Just copped this. What am I in for?

A lot of RNG bullshit.

>>381699971
I hope you're skilled at crossing fingers.

>>381699971
A good game, if you get the right mindset

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>>381699971
Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer. Every minute of your playthrough.

>>381700174
>>381700109
Are fingers THAT random? I mean, if it contains an element of luck surely it must be somehow manageable.

>>381700271
Elaborate.

>>381700453
You play it differently, don't expect to win every battle you have to abandon quests and let your heroes die often, You don't do that in other games.

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>>381700453
Perma-death of your characters could be really annoying, especially when you get repeatedly crit'ed out of nowhere and died from almost full health.

>>381700453
People complaining about RNG don't prepare, don't manage risk and generally just shove whatever team into whatever zone on whatever mission with whatever items.

>>381699971
Getting fucked by RNG 90% of the time.
Winning thanks to RNG 10% of the time.

And you can name your characters I guess...

>>381699971
A hard as balls game with bullshit on the level of XCOM sometimes.
Fun af

I think it's a pretty fun game but it's also the most tedious thing in the entire world. So much juggling stress and inventory space and hoping you get heroes coming in at the right time with some useful skills instead of garbage.

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Reminders that 4 houndmaster team is completely legit.

>>381700813
Is the wiki helpful or should I just try my luck for a few hours and see if I get the hang of it?

>>381700670
That sounds pretty cool, actually.

>>381699971
The serious answer though, you have to prepare a lot. Like, you don't take characters to Cove missions with perks like "Receives 20% more stress in Cove". You have to put in some thoughts and planning into every mission.

A good game in which you delve treacherous dungeons in which death can take you at any moment. You do want to utilize all the skills your characters have and experiment with various parties.

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This game's art direction is on fire.

>>381701024
Wiki will tell you exactly what items to bring in which zones and what their effects are.

Going into a game with guides is pretty bullshit though, not a fan of doing that until you're comfortable with a game.

>>381701024
Don't be a faggot, just play the game loser.
Only time I ever use a wiki is in stardew valley because I need to know fish schedules

>>381701024
>Is the wiki helpful or should I just try my luck for a few hours and see if I get the hang of it?
You go in blind. You won't be party wiping on your first few quests unless you make some terrible decisions.

>>381701024
Don't you dare use wiki, this will kill all the ragefun

>>381701369
>>381701302
>>381701226

Is this like Dark Souls where the player base uses the game itself as a kind of hazing tactic on noobs?

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>>381701226
>not learning them by yourself and taking notes on a physical notebook

>>381699971
Crying a lot.

>>381701490
No, the part of having fun in this game is being good at fingercrossing or learning things the hard way. Wiki kills all this fun.

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>>381701542
>Not just remembering it without a notebook

>choose a quest in the Cove
>party gets surprised by 4 eldritch creatures
>they kill two of your party members and incapacitate the other two

Yeah, naw. Game sucks.

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>>381699971
You're in for A DIZZYING BLOW TO BODY AND BRAIN

>>381701761

Here's an idea: git gud

>>381701761
>having a setup so fragile 1 shuffle wipes you

Git Gud

>>381701542
>>381701725
You monsters

>>381701714
This, I hadn't played a lot and I put a torch in a thing and I fight a giant space monster for like 20 minutes with a poorly trained crew, but I won, you persevere and that shit is exciting

>>381701490
A little bit, but only because the hazing is fun af, it's exciting.
>It's provocative it gets the people going

>>381699971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Buwei6ZWqU

>>381701490
No. The hazing tactic for new people in the game is I'm not going to tell you faggot.

>how quickly the tide turns

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Been playing for a few hours now and it seems like fun. I haven't lost anyone quite yet but my go-to frontline crusader has accumulated a shitton of negative quirks and I still have no idea what hamlet upgrades to spend my loot on.

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>tfw nobody wants to take the time to learn strategies when they can just cry RNG when shit goes wrong

Genuinely infuriating to read the Steam Reviews. Did Dark Souls have the same problem at launch

>>381702705
Dark Souls requires skill and patience, actual strategy.
Darkest Dungeon requires literally praying for good dice rolls, """strategy""" when you get them.

>>381702859
so litterly "muh rng" the argument

git gud. Getting crit once doesn't ruin an entire run.

>>381703173
3 in a row can though

Little known fact: Plague Doctor is for sexual

>>381703256
I've gotten three back to back and it didn't even ruin a run.

>>381703372
Nothing is more obnoxious than waifu shit.

What's the most OP Hamlet facility? Is it worth upgrading weapons and armors early on?

Just bought it myself and I gotta say, the RNG crying is somewhat overblown.

Yes, my Leper was almost killed by 2 well placed Occultist 0 heals and yes the fucking giant crocodile wrecked my first Flagellant but overall, so far out of 6 or so hours, everything feels fair.

