.
Anyways, just some thoughts. Cool playthrough.
Interesting ideas, and I definitely agree having more play and synergy around the dark would have been cool to better reward higher risk play and make torchlight more of a strategic consideration beyond what items you equip.
I personally like the freedom of not having to rely on specific team setups to get full character effect, and being able to toy around with strategies and comps. I'm sure it could be done well though.
Area differences seem to be what they are leaning towards, considering each expansion played with the idea more than the one before. So that could lead to some interesting things in the sequel.
No no no. No matter what you're cooking. No matter what your preference. You can always cook with a blowtorch.
I prefer radiators.
@@BigJoeBear I prefer detonating a nuke next to my food, nuclear fire is surprisingly effective at cooking pizza
4:16:54 Always makes me laugh when you stop yourself mid sentence when you take a crit.
Those crits hit me right in the soul.
Might as well create a church devoted to DD. The RNG is a fickle god.
I don't know if you are going to read this but love your videos, both fun and relaxing!
Glad to hear you're enjoying them.
Dang that Plague Dr single handedly won like three battles in a row toward the end of this vid
PD can be stupidly strong in the right situations. A shame they directly compete with Jester/Vestal for positions most of the time.
1:31:40 i cried bc INSPIRING TUNE NOOOOOOO
i was internally crying on #3 jester tune and here it is again
“Its 2020, oh god I hope not” we gotta silence him he knows too much
Diurnal and night owl, I once got Love Interest and Deviant Tastes on the same hero...
The game has a sense of humor.
42:25 I have the same problem with Flagellants. I've even tried raising their deathblow resist t 90%+ with trinkets, it doesn't matter, they still take the deathblow every single time....
It's just a little too hard to keep the blood inside of the veins some times.
“It’s 2020, oh god I hope not”
Well it was a good this it wasn’t, but it is now
Hey man just found your channel, loving the content!
Right at the end, the random nature of the wagon.
I'd say if would help if you could pay 100 for a chance to get one of three you select - RP wise you're putting out a call for them and one of three may respond.
500 gold for a guaranteed single class, and 1000 gold for guaranteed two classes plus a chance at a third.
Needs some balancing and tweaking but to spend a small bit of gold for a character you want to recruit would be nice.
You can't request the full wagon of course.
The game has a ton of RNG baked in, I think some ways of mitigating some of the intensity of it would be ideal in DD2.
for Resurrection collar i think it is for his heal over time for more healing and not getting a massive bleed on self.
Such a big fan of this.
"'Its 2020', oh god I hope not" hits different now
If the how to cook a pop tart without a microwave question is still relevant skillet on the stove top work like making toast on the stove low heat watch it flip it eat it
Hi there!! Loving your videos so far! One question. What is the idea behind of choosing the penance chamber and the brothel over the cheaper options for stress healing? Really curious about that
The negative outcomes are easier to work around in my opinion, plus they generally full clear stress. The main benefit is simply that they have a roughly 15% chance of giving you powerful buffs for the next dungeon on that character.
I'm new to the game....soI have a quick Q. So, why (@2:08:00) wouldnt you try and have the Vestal disarm the trap? Potential for stress relief, right? Is the gamble just not worth it?
The trap wasn't scouted, so I didn't have a choice either way. I know it's there because this dungeon is always the same (tutorial dungeon.)
Even if I could, I still wouldn't. Healer stress is never worth a gamble, especially not for such a small payoff with such a steep penalty. Vestal's trap disarm chance was roughly 60%, not great. Healer will probably need to immediately run another dungeon as well., so lower stress is critical.
None of this matters in standard game play, as the game is far more lenient than presented in this challenge.
Entertaining series! :)
Second episode in. This gonna be a long series
Oh yeah, hope you brought some popcorn.
Ahhh deathless run.....a fruitless endeavour, for those that seek sense of accomplishment from self imposed masochism, a maddening labour - from on who could not finish a deathless run
1:46 :21 Nelson : HA! HA!
Never before have I hoped someone to fail the run just so we can restart all because Reynauld was dismissed. F in the chat for Reynauld.
The nomad wagon, as crazy overpriced as it seems, is critical to DD speed runs - pay whatever the cost for stun trinkets because that’s the only way to do the final missions starting in week 16.
It is unfortunately also critical for heavily modded runs, as it is often the only way to get vanilla trinkets among all of the class bloat.
I have to remind myself that you're doing this voluntarily. :P
I also have to remind myself of that.
39:49 did i hear CRUSADE?!?
"2020 will be hindsight year" boy, you aint lyin....
well now... i am watching you while playing DD1 and i just got double crit for 32 on my jester and vestal vs the viscount turn one both bled and died... ouch.
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I had a similar situation once, tried fighting the Necromancer Lord, couldn’t even get through the first fight without losing someone to a heart attack after 5 BACK TO BACK RANDOM CRITS
Needless to say, I will forever say god bless to the guy that made a random crit disabler, so much more fun now that I need not worry about that situation again
watching this in 2023 and he said "its 2020, oh god I hope not" did he know about the virus? lmao
Some times you can just tell when a year is going to be a bad one.
Hindsight year going well ?
I mean, it could always be worse. I'll take it as an interesting life experience.
