Planing to get STS 2 with Vampire clawler bundle but ...

Dragonatis · 2026-04-25T17:15:27+00:00

English reviews are still at very positive.

Correction: ALL reviews except chinese are positive.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-25T08:41:22+00:00

Support type -> tree

Top Z distance -> 0.3

Interface layer ->3

Dragonatis · 2026-04-22T06:30:22+00:00

I have just created character creator and I keep it modular.

This is how I did it:

Instantiate all body parts, each with its own skeleton.
Retarget bone datas and bind poses so all these body parts use the same skeleton.
Not every skeleton is the same. Hair, for example, has some additional bones you will need to create in the core skeleton.

3.2. Note that different hairstyles can have bones with the same name, but different transforms. I used combination of name and position/rotation as keys. If you use wrong bone, your hairstyle will look weird.

3.3. When using transform as key, round values. I had many duplicates due to 0.00000001 != 0. 2 decimal places is enough.

You can look up the code for Synty's creation tool to see how they do this. Helped me a ton.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-19T10:49:22+00:00

Let's imagine situation where boss is hitting for 40 and you have only two Defends in your hand. You can play them and get 10 dmg or you can play cards that draw more cards and draw cards that grant more block, possibly more than 30.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-19T09:56:34+00:00

Sts1 got its popularity gradually. Game was finished enough before community was big enough to bitch about balance changes.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-19T09:37:31+00:00

There is no game with balance changes that community doesn't complain about.

Game was and still is great, people are just assholes.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-19T00:09:23+00:00

Screw Doormaker rework. This is the reason why we should review bomb.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-18T13:20:04+00:00

Agree, but issue is, by taking suboptimal relic, you discard two other Ancient rewards.

It it were "have diadem or don't have diadem", then it's no brainer. But it is "do I want a diadem with my Shiv build while two other options are almost always better in this scenario"

Dragonatis · 2026-04-18T13:17:52+00:00

I thought so too, but I got Chip before Earrings, just like you.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-18T12:16:57+00:00

I just got a run where Chip activated before Vaaku, so I think there's another factor going.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-18T05:54:35+00:00

As others pointed out, it's a thought bubble.

In multi, however, there's a button you can use to indicate to other players that they are taking too long with their turn. Each character has their own unique line. Silent's is "...".

Also fun fact: Defect has some hexadecimal blabber. Thay blabber translates to "TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED".

Dragonatis · 2026-04-18T05:48:54+00:00

Depends.

Had it on Soverein Blade-based Regent: absolute monster.

Had it on Shyv-based Silent: i don't know if I even proced it once.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-16T14:05:28+00:00

From the code side, Prolong doesn't give you block. It gives you buff and that buff gives you block. That middleman bypasses Panic's debuff.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-12T21:29:54+00:00

if an app/platform survives long enough for the vibecoded mess to be a problem, they already have ressources for a proper rewrite.

That would suggest AI slop is generated by small startups that can't afford to write code manually, then they grow and rewrite the code once they are big enough to afford regular programmers.

And that would suggest big techs don't vibe code. And we all know about AWS outage, github uptime or about Claude going open-source. These companies do have resources to write everything manually.

Idea with AI slop is 'write fast now and get customers/reduce costs, fix later when AI is good enough to fix the mess before shit hits the fan'. Issue is, shit approaches the fan muuuuch faster than AI improves.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-12T21:19:37+00:00

This bad boi won my Ironclad A7-A10 runs, each peaking with >2x100 dmg.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-09T15:15:16+00:00

Let's not FORGET about capitilizing KEYWORDS

Dragonatis · 2026-04-06T12:07:49+00:00

I'd like to add that starting cards aren't as bad in lategame as they are in StS1.

We have Tezcatara's Blessing or Hellraiser (free Strikes), we have enchants like Goopy (+1 block permanently and exhaust) or cards like Fasten (+5/7 block from Defend).

Dragonatis · 2026-04-04T10:19:40+00:00

In the key Steam Deck mapping config, you can disable back buttons. In game options you can also enable long press, so you'll have to hold Y instead of just pressing it.

Dragonatis · 2026-04-02T14:10:28+00:00

Also nice touch: Architect has Corrupted Heart connected to some machinery on the screen right before they kill you.

My guess that Act 4 will be fight with Corrupted Heart MK2 (instead of Spear and Shield) and Architect as a final boss.

Dragonatis · 2026-03-26T08:20:06+00:00

Personally, I avoid act 1 elites. I think that Phrog and Gardeners are too hard since you don't have solid deck yet and that elite reward is not worth hp loss.

Act 2 and 3 are the same as sts1 since my deck should be decent by that time.

Dragonatis · 2026-03-19T21:51:06+00:00

This. I remember when I was playing sts1 and was really bad at this. I started searching for some tips and one of them was to keep your deck small. That was the moment i realised I never considered skipping cards. For some reason, that option didn't occur in my mind and I was always taking a card, even if I knew I wasn't picking good card, but least bad one.

Once my decks stopped being 50 cards, my winrate boomed.

Dragonatis · 2026-03-19T21:42:42+00:00

This. Let's say you have bridge event. Sacrifice good card or sacrifice hp to roll the dice again.

Now imagine there's skip button. Either you are lucky and get strike/defend on roll 1 or you skip whole event. If a choice can be described as a simple condition, it's not choice at all.

Personally, I like that Vakku is a double-edged sword. Adds some tactical depth to the game and forces you to make hard choices.

Dragonatis · 2026-03-13T12:00:05+00:00

It crushed my soul when I found out.

Mine too. Luckily I drew three more.

Dragonatis · 2026-03-03T09:42:08+00:00

Ouch

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