Hard but fair. Haven't run into the zealot yet and the fucking limited inventory space still annoys me to hell to the point where I'll probably try to mod it but I'm having fun.

>>381699971
Overconfidence and remindings.

>>381699971
Play it and find out, you retard.

>>381699971
The Dark Souls of video games

>>381699971
just accept that every hero will die eventually, treat every expedition like their last, you can thank me later

>>381699971
>copped

fuck off

>>381701024
I used wiki for curios because fuck em

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What quirks are worth paying the sanitarium to heal?

>>381704271
What's curios?

>>381704434
Interactables.

>>381701024
Use it for curio.

But honestly, the darkest dungeon was basically throwing away your characters on the first run to find what that dungeon is about and actually organise an appropriate team to beat it. Rinse and repeat for the remaining levels. It's really annoying and I just ended up using the wiki to save myself grinding up more characters.

>>381704370
-4SPD on first round and torchlight debuffs

>>381704370
Anything that forces interaction with a curio.

>>381704370
Just cure everything except Rabid, if you want to get more dmg in exchange for less accuracy.

Locking quirks costs way too much and generally not that worth it until endgame.

>>381704434
In dungeon you'll find things you can interact with and use items on. Sometimes you get negative effects and sometimes you get positive effects.

Is it possible to win by grinding in this game or are you on a timer that can put you into a fail state if you haven't progressed fast enough? Like does each area get harder the more expeditions you complete?

>>381701176
Its impossible to fuck up visuals if Mignola is an influence.

>>381705050
>timer that can put you into a fail state
On your first run, no, you can fail as many times as you want. Once you beat the game once, you can choose to start a new game + with higher difficulty and a time limit.

>>381705050
you can take as long as you want unless you're playing in Stygian or Bloodmoon difficulty.

>>381705050
>does each area get harder the more expeditions you complete
They will always provided various difficulties for each area, depending on your party. So if you have newly recruited shitters, you can still bring them to the lowest difficulty dungeon of that area.

>>381705380
>>381705385
Huh. So you're pretty much guaranteed to max out your Hamlet eventually then. I don't see what people complain about then.

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>>381704798
>tfw you highway man gets rabies
>can't aim for shit

>>381703827
Stagecoach bruh. Early game should be seeing which adventurers succeed/get the good quirks and which ones you should bin. Protip: dont be afraid to dismiss characters early on. There will always be fresh faces to recruit.

Then a mix of the guild and blacksmith based on whether you need more damage or accuracy and healing. Sanitarium is a good choice now if you have the gold to blow on locking in or deleting quirks. Stress healing is the least of your worries.

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Bought this game on a whim too, since it's dirt cheap right now.
How does it compare to the Etrian Odyssey series?

>>381704370
You can heal them in dungeons if you learn curios

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>>381705656
The problem is, in the final dungeon, if you abandon it, you will lose ONE MORE mercenary randomly. At max upgrade, you can only recruit up to lv3, if I remember correctly, so you still have to train them back up again.

Also, there is this event that will periodically comes to you after you hit lvl6 with one of the characters. It's really annoying boss fight and if you don't beat them, you lose one of the town's upgrade.

Though you can always recruit a full team of shitters, bring them all in to suicide and it would considered as a week past and you won't lose any upgrade.

>>381706058
you only have to kill Vvulf once, so the second time onwards is pretty easy.

>>381705756
I think EO is more difficult, but maybe i just never learned to play it

>>381706353
Oh really? Even considering DD has permadeath?

Anyone else think the crimson curse is to hardcore right now?

Blood drops are still really rare, and it is literally crippling if you get it on one of your best guys. It's like the game doesn't want me to send anything but throwaways to the courtyard.

>>381699971
Stress.

>>381699971
Just got two of my teams dusted. How do I git gud?

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>>381706691
Not when they nerfed both A P E X and the Fanatic. I've found enough blood to feed half my infected roster and still bring some to missions, not to mention the 17 invites I have to the Baron

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>>381699971
Horror
Stress
RNG
A godly narrator
The Thing
Mosquitoes (if you got the DLC)
Cosmic Horrors

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>>381707028

>>381707193
Organise your team properly.
Area-specific team might sounds a bit overwhelming at first so you don't really have to go that far. Just make sure you get a tank, dps and a healer.

>>381707193
It's better to retreat if you feel like you're going to get ruined, as your team will come back with what's in their inventory. A total party wipeout results in the loss of all the gold and heirlooms you got so far, plus the trinkets your heroes had equipped. Better have 4 (or less, if you're unfortunate) superstressed heroes at home rather than losing some valuable artifacts.

Also, it's not a bad idea to upgrade the stage coach in order to always have 4 heroes ready for adventure. The recruit resolve upgrade is expensive but worth it.

>>381707523
I still remember based animator anon. Too bad I deleted the Jester one.

>>381707495
>A godly narrator
Is this a meme? I got sick of the narrator while I was still watching YouTube videos of this game, and took great pleasure in disabling him when I bought it.

