/DADG/-Darkest Dungeon General #3

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Post affliction screens until we can get the general going again.

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First for newfag

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>you fucks let it die
bump limit bruh

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>really confident about my team comp
>try to beat mission 1 of the darkest dungeon again
>dont even make it to the boss this time
J U S T

ded general
ded game

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>>167550818
So make a new one, unless you want the general to die.

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all set for crimson court = O )
>still no tempting goblet after all these weeks of farming

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hmm

>>167553331
Congrats you lucky cunt

Any general tips for NG+ lads?

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Threadly reminder that over-confidence is a slow and insidious killer.

So we all know that the antiquarian isn't intended to be very useful in a fight, but what is the purpose of blinding powder? it only targets one foe and can fail, but invigorating vapors helps dodge every monster and can't fail. Why would anyone ever use blinding powder?

>>167554984
because you can only use vapors in the back rows and there are times where she can't fit in the back rows with certain party comps

>>167550872
What was your party?

>>167555405
it was Occultist - HWM - HWM - MaA

that team stomped 4 champion dungeons in a row while barely taking any damage or stress and it just got fucking demolished in the darkest dungeon

>>167555770
well DD ain't just your regular ol Dungeon ya know, it's all up to how bad the rooms before the boss are that determine your success

in the 18lb 6oz cannon fight thing
what happens if you stun the fuse guy? does the cannon still go boom?

>>167556656
Depends on whether he gets the match off first or not.

>>167556779
I'm running a Plague Doctor, Vestal, Bounty Hunter, Hellion

The turn goes: PD blights the back 2 rows (rifleman and fuse guy), Hellion Swans the Fuse guy (he's dead one way or another by this point), Bounty Hunter attacks cannon for like no damage, Vestal attacks canon or heals.

I'm having success in this match so far, it's just taking a very long time.

>>167557197
Also i got very lucky by deciding to stack ACC on my Hellion big time, otherwise i don't think this would work so well. Combined with camps and trinkets, 83% chance to hit the fuse guy

>>167554984
If you bring 4 antiquarians you gotta have something they can use in the first two rows

>>167550987
b-but Radiant Update and Workshop Integration. I really hope we get quality mods like Pitch Black Dungeon instead of shitty "More Stacks/Less Stress/Stronger Heroes" mods.

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>>167558539

You'll take your ponified heroes mod and like it!

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>>167549991
>It's an "anon crits the large enemy" episode

>>167549991
What's a good comp for the cove? Seems like every time I go in it my team gets stomped into the gutter. Am I just misplaying?

>>167558539
>>167558840
We'll get both kinds, but we all know what we're gonna get more of.

>>167559729

Try PlagueDoctor/Occultist/????/Hellion

PD+Hellion can stunlock the four grouper squad if they're fast enough, allowing the other two heroes to try to kill them quickly.

PD can cure the crab's bleeds, and occultist has bonus damage to eldritch baddies.

A crusader might be a good way to round out the team. He has an extra heal, can help deal with the exploding bloated monsters, and has decent melee to help kill groupers when the girls stun them.

>>167550872
>>167555770
Yeah the DD plays by a slightly different set of standards than your usual chap dungeons. There's a reason their difficulty is ranked "6".

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>be me
>hear second DD mission has bosses named Templars from a friend
>deus vult
>send in my 4 crusader boss crusher team
>quickly driven to madness and slain by the second boss
I THOUGHT IT WAS A HINT
FUCK

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Who #teamsnort here?

>>167562714
mines always snort themselfs to death. i lost almost as manye BHs than any other heroes combined

After 100+ hours playtime, I just learned yesterday, that the corals in the cove can remove negative quirks.
FML.
These combined with an lucky eldritch altar got my GR waifu free of all the quirks she had.

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>>167563392
corals are the no.1 reason cove is my favorite
Second is the warrens for the scrolls and dem fasting seals

FUCK wealds in all possible ways though, especialy its bosses.

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Which Veteran unique enemy gives you the most trouble? Which upcoming champion enemy do you think is going to be the worst to deal with?
My currents are the Fungal Giant for Vet and Bone Bearer for Champ.

>>167557556
>4 antiquarians
For what purpose?

