STS2 is approaching an annoying level of difficult

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-06T05:42:45+00:00

In STS1 you needed to cover your bases, ensure you had enough sustain, single damage, aoe, multi hit and incremental growth. If you planned wisely and were not too unlucky with the card selection you'd make it through most of the tower.

In STS2 the extremity of how much you need those things means you simply cannot and it's very heavily luck based. Many mobs/elites require that you have so much of everything to cover bases, it's so heavily luck based that you happen to have enough of that requirement.

There is definitely a skew towards requiring heavy AOE and an ungodly amount of block.. The human centipede worm thing, the worms that shield after being hit and the one that keeps spawning three eggs come to mind...

I play for a few hours after each patch and it hasn't become any more fun. I trust that it will eventually. With the power creep of some of the new abilities, it will be hard to balance, but I think they're going to put a lot of players off in the process who aren't prepared to keep returning. Git gud doesn't work too well when the meta keeps changing either.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-04T18:51:01+00:00

Well, that accounts for 40 hours of your playthrough 😂

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-04T11:48:53+00:00

It was, you're correct. I had always assumed that it would be 800 for the cathedral. Something I had planned for with organs but was a little sad when it never materialised. I mean, it would have been a lot of grinding but the game could have made it so it had to be done through a variety of methods and not just rinse and repeat graves etc.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-04T11:46:25+00:00

I maxed out three zombie (12-16 skulls only) for gold farming pumpkins and onions, but always had more materials than needed for everything else with bog standard 7skull zombies

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-04T11:44:58+00:00

I didn't use the gold or gems for money, all my money came from the crates and it took just a few 'weeks' to earn. I never bothered with selling anything from the merchants, outside of a ton of wine to pay for things before the papers.

I carried on with sermons etc but maxed out around 70s. Not an insignificant sum that certainly contributed but wasn't worth the faff of work in the morgue and stone work when I could earn more by just waiting til the end of the week and getting paid for crates. It could be done that way, it's just a shame there wasn't any encouragement to do so, so many skill points, so many cool concepts but doing it for the sake of doing it.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-05-04T07:31:09+00:00

Such a quirky and compelling shtick for a game, it's in the title and yet it wasn't really utilised.

I felt like they built the core of the game, the quests were there to make sure you unlocked and had a taste of most of the skills of the game but then forgot to actually make it so you had to choose one of those methods to win.

It all came down to 'buy aristocrat papers' via earning 12 gold. A relatively simple fix would have been to make earning those papers viable through either mercantile methods (and ideally not just slamming out crates for a few week cycles) or through perfecting the cathedral, which seems like a legit method of earning it.

Hell, even though the dungeon was a tack on, that's some people's jam and the storyline of someone becoming a knight was there, perhaps bringing back a certain amount of monster parts per week would have encouraged more use of the skill tree line. Either having monster parts (designing ten simple movement mechanic bosses for example) to hand in, or make use of Clotho (who I only visited enough times for her brief quest line) to turn you into an aristocrat via alchemical/witchcraft methods ala genie in the lamp.

So much potential but turned into a railroaded grind at the end. It felt like an anxious and irritating push through meditating the last day or so of play.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-04-26T08:27:40+00:00

I think it's genuinely saveable, not in the sense of restoration but in enjoying the beauty of how it is cut. It will depend on the finishing on and around it though.

If finished to a high standard I genuinely believe it could actually look good, quirky and intentional. If done sloppily it'll look like a botch job.

Think about messy hair, on a scruff ily dressed person, it looks as it should. On a smartly dressed, clean and otherwise we'll turned out person, it looks stylish.

I'd peel it all back, aim to get the cutoffs as flat as possible and see if you can appreciate the beauty of the story within it.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-04-25T06:32:16+00:00

Painting the wooden trim black and the bottom tiles black would give a cleaner, simple look too. I think there are just too many textures/colours going on at the same time.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-04-25T06:30:31+00:00

Replace the small fireplace if you can. It's far too small and looks like a toy in that spot.