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>>381707704
?

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>>381707787
>disabling him
You just ruined the game.

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>>381707523
>>381707890

>>381707931
>the same lines over and over and over and over and over
>good
Please inordinately exsanguinate yourself.

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>>381708270

>>381707523
>>381708047
>>381708161
Why the fuck does spilling some wine on my heroes make them have heart attacks? What kind of clean freaks does this shitty ass town attract and why do they all decide to come here for their adventuring?

>>381708116
100% not kidding you are the only person I have ever seen complain about the narrator.

>>381708328
>>381708328
Lmao best one

Do the characters enter in depression in this game eventually going mad and killing themselves? Everytime i look at this game makes me think this kind of stuff can happen.

>>381703919
Let's talk again after you join the next tier dungeons.

>>381708364
It was annoying at first but after a while, we would pretty much repeat after him for some autistic reasons. It was pretty fun.

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>>381708338
>super nervous because spooky haunted ruins
>fighting for your life against skeleton swordsmen, dodging crossbow bolts
>at your wits end
>some fucker skeleton splashes wine in your face while giggling like a skeleton schoolgirl, stinging your eyes and ruining the tabard your mom made for you
>THAT'S IT.jpg

>>381708504
Stress ranges from 0-200. At 100, you get negative debuff and you can't remove it until you get back in town and use one of the destress facility.

It's a bad idea to bring anyone with over 100 stress in because they will also cause stress damage to the rest of the team. Once they hit 200, they get heart attack and die.

>>381708504
not outside of dungeons, but it can happen in dungeons given the right circumstances.

Mad characters(masochistic, depressed, hopeless, fearful, etc) may refuse heals, refuse to take turns, refuse to eat, attack someone else from your party, move forward to get attacked by enemies, berate other party members, and damage themselves.

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>>381708328

>>381703919
I edited stack sizes
I'm a filthy cheater

>>381703919
I found it easier to cope if I enter a dungeon with either gold or heirloom looting in mind.

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>>381708861
I messed around with the skill script too. Hell, it was so easy to edit the file and I made my Jester's Finale hit everything for >2k damage.

Feelsgoodman.

>>381699971
Bought it too 5 hours ago. Have been playing since then. Had to stop now because I realized it's 12:30 am already and I haven't eaten all day. Shit looks pretty cash so far. About to go kill some pig king dude, any tips?

>>381709028
Bring an arbalest and a man at arms. Have MAA guard arbalest, arbalest spams flare every turn, gg no re

>>381709028
>pig king
I assume you're talkinga bout Swine Prince or whatever.

Just kill the big guy in front first. Might be useful to bring MAA to guard those who gets targeted by the small pigs. Just DON'T kill the small one first because the big one would go into rage and deal shit ton of damage to your entire team.

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>>381709179
>>381709234

thanks dudes

>>381699971
It depends. Are you familiar with X-COM? If you can stand that game's RNG components, you'll have no problem with DD.

>>381709208
>that subtle loss insert
Everytime.

>>381709234
>>381709293

I found that bringing the Arbelast is better because the signal flare removes the mark and forces the king to use a shitty single target attack

>>381709293
inb4 you get perma-stunned to death by that little piece of shit

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>>381709472
or worse, the "end this one" move causes you to die while on Death's Door

Post more memes, faggots.

>>381709293

Fuck all those tips you got from those anons, just bring a bounty hunter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7AieaF6wIw

don't do it, you can't do this anymore

>>381709472
Doesn't the small one only stun on Veteran and Champion levels?

>>381709726
it can stun on normal once the big guy is dead

>>381699971
This is no mere game.

This game has a mind of its own

And its out to fuck you over when you least expect it or when it is supposed to be least expected

A Mastercraft in its own right

>>381703428
>Walk into first room in a lvl 3 dungeon
>Ambushed by 4 spiders
>Order fucked up
>Two people die before my first turn

What was I supposed to do there

>>381709705
For real though, ideal team comp here is Arbalest > Occultist > BH > MAA. Arbalest clears the mark, occultist heals and marks, BH spams his first move, and MAA guards.

>>381704370
Lock in all speed quirks.

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>hm what's this weird looking thing
>"Place a torch if you crave the void!"
>let's do it
>get fucked royally
Good times.

Grinding, RNG, fighting the same enemies over and over. Play Radiant, it's an improvement. Ignore the retards who call it baby mode.

>>381710373
>dead dove do not eat.jpg

>>381705050
>Is it possible to win by grinding
No, you cannot win by grinding period. The only thing "leveling" up your characters does is increase their resistances. You have to pay for everything else and when you pay for everything else they will be up to par for the content they should be at. You cannot over level in Darkest Dungeon unless you are doing Radiant mode and bringing higher tier guys to lower level dungeons.

>>381700813
This is the only reason I ever got team wipes. Most deaths these days are rare and from unfortunate crits+stress.

