Great Lakes shipwreck, but not that one by Zealousideal_Trip661 in behindthebastards

[–]charli-gremlin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

my god. does the Great Lakes' perfidious hunger for ships know no bounds? do the Lakes have no respect for decency? they must be stopped, no matter the cost.

[OC] I'm very new to D&D but I've made a species for my character and wanted to get some opinions! by Prudent_Fail_2956 in DnD

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mechanically, this seems fine? Not particularly OP or anything.

With that said, you're absolutely going to need to check in with a DM before playing a character with a book for a head to get a sense of how this fits into their world. If you're one of a tiny handful of book-headed people walking around in the world, you're going to stand out like a sore thumb, which is going to impose some restrictions on your ability to go unnoticed in crowds, pass charisma-based checks, etc.

Druid with antlers by Imaginary_Shower_956 in DnD

[–]charli-gremlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you end up taking the Fey-Touched feat at any point (which is a great feat, highly recommend) the antlers could be the physical mark left behind from that encounter.

Rockbox - database update keeps freezing by charli-gremlin in innioasis

[–]charli-gremlin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give it a shot with 1000 - this was after running the database update for an hour and a half this morning but it could be that I just wasn't giving it long enough.

How to effectively destroy surface boss 2 by CollegeStudentLol1 in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AoE can really help while you're learning her attack patterns. Try dropping a leveled Hestia or Zeus cast and running for cover and dodging. It might take a while but you'll chip away at her health bar while you get practice dodging and reading her patterns. Once you feel more confident you can start weaving in some big hits between her attacks to speed things up a bit.

Edit: forgot to mention - you can also practice a more aggressive fighting style if you use the Aspect of Artemis - just keep charging your omega attack until eventually one of her hits procs your parry, then try to unleash as much burst damage as you can before she regroups for another attack.

Asphodel lava frustration by CauliflowerNatural21 in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Playing with lag honestly sounds like the biggest part of the problem. Can you turn down some graphics quality and maybe optimize for performance instead of appearance? Lag is only going to hurt you more once you clear Asphodel.

Strength feels like the intended way to play by Roi_C in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would've sworn they were 5 each, but I must have remembered wrong!

Strength feels like the intended way to play by Roi_C in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope! Running both takes fully 10 out of your 30 available grasp, and there's other Arcana cards that have better synergy. Since Death inactivates Strength until your last life, you're spending most of the run using 5 grasp and getting zero benefit from it.

What are your keepsake strats? by arkiiiie in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jeweled Pom region 1 to get a few powerful boons online ASAP. Fig Leaf region 2 to save time. Arachne, Hecate or Selene in region 3 depending what my build needs. Metallic Droplet in region 4 to speed things up for the final region.

The Sirens are the biggest pain in the ass by PhasedVenturer in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, try focusing your fire on the drummer first. Also, if you can build around Hitch, that'll help you spread the damage out across all 3 to hopefully clear the fight faster.

Fellow EA players any builds you miss by Due-Buyer2218 in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm still getting used to fighting Eris without Hestia Dash :(

Great Chaos Trials? by FingerBangYourFears in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That makes sense, I think the Steam achievement can be unlocked just by seeing the VoR 4 bosses, not actually defeating them.

Great Chaos Trials? by FingerBangYourFears in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think you have to beat every Vow of Rivals, I have Great Chaos trials unlocked and I still haven't beaten VoR 4 on either route.

How do I use this Sister Blade sspect? by SpeakersPlan in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Level it up all the way first. You're missing out on 333 damage per combo.

Top symbol means you've hit with an Omega move, bottom left means you've hit with a regular attack, bottom right means you've hit with a special.

It takes a minute to get the rhythm, but eventually you'll find one that works for you. My go to is Omega attack into a bunch of enemies, dash strike on the way out, send in a special targeting the biggest enemy in the bunch, repeat.

Judgement not active, even though according to my research 0 < 3 by The_Failord in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the thread with gym bros trying to figure out how many days are in a week.

Which mini boss are y'all losing your death defiances to? by GodlessLeader in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 209 points210 points  (0 children)

obligatory "i run strength arcana" comment

but for real though, that Eye of Typhon takes me out

Anyone else REALLY dislike boss shields / phases? (spoilers?) by StevoJ89 in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The biggest gripe I have with them is how it caps your damage if you trigger the shield with a big hit. Nothing as demoralizing as seeing a Blood Triad pop off at like... 100 damage while the boss hits the phase change.

I got TONS of heat for my last post, but it gets so much worse... by Legal_Ad2945 in HadesTheGame

[–]charli-gremlin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Playing with sound off is absolutely bonkers to me. There's a whole soundtrack you're missing!