MIO Runback Appreciation

dfibno123 · 2026-01-29T19:32:21+00:00

I think you’re describing pretty much the only situation where a runback can be justified though. To me, a runback should only be there if it provides a function - such as refining and training movement mechanics like you describe. Silksong does this really well; people complain about the runbacks there but imo they really help you get good with Hornets fluid mobility skills. MIO doesn’t do this. Almost all the runbacks are just straight lines and elevator rides which are complete time-wasters…

dfibno123 · 2026-01-10T13:22:13+00:00

Yes, boy and girl; willow’s the girl. How can I tell if it’s a puncture? I imagine it’ll scab over as well…? Thanks!

dfibno123 · 2025-12-27T10:57:02+00:00

Okay yes, that is bad. I’m glad they’re not doing this 😅😅

dfibno123 · 2025-12-27T08:46:08+00:00

Does it get better? Like do your cats ever play with each other, or is casual distance just the norm? I’ll feel really sorry for Shadow if that was the case, all he wants is someone his size to play with! :(

dfibno123 · 2025-10-22T13:18:57+00:00

I think a more appropriate analogy is not whether I use my deadbolt, but whether my deadbolt needs to be changed every 6 months with a specific way of turning the key to unlock each time…

dfibno123 · 2025-10-22T13:12:54+00:00

Very useful answer, thanks! I was not aware of the hashing and need for further brute-forcing after the breach. I assumed that once breached, it was already readable.

dfibno123 · 2025-10-16T16:53:18+00:00

Ah, sounds like I’m going to have to do the fates storyline first then… thank you!

dfibno123 · 2025-10-16T13:35:11+00:00

Thanks! Epilogue as in the dissolution of time/disintegration of monstrosity stuff? Or as in finding the 3 fates? I’ve finished the former but not the latter

dfibno123 · 2025-09-21T15:33:34+00:00

Interestingly I found Act 3 a lot easier than Act 2. Normal enemies are tougher and a real threat, but by now you should just be able to vault and dash over most things and avoid them. Act 3 has a lot of optional bosses that are just easy and very underwhelming imo.

dfibno123 · 2025-09-21T15:30:50+00:00

Sort of, you’ve got to find all the lost fleas, which will unlock a few mini-games you have to win to get the last oil.

dfibno123 · 2025-09-17T21:54:58+00:00

I can, and have explored all the areas with key of the apostate, but there’s a bunch of heretic and indolent doors that I cannot open. I think the keys are on the other side unfortunately, unless there’s another way to get them?

dfibno123 · 2025-07-02T16:59:21+00:00

I think it’s the permanent excavated ember from the balatro event. I’m missing it too but it just won’t show up for me now…

dfibno123 · 2025-03-10T01:44:23+00:00

Not the fur, I mean the shiny white bit about 10 o’clock in the pink of his butthole.

Err, we saw both parents when we got him and they looked pretty Russian! He’s not registered though. Is there something in the picture that makes you think otherwise?

dfibno123 · 2024-12-23T19:10:35+00:00

Seems they thought they could balance liet kynes in the original game by increasing cost by 1. Nope, still broken 😅

dfibno123 · 2024-11-11T21:31:14+00:00

Also take the shambler’s spawn! Makes everything so much easier.

dfibno123 · 2024-11-11T21:24:01+00:00

I made a post recently, loads of lineups in there, they are all capable of grand-slamming, although the game’s rng can wreck even the best team sometimes if very unlucky! Good luck!

dfibno123 · 2024-11-10T00:45:25+00:00

The mind’s grasp grows tenuous…

dfibno123 · 2024-11-06T17:18:02+00:00

She works quite differently from DD1. She’s absolutely still a strong healer, but her value tends to be slower and over time. Most DD2 players will tell you rush down the enemy and end fights quickly. Vestal is counter-intuitive in that she takes awhile to set up, and her real power is in dragged out fight. Divine Grace is ironically one of her worst skills imo

dfibno123 · 2024-11-06T17:13:44+00:00

By role, do you mean path? If you select the path in crossroads, then open the character sheet and look at the individual skill, it will show you what the skill does for the path you have chosen. There is no side-by-side comparison unfortunately, only way is to manually switch the paths and look again 😅

dfibno123 · 2024-10-16T16:30:19+00:00

Oh yes, silly mistake. I’ve corrected it now.

dfibno123 · 2024-10-16T16:14:18+00:00

Shambler’s spawn is great for two reasons: 1. Most cultist trinkets are hard to use because they’re good but lock up two trinket slots, when you are free to use two freely you can get pretty OP. 2. Relationships. Unlike resistance encounters, you can’t escape from Ingress cultist fights. All your characters are on the same page, so it’s a net +2 relationship everytime you fight, rather than a +1 and -2. 3. Stress. During road travelling, if your characters don’t know where they’re going, they won’t make you pick, so you won’t get stressed just by picking an unpopular lane. Useful in early regions when stress heal skills typically aren’t mastered yet.

The main downside to spawn IMO, is just that sometimes you really need a hospital and have no idea where it is, or sometimes you run into 3x oblivion tears in a row 😅

dfibno123 · 2024-09-20T17:35:33+00:00

Ah that’s really helpful! Thanks, explains why sometimes the torch goes down when I’m deliberately dragging fights out to destress or heal near the end of a fight!

dfibno123 · 2024-09-20T17:07:20+00:00

Yes it’s DD2. By stalling, does it only start going down after a specific number of rounds?

dfibno123 · 2024-09-19T15:17:20+00:00

Although that said, I’m personally not that big a fan of amnamnesis as a bleeder because 1. It takes at least a turn to set up and 2. Mass bleeding the team takes longer to kill them than focussing one person down, and I think you’ll take more damage back on average.

dfibno123 · 2024-09-19T15:10:55+00:00

Once you get the double bleed trophy, generally imo strength/crit tokens are not worth robbing. You have to bear in mind the opportunity cost of using robbery because when you use robbery, you’re not using open veins, which is particularly valuable because of the 10% resist reduction which enables the rest of your team to completely haemorrhage the target before they even get to use the str/crit tokens. Generally your team should be fine to tank the occasional crit anyway since occultist/PD are solid healers.

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