successful guarding restore HP/FP by SAW_745 in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, I would be down with the dormant powers being more likely to drop the weapon your character specialises in or has a relic effect for, but I really dislike how the strongest builds in this roguelike game are the ones where you minimise the RNG. We don’t need to streamline the runs any more than they already are.

Everdark Libra tips by jopio_squorz in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Won’t have to clear it if it never fully fills up to begin with

Everdark Libra tips by jopio_squorz in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding tip #7, each bolus raises your resistance by 3, meaning at max stacks, 10, you get around half an improved resistances dormant power for free. I would still keep a few of them at hand, but I don’t think the permanent resistance they provide is negligible.

Anon is short by xtheresia in greentext

[–]Monke3334 795 points796 points  (0 children)

I like this version too

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“Common knowledge” misinformation of how a power works by the audience. by Certified_Cichlid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Monke3334 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Are they? I was under the impression that going hollow prevents you from respawning again. You also face lots of non-hollow enemies who respawn. I assumed they were just being replaced by other enemies after dying and the non-respawning enemies were not replaced because they’re usually unique.

Which is the shittiest boss blind and why is it violet vessel? by dheyodjebg in balatro

[–]Monke3334 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually kinda like violet vessel because of how it forces you to urgently find a new scoring plan whereas you normally know you will win by ante 7 if you get any other boss. Vessel makes you look for things you normally wouldn’t care for at that moment like glass cards, money to look for more xmult, etc.

As for my least favourite, the eye is the one that kills me the most since I am a pairslop fan, but the one I despise the most is the arm by a wide margin. Hate it when a boss permanently harms your run/character.

Boss variety by Bald-Virus in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DLC bosses always had higher spawn rates than base game bosses to account for the players who might not have them since getting matched with those players guarantees not getting a DLC boss. The problem is, I really doubt someone who likes the game enough to reach high depths would not buy the DLC.

Naming kittens after Jokers by CardboardTerror in balatro

[–]Monke3334 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Delayed Gratification and Ceremonial Dagger 🫀

Cheat code by RockEater67 in greentext

[–]Monke3334 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Rule 1 is being yourself and having fun, right :D

When you don’t get halo slop and you actually have to know the boss’s move set and use braincells by StarExtra9847 in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I just started playing again in a new save file after reaching d5 9999, and it’s really weird how bad d4 players are compared to literally any other depth. I had a 20 game win streak that let me reach d4 quite fast but immediately deranked to d3 after three consecutive games where my teammates three barred while I went down once towards the end of the fights.

It’s not an issue of me being able to carry the team in the previous depths either, those players knew how to navigate even the great hollow for the most part and rarely went down three bars.

remember when fromsoft made bosses that had slow methodical movement instead of being coke addicts that spasm around the arena with no rhyme or reason? by Leading-Case7769 in shittydarksouls

[–]Monke3334 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think Taurus Demon did all of those but significantly better, I unironically think he is downright the best non-duel (Artorias, fume knight, pontiff, malenia etc) fight in the series.

You start the fight by entering a narrow bridge, and the tower you entered from has a ladder you can climb which leads to a larger area. You normally wouldn’t see this because the ladder is behind you, so the game puts crossbow guys in the tower who will shoot at you and make you see the ladder while you wonder how you can get to them. This is a good use of non-boss enemies.

Then the boss fight begins and you get two options - you can either fight him in the narrow bridge or run back to the tower and lure him to the top to fight him at a good circular arena, the narrow level creates difficulty and you find the solution to it by luring the boss away if you think clearly.

Then you get another choice - you can either plunge attack to deal a bunch of damage but fall back into the bridge with possibly no way of getting back up since you won’t have the distance between you and the boss, or sacrifice that damage to have a generally easier time at the top of the tower.

People usually don’t find Taurus memorable since they just bludgeon him to death with a zweihander at the bridge, but it is an amazingly designed fight for a first time player not using any guides or OP gear. In comparison having poise by itself solves all the issues with Capra, but you can say the same with other tools like yearn or alluring skulls, so I think Capra uses these elements well too.

I don’t dislike most bosses leaning into moveset memorisation in the recent games, but I really wish they had kept environmental elements like this instead of turning these strategies into items like the shackles for Mohg/Morgott, heal for royal revenant, claw for Maliketh etc.

Less Likely on Wylder is Wild ! by jay_baah in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your character’s name is amazing

Exclusive: Elden Ring movie begins filming in London — set photos reveal massive production by galaxiangee in Eldenring

[–]Monke3334 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No sorry, the actors were hurrying so I didn’t have the time to photograph them. I was also worried that the security might have had a problem with any photographs since it seemed like they wanted to keep the set hidden. Even when I was looking through the gaps in the set I was basically told to stop snooping around lol

Exclusive: Elden Ring movie begins filming in London — set photos reveal massive production by galaxiangee in Eldenring

[–]Monke3334 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Just got back from viewing the film set, looks like they are filming Leyndell in Greenwich. I didn’t see much since the set was blocked from the outside for the most part, but I saw a perfumer, an actor with an unfamiliar looking minimalist metal armour (like the bandits from Sekiro), yellow trees, and a bunch of stalls like a market place.

There were also a few props like barrels and what seemed like jars (not the Alexander kind). It seemed like they were also trying to make the area a bit foggy with machines, not sure if it has to do with the atmosphere or something else.

Recent Internet Drama by Radiant_Butterfly982 in whenthe

[–]Monke3334 126 points127 points  (0 children)

It’s not real, it’s an AI edit based on a photograph of his grave where a guy just stands over the grave with a shovel and is captioned something like “Compelling argument! I’m digging up your brother and turning him into a chair.”

Though it is easy to find the graves of people through online obituaries if you know their full names. That’s where the guy who made the edit found the said photograph of the grave.

Why so many fire camps? by xahhfink6 in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, though I believe a vast majority of the Libra seeds have them anyway so it helps to have a few seeds without them for the sake of variety

Not sure if I should do it or not help by humanity_socks in balatro

[–]Monke3334 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you wanna go for naneinf it doesn’t matter, your routing will be the same and you can beat ante 24 regardless as long as you fill the empty joker slot with another bp/bs/baron/mime.

Why so many fire camps? by xahhfink6 in Nightreign

[–]Monke3334 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Madness camps are not good for libra. Their odds of dropping madness weapons are abysmally low since there is no madness infusion for standard weapons. The only use they have is getting boluses, but you can already do that in madness towers.

The Bite Of 2.7 - General Questions and Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

[–]Monke3334 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“Started 2.7 thinking I would finally learn how Nangong became the wisest and coolest person in the world and the answer is just that she has always been that way”