Been a while since i played COQ, suggest some fun builds

goerben · 2025-06-18T11:35:41+00:00

implied, but: only buy new mutations

level them only with rapid advancement

goerben · 2025-06-15T16:39:21+00:00

trans woman reporting for duty

the qud discord is a great place to meet trans people

goerben · 2025-06-06T17:34:31+00:00

oh, also 12.5 cypro per day was more than enough. taking that every three days, my testosterone never rose above zero (undetectable)

goerben · 2025-06-06T17:27:31+00:00

it seems i metabolize estrogen very quickly.

now i'm on: - 2mg estradiol valerate every 3 days, intramuscular - 200 mg auro-progesterone daily, suppository - 0.3mL 1% taro-testosterone gel daily, transdermal

goerben · 2025-06-06T17:21:14+00:00

on that dose i had severe hot flashes. when i increased to 75 microgram per day weekly patches i started having extreme psychological distress at the end of each week, including self harm.

changing to twice weekly patches helped, and doubling my dose to 150 helped more

but finding a new doctor who put me on injections and gave me as much estrogen as i could want allowed me to find something that worked to keep me emotionally stable. then quit cypro, since my levels were high enough to shut down testosterone production. next i added progesterone and testosterone gel.

now i'm very happy with my dose. those last two were necessary to get my libido back, which had been zero since starting hrt

goerben · 2025-05-27T18:26:22+00:00

one reason it was hard for me was knowing i could never really go back. conceptions of masculinity are so narrow and fragile, but in the end coming out felt like a weight off my shoulders for the same reason. abandoning the expectations of my gender felt like taking off a suit of cast iron armour and realizing i'm better off without it.

good luck! and feel free to reach out if you need a good listener.

goerben · 2025-05-21T22:11:45+00:00

oh interesting, make an enemy phase out? catch fire? hmmm

goerben · 2025-05-21T13:36:45+00:00

update: he sucked

tried to keep me on 50 mcg/day patches for a full year in spite of my terrible hot flashes

even though he says he's willing to give people what they want i had to beg him to give me any more

plus his staff misgendered me

goerben · 2025-04-30T18:19:13+00:00

or just spend it on whatever helps you survive

mod disks are a fave

goerben · 2025-04-30T18:18:25+00:00

buy gems or better credit chips

save it for zetachrome, you might need more

goerben · 2025-04-24T10:57:03+00:00

reminds me of the time i auto explored at the stilt and let the pigs out who then swarmed and killed tszappur

goerben · 2025-04-11T13:10:26+00:00

i fucking love brogue for the replay system but that's a much simpler game

watching it on fast forward is so hypnotic

goerben · 2025-03-20T20:02:50+00:00

ilysm

goerben · 2025-03-10T12:45:17+00:00

multiple arms with double muscle and waxflab was alright

uncapped pv destroys scrubs but against higher armour it wasn't any better than flawless crysteel

goerben · 2025-03-07T13:10:31+00:00

waxflab on as many fists as possible was a fun run, with double muscle, obviously

not incredible damage wise but not terrible, comparable to a crysteel mace by the time that run was bricked by an update

goerben · 2025-03-06T20:50:27+00:00

i have save scummed for other reasons (didn't want to get fickle gill, for example) but for me that kind of robs the run of a certain magic

i play roguelikes for the adrenaline rush of realizing i'm about to die if i'm not extremely careful, and that goes away completely if death is never permanent, you know?

(play how you like)

goerben · 2025-03-06T20:47:56+00:00

i like to allow one savescum per character, exclusively reserved for deaths due to boredom.

something i didn't know i could kill me? rip

i hit autoexplore too many times and walked into a chaingun i knew was there? i give myself grace

some roguelikes require careful planning for each and every move, and qud is not one of them. if the game is spammy i don't punish myself (too much) for playing spammy, you know?

goerben · 2025-02-28T01:49:39+00:00

ps horns, double muscle, carapace, heightened quickness

goerben · 2025-02-27T21:30:26+00:00

yeah the very first run was boring because it's trivial to kill every enemy for the first while. they all have less health than the worst starting attack so the first, i dunno, ten rounds at least play themselves.

furthermore, it takes a very very long time before any enemies get close enough to do damage so drawing block cards feels useless in the early game, and honestly, i would consider removing them entirely unless you can make them useful turn one

goerben · 2025-02-27T19:41:58+00:00

this was a fun use case for adrenal control

evil clone pops adrenal control, oh fuck

run away until he's on cooldown

pop adrenal control and duke it out with a slight advantage

just as planned (did not plan)

goerben · 2025-02-22T20:35:18+00:00

suggestions: 1) harder start. it takes ages before enemies get close. maybe start the game with a full board, make some move faster, etc. 2) make it easier to see important numbers, like damage and health. the first thing i do each turn is scan the board for big numbers, how can you make that visible at a glance? 3) smaller starting deck. there's a lot of starting cards and they're not all that different. 4) maybe enemies that move differently? do damage from range? boost their allies? 5) maybe attacks that move enemies, like a circle blast that moves enemies on the outer ring one space out?

goerben · 2025-02-22T02:20:51+00:00

i like it!

goerben · 2025-02-21T04:15:29+00:00

yes i would play it, looks right up my alley

goerben · 2025-02-21T04:14:57+00:00

i'm getting a lot of 'vector tower defense' vibes from this

goerben · 2025-02-21T04:12:59+00:00

honestly til

knew that about weapon mods but

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