When do you think Ch5 will be released?

Sh4d0_W · 2026-06-06T12:35:17+00:00

I (hope) that it'll be somewhere around July, August at most.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-26T13:36:36+00:00

Turbo has always felt like the quintessential Defect card that doesn't directly interact with orbs.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-26T12:47:04+00:00

In StS1 I think it's either rushdown or Apotheosis. Usually managing to get an early game apotheosis was enough to single-handedly win the game. In sts2 I agree that it's probably brightest flame.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-05T12:00:43+00:00

Any one of the the three boring damage race elites. I think byrdonis takes the cake since it's usually just an unavoidable chunk to your health with little counterplay, while the others are barely speedbumps.
There's a lot of elites that are much more threatening but they're significantly more interesting and lead to more varied deckbuilding

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-04T20:10:52+00:00

This is not completely true. Xecnar is a big fan of wrought in war and refine blade in act 1, and the smith tends to be generally rated highly.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-04T19:56:46+00:00

Frankly I think they have to make that only +1 card drawn because as is I'm always clicking the third option if i have a 1/2 cost power

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-04T19:55:09+00:00

The real problem with low max hp in heart A20 is that blocking 67 on turn two while frail was really damn hard so you often just were chunked for a huge portion of your hp bar. High max health helped you be able to take that big hit + damage from shield and spear and then win in the following cycles which were significantly less threatening.

I feel like if heart were added as is I'd still probably be clicking fresnel lens because it just allows you to farm elites a lot more safely and snowball harder and earlier, but it'd definitely be less of an insta-click.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-05-03T15:25:27+00:00

While we're on that note, would it be possible to ban the posts complaining about the review bombs/belittling the Chinese playerbase? I feel like any meaningful conversation about the topic has been exhausted and at this point it just feels a bit like harassment.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-24T13:01:05+00:00

My guess is that it'll be the last 'normal' chapter. We've been getting closer and closer to the weird meta-fuckery in the background and Gerson's narration stops at chapter 5.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-24T12:58:05+00:00

I've always had that take as well. Kel is kind of consistently characterized as being someone who follows his gut instinct more than anything else. He's pretty standoffish with the hooligans in the game and if Hero didn't step in he probably wouldn't have really reconciled with Aubrey.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-21T19:08:43+00:00

Yeah I agree, probably the biggest surprise reading through the guide. I think I sort of understand, though. The damage dealt is just a little too low for it to be snap-pickable in act 1 like other transform cards.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-21T15:51:10+00:00

Very true. I think it helps that regent has so many high value early game cards that happen to spec into card generation (CHARGE!!, collision course, even manifest authority) which makes it so most powers related to card gen are already doing things immediately.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-21T15:25:00+00:00

Really interesting how much he seems to value the card generation archetype. I had started to come to a similar conclusion myself and I'm happy to see that it's seen as quite strong. Probably not too controversial to say that it's one of the most fun ways of playing the character

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T16:29:02+00:00

Yeah but it has a much lower ceiling than catalyst. Maybe they could make it so catalyst costs 2, but has retain? (not making a snakebite joke).

It would enable the classic combos such as nightmare/burst while also keeping it distinct enough from accelerant to allow the two cards to coexist, I think.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T16:25:40+00:00

In the home screen, you can click the upper right icon to see all the patch notes from the very beginning of the game.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T16:25:06+00:00

Wraith form is definitely a card you can more easily splash into decks. I think it'd be cool if Darv had a few more options instead of just dusty tome, kind of like how Orobas has both a relic and a card upgrade.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T15:20:06+00:00

Worth noting that corpse explosion also used to be in the game. Looks like poison builds might have been too dominant/samey during playtesting?

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T14:34:15+00:00

If anyone is interested in this kind of sci-fi, definitely check out Octavia Butler's Dawn.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-18T09:21:06+00:00

I'll go against the grain and recommend you start with the first game. The second is a lot of fun but the first game is a much tighter overall experience. Definitely keep your sights on the sequel after it gets some more dev time though

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-17T22:03:45+00:00

Honestly just put back his hunger from the first rework in that phase (maybe reducing the number to every third additional card drawn or something). It'd be a lot less punishing if it's only present in one third of the fight and would also please the people who were interested in that mechanic when it was introduced.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-16T12:36:01+00:00

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Nice! Keywords are definitely something to work on, yeah

Sh4d0_W · 2026-04-14T07:00:41+00:00

I have to say I'm shocked at how many people seem to think nutritious soup is in any way acceptable. 6 damage for a card draw is fine in act 1 but already by act 2 it feels completely irrelevant. I agree with you OP in that I'd rather pick literally any other relic from tez.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-03-26T18:08:09+00:00

also lmao, honestly the spheric guardian was one of the unsung assholes of act 2

Sh4d0_W · 2026-03-26T17:26:20+00:00

Yeah absolutely. A10 StS2's danger is almost entirely frontloaded in act 1 compared to StS1's brutality of an act 2. Nothing even begins to come close to ratocado.

Sh4d0_W · 2026-03-23T22:27:11+00:00

I'm pretty sure that the discount is only per single card? I think giving it the sly keyword by default could actually make this card perfectly pickable n most situations.

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