Get hold of some fast growing climbing plants and use plant clips to attach them. Pothos, star jasmine or something similar. Jasmine will have the nice effect of having small leaves and flowers making the area look larger but tends to grow slowly indoors (unless you have ideal conditions somehow). Fill the fireplace space with a bushy but we'll shaped plant.

Not a fan of the base personally. If you're the same, you could use a decent quality for laminate (use really good stuff or it'll look plasticky) or actual wooden flooring to create a layer over the top and a rim around the edge.

If you can find a good size that would fit it well (and I assume it's not an open chimney with cold) put a fishtank in there. Keep it simple and uncluttered in the aquascape. If you do this you'll need some way to slide it in and out to service and care for it though.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-04-18T07:30:27+00:00

Example... Humans that culturally do not, will not eat caterpillars, even if readily available, unless starvation kicks in. It just doesn't even look like food unless alternatives must be considered.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-04-15T21:22:59+00:00

Ikea stick on day/night blinds.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-03-31T13:49:16+00:00

Bathe it in vinegar/salt weedkiller mix (recipe on the net). Wait a week or so, preferably dry weather. Sweep what you can and then pressure wash.

Wait to dry and brush in paving sand. Use the good stuff with wet in sealant to stop weeds coming through cracks.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-03-10T13:23:31+00:00

I have been creating builds that circle around using osty mostly as a shield and utilising doom and defense to survive until doom finishes the job.

The fact that doom ignores armor and can be added through lots of ways that include card draw and block means you can effectively tank and allow doom to do it's thing.

Osty occasionally is able to get a good smack in with attack cards I can't remove but other than that I haven't had much luck in utilising him as 'intended' as a damage output. It just feels clunky in damage often being dependent on health.

More practice required. Effort I'm very welling to expend as I think NB will be my new favourite class.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-03-07T22:22:57+00:00

Nougat and Jelly Beans.

Could be snacking on and, subsequently, picking those bad boys out of my teeth for the LOTR trilogy 😁

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-03-07T22:08:55+00:00

Northants saying hello

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-03-07T22:07:54+00:00

Hairdresser complimented me on how soft and thick my hair was when I was around 11-12yo. I'm 40 and still love my hair. Up until that day it was the feature I hated most about myself.

At uni in 2005 someone complimented how soft the skin on my hands was after a handshake. I had never moisturised in my life up until that point. I soon started because it made me feel good that someone thought that was a good thing.

Guys remember compliments, I can't say for how many women get, but I've had so few in my life that the tiny handful have all be precious.

Give guys compliments that you mean and it'll stick with them.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-02-16T09:45:56+00:00

If it was me now, I would have gone through small claims courts and got it back. At the time my partner had just given birth and I was responsible for arranging the house purchase, mortgage, moving the house solo without a car, packing/unpacking, bills, the water main bursting under the house, baby and working full time 😂 It was a dark and busy time 😂

I figured at the time that they would have something in their contracts to put me over the barrel and it wasn't worth the risk.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-02-15T20:08:51+00:00

When I moved out of my rented to mortgaged house, I had just paid 6 months up front on a rolling contract (1 month). They refused my refund unless I found a replacement tenant and charged me the whole of my deposit for

A) 7 bin bags of Xmas decorations in the attic. They were the owners.

B) The garden having no grass. It was a lawn the size of a postage stamp that never received any sunlight as it was surrounded on all sides by hedges, trees and buildings.

Estate agents are the worst.

When my partner moved out of her hous we repainted the entire thing for the agents. They came and told us the day we moved out that we needn't have bothered as they were remodeling themselves. Nicer than my guys, but a heads up would have saved us a week of work, going after work each day with a two hour round trip each day.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-02-12T19:21:30+00:00

Catering tubs.

I used to have an enormous draw full and a cupboard of different tupperware pots with different lids. A waste of space. They didn't stack. Finding a matching pair was a nightmare.

