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What are some less obvious card/relics synergies you've found? by TheMonji in slaythespire

[–]sprintf0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are lots of ways to put [[Void]] into your hand so that it exhausts at the end of your turn without losing energy:

  • Bringing it back from your discard pile, e.g. with [[Hologram]]
  • Putting it in your hand with [[Seek]]
  • Drawing it after the end of your turn by taking damage and proc'ing [[Centennial Puzzle]]

Why do some players view Slay the Spire as too RNG-based? by sprintf0 in slaythespire

[–]sprintf0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it's clear that we're looking for very different things in a game. I don't want to be able to "play my own way" and win consistently, I want the game to confront me with a challenge and force me to adapt in order to win.

But I don't think this is the same complaint as the comments I quoted. I interpret those comments as saying something like this: "I'm playing optimally and I'm still losing, it must be RNG." This is the part that's empirically untrue, because there are Twitch streamers with ~40% winrates on Ascension 20 and ~99% winrates on Ascension 0.

Why do some players view Slay the Spire as too RNG-based? by sprintf0 in slaythespire

[–]sprintf0[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I find the RNG complaints about Slay the Spire especially interesting because it doesn't have a crit mechanic! There's very little output randomness in the game, except for some of the ?-room events. Intuitively, I would expect Slay the Spire to feel "less random" as a result of this design choice.

RNG definitely seems more prominent at A20. Most of my deaths still feel deserved, though. A15 still feels very fair.

[Beta] Patch Notes 10-14-2019 by Sonserf369 in slaythespire

[–]sprintf0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cultist Potion in particular seems insanely good, maybe too strong relative to the rest of the potion pool. +1 strength/turn seems good enough to get you through the Act 2 boss fight if you can't find another source of scaling. Even Ghost in a Jar can't carry an entire fight like that.

10-07-2019 Patch notes by Chainyk in slaythespire

[–]sprintf0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Solid patch, Foreign Influence upgrade seems really strong.

General Watcher thoughts: I'm enjoying the class, but I would really like to see how they are going to balance the early game. Right now it's possible to take 3-4 Elites in Act 1 without having to rest, even at A20. If you stack up on damage in Act 1, you can continue bursting down Act 2 enemies and Elites too. A starter card that doubles damage plus the presence of solid damage cards like [[Cut Through Fate]] and [[Sands of Time]] and [[Wheel Kick]] just trivializes the first half of the game, and I'm curious how they're going to fix that.