>>167565628
definitely the giants
the only answer i've found for them is dmg reduction, either from the occulist or i guess the leper

>>167566538
A lot of cash.

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>>167566538
>hating money

>>167567025
>cove
absolute madman

>>167566682
>>167567025
I'm serious. How does more than one antiquarian boost how much cash you make? You can only interact with one at a time.

>>167567112
each antiquarian boosts your standard gold stack size by 500 each one, so having 4 gives you a massive +2000 stack per gold pile

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>>167567337
Holy moly, I did not realize that.
I thought they were only good for curios.

>>167567480
don't blow something off till you try it yourself, hell, I thought jester was absolutely useless till I let him join a party once, never turned back since then

>>167565628
So far the Virago seems like it might be the roughest of the bunch, though I'm feeling a bit skeptical about the Pig as well.

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Grave Crimester is cute! CUTE!

>>167567690
>that mole
>cute
She probably smells like the grave, too.

>>167567775
it's the damn middle ages, being clean wasn't too big of a priority back then

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>>167567775

It's a beauty mark.

Also, Hellion is most qt.

>>167567480
they get increased loot from killing monsters too

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>>167568146
you ask hellion out but she gives you this look, what do?

There's a lot of retarded shit in this game.

>crit from full health to Death's Door
>randomly selected for next attack
>deathblow even with deathblow resisting trinkets

well memed!

>>167568312
>deathblow even with deathblow resisting trinkets
What did you expect? It's deathblow resist, not deathblow immunity.

>>167568312
89% isn't exactly 100% now is it?

>>167568312
have you ever played the original xcom? you should

>>167567546
ah yes, the jester, with that one trinket it's pretty much a guaranteed kill at the beginning of each fight using Finale

>>167568312
>using deathblow resist trinkets
>not realizing enemy ai takes stress/hp/quirks into account
it does suck when you got ohko by spiders before your speed kicks in but that's the premise of the game

>>167570448
I don't have turbo autism so I don't play bad space games from 1980.

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>>167571330
Oh the ignorance of youth.

>>167567775
>mole being on the same level as grave smell
>>167567910
Well she's from a well off family so she should at least have a better idea than the average person.

>>167567690
I want to rub my dick on those plump lips.

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>>167570714
fuck spiders so hard

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>>167568312
>crit from full health to Death's Door

There are only few normal enemies that can make you go from full hp to death's door (fuck unclean giants) if you have upgraded your armors and are not bringing newbies to more challenging dungeons

>randomly selected for next attack

The more speed stat you have the higher the chance of attacking first

>deathblow even with deathblow resisting trinkets

That's clearly a joke (or you are just stupid as hell)

>>167577382
>They stay dead
But they don't :^)

Why is Man at Arms so damn good? I swear he's worth bringing on every mission just for Bellow and Protect alone. Has there been any word of Heroes being nerfed/buffed for the upcoming updates?

>>167578668
revived guys are just like swinefolk only with a luickier host

>>167579461
I've only heard that the Jester is getting buffed. That was from of the devs on the steam forums.

>>167568312
>being unlucky

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Why why why doesn't "Religious" status depend on quirks?

>>167582838
If remember ccorrectly it did way back when. I think they changed because of the Abomination.

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I wish they would add more shared cultists at the vet and/or champ levels. Only two kinds of cultists for most of the game is pretty underwhelming.

Just noticed that when some of you characters decide to investigate a curio on their own(dipsomania,egomania,etc), you can use that curio related item while they are talking and possibly prevent disasters this way.

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I want to love Houndmaster but he feels suboptimal outside of the Warrens and Weald, plus his guard+self heal feels too obvious to be enjoyable. What are some interesting way to use him?

I'm thinking about running him in the vet Ruins with a BH for mark synergy against Bone Generals, plus Blackjack. Does BH have a +surprise chance skill to stack with HM's, or will Highwayman be necessary?

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>>167586492
WHAT

By right-clicking, or how?

>>167586731
yeah by right-clicking

>>167586731
>Tempting Winery

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Are there certain voices you read a particular heroes' barks in?

>This simple beast fears death as I do.

>Whatever tomorrow brings, six legs are better than two!

>Quiet! I can smell their thoughts!

