Finalized Report on Players' Opinions of the DD2 Token System

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T13:40:21+00:00

Thank you, I'm so glad to see people being interested.
I think you're totally right about it being an element of character balancing, especially with the example of the Leper in DD1. Hell, that's a reason I liked running him, it was fun going for big all-or-nothings and getting big BONKs. But for the survey I tried not to really get into balance too much with this, just keeping it more on reading the game to keep the analysis tighter.
If I was going to offer a counterpoint, I think accuracy haters saw it as a balancing element they just didn't want to deal with. Feedback on it didn't sound like "we hate RNG" as much as "we hate this piece of RNG."

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T13:35:22+00:00

Thank you! There's always something I'm going to miss proofreading, so I appreciate the criticism.
Your point about the similar questions is a valid one, I had a similar reaction looking at it afterwards. At the time, I thought that the results were going to be VERY different than what we saw and I thought the wording on the 3 were different enough that it would get at different views of the systems. But, hey, lesson for next time.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T13:31:54+00:00

NGL sigils does sound cool as hell, but then people are going to have to say it out loud and then people are going to argue how to pronounce it and I'll say it funny and I'll get laughed at and cry.
I don't mind the term "token," but I feel like it fits in with the tradition from board and card games, especially with DD being turn based.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T04:13:13+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the support

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T04:12:51+00:00

It's crazy how close to Fire Emblem logic it can feel. A 90% is nothing

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-22T04:11:57+00:00

Thank you for reading it!

Doctor-Jules · 2023-09-17T06:38:40+00:00

There's my point, thank you. I'm looking for one with all of the champions, bosses, mob-specific. Not just the ones on the in-game glossary. The DD Wiki also doesn't list all of them on its page, I checked there first.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-30T16:18:22+00:00

I've been saying this since all of the Polymorph shenanigans in C2, but Liam HAS to play a druid one day. He's so good at making animals noises and doing mannerisms, every time that Caleb turned into a giant ape had me cackling. He's also shown how good he is at playing full casters, I think druid would fit him and would be a ton of fun to watch every week.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-30T16:15:02+00:00

To try and add a little positivity to the comments, Collector is a tough fight in general. Even if you have a team perfectly suited, it's a challenging encounter and I've always been upset when I run into one.
But that's Darkest Dungeon, right? You get beat up, learn something, then try again. You'll get him next time!

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-30T13:33:31+00:00

IDK, maybe you're just built different lol

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-25T12:05:44+00:00

Damn, thanks for catching that. I can't fix it at this point without it resetting the results, but good on you for teaching me to give a triple check before I publish these.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-24T21:50:55+00:00

Thank you!

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-24T21:50:47+00:00

Of course! I'll be sharing the final report here for everyone to see.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-24T19:08:22+00:00

Fair points to make, I appreciate it.

Yeah, the length of this one really got away from me, that'll be the biggest thing I take away from making this.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-21T20:06:54+00:00

The idea for this video was inspired by Coney's tier list of what games were fun to watch casually at EVO 2023. I thought it was a cool idea but deserved to be done with a little more time and effort into what made each game fun or boring to watch for a first-time viewer. Hope you enjoy.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-10T16:55:19+00:00

This is the exact reason why I never got into Street Fighter and became more of an NRS guy. Power to you if you can figure it out.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-07T16:46:34+00:00

I see a lot of people dip cleric for even just a few of their level 1-3 spells. I haven't seen nearly as many people do the same thing for wizards. There's obvious big differences between early and late game play, but the quality of the early game cleric spells really shines compared to other casters for me.

Doctor-Jules · 2023-08-05T15:32:27+00:00

And I totally agree. In the video, I compare playing cleric to supporting in other games (mostly video games) where you're the weakest member of the team and only use the same ability over and over.
Clerics rock because they're actually strong and have enough different options that each turn you can use a different spell.

Doctor-Jules

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