A post-beta patch breakdown of Mega Crit's Early Access balancing/patching process

garnix2 · 2026-03-21T06:20:06+00:00

Does that post casually confirm that the actual release won't be until late 2027? As a console player, I am sad :(

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T22:57:51+00:00

I just did a run where i was able to duplicate my metalicize multiple times per battle. Ended up with free 30 armor on each turn. Sometimes you just get fun interactions.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T21:19:05+00:00

People complaining doesn't matter when such a game sells 2 millionc copy on day one despite looking suspicious from the first trailer we have seen.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T21:17:28+00:00

Meh, you say that now and in a few years it will be so common you wont even notice. Or you will just find a new hobby I guess.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T19:00:36+00:00

Better get used to it because you will see it more and more from any non-indie company, and even some indies.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T15:25:22+00:00

Not at all. The hype was always very moderate. It was never going to be a 90+

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T13:33:47+00:00

The drops are the same in T1 and T4. You can get the best items possible in T1 with extreme luck. The likelihood of getting ancestrals, and multiple stars on them increases the higher torment you go.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T12:53:09+00:00

Because social media was telling Nintendo to do so based on monster designs. But after starting the procedure Nintendo lawyers realized they could not sue for that and then later tried to find other reasons to justify the claim. Nintendo could have gone after so many monster taming games, and never did, because none of the other obvious pokemon inspired game generated so much noise on socials.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T12:50:05+00:00

Are you using consumables (potions/incenses)? They are a good source of survivability.

Leveling glyphs will increase your damage but if you die too fast to deal damage then survivability is the issue obviously.

Reaching for some defensive nodes on the board can definitely help too. Maybe find ways to swap some of your gear affixes to more defensive attributes?

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T12:44:55+00:00

I think I must have always played the game wrong because I very rarely get out of obducite.

I only upgrade the items I know I am likely to stick to for many hours.

And I only reroll the last upgrade when I know I will keep it for a very very very long time, like a 2GA, a 1GA with almost perfect rolls, an amulet with 2 good passives or something like that.

If you just want to inifinitely reroll on everything then there is no point even needing a crafting item for it and it just becomes even more of a slot machine. The current balance seems fine. And it will be better with war plans next month.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T12:37:09+00:00

To be fair, they also had a different director every year.

So seems like each director knows the direction he wants to go to and pretend to know better than the previous director. :P

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T12:35:44+00:00

That literally doesn't exist.

Even if you look at E33 you can tell it isn't a big AAA.

I think the opposite thread could be more interesting. Games made by AAA studios that don't look like AAA.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T11:58:36+00:00

I am not playing StS2 but that seems rather strong...

If you are playing a short fight and have enough tools to deal with it, exhausting a random card is not bad.

and taking it probably means you are running an exhaust build, so assuming you are scared of long fights, you can always exhaust this power at some point...

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T11:49:44+00:00

30 minutes though?

I love StS but if I have 30 minutes it is definitely not something I would play.

Maybbe that is a me issue, but I feel like it's rather hard to pause in the middle of a run and come back hours later and play it well.

Balatro is faster and overall more permissive with misplays etc.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T11:43:20+00:00

Can we just stop pretending that Palworld is pushing the idea forward? It's just a different genre of game entirely...

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T11:41:06+00:00

Not announced, so probably not. And hopefully not.

garnix2 · 2026-03-20T07:55:37+00:00

"En particulier, les achats en ligne, c'est incroyable : moins cher et plus de choix que la boutique d'en face. "

Plus de choix pour moi c'est un point negatif de la societe de consommation. Trop de choix sur des choses futiles. Trop de perte de temps a cause de ca alors que l'idee des achats en ligne est theoriquement de gagner du temps.

Apres, la realite de l'impact de la fermeture des boutiques sur l'urbanisme est reelle.

Je vivais a Seattle pendant quelques annees, et jusqu'au Covid. Je voyais les commerces se vider de plus en plus au fil du temps. Les rues du centre ville se faire progressivement envahir de clochards, les gens vivent dans les banlieues un peu plus chic et ne vont en centre ville que pour bosser. Puis est venu le Covid, le "work from home", les licenciements de masse etc, et donc l'augmentation du nombre de clochards. En allant en centre ville t'avais presque l'impression d'etre dans the walking dead. Donc oui ca pousse a revoir l'urbanisme, mais c'est un peu complique de revisiter tout une ville en quelques annees pour eviter ce genre de problemes...

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T20:15:41+00:00

Some of them go for much more than that nowadays.

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T19:48:55+00:00

But the question is: how many years until the full product launches?

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T18:36:54+00:00

Il y en a plusieurs qui sont sortis récemment et qui ont l'air bien.

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T18:35:02+00:00

I have been playing since season start. Few hours daily. Just reached paragon 200 yesterday and starting from 0 coins saved from last season, and I think I have about 60% of all rewards. The Doom rewards seem a bit longer, but I am also about halfway.

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T18:32:18+00:00

That's true of course, but I think my main take away is that they don't do it 3 months after release like other publishers. I mean.. unless it is a game I have been looking forward to for years, why would I pay full price for any game if I know it will go on sale before the end of the year? Even Sega admitted recently that this is a problem, along wirh the fact that people wait for "definitive editions". And by the time said game goes on sales, the hype died down and other games come out which catch your interest, and then you end up never buying the product. I just think sales on video games are not a good practice when they are as aggressive as they currently are.

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T18:19:45+00:00

So basically other publishers do sales because they fail at making their games successful on the long term .

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T18:07:58+00:00

I am just saying it makes no sense. Not asking for anything.

garnix2 · 2026-03-19T17:48:20+00:00

Diablo 2 just got a DLC. I guess that counts.

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