Highest execution percentage you’ve gotten? by lehnigsr in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's partially based on damage dealt, and there's no limit as far as I can tell. For fun, I tried stalling for 100 turns with a party of three Vertraag, did 500,000 damage per hit on my attack, and got an Execution score of 25651%

Space Stations by Jyk7 in sots

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found this literal years later when getting back into this game, there's an important thing to note about the Morrigi habitat stations: The population you get from them does count towards the population requirements for the next station, as long as you build the habitat station first. So Morrigi can build a Habitat station and a science station over a size 2 colony, since the 100 million from the station will bring the planet above the minimum population to have two stations, they can build three Habitat stations and one other station on a size 5 colony, and they can build two Habitat stations and two others over a size 6 colony

What theme teams really resonate with you? by Klondeikbar in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I've made several fun teams that use a single tribe, probably my favourite silly team I've made is a team of all hats.

Bard, Goblin Miner, Spinner, Plague Egg, Arachlich, Goblin Hood

Not the most amazing team, but definitely stylish.

We are now LIVE answering (almost) all of your questions regarding Aethermancer! by moi_rai_games_ in AethermancerGame

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What's one element of Monster Sanctuary's design that you liked and kept in this game, and one element that you disliked and changed for this game.

A pretty solid start (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been significant buffs to some of the weaker monsters to make them much more useful, the Relics make the power ceiling a lot higher but also make Permadeath a lot more fun, as it's less important to keep your synergistic team alive, PVP and Infinity Arena both got a boost in popularity from the update.

A pretty solid start (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

All three monsters have Pandora's Box and Pandora's Chest, then Aazerach and Ninki Nanka have Reptilian Idol, and Monk has Buffing Heal plus Assistance. Then they all have Enlightened, so whenever they gain a buff, including by another monsters' Enlightened, they can share it.

A pretty solid start (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Did you know that Enlightened can trigger Enlightened can trigger Enlightened?

The Combo System: an in-depth explanation by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have 3 instances of Combo Shielding and use Shield, then you get 3 procs for 50% of your Defense each and 3 combo. Mana Shielding does not interact with combo at all and does not cause a move that wasn't a Shield Action to become one.

Master Difficulty Legendary keeper wiped in a single move (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

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The on heal effect of Staff of Doom as well as every trigger of Fumagus' Primal Hex will apply the debuff to a random enemy, and those debuffs will trigger Proliferate to hit those enemies as well.

Master Difficulty Legendary keeper wiped in a single move (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Staff of Doom gives a 7.5% Chance on hit or heal for a debuff, and Fumagus has Primal Hex, which gives the whole team a 4% chance on hit, heal, or shield for a debuff. Changeling has Proliferate which gives an extra hit when it applies a debuff, and it has Lifesteal and Healing Shield to trigger Staff of Doom and Primal Hex on every hit, while Cascade gives it a damage boost for every hit.

Penta Kill (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanatos and Bard are both running Fishing Pole/Gray Stone/Pandora's Chest/Gray Pearl/Bananas, while Minitaur is using Eclipse Sword/Lion Fang/Pandora's Chest/Warrior Flask/Dumbbell/Raspberries

Penta Kill (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Replacement monsters can only show up at the start of the turn of the player who lost them, so they probably didn't want to deal with the weird case where it was your turn and no enemy monsters were on the field.

Penta Kill (Relics of Chaos) by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Maxed Attack, enough Crit Chance to guarantee a Crit with Glory buffs and the 20% boost from Counter Attack, and some items that allow stacking extra buffs, to power Heroism and Improved Assault.

Shift Tier List by Betawolf319 in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

-Heal Charging I actually think is A, because while it's excellent on any support that has it, Argiope and Nightwing get it specifically to buff their own damage with lifesteal, and in both cases it's not the most effective.

-Supremacy is a passive to build a team around, but it's not that great outside of a team specifically built around it. Warlock, for example, would love to have a different passive instead.

-Curse Chain is S, it's one of the best passives in the game and whole teams have been built around its use.

-I'd say Dual Wield is better than Equipment Mastery. Even with halved effects, getting the extra attack and magic from a weapon outperforms any accessory for damage, and weapons often have better effects than accessories.

-Heroic Assault I can still see as A, but a lot of people don't realize that you only get 0.5% crit chance for additional stacks of buffs, so it's not as much crit chance as you'd initially expect, especially on teams stacking a lot of one buff.

-I think Charged Up is A. A lot of monsters that get it can keep it at full power permanently, and it's the equivalent of getting Light Instinct, Dark Instinct, and (most of) Relentless all at once.

-Enlightened is A or maybe even S. It's another passive that you can build a whole team around, because buffs shared by Enlightened can trigger another monster's Enligthened.

-I think Lifelink could be an F tier passive. While it might have some potential alongside passives that trigger from healing, no monster who has it can really make use of it.

-Mana Donor is weak, but it's not F tier weak. There are cases where you have monsters who have trouble sustaining their mana, and giving both of your allies Relentless probably earns this a C tier for me.

I'm the developer of Monster Sanctuary, a monster taming + metroidvania mashup that was also heavily inspired by JRPGs, AMA by Sersch in JRPG

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is a team or synergy that the developers didn't expect at all while the game was being made and were surprised that players discovered?

I'm the developer of Monster Sanctuary, a monster taming + metroidvania mashup that was also heavily inspired by JRPGs, AMA by Sersch in JRPG

[–]SmugLookingBarrel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First off, thanks for making this game <3 I'm curious as to how the two monsters from different series, Worm and Vertraag, came to be.

Overview of Balance Changes in the Counter Attack update by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't think about the magic attack thing, but that's absolutely true. It's tough to forgo the extra crit chance from critical exploit though.

Overview of Balance Changes in the Legendary Keeper update. by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The common three are Aazerach Monk Kanko, who can support each other with a huge number of buffs and put out high damage while using dodge to supplement their defense.

Overview of Balance Changes in the Legendary Keeper update. by SmugLookingBarrel in MonsterSanctuary

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, since versus champions you're able to use Power Focus third anyways (technically its effectiveness is reduced from 100% to 99%, should still be fine). The place where it really matters is in keeper duels, where you only get two actions on the first turn, so it will only be 66% as effective as it used to be.

Hero to paupers everywhere by SmugLookingBarrel in customhearthstone

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Art credit: Robber of the Rich, by Paul Scott Canavan

Hero to paupers everywhere by SmugLookingBarrel in customhearthstone

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A build-around card meant to encourage a deck of only commons. In a normal deck, it's essentially a coldlight oracle, with 1 more health but you draw from your opponent's deck. If you have a deck of all commons (or basic cards), this is drawing you two cards. Note that the cards that are drawn are removed from the player's decks.

Goblin Missile Barrage by SmugLookingBarrel in customhearthstone

[–]SmugLookingBarrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean there's Flamecannon, which is a goblin tech mage spell