>>381708504
>this game eventually going mad and killing themselves
Yeah, had Dismas kill himself after he passed a bleed check on death's door.

>>381710770
Someone going to death's door because the enemy got a lucky crit is the worst feeling imo, because most times there is very little you could have done

>>381710648
>You have to pay for everything else
You can't grind for gold?

>>381710572
>>381710648
case in point, radiant removes level restrictions to dungeons
bringing a guy with level 4 gear into an apprentice dungeon makes it easier
faster leveling makes it easier
less upgrade costs make it easier

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>>381710954
>get death door
>immediately die from next hit
MUH RESIST

>>381710976
You can but gearing up your heroes and upgrading them cost quite a lot too. You could try to do a slumber party with 4 antiquarians to get some quick dosh. Look up the guide about it.

>>381710976
You can. The lower the light level the better the loot, so if you're strapped for cash, just get a suicide squad of level 0s and send them into a place with no torches.

>>381709208
This happened to me on the Champion Necromancer.
>Almost to the boss
>Get into an encounter
>First guy strikes
>Targets Raynauld
>Crits
>Next guy attacks
>Crits Raynauld
>Next guy attacks
>Crits Raynauld
>Next guy attacks
>Hits Raynauld with wine
>100/100 stress
>Many fall at the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today!
>Get to the Necromancer and lance him

>>381699971
>First play through get fucked within 2 hours
>"Maybe I should use my gold better"
>Start a new file. Save gold. Game becomes piss easy

I couldn't get into this game. I really wanted to enjoy it cause the art style, rpg element, and the theme of the game is amazing. But the gameplay... was just lacking.

>>381710993
No, it reduces the grind. You don't have to start from scratch if you get a bad wipe.

How hard is modding? I assume it's not very difficult but i am concerned about packing it into a mod file or something to enable/disable at will. Want to unfuck trinkets and buff some skills i never use.

>>381710976
Yes? And I acknowledged that once you outfitted your characters that:
>You have to pay for everything else and when you pay for everything else they will be up to par for the content they should be at.
So you cannot over do it since there are many restrictions to the game that don't allow you to say power up a single character and go into a dungeon solo.

>>381711417
Editing your skill is braindead easy. Look up some guide and you can easily edit the text file to change the multiplier and such. But modding a character sprite is a pain in the ass, because of how they compressed the sprite into different sections, it's nearly impossible to make a proper custom sprite.

Not sure about editing trinkets though.

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>>381711661
>implying that Plague Doctor and Crusader wouldn't get along
Medicine is a highly valued asset when reclaiming the holy land

>>381711661
Plague Doctor best girl

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>>381711934
>implying that Plague Doctor and Crusader wouldn't get along
She literally told him to fuck her, not sure what you were seeing or reading

>>381711934
Anon, she's using the term smite with an implication.

Are you dense?

>>381704798
>Left my leper with rabies and a dmg and accuracy trinket
>Rest of the team is mostly stunning back liners and marking targets for the leper to tear through

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>>381711934
Anon, I..

>>381711934
>being so stressful you can't even read social cues

This game is great for the first 6 or so hours, when everything is fresh and new. You're really digging the narrator's voice and the atmosphere. The gameplay is tough, but fair.

But at some point, probably around the time you start doing the exact same dungeons but on a higher difficulty, you will realize that this game isn't all that great. The novelty of the narrator has worn off after hearing the same lines over and over again. The dungeons are exactly the same, as is the gameplay, and the grind is starting to wear thin. It's getting boring to use another cannonfodder-tier team to grind the required gold/heirlooms to upgrade your shit. It's getting stale just running past 90% of the curios unless you have that one specific item in your inventory that can cleanse it.

>>381708338
I think the implication is that it's acidic given that it causes damage and makes a sizzling noise when it hits you. I don't know if you've had an acid burn before but that shit is stressful..

>>381712534
I don't understand what's going on in this comic.

>>381712218
They really need to increase the variety of enemies. It's a major flaw.

>>381712040
Is Crusader even allowed to have sex or is he supposed to keep pure?

>>381712579
The wine spill and clean freak idea is more amusing though.

>>381712609

Do you know who the gag is? Do you recognize the man?

Do you see his tired of this shit expression on his face?

Do you see the arm in the last panel?

>>381700698
I love this image, been a while since ive seen it

>>381712218
Each difficulty adds in new enemy types to each area.

>>381712715

He has a family, so yeah.

But i doubt he is that kind of man who is fucking around the world. He left his family for the crusade, i highly doubt he has any interest in hoes and bitches.

>>381706616
DD has the death's door system. It doesn't matter how hard an enemy hits you no single blow can kill you.
It'll just drop you to death's door and any further damage will roll a check against your death blow resist.
Most people can usually heal at least one damage to avoid death and restart the cycle.
It's really hard to get people killed when you consider you have death's door and retreat available.

