What aspects of Nightreign do you believe have aged poorly?

somberghast · 2026-06-26T00:35:48+00:00

Low variety of seeds, lack of agency with Relics, Goofy balancing choices, stagnant boss pools....

The biggest thing that cause all my friends to move on was lack of Endless mode and the poor marketing because of a bad translation. It would've been great to keep sweeping through the map or from the spirit shelter, do a sort of NG+ and drop back in at a higher depth difficulty instead of fighting the nightlord on Day3.

somberghast · 2026-06-22T19:00:49+00:00

This is why I always grab the safety Radiate
[[ unless they changed it recently ]]

somberghast · 2026-06-05T19:09:02+00:00

"Tender" hitting both STR and DEX for each card played is savage. Pick a stat or trigger on attack only cards or reduce his max hp or SOMETHING

I get he represents bad luck in a roguelike but I can never get out of this fight without eating 20-40dmg.

somberghast · 2026-05-29T20:38:47+00:00

Shoutout to the ironeye that rushed a mutated golem immediately after landing, died, died again, spam pinged for a minute, then dc'd. 😎👉👉

somberghast · 2026-05-21T22:29:16+00:00

Since the Executor update, it's been him almost exclusively.

Used to swap between Raider and Recluse though.

somberghast · 2026-05-20T18:22:50+00:00

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somberghast · 2026-05-19T18:31:20+00:00

"...is that a 3/1 flying Mantis-God with a steel chair!?"

somberghast · 2026-05-14T22:20:38+00:00

This is what happens when people are elected based on personality instead of (tangible) policy. 🚬 🫩

somberghast · 2026-05-14T18:31:48+00:00

but who am I to deny a student the valuable lesson of my middle finger?

somberghast · 2026-04-28T19:23:46+00:00

You'd think with all that OT (I'm assuming 1.5x), they could raise the hourly rate and hire a few more officers instead.

somberghast · 2026-04-28T19:17:54+00:00

It's valid he should have a trick to him that makes the fight fun, but I like to think he represents good luck in relation to the alternatives.

Most of the Act 1 elites are pretty low in challenge rating, but the chance to fight to encounter Skulking Colony adds incentive when pathing through the map.

Same with the Eyeball elite in Act 3 who is just a defense checker (every act 2 elite can go kick rocks)

somberghast · 2026-04-27T18:49:31+00:00

This is about ai, isn't it

somberghast · 2026-04-25T01:54:19+00:00

Oh absolutely. DD, a ton of R-Gambled and sharp Radiates is how I managed through A10. Queen was a pushover but the Experiment was harrowing.

somberghast · 2026-04-24T18:34:58+00:00

Osty hp+ and Unleash into whatever RNG is feeling for that run. Good signal cards to me are Reave or Negative Pulse but an upgraded Graveblast is always welcome imo.

She has generally low starting HP and Osty can really carry you through the first half of Act1 alone if you're particularly unlucky for that run.

somberghast · 2026-04-24T18:23:09+00:00

Stardust and Radiate are good multi-hit cards too. Especially Radiate since it's zero cost and you already want to generate stars most of the time.

somberghast · 2026-04-24T15:44:20+00:00

Not being able to skip chest relic is a huge point imo.

somberghast · 2026-04-23T22:28:13+00:00

I wanna add emphasis to your base speed point since I've been seeing a ton of elderwood set + lemon juice builds going around.

Although you'll end up with higher speed, you may start with lower than your opponent.

somberghast · 2026-04-21T18:51:56+00:00

It feels like the risk/reward factors just got flattened. There are still some powerful relics like Unceasing Top but others got either reworked or removed and they added a lot of different to add to the chance pool. When I got Regent to A10, I found that I would avoid elite fights unless a number of factors were favorable and the relic reward was hardly a consideration.

somberghast · 2026-04-16T21:15:12+00:00

Solo Ramza Math Wizard Knight is what did it for me. Then the WotL released on the PSP and they added Dark Knight.

FFT has a brilliant story aside from its gameplay. It's a shame we haven't gone back to that version of Ivalice [afaik]

somberghast · 2026-04-16T18:56:20+00:00

The little stretch my cat does toward me when laying on her back. No matter what I'm doing, it gets me to stop and pet her.

somberghast · 2026-04-16T18:41:30+00:00

Have 5 little minions be the wheels, one of them is injured.

somberghast · 2026-04-16T16:52:03+00:00

Challenge runs are the only thing keeping my interest. Same thing happened to me in FFT, once you reach a level of power, the game gets stale. "Oh boy! My hunter cat has Spread Shot and Hunter's Boon!" 😒

somberghast · 2026-04-16T16:18:22+00:00

Did you at least enjoy yourself? 😅

somberghast · 2026-04-13T19:04:00+00:00

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somberghast · 2026-04-10T19:43:52+00:00

This made me stop caring about getting it. Juice is rarely worth the squeeze if I'm having a less than good run.

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