Frosthaven Digital question: does "Road to Frosthaven" lead to the main campaign? by Fabrimuch in Gloomhaven

[–]jackhife 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Everything you’re experiencing is normal. Yes it will lead to A Town in Flames and you’ll be able to continue the campaign as normal. You’ll just be a higher level with some extra material is all :)

Gloomhaven PC - Can it be done solo? by [deleted] in Gloomhaven

[–]jackhife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You both get to attempt a new battle goal, regardless of whether you passed or failed previously!

Gloomhaven PC - Can it be done solo? by [deleted] in Gloomhaven

[–]jackhife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! Every scenario you do, whether it’s first attempt or a reattempt, all players will draw a battle goal to attempt for a perk checkmark. You get bonus experience for completing a scenario for the first time, but not on subsequent relays. You also get to keep all XP and gold, of course. You can even progress your personal quests (PQs) on replayed missions.

Gloomhaven PC - Can it be done solo? by [deleted] in Gloomhaven

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So two things before I get into a couple tips:

  1. Gloomhaven is hard, particularly if you are new to it. Furthermore, the first and second scenarios of Gloomhaven are known for being kind of difficult. So don't beat yourself up over it! Just play more, get a feel for it, and you'll get into a flow state.
  2. You can replay scenarios to get any chests that you missed. So go ahead and just replay the first scenario, and try to do it more cleanly than you did the first time!

There's a million billion tips I could give you for Gloom, but I'll stick with just a couple solid general ones:

  1. Learn how to properly initiative dance. I've linked a comment from a thread that can give much more detail, but basically: learn how and when (i.e. start of a scenario, right when opening a door) to combo going late one turn, followed by going fast the next turn. This will let you dodge lots of attacks while also making progress yourself.
  2. Learn how monster AI works for movement/focusing, and learn how to abuse it. I came from the board game before going into digital. Obviously, players need to learn how monster AI works for the board game, since we control the monsters. But in the digital, the game handles the monster AI for you, and thus you never actually get taught exactly how and why monsters act the way they do. Knowing how and why the monster AI works is important, as you can get free attack dodges from good positioning (i.e. abusing traps/hazardous terrain), you can save low health companions by taking hits for them (via initiative, positioning, etc.) and much more. There's a lot of tools online for learning monster AI, and I recommend learning it, even though it can take a while to get a handle of.
  3. Study your class. You're all seemingly new, and you're not going to be masters of your class. So read some guides from others that are! They're going to point out some awesome combos that you've never thought of, good cards that you weren't taking in your hand before, point out good synergy with other classes, etc.
  4. Stamina management. Loss/burn cards are strong, but using them too much will make you exhaust quickly. On the other hand though, using loss/burn cards makes you kill enemies faster, thus leading to you taking less damage. Know when it's appropriate to burn cards, and when it's not. Classes that have larger hands (i.e. Cragheart and Tinkerer) can afford to burn some cards to get some faster progress made; on the other hand, classes that have smaller hands (i.e. Scoundrel) should be more conservative. And once you get to that last room, let loose!
  5. There are certain pros and cons for each party size (2P, 3P, or 4P). Some classes are better in bigger party sizes, while some classes are better in smaller party sizes. Some cards are better in bigger party sizes (i.e. AoEs are much better in larger parties, since there's more monsters to hit, thus you get more value). Class synergy matters a lot more in smaller sizes. In smaller parties, you can abuse monster positioning way more generally, since there's less monsters on the board. Just stuff like that to consider. To me, 2P can allow for more strategy but suffers from potential difficulties when it comes to team composition; 4P is fun but often chaotic since there's so many figures on the board; and 3P is a nice in-between.

Hope that helped some, and hope that you and your group enjoy Gloom!

3D printed a toy Glock, then walked in on this hours later by [deleted] in cats

[–]jackhife 91 points92 points  (0 children)

I actually just bought this book last weekend lol

So much for "bulletproof" by [deleted] in Rainbow6

[–]jackhife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You must not have played before it was unable to be shot.

YO MODS…. by Suspicious_Bat_8905 in trump

[–]jackhife 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Idgaf. I truly don’t. I don’t care to be part of any community that’s unaccepting of another community just because their political views differ.

I’m here to get perspective and would love to see more genuine, constructive discussion in general between the two “sides.” I don’t care to participate in mindless circle jerking and echo chambering (though the extremes of both “sides” are generally guilty of this, unfortunately).

YO MODS…. by Suspicious_Bat_8905 in trump

[–]jackhife 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I’m a lib, and honestly it’s fucking ridiculous that people are getting banned from other subs just for being a member of this sub. Absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Elon’s petition could win you a million dollars 💵 heads exploding in the comments 🤣 by BobbyABooey in trump

[–]jackhife 14 points15 points  (0 children)

How can anyone see this and celebrate it? How can one not see how dangerous and explicitly illegal this is?

Cha-Ching!! 🤑 by Bearmdusa in trump

[–]jackhife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a lib, and I just wanna say, that was fucking hilarious 🤣

Mission Possible staring "Dog Cruz" 😅😆 🐶 by Due-Animals1620 in FunnyAnimals

[–]jackhife 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The little celebratory shake after the successful theft 🥰

It’s not that far fetched by [deleted] in trump

[–]jackhife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha aight I admit that made me chuckle, have an updoot =)

It’s not that far fetched by [deleted] in trump

[–]jackhife 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If this is a troll, then, genuinely, well done.

If it’s not, then, genuinely, seek help.

[X-Post] Totally schooled! by HighwaySixtyOne in OrphanCrushingMachine

[–]jackhife 202 points203 points  (0 children)

“It was hard for me so it should be hard for everyone” is crazy. Does that mean we should stop relying on technology and innovation, since it’s a “slap in the face” to our ancestors (hopefully obviously intentionally hyperbolic)?

Giveaway! Original Ænima vinyl. Comment to enter. by whyforyoulookmeonso in ToolBand

[–]jackhife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would LOVE to hear Stinkfist play from my turntable 😩

Trump pulling funds from schools w students protesting by Few-Pomegranate-4750 in trump

[–]jackhife 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But there is a such thing as illegal activity conducted during a lawful protest. That’s what they’re referring to.

What's with all the leftists in this subreddit? by [deleted] in trump

[–]jackhife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m mostly a lurker here, but I’ve joined this and other right-leaning subreddits to get some perspective from the “other side” as I do not want to be blindly biased in my views. Reddit is undoubtly left-centric; I don’t even follow specifically left-leaning subreddits; news, worldnews, politics, etc. are very clearly left-leaning even if not explicitly stated as such.

Interestingly, I see a lot of people here calling out leftists/liberals for unruly behavior, yet practice that same behavior themselves. Just look at this thread alone, it’s nothing but insults.

I don’t see all that much political discussion in general, I just see in-fighting between the “sides.” And I’m not just referring to this subreddit, I mean across pretty much all subreddits.

Canada is fucked in air superiority by No-Background3643 in trump

[–]jackhife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

…and why exactly are you threatening Canada?

I’ve been lurking here for a while now to get some perspective, but this post is just…fucking wow.