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>>381712609
it's complicated

>>381712927
But then he abandoned the Crusade, so he's clearly in Punished mode and when in Punished mode all bets are off

>>381712960
Did they ever release comics for the rest of the character's backstories?

>>381712579
It's a `tempting goblet', so presumably tainted unholy wine that makes you want to join the ranks of the damned and become a wino skelly.

>>381713016
>I... I want only one thing, and it is forbidden.
He won't even go for it in double punished mode.

>>381713117
no but the lore for the Hound Master (from the CC item) seems interesting.

The bonus is called "Even the Chief was in on it" and that implies his station was corrupt as fuck

DAZED

>>381710236
At most you can only lose one with death's blow and them all focus firing unless you already had a wounded and beaten party.
By that point in time it's your fault since you failed to manage the group better.

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>>381713161
>makes you want to join the ranks of the damned and become a wino skelly
in a heartbeat

>>381713289
REELING

http://darkestdungeon.gamepedia.com/Backer_heroes

Mandatory reading for any first timers.

>>381713363
Who is making all these pics? Incredible quality.

>>381700698
Did they add lines in the DLC?

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>running through ruins
>hey a secret room
>well, only few rooms to clear, i get it at the end for maximum value
>clear last room
>run back
>Collector fucks me up

I got this game on PS4 a while back and i'm too scared to actually go to the darkest dungeon, i've just been collecting trinkets so far. What should I expect when I finally sack up and go in?

Also any date yet to when the DLC drops for PS4?

This game is pretty kino.

>>381713161
>makes you want to join the ranks of the damned and become a wino skelly
>makes
>implying I didn't want that to begin with
Wine skelly party, man, just think about it.

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>>381699971

>>381711973
plague doctor a smelly slut

>>381713632
First DD run is all about bleeds and stress. A dedicated stress healer like a jester or crusader is mandatory. At least two stunners is really good too. My team comp that I've beat it with four times is occultist > jester > abomination > bounty hunter.

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>>381713632
>What should I expect when I finally sack up and go in?

Suffer
Torment
Insanity
It will make question your life

>>381701019
Best class next plague doctor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlW7u4G973M

>>381713632
>What should I expect
My finger points.

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>>381713768
bad luck abound

Do the devs have any plans to do big expansions like XCOM/Civ or will they just put out more DLC or stop supporting the game after this?

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>>381713732
Oh shit, I needed this. Is there more helpful images like this?

>>381700876
Why name characters when they're going to die anyway?

>>381702701
Acquire an Occultist, they're the best healers if you get some bleed resist

>>381702705
well see I just read the Steam reviews and it put me off to buying it... did I get tricked by casuals?

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>>381714296

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>>381714296

Well, i have this. Does this help?

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>>381714296
ok but seriously now

>>381713732
>solo character run
why would you do this?

>>381699971
One of my top 10 GOAT.

The art style and narration alone make the game worth it imo.

Am I right to assume all these first trash trinkets are not worth it due to the speed penalty?

>>381714451

>Occultist heals for 0
>Inflicts bleed

>SOOTHED... SEDATED.

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SOOTHED

SEDATED

THIS IS HOW A LIFE IS REELING

ABOUT TO BREAK

HIS AVARICE UNWITNESSED BY HIS OWN DEATH BY INCHES

A BLAZING STAR IS BORN... OR IS IT MERELY A TRICK OF THE LIGHT!??!

I can't make out one of the debuff lines the Ancestor says.
Is it IMMINISHED or DIMINISHED?

>>381715394
The ancestor is kinda an idiot, tired of good pussy? Well time to swear fealty to the one connected to everyone.

>>381715770
Slumped shoulders, wild eyes, and a stumbling gait - this one is no more good to us.

>>381716232
Diminished.

I see why people tell you not to use the Wiki. It eliminated the fun of the game when I first started. Thought it was like inputting skill shit like MMOs or RPGs at first, but it was just straight forward throughout.
I started a new game on Blood Moon without a wiki this time so I barely remember what to put on Curios, quirks to lock, trinkets, and what heroes to party up with.Shit load of rage without the Wiki, but really rewarding with fun.

>>381713480
ABOUT TO BREAK

>>381713586
>Did they add lines in the DLC?

yes, for healing, buffs, and debuffs

>>381699971
You're about to understand why they don't pay unexperienced interns since you'll recruit lv0 heroes just to get gold before firing them

>>381711246
Noice.

>>381704370
Kleptomania
Fucking Reynald.

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>>381707890
>>381707523

jesus christ

>>381699971
>that moment where your newest, least favorite character pulls a crit out of nowhere and saves your ass
also
>that moment where your favorite character misses the crucial shot
THAT is what you're in for.

>>381708861
>>381709013
What did you guys use?

>>381717385
Cheat engine

>using cheat engine
>not just using notepad+ to edit the values

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>>381699971

>>381717553
This x100
Only use Cheat Engine on other video games

>>381717553
>>381717770

how can you bear the shame of being such huge faggots

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so what the fuck is going on here?