>>167586620
Don't worry, he picks up again in the Darkest Dungeon. Use him as a stunbot/marker. I think the bonuses are additive.

>>167586731
By right-clicking. Did it accidentally with a torch while my highwayman was reading some books and burned them. He instantly shot up to 100 stress before our first battle and was Focused! for the rest of the mission

>>167586620
if I remember correctly, he has the best mark, significantly better than BH

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>try pitch black dungeon
>see this fucking necromancer map

The dungeon generation in this is fucking evil
I love it

>>167588292
Yeah since they give you more camping supplies in PBD the map generator is a fucking nightmare.

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Was hoping for today, but whatever.

>>167585861
they are the only ones who could be torn away from the eldrich orgies

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Any word on how long it'll be til PBD is made compatible with the update?

>Abomination Crit Heals with Absolution 2 times in a Row

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Jester
MAA
HM
BH

Is this a good lineup for Vuulf? I figured I'd nuke him using the HM and Jester's (PBD) marks while buffing and guarding with the MAA. I'll solo as long as the HM's initial mark lasts, then refresh it with the Finale (hopefully a crit), totally obliterating the bastard with BH's vs mark AND human bonuses.

It's risky without healing besides the HM's, but I'm hoping the spare food freed up by fasting trinkets will make up for it. It would be too sick if it worked exactly as planned.

>>167568312
someone's being overconfident

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I'm hella scared of the Darkest Dungeon. I've completed the Warrens, killed the Necromancer Lord, killed Vvulf, just need to finish clearing the Ruins, Weald and Cove.

I don't think I'll even attempt it until I've completed everything else.

>>167593601
I want to make the Vestal not a vestal anymore.

>>167568146
>>167572162
That's no beauty mark, that's the kind of mark you see on old smelly Italian men. Placement is everything.

>>167593601
It's easier than Vvulf.

Just watch out for bleed attacks

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RANK COMICS

>Leper
>Crusader
>Anti
>Highwayman
>Occultist
>GR

POWER GAP

>Arby
>Abom

MAA's is lost somewhere in the power gap.

>>167592198
I think you wanna bring a Vestal along. The Vvulf musketeers are going to fuck up your whole party, so her group heal is pretty nifty there.

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>>167594240
So what I'm getting from you is bring a Plague Doctor, cool

>>167594490
The two deadliest things in the DD are bleeds and stress build up.

>>167594490
that, bandages, or a really good vestal

The bleeds hit for 6 damage per turn (for 3 turns) and like half of the enemies have bleed attacks

Plague doctor is really good for stuns though, so i'd still recommend that

>>167594582
>>167594809
Maybe I'll just take my Vvulf slaying team, Vestal-Crusader-Grave Robber-Man at Arms

and bandages

>>167595012
that's alright

It's a good idea to take a party that can shuffle around a bit, as the Shuffling Horror does exactly what his name implies.

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>>167594281
Crusader kind looks like he's pocketed his hands in a duster here.

It looks amazing.

>>167595185
I swear to fucking god, if I have to kill the Shuffling Horror 3 times for DD1/2/3 in the same way I had to kill all the other bosses, I'm gonna be disappointed. For some reason even after being disappointed time and again by the rest of the game's bosses which aren't even fucking reskinned at the very least, I still expected more effort to be put into the Eldritch Abominations.

>>167595372
nah, they're all different and fairly unique

the shuffling horror is sort of a reskinned shambler though

He has a bunch of unique attacks though

DD2 is sort of several mini-bosses (fungus giant/snipcrab/swinetaur/big skeleton tier kind of thing)

The game never properly explains it to you but they have a special attack they can use every turn that does like 50 stress and health damage. The torches you get at the end of DD1 make you immune to this. Because you only get 3, you need to have someone (man at arms or houndmaster or whatever) to protect them

>>167586731
Holy shit did someone actually draw Tempting Winery that was suggested way back?

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>Got the game two weeks ago

>On week 80

>Just realize now the antiquarian can make me massively wealthy while I've been penny-pinching the entire operation

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Samurai class confirmed for Crimson Court.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-38878259

Isn't it weird that cats don't appear anywhere in the game?

