I suspect I you cannot handle losing party members or experiencing full wipes, the game will be stressful. I would add to you tip:
Name your early characters for those 'special' people in you life.
Darkest Dungeon | The Road of dungeon crawlers, on Kickstarter, GAFfer-made
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I suspect I you cannot handle losing party members or experiencing full wipes, the game will be stressful. I would add to you tip:
Impeccable
Member
Day one one PS4 - watched about 30 minutes of a stream and it looks pretty awesome.
Good job, GAFfer person.
Good job, GAFfer person.
More_Badass
Member
Hell, yeah, the narration alone was one of the things that sold me on the first trailer
Darkest Dungeon |OT| We are not the flame
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Amidst The Pitiless Cyclopean Stones
hobblygobbly
Member
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Death Is The Only Promise
I'm not the best at names.
I'm not the best at names.
Begaria
Member
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Knockin' on Death's Door
alternatively
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Knock, knock, knockin' on Death's Door
Ruining the joke by explaining it tiiiiime: It's a rif on Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" which has been covered A LOT through the last fourty years or so. Since Death's Door is a status ailment when a character is about to die in this game, I figure it would be apt.
The song:
http://youtu.be/IaSIPQ-Bdc8 - Bob Dylan original
http://youtu.be/2tmc8rJgxUI - Guns N' Roses cover
And I'm sure you can find others...even Avril Lavigne has a cover.
alternatively
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Knock, knock, knockin' on Death's Door
Ruining the joke by explaining it tiiiiime: It's a rif on Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" which has been covered A LOT through the last fourty years or so. Since Death's Door is a status ailment when a character is about to die in this game, I figure it would be apt.
The song:
http://youtu.be/IaSIPQ-Bdc8 - Bob Dylan original
http://youtu.be/2tmc8rJgxUI - Guns N' Roses cover
And I'm sure you can find others...even Avril Lavigne has a cover.
... I wanna update to early access tier.
It's a bummer, I backed $15 then despite the whole "exclusive character reward" debate. Now I'd like to get into EA but the only people who can are $20+ ers and people who didn't want to invest in the first place.
Let me pay 5 extra bucks :-(
It's a bummer, I backed $15 then despite the whole "exclusive character reward" debate. Now I'd like to get into EA but the only people who can are $20+ ers and people who didn't want to invest in the first place.
Let me pay 5 extra bucks :-(
No and no. The game launches fine on my laptop apparently so I guess I'll just play it on there for now.
I'm watching this guy
Sorujin is doing a good run so far in twitch
Sorujin is doing a good run so far in twitch
Wait I thought all other backers would be getting it today with the Early Access launch?
Begaria
Member
If you paid into the very first tier of $15 (Nomad), you do not get Early Access, just the full release version. Every tier from the second tier and onwards gets Early Access. Yeah, I know, it's weird to do that.
All Dylan references are welcome in my book.
mrchampipi
Member
Darkest dungeon: Asylum Tycoon
Darkest Dungeon: in the mouth of madness
Darkest Dungeon: flagellate for stress relief
Omegasquash
Member
Got my early access for backing and I'm having too much fun.
Imma no doubt pick this up for Vita. It feels PERFECT for a handheld. PERFECT.
Imma no doubt pick this up for Vita. It feels PERFECT for a handheld. PERFECT.
Well shit, I though the bonus for people for paying $20+ was getting the game a week earlier.
That's a huge bummer, I was really expecting to play it today.
Messofanego
Banned
Darkest Dungeon |OT| Apply Death Directly To Forehead
Begaria
Member
I'll repost my tips on top of some other tips for new comers:
1. If you want to power up your party quickly, focus on building up the Guild (enhances skill ranks), and the Blacksmith (upgrades weapons/armor).
2. You will have to do several runs through the Ruins as it'll be the only dungeon open to you at the start, and you will not have access to any of the buildings in the village except for the wagon to get more party members. After a few runs through the Ruins, you'll gain access to the entirety of the village and the other two dungeons in early access will open up.
3. The Weald is the best dungeon to get Deeds which are crucial to upgrading your Blacksmith. My advice would be to hit the Weald as soon as it becomes available to start accumulating Deeds ASAP.
4. You will need at least two teams to start off with. This is not a game in which four party members will do it for the entirety of the game.
5. As you successfully complete a run through a dungeon, your explorers will get "Veteran" points which will increase their Veteran rank (you start at 0, 6 seems to be the max). The higher your Veteran level compared to the dungeon run you go on (Rank 1-5 I've seen), the less stress they will take going through the dungeon. However, if an explorer's veteran rank outclasses the dungeon run you want to go on by (what I've observed) 2 levels, they will refuse to go on that run. This is why you'll want several teams (upgrade that wagon as you go!) so you can do low level runs to feed your higher ranked teams.
6. The Bar and the Church are your two stress relievers in town, they're important to level up as you go, but when you start unlocking Medium runs you can get stress reduced during a run due to Camping skills.
7. The Jester kicks ass - he has a really good full party buff and a stress relieving skill. He's also got good stress relieving camping skills.
8. Mousing over enemies when you have a skill clicked on shows those enemies' resistances, your chance to hit them, and how much damage you will do.
9. Don't be afraid to push your party to their limits on a run, especially early on as you can always grab someone new from the wagon if someone dies. It gets more important the farther into the game you get to keep people alive as you'll have likely invested gold into their skills and gear.