>>381717961
I like to suck my own cock while playing video games anon. L-leave me alone! Baka desu!!

>>381717961
I like to tinker with the code

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I'm actually finding this game very easy, abusing easy missions to go on nice camping trips to de-stress and train up rookies.

Other than king piggu I didn't have any trouble with the first few bosses.
I'm guessing it gets much crazier when taking veteran missions? What did you find hard about this?

>>381718004
she decided to kill the dude and take his place so when the virgin gets sacrificed or whatever, she gets the loot

Is it possible to reach an unwinnable state?

>>381710954

What about the dozens of times you one shot an enemy with a lucky crit or got a stun even though you only had a 10% chance of doing so?

People complain about the RNG fucking them but get excited when its own their side.

It's retarded.

>>381718139
i don't get why they gave her a occultist tier backstory if she's supposed to be a literal jewish archeologist

>>381718054
>>381718103

these are both poor excuses

see me after class

>>381718230
no

you can't change me old timer

>>381718217
shrug

>>381718217
Her CC trinket set is called "I will get the treasure, no matter the cost" (or something like that) implies she killed the woman for the loot.

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are there any good character mods on the steam workshop that isn't broken as balls?

>>381718141

when I was playing vanilla at launch I lost all of my top tier heroes once I managed to make headway in the dankest dungeon

this was when the stage coach would only bring you level 1 heroes

it took fucking forever to level them up, but there's no way the game is unwinnable

once they get back up there you have a great assortment of trinkets and shit again

A little hope, however desperate, is never without worth.

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I really like FTL and the Souls games, so this kind of feels like an inbetween. Is that true? Will I like this? I like the art but I need to stop buying games based soley on art direction.

>>381718641
mods are for fags

>>381718730
go home todd, the creation workshop is waiting for you.

>>381714273
They want to do more with the game, and the reception of the Crimson Court motivated them.

>>381718641

Character mods are way too op but if you want some neat skins this one is my favorite http://www.nexusmods.com/darkestdungeon/mods/339/?

>>381718727
no

>>381718641
The character mods desu
They aren't broken senpai desu

>>381718727
>I really like FTL and the Souls games, so this kind of feels like an inbetween.

that's a pretty good descriptor actually

there's even Hamlet-management that mimics FTL's spaceship management

it's fairly light but still pretty cool in that the game lets you dictate where to spend resources

personally, the game is worth it just for the narration

speaking of which:

https://youtu.be/7RV6htNDTwI?list=PLCbN-op7qL6dg9T8S43Vb787nwYJRMViG

shadow over innsmouth best

>>381718730
The kickstarter trinket overhaul one is pretty cool though

>>381705756
What game is this?

>>381706058
>I bet my ancestor did this

>>381715327
yep

>>381718004
How many of the characters have short comics like this, and are they collected anywhere?

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>>381720924
>How many of the characters have short comics like this

Man at Arms
Crusader
Highwayman
Arbeleast
Antiquarian
Abomination
Grave Robber
Leper
Occultist

no idea where they could be found

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Why does turn based shit still exist?
It's [current year], for fuck's sake

>>381721217
>>381720924

http://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-presents-the-crusader/

They are all great I wish they did some for the rest of the characters

>>381721458
It's still practically a requirement for managing a team of characters in a game. How would you do it differently?

>>381721658
>How would you do it differently?
By not making team management a part of any game ever

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>>381721840

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>>381714241
This cant be real

>>381721840
humor me and describe your new gameplay ideas

>>381722049
Lovecraftian Dark Souls

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>>381701024
use the wiki my dude

>>381722089
Bloodborne?

>>381714241
ouchie

I just fought a fucking boss in a hallway and his highwaymen ghost assfucked me after I killed the boss. he crit for 21 damage

>>381722089
Dark Souls isn't RNG, I'd say this is harder than DS

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>>381722089
Already done my man

I was under the impression that the old road was mostly scripted. Can you actually encounter a shambler there if you squash the torch?

>>381722510
>>381714241

>>381714241
What's the matter anon? can't beat a baby shrieker?

>>381722510
Each square has a 1% chance of shamblering your shit if 0 light iirc

GLITTERING GOLD, TRINKETS AND BAUBLES.

PAID FOR IN BLOOD.

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>>381722913
>mfw this can actually happen in the Courtyard

>>381718119
Come back when you get to the high level missions

>>381700698
fuck is going on here?

>>381718119
Come back when you get to Champion level dungeons.

>>381723264
funny charts made from sayings in the game

Shit. I've played for six hours and can't stop. What a great game.

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>>381699971
>>381700309
>overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
Be wary - triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall.

>>381724825
OP here. I can confidently say I didn't follow anon's advice and my favorite team got wiped when I pressed on when I was weak and everyone was almost insane. Serves me right.