>>167598039
>A lawman and his faithful beast. A bond forged by battle and bloodshed

I dont see the problem here if he actually wants to cover the costs of keeping that doggo

>>167598779
The police would have to train a new dog to replace this one, and this particular dog is too young to retire.

Hate to be a dick, but if every K9 could take a dog they like with them, police wouldn't have a dog left.

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I hope you guys submitted your meme team names to Red Hook:
http://www.darkestdungeon.com/radiant-update-community-survey-and-the-swine-skiver/

I submitted PD / Hound / GR / BH as Mystery Inc

>>167599368
Yea, quite a shame actually. Maybe there could be a compromise somewhere in between.

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MUSKETEER

FOR PURCHASE

W H E N ?

Don't say never ever.

>>167588896
Git hype
>>167589520
Nothing I've heard yet

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>>167595346
Never saw this one.
That's brutally sad.

>>167602945
It's not going to happen.

so where the radiant update? wasnt it early this week?

>>167603506
see >>167588896

>>167602945
>cutest girl in the game
>locked behind kickstarter paywall
You will endure this loss, and learn from it.

>>167600061
2 graverobbers+ 2 houndmasters

Cops and Robbers

>>167587416
Everything Hellion says I imagine legion commander(dota2) talking. Almost the same shit.

>>167594490
>>167595012
Hope you give them moves they can use in every position.

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>>167568312

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Don't die ffs

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>>167608517
don't tell me what to do wellington mc skellington

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>>167608517
At least we'll have some new stuff to talk about tomorrow.

>>167608882
I like the idea of the skiver, but I was kinda hoping for some hulking she-beast with rancid milk that buffs the pigs.

>>167558840
>eyes

>>167609035
That sounds cool, but I'm glad they went with this alt route to having all the Champion monsters be single spaced, thinner monsters instead of the gigantic monstrosities introduced in Vet missions.

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>>167609134

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>>167598182
>Here Carter comes upon a gathering of zoogs and finds that they plan to make war on the cats of Ulthar. Not wanting to see his friends harmed, Carter warns the cats, enabling them to launch a surprise attack on the zoogs. After a brief skirmish, the zoogs are defeated. To abate further hostilities, the zoogs agree to a new treaty with the cats of Ulthar.

>>167609281
much better
thx

Fuck the Hag Witch

Should I just bring as many Hound Masters and Helions as I can?

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so the shambler is a random encounter on lvl 3 quests and up?
I just wanted a little bit more loot...

>>167611297
Only on 0 torchlight -- it's that way in amateur dungeons too.

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>>167611492
wtf scene when?
all those times ive couldve wiped...

>>167595346
>>167603269
Er, what happened in that comic? The Crusader can't return to his family because of the blood on his hands or something?

>>167612905
The ways of war have changed him so much that he can't return to a normal life. One of his barks in game has him lament his choice in leaving.

Dazed

>>167611201
She is actually one of the "easier" bosses. Hellion does work wonders. Crits are your friend, which I did with my Hellion.

>>167615074
REELING!!!111!1

>>167615254
ABOUT TO BREAK

>>167611201
I like two Hellions, Hound master and a Plague Doctor for that fight.

>One encounter away from collecting the third quest item on a Champion mission
>Ding dong! Time to collect!
>Miss Rampart
>Failed to run twice before successfully abandoning the mission
My Vestal already got fucked over earlier by spiders before I could make a move, which really fucked over my healing chances.

>>167617306
What was your comp?

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post em

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>>167619187
It's not a ton considering I've been playing since EA, but I think I've managed to do a fair bit.

>>167618259
Bad
MAA / Vestal / Crusader / Leper
I forgot torches too

>>167620030
That's a pretty bad comp to run into the Collector with. Practically no backrow control at all.

>>167620030
who the hey hey has MAA in position 4? even with that trinket that's just asking for trouble

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>I can still see their angry faces as they stormed into the manner
>But I was dead before they found me

So how did he see their faces?

>>167620224
I do it all the time without issue, the problem was that he didn't compensate for it well enough.

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>>167620374
Spoilers

>>167620374
The same way he's able to watch your quests and make comments on them in real-time.