Big Joe Bear this optimism is why I can’t stop watching :D thank you for the videos :)
1:39:33 and it was at that point Joe knew, he fucked up.
Your 'eyeball' planet isn't a good place to live even if it had an atmosphere suitable and a magnetic field.
The wind forces would be horrible. The heat from the sun side would generate a huge temperature difference from the sun to the dark side and thus wind forces and perhaps tornadoes would be off the charts. If there's water on that planet, hurricanes would be devastating.
PopTart™ master
Such a cool voice!)
Quad Leper squad against the Shuffling Horror
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5:23 lol now
i like playing vestal at position 1 or 2 early, it's not bad
2 is ok, as in 2 she can at least aoe heal, but 1? You taking multiple vestals? What are you using as a healer if you take vestal position 1?
I usually keep vestals in rank 3-4, unless I run a grave robber comp where robber is 4 and dances back and forth from 4 to 2, shuffling position 3 plague doctor and 2 vestal back and forth. Pretty good synergy since plague doctor grenades the enemy backline and then grave robber lunges/throws knife for extra damage, usually killing stress casters first round, but I always find position 1 to be best occupied by a class that can stun front rows, like crusader, hellion, bounty hunter, because this allows for reliable patching up wounds after the priority targets are dealt with...
Position 1 vestal with the right quirks, profane and the beads can crit for over 65 damage on champion difficulty in the ruins. Sometimes you just need to wallop. Pairs ok with a secondary healer, since she can slide back in a pinch. Very offensive focused ruins party. Done it before a few times. I like to rely on a Crusader for the healer, since they also gain bonus damage against unholy when healing isn't needed.
@@BigJoeBear I still don't get why you'd fit her as position 1 though.
Profane scroll gives her more extra bonuses in position 2, and she can just as reliably macebash from position 2 anyway, while giving her more versatility in the skills she can use.
Even with the beads, her base damage is relatively low for her to be a dps, and most importantly, her base speed with those 2 trinkets is crap, would rely on her having quickdraw + reflexes quirks to put her damage to good use vs fast unholy like gargoyles or ghouls. Even then, mace bash can't hit the back 2 ranks, which is where you need most of the damage to go, while you stun the front rank tanky mobs. Her stun can't be used in position 1 either.
Sure, in ruins and only in the ruins, an area of the game I tend to spend the least time in because for the majority of the game deeds and portraits are more valuable, she's passable for damage, but her bonus damage to undead only makes her deal comparable damage to a crusader not fighting undead, and I tend to not specialize my guys to be good for only 1 area.
@@Skrymaster I wouldn't ignore Hand of Light.
None of this matters outside of torchless anyway, as you're talking the difference between moderate to trivial. Even with Torchless, running 3 vestals and a jester can be hilariously effective (not to mention the meme potential). Much akin to pre-CoM 3 HM and a pos 1 Occ.
Sometimes you don't have a Dismas' head or a Crescendo box when you want to smash with the Vestal. Profane works in a pinch even for pos 1. Maybe you're running a HWM, and the vestal will be splitting time between position 1 and 2. Profane would be fine here as well.
Unless you're running some absurd challenge, this game has plenty of room for fun or playful comps and itemization. No need to knit-pick efficiency.
Besides, Ruins are awesome when running a challenge like this one. Wish I could spend more time there with my lovely Sisters of Battle.
@@Skrymaster You spend the least time in the ruins? Well you're obviously not that great at the game. Ruins is the second best area for loot....best being the cove of course. That place is a bit more dangerous, sure, but it's obscenely wealthy. Both in loot (barnacle chests, fish) and in quirk removal.
Frozen ftw.
Riposte is pronounced like ghost. A hard “O”.
I've actually done extensive research on this, including asking a few French viewers and personal acquaintances.
The general consensus is that both ways are considered correct. The word is French but its root is Italian (risposta). The defense of re-pohst comes from its Italian roots, however the actual french pronunciation of the word is closer to pahst than pohst, but isn't an exact match either. English speakers tend to instinctively default to pohst since that fits the expected pronunciation for the language.
I prefer re-pahst as I personally view it as about as close as I'll ever get to the actual pronunciation as a person that doesn't speak French and generally has poor enunciation. Hearing an actual French person say it, it sounds like they merged an 'a' and an 'o' together, but it comes out slightly more 'a'. This likely adds to the confusion and disagreement among English speakers as you could certainly hear it either way depending on your biases.
I had the luxury of not having a bias when I first heard it in an old French movie when I was a youngin, since the word was new to me.
Now, if you want to know a word I say stupidly, that I believe also has French influence, wait until you hear me say gorget.
@@BigJoeBear very interesting, ty for the info
Your UA-cam name really suits you.
Yes, yes it does.
Boss timestamps?
This guy is trying way too hard to hit that 10 mark
Grandpappy always said to aim high.
@@BigJoeBear holy shit you replied HI DAD
Well that was fun...
It was something alright.
@@BigJoeBear Indeed. Man rng is cruel most of the times :(
Damn if I play any game more than 3 hours inna row my eyes start to hurt
It is 2020 :o
Impossible, there's no way we're in the current year.
dismissing reynald is a no no
He stole my breakfast burrito, it was this or death.
its kinda boring watching you stall most fights for half an hour
Alternatively, he could just never win a playthrough.