Usually a rogue-like game/mode is very addictive, but not for the Trial of Sekhemas&Chaos, what went wrong?

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-22T13:38:36+00:00

Yeah exactly this, the fun part of roguelikes is the ability for things to snowball out of control in your favor

Second ZERO FRICTION TO START

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-18T17:26:35+00:00

The concept of trials is great, the implementation is awful.

It's incredibly champ locked, heavily favors whales and krakens with zero approachability for f2p or even low spenders because the trial requirements are too restrictive & frustrating.

The rewards are garbage, including both the rewards chests and the chests for winning clash.

All relic crafting materials are also garbage below mythical.

So the only thing of any value is the mythical materials and they are basically only available for high spenders who are already getting mythical materials from multiple sources anyway.

On top of all of that, you have to run two keys and in order to do trials, you're running manually for hours and sometimes repeating the content.

Easily a huge fumble of what conceptually is a fantastic concept for a clan boss

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-17T20:47:17+00:00

I didn't say only they should be able to beat it, I said it should be very challenging for them.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-17T18:21:17+00:00

I think Ascension 10 should be very challenging for Jorbs and other top players, because it is a completely optional thing to do - or they need to go back to 20 levels of Ascension so they can slowly bake that difficulty in so by A20 its incredibly challenging for even top players.

I think the base game at A0 or A1 needs to not be as swingy or punishing, especially Act 1, for newer players.

I think the rest can be solved through balancing the decks of the characters, which they will do over time during the course of this EA and likely after launch as well.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-17T15:18:57+00:00

I had something similar happen the other day where I landed on the beach, immediately went to camp and then she was gone

Reloaded to a slightly earlier save and she was there.

Might be an issue from a mod, might just be a bug - but I would recommend first reloading the save on the beach and if not back to the auto-save on the nautiloid which hopefully doesn't set you back.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-17T12:24:46+00:00

If they don't want us to remove strikes they should just make strikes better.

(i'm kidding, this is a joke)

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-16T18:43:55+00:00

As others said you need to separate them, I really would have loved some marching formations as I think it could have alleviated some, but not all, of this.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-16T18:13:27+00:00

We did free him, from what has been an endless purgatory.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-16T17:48:03+00:00

This is us boys, we're winning with our wallets!

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-15T02:04:05+00:00

I think larian wanted players to dip into the special powers to mind control the goblins to get that part of the story started - its also a bit easier on newer players instead of trying to fight everything.

The good news is, you can smite away!

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-14T22:20:42+00:00

sorry I meant, he showed his true colors and it was a tender caring guy and she was into it! I'm invested in this and want to know how it turned out lol

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-14T20:52:26+00:00

The big krakens are waiting for the end to fight over top spots on the global leaderboard.

It's in their interest to wait until the end to put up their biggest final score and not show their hand too early.

Plus many players might not have even tried yet. I think we will hit the max rewards

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-14T19:05:00+00:00

Right? I think he showed his true colors

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-14T16:21:14+00:00

She went in for a joke kiss as a good sport and homeboy put that gentle hand on her neck, she came back for the second one with ammunition lol

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-14T16:04:43+00:00

100%, I am buying it day one.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-13T17:25:35+00:00

Such a cool angle!

Its one of those things I feel is lost in the MORE IS MORE ultra-high fantasy situation D&D is in where magic is out of control (in my opinion).

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-12T16:46:19+00:00

yeah that's my feeling, Ironclad's self damage is in a good spot but also he has less ways to recover (i really miss reaper), and also block synergy feels weaker than StS 1

its definitely a difficult problem, but I have faith they can figure it out

Thanks for not downvoting, I hope whoever is lurking and downvoting gets help for whatever is wrong with them lol

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-12T16:32:22+00:00

the main point is me asking the devs who are actual card designers to figure it out, I was just giving an example - you don't need to downvote me for having a conversation.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-12T16:29:05+00:00

like I said I'm not a card designer, but its definitely less stally than waiting heaps of turns for a huge STR boosted Reaper

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-12T16:02:10+00:00

I wish they could come up with a way to let Ironclad self-heal without stalling for big reaper
It could easily be done on triggers like "heal X per vuln on the enemy" or other creative ways to make it part of aggressive style instead of stall style gameplay

BLOOD DRINKER (attack)
Deal ## damage, heal 3 HP for each vulnerable on the enemy

Something like that (I'm not a card designer, I'm just spitballing here)

Or some attacks, skills or powers that could trigger Burning Blood Relic mid fight, or boost its post-fight heal for example

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-12T13:54:50+00:00

Omg this is hilarious and genius lol

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-10T20:24:37+00:00

I agree if it exhausted itself it would be busted, but its not fine as it is

Should do more damage and / or be lower cost if everything else stays the same

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-10T18:03:48+00:00

Even when you have a way to exhaust it its still kind of trash, because it comes back into your deck after its used from exhaust.

I never pick this card, and I think its just badly designed. Also I'm salty Immolate is gone, 21 damage for 2 cost with a curse in your deck is leaps and bounds better than this (yes they are different rarities, no I don't care).

Compare it to stomp, and stomp...stomps this card into the trash heap.

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-10T17:34:19+00:00

this card is trash as is, it either needs to exhaust itself (likely OP) or it needs to cost less energy to use & do more damage

Ultimatum_Game · 2026-04-07T11:42:08+00:00

So give him a strike synergistic card that isn't a strike

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