>>167620224
I also had the Quick Draw charm equipped to get off an early Bolster for each encounter. Ideally I would be able to guard on the off-turns, and with a Vestal I should be able to manage health pretty readily. My party was slow as shit otherwise, which ultimately killed off my Vestal in a spider encounter and ruined the whole deal. And again, not having torches also hurt a lot.

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how is this a long dungeon?

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>>167619187
If I owned the game during EA I would be well over 500 hours.

>>167622215
Generous layout.

>>167622215
Take kindness anon. It could have been far worse.

why is this game so comfy?

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>>167622215
Yeah some aren't too bad. I'll wait to see how this is before assuming though.

>>167620374
It's beyond your comprehension little one.

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Any theories on what the new added "features" might be?

>>167626796
I could imagine new quest objectives being considered features maybe.


Can someone just answer me a yes or no question?
Should I bring revelation torches to the 3rd assault in the darkest dungeon?

>>167626796
From what I've gathered.. Radiant mode, new enemies, slight balancing & buying provisions in stacks should be in the patch tomorrow. Additional trinket balancing and NG+ changes are coming later, but still before the DLC. A far as I know this is all they've talked about thus far.

Maybe they're planning on showcasing it all? Not sure what qualifies as a feature.

>>167627203
the dd torch trinkets are only for dd2, from there on out, they are completely useless

>>167627324
thanks anon

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Well I suppose that could have gone worse.

>>167628250
you got it random guy

>>167627249
Forgot Steam Workshop integration. No idea when that's coming.

>>167588292
those trinkets look pretty sweet. What do the do?

>>167600061
damn, I didn't think of that. Pretty good, though I don't think BH is a good stand in for Fred, but I don't think anyone else fits the bill.

so is it worth exploring the darkest dungeon after completing quest to look for trinkets

>>167628864
Were you using your Vestal to stun?
Break down the usual encounter with that party comp. How would you start the fight?

>>167629457
>Sacred Scroll
>stunning

>>167628864
>>167629457
>>167629489
oops my mistake.
for some reason i thought Judgement was the stun.

>>167626796
>>167627249
Who's hype for Vulf Brigands in Level 5 missions?

>>167626796
more QOL stuff I hope. Like to turn off the prompts. It's small but the "Are You Sure" everytime you unequip all trinkets gets grating.

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>Event: One Good Week: idlers get 15 stress off

>"Perhaps things are not as bad as they seem . . . mwhuahahahaha

>>167626796
Another use for crests etc

You saw it here first

>>167630492
I'd like another use for all heirlooms in general.

>>167629457
Fights would start out with finale. I'd intended for my Jester to spam finale+solo, but he ended up doing stress-healing or buffing more often. Crusader and Graverobber would stun and deal damage as needed, and Vestal would exclusively heal. I had some problems early on that put my Crusader on death's door and afflicted him, but I blame that on Jester's finale missing twice during that fight. I was able to rebound from that later by abusing the enemy that doesn't attack to fully heal and stress-heal everyone.

The boss shuffling wasn't so bad since Graverobber and Crusader could hit from any position, and Jester was brought to the front row fairly often for finale.

>>167631386
what moves would your graverobber use? just lunge + stun?

>>167631541
Yeah, the lunge, stun, and pick. She had the blight/bleed cure too, but I only used that once in the dungeon. You could replace her with Bounty Hunter and the party would pretty much stay the same.

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Which dungeon is the scariest thematically? It's definitely the Warrens for me. I hate rotten meat, pigs and tight spaces a fucking ton already and I never knew a game would encapsulate all my fears into a single level.

>>167632241
The cove. Everything about beneath the ocean is disgusting and horrifying and it only gets worse the deeper you go.

Is there any point in stacking +scout chance in the darkest dungeons? It doesn't seem to allow standard scouting...

>>167632903
No, scounting chance doesn't exist in the DD.

>>167632241
Seconding >>167632457 on the Cove. The ocean fucking sucks.

>>167632241
None of them are that scary, Warrens is probably the best though. Weald and Ruins are ruined by RPGs making them overly comfortable explotations zones, coves are a little too exotic, warrens is just fucking filthy with tons of pigs which people have never seemed to like.

