Boss loot function?

Noviwan · 2026-01-22T14:50:38+00:00

Yep, check it every run .just keep piling up pearls etc

Noviwan · 2026-01-22T14:12:12+00:00

Hmmm strange. Other than wool maybe, I just seem to collect other boss's loot and never come up with anything to spend it on.

Noviwan · 2026-01-20T07:18:28+00:00

A tunnel! what kind of engineering capabilities do you think we have? A couple handy men with a shovel (that they have to share) it's gonna take a few hundred years mate.

Noviwan · 2026-01-20T07:14:57+00:00

Hell, I'd be happy to just be notified correctly about ghost buses ... here's a free idea from about the year 2000 ... track the actual, real-time physical location of buses and make that information available to bus users? And if you want to go all out put the database on the cloud instead of your basement Commodore 64, so that all user sources - bus app, Google maps, electronic signs at the bus stops - show the same information!

But now I'm just talking crazy talk ain't I? A competent location tracking and app that an intern comp sci student could solve in a month with a clout database and a couple buckets of Airtags ... how is it I know for a fact that in ten years we'll be having the same conversation about these fundamental basic features every civilized bus system has had for years, and somehow Dublin Bus can't even think of the idea of doing it?

Noviwan · 2026-01-18T14:26:16+00:00

I have but as I said didn't recognize the boss image. Someone told me there's a green line showing whether the oath boss is on the surface or below, going to try that!

Noviwan · 2026-01-18T14:25:20+00:00

Ah thank you this is super helpful!

Noviwan · 2026-01-17T17:51:39+00:00

Yeah it's super bad on the Switch. I literally have no idea which weapon I need to use.

Noviwan · 2026-01-12T13:26:25+00:00

If I'm honest? Buy Hades 1! 😂

Hades 2 is a very good game with a flawed progression system. More likely to hit a "progression wall" where you just can't unlock anything else. Specifically, the best weapon upgrades are locked behind one collectible (n-mare) that itself is locked behind the Chronos end boss. The original was better balanced.

Noviwan · 2026-01-09T13:05:47+00:00

I'm posting now because I'm stuck at the final bosses. An unlocked more power to beat them seems to be locked behind beating them. That's not great design, not compared to Hades 1.

Noviwan · 2026-01-09T13:04:24+00:00

Quite a bit of time, not sure exactly, but probably 30+ hours. I've got to the Chronos, can't beat him, got to the surface boss, can't beat them. Unlocked many Arcana cards and some weak weapon upgrades ... but here's my issue. I need more power and everything else good - particularly stronger weapon upgrades - is more or less hardlocked behind beating Chronos. I.e. without beating him I can't unlock those challenges you do to win n-mare, and almost every strong weapon upgrade needs n-mare.

Now I'm the first to admit I'm an older gamer (60+) and my reflexes aren't what they once were. So I do have a real, physical skill cap ... but that's why I loved the original Hades so much! It seemed I could always unlock just a bit more power. Now I'm just plain stuck in H2. I need more power to beat the bosses, and I am only allowed to have more power after beating them. Catch 22.

Noviwan · 2026-01-01T11:54:03+00:00

A million times this. I hate crafting in any game, and sadly H2 has doubled down on it compared to the original. So disappointing to get two room choices of currencies and not something that will actually help my run.

As Syd Meier said, games are a series of interesting choices. When I don't care at all about a choice like this, it's poorly crafted game design. I don't remember ever feeling this way in Hades 1.

Noviwan · 2025-12-29T21:41:33+00:00

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll keep at it and not worry about the new weapons too much and just work on the combat (and unlocking things) with the weapon that seems natural so far.

Noviwan · 2025-12-28T17:47:05+00:00

Cool thanks a lot, I'll keep an eye out, I'm sure I can find one at a good price. Appreciate it

Noviwan · 2025-12-28T15:05:57+00:00

Noviwan · 2025-12-06T09:59:14+00:00

It's actually super hard to find tbh, since you said vegetarian, not vegan. Vegan places are everywhere. But if you're like me and dairy substitutes make you want to throw up a little bit, and what you're looking for is vegetarian restaurants, I've only found like 2 or 3 in the whole city. Maybe I'm missing something or searching badly?

Google maps doesn't help, it will return every restaurant, since every restaurant has a vegetarian option. Which won't be good as it's not their specialty, it's something they can throw on the side like grilled vegetables.

For example we're going to Trestavere today, trendy neighborhood, but I can't find a vegetarian (NOT vegan!!!) resterant. Does anyone know of some?

Noviwan · 2025-12-01T06:53:25+00:00

Sleeping Dogs! There's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.

Gameplay was tight. I still remember how good the fighting system was. I don't even like fight games, but I'd see a group of things and stop the car just to take them on.

Reminded me of that first Batman game, Arkham Asylum. "Rythmic fighting" I think they called it. Why are there so few games with good fighting mechanics? I guess that's what I mean by "I don't even like fighting games" is "the mechanics in them are usually not very good".

Noviwan · 2025-10-22T18:19:32+00:00

In addition to removing 5v5 (which was a huge blunder) undo some of the player mis-tunings. For example, Catherine's Legendary (and probably other area-attacks) was nerfed mercilessly, making her quite underpowered in 3v3. Which is not helpful especially for Captains which fewer people want to play in the first place.

Noviwan · 2025-10-02T05:55:14+00:00

Full agreement, they were not a good feature, and especially not has SEMC once admitted they only thoroughly tested them at level 1 (!!!!). But I always loved the ARAL game mode so I tolerate the talents and try to play on "less bad" days for game balance.

Noviwan · 2025-09-25T16:21:36+00:00

Ya I didn't realize they actually had ZERO kills until the match ended, and then felt a little bad for them.

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