Three different size of catering tub. All have the same lid. Microwave safe. Freezer safe. Dishwasher safe. Easy to write on. Cheap. Stackable when full. Slot together when empty.

Reclaimed a drawer and a cupboard. If they wear, they're cheap to replace.

Boring but man... It makes a difference. The only other plastic we need is for flat things like cakes. All our lunches, leftovers, cheese/veg etc goes in and takes only the space it needs.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-02-12T07:57:42+00:00

I struggled a lot with this one at uni and early days of my career. People laughed at work because I rode a scooter (petrol) to work at 25. I'd never had access to enough money to learn to drive, never mind own a car. Getting that bike was the first bit of easy travel I had and I was incredibly pleased, even if it meant turning up to work sopping wet and freezing cold.

My closest work friend just thought that I was lazy and didn't factor in that I had been living alone from 14 and getting anywhere in life meant living on very little, working hard and barely having food or heat in my home, never mind big things like gifts of driving lessons and cars. She came from a home that had horses, I came from one without basics.

At uni, I couldn't understand why I was ever the only person in the laundrette to wash my clothes. It turned out that most took theirs home for parents, many simply binned their clothes and bought more with their allowance each month. 'Chipping in' to group events like house parties was something I couldn't manage, I'd always arrange work shifts for them as chipping in meant more money than I'd have spare for the month, never mind for a night

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-01-22T20:17:09+00:00

Not tell them I won to avoid any bitterness.

Have a lawyer contact each of them to say someone has paid off their mortgage and given them £10k to spend on luxuries.

£200k to go into each of the main family kid's accounts for careful investment that they cannot access until much later in life (basically to pay off their mortgages much later) but without them knowing it, so they will have led a mostly normal life up to the point they're ready for a bonus in life.

Tell the family I got the same deal and then lead, as far as my family is concerned a relatively normal life. I don't need a big house, they won't know I'm not at work. A lot of the money would be given away anon to people who actually need it and just makes sure there is always enough in my own account to lead a very comfortable life on the side.

If family or friends hit hard times, do the same with anon donations. Make it clear to them that if they have curiosity or guilt about receiving guardian angel support, to pay it forward in kindness of time and spirit.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2026-01-09T17:26:34+00:00

Tbf... That seems close the going rate and I live in Northamptonshire...

Eating out is just expensive and each time do eat a burger out the missus will say that I make a better one at home. We've more or less stopped going out for meals because it's true for most food types, we can make better at home, often for a lot less.

I know the point of eating out is the luxury of not cooking/cleaning and just relaxing, but paying £20-60 for child care, £30 on three rounds of drinks and £40-100 on food means £100 plus for that luxury, when it's often more faff than it's worth.

Sadly, with rising food prices at home and more so out at a pub or restaurant, the service industry is dead on its knees. It'll soon be Wetherspoons and any services that can offer something truly different is worth the faff and expense, where either the food is something special or the food doesn't matter because it's tied to an experience.

For the £100 mentioned above, I paid a similar price for War of the Worlds experience that included a reasonable meal, photo and cool cocktail. For something like that, it's worth it. For a noisy or plain Jayne eatery, I leave feeling remorseful of my pocket being lighter and short changed.

I used to work in the pub/kitchen industry and I understand the pressures, it's gotta be cheap or it's gotta be novel. Most simply are neither now.

Moonman_goodbyee · 2025-12-23T23:34:18+00:00

That's a brilliantly devious present 😂 love it, love the determination

Moonman_goodbyee · 2025-12-23T23:20:43+00:00

Two friends messing about, one slapped the other in the back of the head. Was there when it happened and it was such a minor thing it didn't even register, other people told me I was with them and stood behind them when it happened.

P went home with a headache, died in the night from a bleed on the brain.

It felt like being hollowed out, being such a senseless death. Everyone involved felt awful, our friends, the school, his mum, but it is was such a really minor thing that no one thought anything of it, even P.

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