10. Provisions disappear after every run (Edit: I am incorrect according to Chariot. Provisions don't disappear, but are sold back to the shop keep after every run). Don't fully stock up on everything for every run since it's a waste of gold and you'll lose everything you don't use. My general provisions so far are:
Short
10 Food
5 Torches
1 Shovel
Sometimes 1 key
Medium
15 Food
7 torches
2 Shovels
1 Key
I haven't done a long run yet. Also, camping doesn't become available until a Medium run. It's not available on Short runs. Keys will bypass traps in locked chests and cabinets. Shovels are useful for bypassing traps on graves when digging them up and are super useful for clearing debris in your way.
11. Pay very close attention to the skills you have equipped. Each skill can only be used in certain positions in the party line up. Jesters, for example, can only use their Stress relieving skill from the very back of the line up.
12. Positioning is very important in this game. There is a reason why certain classes have abilities that can change enemy positions. You can knock a heavy hitter enemy to the back, forcing them to use a turn to move to the front. You can pull weaker enemies in the back to the front, forcing them to use weaker attacks and getting them in range of your front line melee.
13. There are Light and Dark afflictions and quirks. You can treat the Dark quirks at the Sanitarium for some gold, erasing bad qualities from a party member. Getting to 100 stress doesn't necessarily mean you're screwed, since you can actually get a Light Affliction which can benefit your party.
That's all I got for now.
1. If you want to power up your party quickly, focus on building up the Guild (enhances skill ranks), and the Blacksmith (upgrades weapons/armor).
2. You will have to do several runs through the Ruins as it'll be the only dungeon open to you at the start, and you will not have access to any of the buildings in the village except for the wagon to get more party members. After a few runs through the Ruins, you'll gain access to the entirety of the village and the other two dungeons in early access will open up.
3. The Weald is the best dungeon to get Deeds which are crucial to upgrading your Blacksmith. My advice would be to hit the Weald as soon as it becomes available to start accumulating Deeds ASAP.
4. You will need at least two teams to start off with. This is not a game in which four party members will do it for the entirety of the game.
5. As you successfully complete a run through a dungeon, your explorers will get "Veteran" points which will increase their Veteran rank (you start at 0, 6 seems to be the max). The higher your Veteran level compared to the dungeon run you go on (Rank 1-5 I've seen), the less stress they will take going through the dungeon. However, if an explorer's veteran rank outclasses the dungeon run you want to go on by (what I've observed) 2 levels, they will refuse to go on that run. This is why you'll want several teams (upgrade that wagon as you go!) so you can do low level runs to feed your higher ranked teams.
6. The Bar and the Church are your two stress relievers in town, they're important to level up as you go, but when you start unlocking Medium runs you can get stress reduced during a run due to Camping skills.
7. The Jester kicks ass - he has a really good full party buff and a stress relieving skill. He's also got good stress relieving camping skills.
8. Mousing over enemies when you have a skill clicked on shows those enemies' resistances, your chance to hit them, and how much damage you will do.
9. Don't be afraid to push your party to their limits on a run, especially early on as you can always grab someone new from the wagon if someone dies. It gets more important the farther into the game you get to keep people alive as you'll have likely invested gold into their skills and gear.
10. Provisions disappear after every run (Edit: I am incorrect according to Chariot. Provisions don't disappear, but are sold back to the shop keep after every run). Don't fully stock up on everything for every run since it's a waste of gold and you'll lose everything you don't use. My general provisions so far are:
Short
10 Food
5 Torches
1 Shovel
Sometimes 1 key
Medium
15 Food
7 torches
2 Shovels
1 Key
I haven't done a long run yet. Also, camping doesn't become available until a Medium run. It's not available on Short runs. Keys will bypass traps in locked chests and cabinets. Shovels are useful for bypassing traps on graves when digging them up and are super useful for clearing debris in your way.
11. Pay very close attention to the skills you have equipped. Each skill can only be used in certain positions in the party line up. Jesters, for example, can only use their Stress relieving skill from the very back of the line up.
12. Positioning is very important in this game. There is a reason why certain classes have abilities that can change enemy positions. You can knock a heavy hitter enemy to the back, forcing them to use a turn to move to the front. You can pull weaker enemies in the back to the front, forcing them to use weaker attacks and getting them in range of your front line melee.
13. There are Light and Dark afflictions and quirks. You can treat the Dark quirks at the Sanitarium for some gold, erasing bad qualities from a party member. Getting to 100 stress doesn't necessarily mean you're screwed, since you can actually get a Light Affliction which can benefit your party.
That's all I got for now.
After an adventurer you're selling all the stuff you didn't use. So don't worry to overstock a bit.
Begaria
Member
Wait, really? It just automatically sells off what you didn't use? I didn't know that. I always used up everything I bought
Well, shit, good to know.
Wait what? I was totally under the impression that I would get access today at the $15 tier. So I'll have to wait until the game is 1.0 to play? It better not spend a year in EA...
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Save up to upgrade the asylum too. I think that is what it is called, the place to remove bad traits. You will be collecting a lot of bad traits, many that conflict so you might not even be able to relieve stress in town. 1 slot isn't enough.
also
I knew most of these besides all the item interactions, I was mainly using people's traits and class:
also
I knew most of these besides all the item interactions, I was mainly using people's traits and class:
OT by chariot: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=984899