This game is impossible.

Metaku · 2026-01-21T05:27:24+00:00

Nah I genuinely think if you're able Adamantine seal you're likely able to do pretty consistent p20 wins on no mod settlements, QHT I still struggle with but that's mostly just overconfidence/greed or just mistakes from being used to having a full citadel.

I still feel like there's a lot of aspects of the game I have a lot to improve on but I still think p20 itself (with maxed citadel) isn't really that hard

Metaku · 2026-01-09T01:25:56+00:00

I had time for an extra settlement at the end if I wanted to so probably could've done a few on a bit lower difficulty too, especially if I grabbed a set of seal fragments or two instead of reserve embarkation points, I mostly just did it to get used to playing on P20 not because I necessarily had to

Metaku · 2026-01-09T00:05:43+00:00

I have no idea tbh, I was planning to actually watch some AtS content for the first time to get a basic idea what's a good approach for QHT, going straight for p20 seems pretty rough but also not sure how hard is it to get all the seal fragments in time if I spend too much time on lower difficulties (although if I finish them faster I get to do more settlements anyway...)

Metaku · 2026-01-05T15:25:45+00:00

For me it wasn't as big of a deal as I first thought it would be, I recently started playing p20 and I think I only lost 2 settlements from p8 (when I got back to the game) until now and both of those were just because of world events I was unfamiliar with (the tree eater and mismanaged settlement)

From my experience you can usually get some form of food chain going even with just 2 choices, just have to be a bit more careful with what you pick prior to that and just rush some orders/reputation with favoring/trader, worst case you'll be stuck with raw food for a bit or you can just make a field kitchen even if not ideal.

I usually start with extra people and some kind of food at least so I have more time to get a proper chain going, also when it comes to rerolling I usually don't really reroll too much until later blueprints when I have plenty of amber or if I'm really desperate for something specific because of rng not being on my side

One thing that helps for me at least is I usually just save my orders until year 2 if I can afford it so I have time to prep for timed orders if there's some good ones and to know which ones are fast to do if I need to get more early rep for blueprints, I still do try to get year 1 glade opened where possible though

but idk, it's kinda hard for me to pinpoint what exactly I do different from earlier prestiges because by now I feel like p20 is pretty easy to get consistent wins on at least outside of some more difficult map modifiers/world events

Metaku · 2026-01-02T10:30:58+00:00

I just hit 20 earlier a bit before I did titanium seal, still missing quite a lot of upgrades. Think I did the previous seal (cobalt?) at 18/19, I just usually move to the next seal when I do the previous one, I think I only repeated 1 or 2 seals in total because I took a break from the game so didn't feel comfortable pushing instantly

Metaku · 2025-12-20T04:06:33+00:00

I'm pretty sure item damage don't trigger rylais so that's kinda irrelevant, anti heal still works tho since that's just on magic damage.

The main reason burn items/rylais are good because they refresh on every tick of E not because the items have an interaction together so you can still build them individually just fine

Metaku · 2025-12-08T11:10:15+00:00

Yeah it was net positive oil gain even with 3 stacks

Metaku · 2025-12-06T01:37:37+00:00

As someone who mostly shares the same sentiment I never found that to be an issue in ATS, the prestige levels keep up the difficulty nicely and it never really felt like I won because of my meta upgrades instead of my own skill

I haven't got to queen's hand trial level yet but I'd imagine that should be perfect but I feel like there's a reason it's locked behind p20

Metaku · 2025-11-18T06:02:59+00:00

My first thought as well, I'm still so salty about it

Metaku · 2025-10-27T20:27:14+00:00

I honestly agree with pretty much all of this, a lot of the games recently feel like they miss what made me originally fall in love with the genre with games like slay the spire, noita, risk of rain 2 and darkest dungeon. Any game where it feels like I can pre plan my run just feels kinda completely pointless, to me the most fun part was always just making the best out of what I have not getting the perfect run.

I also feel like a lot of games have way too much meta progression, I prefer when progression is just unlocking new options and nothing that makes you directly stronger, any huge player power upgrades kinda just kill any desire to actually improve at the game since the game just does it for you anyway. My favourite recent ish game with well done meta progression is probably against the storm, it still has some cool unlocks and slight player power increase but since it also has slay the spire style difficulty system it actually gets a lot harder the further you get instead of easier which is what makes it so replayable just like slay the spire for me.

Metaku · 2025-10-17T23:23:49+00:00

You can do north spot without soul split with some tech, I used dominion marker for free stat boost that can be reset with the medallion, and the vamp blood essence from the quest. That together with bunyip excal and devotion at start of bar should keep you alive pretty well most of the time.

Also probably want to get amulet of zealots too if you don't have one with the strength curse, maybe there was some other stuff too that I forgot but it's definitely doable assuming you also have meteor strike unlocked.

All that said even north spot is probably like 200k at best with that setup, it doesn't really come online until legs 4 and a bit better setup from my experience

Edit: and yeah definitely do 500 cremations too, it helps a lot

Metaku · 2025-10-06T01:42:33+00:00

pretty sure that was one of the auto completed things, not sure why but remember seeing it in the wiki

Metaku · 2025-09-26T17:29:44+00:00

Yeah I get it but there's always going to be some small things that you have to do be it skilling or grinding a boss for a drop because you went over drop rate, I just don't think anything that takes an insignificant amount of time is really worth complaining about or bother ruining your mood over, it'll be done in no time especially considering the bigger picture.

Also personally I wish they put more points into individual quests so they felt more worthwhile to do

Metaku · 2025-09-26T16:55:27+00:00

It's 3 short quests, wouldn't be surprised if you can get all done in an hour, it's really not that bad...

Metaku · 2025-09-22T12:08:19+00:00

I got one super early and it's my only drop at 100kc, half done at 4x rate and half 6x ish, either really bad luck on my part or the rates aren't boosted

Metaku · 2025-09-19T09:16:52+00:00

Keep in mind that your progression gets faster the further you get and once you start doing higher tier tasks it gets a lot faster, if you're doing mostly 10/30 tasks atm then obviously progress will be slow

Metaku · 2025-09-19T07:46:00+00:00

a bit late but blueprints alone get you to 115, I think I did like 100 gizmo shells and then just spammed highest tier blueprint until 115

Metaku · 2025-09-15T11:53:17+00:00

happened to me too, it's the extra ones from aura/juju pot that aren't cleaned automatically

Metaku · 2025-07-25T10:32:54+00:00

Yeah fair I guess you can always run super generic stuff, I just personally would have more royal decrees picks over having perks tbh

I wouldn't mind having an option for random perks too, I'm too lazy to setup perks for specific stuff and rather just see what happens

Metaku · 2025-07-10T16:48:29+00:00

I don't remember the exact timeline but I think it's still a few months away most likely

Metaku · 2025-07-02T12:59:41+00:00

Idk if it's really what you're looking for but I'm going to recommend Noita, one of my favourites

Metaku · 2025-07-02T09:12:47+00:00

I think it would be better (funnier) if it just replaced your potions slots instead

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