>>381708338
The creators did an AMA on reddit and one of the top voted questions was just what the fuck was in that goddamn cup.

The answer? PURE LIQUID STRESS

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>>381724825

So is the caretaker a manifestation of some eldritch power or is he just an eccentric guy the ancestor left behind to run the estate?

>>381713606
REMIND YOURSELF

>>381725492
a bit of both

>>381725492
Probably just the poor butler who were dragged along with the ancestor because he's such a frumpty bastard and he needs his afternoon tea even in the dank depts.

I mean you are right on both parts, since he's just human and as it turns out in the end, all humans are part of the eldritch god. Like tiny fingers, the mutations and shit are simply the god waking up and getting control of itself again.

>>381701780
MORTALITY CLARIFIED IN A SINGLE STRIKE

>>381726170
>you are beginning to see things as I saw them

You can interpret it as madness overtaking you, or as seeing things how they REALLY are. I ascribe to the second theory, where what everyone sees is just an illusion and limitation of the mind. In reality, humans are lumpy eldritch spawn as well they just lack the unbearable knowledge necessary to see it.

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>>381701780
>>381726390
HOW QUICKLY THE TIDES TURN

is crimson court good

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>>381726534
A TIME TO PUSH ONESELF BEYOND HUMAN LIMITS

BACK TO THE PIT

>>381726579
The DLC? Also wondering about it myself.

>>381699971
lots and lots of sadness

>>381726647
>Flagellant goes rapturous

>>381726449
Well I mean The ancestor chastises you characters for thinking themselves seperate from the thing they are fighting and to be honest he seems more woke than insane.

>>381721534
Creators said before they stop working on this game they are going to finish them.

Pure terror due to RNG bullshit.

>>381725208
You're learning the lessons the game has to teach you, no shame anon. Now the git gud begins.

Just one thing... if you wanna tackle the DLC early, fine. But be prepared because a certain APEX PREDATOR is the dev's loving middle finger to veteran and newb alike.

tell me about the dlc, fags

>>381727361
Insanity is the word used by small minds yet unable to encompass the truth.

>>381727801
The blood. You must have it.

>>381699971
A really fun time until you get wiped out by RNG mechanics that basically roll a natural 20 4 times in a row to your detriment.

>>381727659
that thing is a nightmare.

THERE ARE TWO MANDATORY FIGHTS (that I am aware of) ON THE BARON MISSIONS AGAINST IT

>>381726170
So how exactly does the ending work when you kill the Heart of Darkness? Does its bullshit eldritch magic literally reset the world or does it just regenerate again after a while?

>>381727894
Well if muh expertise in shitty loose story explanations are anything to go from Its a very lovecraftian story, very bleak. Your ancestor was either a projection of the HoD to trick you in or truly believed to his last moment, before being turned into the HoD, that fighting actually solves anything. There is supposedly some kind of connection between strong people dying and the god itself being born and you and your characters were the sacrifices made. So what you've basically done is mass ritual sacrifice until your characters were lured right in, you the heritor flees back, insane/suicidal because literally nothing matters, sending a letter to the next of kin.

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>>381714241
Aaaa

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>>381727801

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>>381727801
The ancestor put so much goddamn money in there.

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>I'll use duelist's advance on the swine prince

>>381728701
Nah its more like "Wow I'm not the only degenerate, my fellow nobles are kinda being fucked up I should stop them.... nah, that wouldd be kinda hypocritical."

>>381727894
The stars were right, and the starts will be right again. You stalled it, sure. But you stalled a creature that is infinite in breadth and depth. It has no concept of time. It is going to win, it has already won, it's winning now even when it seems like it lost. Your sliver of understanding of this truth has already defeated you.

>>381699971
Does DD have literally the best narrator in all of vidya?

>>381729057
According to Dev's, they just wanted their favorite lovecraft narrator to do a trailer for them. Then he spoke the words and they knew they needed to budget for the rest of the game because he was the fucking game now.

>>381714451
I dont know about you man, but it heals for 0 whenever I needed it.

>>381714451
My Occultists love speaking to me in binary.

>>381727894
You stop it from awakening, but thats all you did. You'll got back to the manor rebuild the town, live there until you die, but eventually one of your descendants will eventually be drawn to dig again and start the whole shitstorm again.

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So I've hit a wall I didn't expect to hit. I have a full 28 roster, with a lot of level 5 characters. Except I out level'd the content, unknowingly. I have 3 bosses to defeat but only have oddly leveled people to do it with that would die against the bosses, since they aren't optimal.

I've tried to take down the bosses twice and each time almost leads to a team wipe. How do I get around having to beat "weaker" bosses when I only have 5 level appropriate characters? I mean shit, I'm being punished for having strong guys in my roster. Only other option I could see is getting rid of my level 5 guys, and hiring a boss beating level 3-4 team, but that would take more work and hours.

Isn't this kinda bullshit? First time I have ever encountered this problem in any video games. Ever.

