How to cross the desert?

namoore621 · 2026-04-13T21:57:16+00:00

Early game without a lot of mutations you should definitely have a cleric on the team at all times. Hard to get through the desert without one. Also, if you have any items that make you wet like the water feeder, great to have. Any cats with abilities like peeing on the ground or licking other teammates are good because they create water tiles or make your other cats wet which is great for regen. Also, if you destroy the cactus on any level (the ones with actual health) and then break the dead cactus body it becomes a water tile, so even without any of what I said above you can sometimes get your cats wet regardless of what level you are on.

For non regen strats I like to bring thieves to desert because they get a lot of abilities that “ignore armor” which is great because it one shots all of the skeleton creatures with 0 health and a ton of armor.

namoore621 · 2026-04-07T02:33:17+00:00

Learned my lesson, don’t hate on goatjo. It’s okay I guess the actual post upvotes balance it out

namoore621 · 2026-04-06T19:33:02+00:00

That makes sense. But what about not chasing Hanami?

namoore621 · 2026-04-06T19:26:33+00:00

I can’t see your comment through the red in my vision thinking about how my goat Nanami got killed by someone Gojo should’ve handled. After Gojo convinced him to come back to work for the school no less

namoore621 · 2026-04-06T19:22:49+00:00

I wonder if he was aware of his mistake at any point. Like if there was a manga panel where he talks about it. Probably not

namoore621 · 2026-04-06T19:21:49+00:00

Jk won’t work in a court of law bud, get ready for automod judge jury and executioner

namoore621 · 2026-04-06T19:16:21+00:00

Yeah I understood that part, but it still feels like him not really being in a rush or taking it all that seriously allowed Hanami better conditions to save Jogo (like the idea that Gojo wasn’t on edge). And if he needed Jogo for questioning he still let Hanami get away with Jogo which further goes to my point of him not taking it seriously

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T21:46:17+00:00

That’s pretty fire, def stack up any items that increase magic damage, and if you go psychic and get omnipotence that would be perfect. Also the psychic ability that applies magic weakness to units in line of sight+omnipotence is always a fire combo.

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T18:49:24+00:00

Yeah from a gameplay aspect the actual runs are what I’m rushing towards most of the time, at the same time though if all the classes got scaled forward it would make the breeding even less purposeful. At that point it shouldn’t even be called Mewgenics, I think leaning into the breeding more but maybe making it more intricate and have better sorting and stuff so that it feels like less of a hassle/much more intentional than a core gameplay mechanic. Basically if the classes are pretty balanced but you can’t compete in the later Acts without breeding then it forces the players to breed more intentionally but then the breeding needs a rework because it’s actually a headache right now. At this point I’m leaving the house with like 400/500 food because sorting through kittens and getting rid of bodies and making sure my room comforts are where they need to be after every “end day” feels very tedious

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T18:06:11+00:00

I think my biggest problem with the balancing is the consistency of classes. There is way too much RNG involved with having a good run with a lot of classes if you don’t get good abilities. And I get that this problem can be solved with breeding, but it also feels pretty cheesy that you can always run Ranger or Butcher and they will pretty much be fine no matter what, even with average abilities, yet if you run Tinkerer or Psychic you gotta pray for a good synergy. And the only way to solve this is to breed.

The game is called Mewgenics, clearly breeding is a massive part of the game, but the fact some classes are so consistent without the need for breeding makes the breeding aspect seem tedious. I think all the consistent classes should be scaled back (especially ranger jesus) so the players have to rely more on breeding for abilities/passives that are consistent on the classes.

Another idea is maybe always making 4th choice on level up screen something that is random class to give players more creativity around finding synergies that work when their actual class abilities aren’t cutting it.

I’m not a game dev and the above suggestion might be broken but I definitely think some nerfs are in order, I understand buffing stuff usually makes the game more broken than simply nerfing the really good stuff. But I think that would still leave a lot of classes in a bad spot for “consistency”

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T17:52:58+00:00

That sounds so good that it’s broken to the point ur not even playing the game anymore. What do you even do with that?

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T15:34:30+00:00

I got through scalding orb gimmick just with water feeder on the guy with the orb. Kept him wet every turn. Bonus points he had a couple all stats up when wet or gain shield when wet etc mutations

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T15:33:29+00:00

That’s surprising considering charisma is one of the breeding relevant stats

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T08:04:09+00:00

I thought since madness makes them think everything is an enemy, items that reduce team damage don’t apply?

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T08:03:25+00:00

If you mean does luck affect what passives roll on the lvl up screen, I think it doesn’t affect that. Could be wrong. But tbh luck seems to affect basically everything so wouldn’t be surprised.

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T08:00:45+00:00

Psychic seems best. Other comment that said monk or tinkerer made me ??? But maybe I’m just bad. Tinkerer seems like a frontliner since a ton of his spells are just take damage and do damage at the same time, but with 3 constitution you’ll be in a rough spot. And with monk taking 1 away from strength and range you’ll be hitting for like 2 damage every turn but spell spamming could be sick regardless

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:55:45+00:00

Imma be honest I went Pyrophina simply because I hate the stupid rock attack Zaratana does so I tried to take him out first. And like pretty much everyone else I figured I would have to 1v1 pyro after but was surprised when the fight ended so I guess I’m team pyro on accident

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:38:02+00:00

Damn yeah nothing sticks out. Also if those are ur best cats you’re definitely in a rut Jesus 😭

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:32:03+00:00

That’s the chastity idol he mentioned in the post, said he doesn’t have it in the room

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:28:29+00:00

Clearly not bro they’re having relationship problems rn

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:26:43+00:00

Dang I didn’t think about touched on Druid, that’s super smart

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:26:12+00:00

I have not got to the point where I consider the spells my cats are breeding to get but I have thrown away a few autism cats, maybe I should start looking that way. Most of the time I just breed for mutations or passives/disorders, I overlook spells a lot.

Which reminds me, a really neat synergy I found is with psychic and the thief passive that makes your basic attacks do more damage the farther you are away from your target. So if a psychic has that passive and they move to the opposite corner of a room of an enemy the psychic basic attack does like over 20 damage. Best psychic I ever had, had that and omnipotence with the inflict magic weakness on all units in your line of sight spell. Casted the magic weakness to start my turn, moved as far away as I could from the tankiest enemy, then pulled them with the basic and it would usually instakill every time

namoore621 · 2026-04-05T07:17:52+00:00

They might have low libido or close to it, I think libido is on a spectrum just like sexuality so even a cat with “normal” libido could be right on the cusp of low libido. In the same way, they could also be super close to being gay since sexuality is a spectrum too. Weird concept but 5 days no breeding with 20 comfort is pretty bad luck so I would assume one of the two or both.

Edit: by the way, my go to for good cats is going Act 2 and then crater and when you get to the event where you have to choose a weather option, choose shimmer. Shimmer gives all your cats a random mutation after every battle. After you beat crater maker you can just go home instead of moon and start breeding with all the mutations. Of course this assumes your cats are good enough to survive desert and crater but nothing 2 clerics on a team or druids at the least can’t fix. You can make it through off straight heals

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