TL;DR
>Roster too strong
>level 3-4 bosses demand level 3-4 characters but ones I have can't beat bosses

>>381728979
>>381729639
>>381728376
>>381726170
What a shitty world to live in.

>>381729973
Why can't you bring your level 5 guys along?

>>381729973
Gotta make a 3-4 boss clearing team. Start from scratch and plan ahead.

>>381729986
Yeah everything sucks and the people are shitty.
Also all the holy classes might just be using the same corruption as the eldritch creatures are using in a lesser form, so your waifus aren't even truly pure.

>>381699971
>copped
You clearly don't know what that means.

>>381730079
"THIS DUNGEON IS BENEATH ME"
t. death-wishing asshole

My roster is full and I have 2 of every class. I worked hard to fully upgrade and level all these 5s now I have to get rid of them for being too good to do the content?

Senpai, if that isn't the highest bullshit ever, then I don't know what is. Is there a mod or something I could do other than get rid of characters and to create a level 3-4 team? I have 3 bosses to beat so they run the risk of leveling.

>>381728448
kek

>>381729973
You should have known by then that they cant go to lower level dungeons. You did to much grinding and I can't see why you would grind out high level characters without fighting the medium level bosses.

Your only option is to get new characters and level them up to beat those bosses to progress in the game. I'm sure you can edit the radiant mode rule where higher level characters can go to lower dungeons. ask in /vg/ if that's possible but most importantly your image is correct.

>>381730454
You only have yourself to blame. I really don't see how you got that far without learning a very apparent piece of the game's ruleset. Stop grinding, ditch the heroes with the worst set of quirks and move on. Learn from your mistakes because you alone made them.

Anyone tried the expansion? I already have the game in my backlog, is the expansion worth picking up?

>>381729973
You've just figured out one of the many reasons why this game is shit and shouldn't be supported.

>>381729973
This is the part of the game I'm dreading. I haven't gotten to that part yet but even early in the game I was getting good characters and couldn't finish dungeons because they outleveled the area.

>>381701761
>having attachment to DD characters

SUFFER NOT THE LAME HORSE NOR THE BROKEN MAN

>>381730079
>resolve level 0-2 for green missions
>3-4 for orange
>5-6 for red

Radiant mode removes the restrictions. I cant think someone has a nearly full team of resolve level 5 characters and didn't learn this.

>>381730454
Fuck, man. You're the dumbest idiot I've ever seen on /v/. Jesus Christ.

>>381729973
You have a team of 28 people who aren't busy dying. Can't you attempt the Darkest Dungeon? Fire some people or send some to the meat grinder.

Wayne June is fantastic. This game made me go listen to all his books on tape.

>>381730454
Did you just gloss over the tutorial where the guy said HIGHER LEVEL HEROES WON'T DO WEAKER DUNGEONS?

>>381729973
>I'm retarded?

Yes. Yes you are.

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>>381729973
>Isn't this kinda bullshit?
Yes, and you can fix or finer tune the grouping restrictions with less than thirty seconds of fiddling with files.

Just like how you can undo the dumbass kickstarter backer's demand that the abomination be unable to party with any religious classes by changing a single line

>>381731498
Why the hell would they ask that? For roleplaying purposes? What a bunch of nancies.

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First timer here, how the FUCK do I deal with the slimes in the forest? I got a wipe because every time I killed a double slime another one would just take it's a place a turn later with the other two slimes beating the fuck outta my dudes. Do I have to kill them in a certain amount of turns or was I just really unlucky?

>>381731723
Yeah you gotta kill those fuckers quickly.

>>381730781
Anyone? I really wanna start playing this game after reading this thread. Should I buy the expansion?

>>381731723
Kill them before they can make more. You can put bleeds on them or get multiple ones low and then finish all of them. They don't hit hard and should be one of the least threatening mobs even at high level.

>>381731723
Weald is generally the kind of place you want high raw damage for

>>381731723
Kill em hard, kill em fast. Upgrade your weapons and skills to hit em harder.

>>381714451
>need, and i fucking mean NEED a heal for at least 6 in order to not die the next turn
>2, character bleeds

I just stopped using them as any sort of healer, used mainly as backline DPS with that tentacle spell

>>381731723

Focus them down unless you have a Crone in your butt or a Giant ready to slap your shit.

Good dodge, stuns and -ACC skills are great against them. Do not writte off the Antiquarian and the Arbalest, they are usefull.

>>381731619
They don't ask, it's a game restriction. Just like how you can only have one of the new class on a team.

>>381731723
I like to use AoE attacks, moves that'll hit at least two per action, they die quickly that way

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>>381729973
Use the no level restriction mod, of course.

>>381731357

I have 5 guys though, but they cannot beat the bosses. I have 2 antiquarians, 2 vestals and 1 occultist that are level appropriate. Good classes but they can't take down the bosses.

>>381727349
underrated post