>>167632241
>the whole area is coated in pig vomit, pig shit, and sludge
>rusty knives and meat hooks littered around
>human skin just laying there
>giant maggots and bugs everywhere
>get caught and you get eaten alive by pigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6li7kZvMrs

Yeah, gotta go with the warrens too.

>>167632241
Darkest Dungeon >Warrens > Cove >= Weald > Ruins
You really don't even need to explain the Darkest Dungeon. It speaks for itself.
The Warrens doesn't have a single inch that's not covered in putrid flowing flesh, not to mention the filthy manpigs and the likely horrible stench.
Cove is classic Lovecraft, coastal environment full of freakish sea things that vaguely resemble men.
Weald is deep forest with creeping fungal beasts.
Ruins is just spooky skellingtons. Pretty straightforward.

>>167632241
Weald makes my skin crawl. I've always hated fungi ever since I learned there were some that took over the brains of their hosts and made them crawl to more dangerous places so they get eaten by bigger potential hosts. The Weald is literally that.

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>Spare the others. I am ready.

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>>167638980
Whatever awaits, it cannot be worse than what I've endured.

>>167629305
Fred does love his traps

if i beat the last darkest dungeon mission will it kick me into NG+?

>>167640134
No. NG+ actives through a confirmation screen when making a new save.

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>>167600903

Maybe he could still visit the dog once a week/month/whatever while it still works, and get to keep it when it retires.

>>167602945
>>167604016
>>167603315

The devs mentioned in a stream that they'd want the musketeer class to be available to everyone, but she was advertised as backer only, and they want to commit their the promises the kickstarter made, since there have been so many snafus of kickstarters not delivering what they promise after getting funded.

Plus, some of the backers are autists who would raise a stink if musketeer stopped being backer only.

>>167632241

Warrens with no torchlight. The omnipresent squeals give the impression that monsters are unseen, yet very close to you.

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>can't play DD because i feel really bad when i get someone killed
>even if it's a LOLCRIT death on 100 torch

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Fuck it, I'm going to bed. Hopefully the update is beta is available when I wake up.

>>167642196
>can't play DD because I took a break from it after getting to Belly of the Beast and now I'm out of practice
>the only things left to do are level the second half of my roster to six, clear the last two DD missions, or defeat the last three champion bosses

I'm waiting on Radiant Mode to freshen up my skills

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>>167639305
easy girl, when we are called, we must answer

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Glad I brought an MAA to fight against Vvulf.
I'm also glad Vvulf targeted the MAA multiple times in a row. It's a good day when bombs only do 9 damage.

>>167643296
what a coincidence, literally just beat the game for the first time and saw that quote just now. Cool how some characters are cowards and others aren't.

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As soon as I get to level 5 difficulty I have been unable to get past several rooms. I don't fucking understand it.

>>167588292
How'd you get the black crusader? Also, what are those trinkets? They don't fit the artstyle so I assume they're modded?

>>167644149
Bring more torches
Bring better trinkets
Don't fuck around with team comps
Upgrade everyone's shit

>>167644149
Get full upgrades
Don't half ass your team comps, only grade A team comps in champion
Bring only highest quality trinkets, you probably even want to bring some +ACC when you're starting.
And don't be afraid to abandon missions while you get practice. Remind yourself.

Why don't you tell us what comps/trinkets you're using?

I seriously hope you've been buying Sun Cloaks and Sun Rings.

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>>167609281
>>167611071
Another one

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>>167619187

>>167644149
One thing that really helped me is visualizing the order in which your characters are going to attack. Pay attention to your composition's speed before heading out. Think about the enemies you are going to be facing and think about what moves/characters would counter them. Pick an area before you even decide which characters to bring.

>>167644149
>biggest threats when getting into champ dungeons
>cove
Big crabs cause insane bleed damage. Counter bleed!
>Ruins
Big zombie ghoul causes crazy stress damage
>Weald
This one is the toughest. Fungal Giant that one hit kills you. Bring characters that can dmg reduce debuff (occulist, leper)
>warrens
I don't even remember what makes champ warrens hard

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There should be a Vvulf-like event with the Caretaker that would allow you to make him FUCK OFF from your facilities.

Does Vvulf stop appearing if you fend him off once?

Where to find the origin story comics? It doesn't look like the website has them all.

>>167645912
>It doesn't look like the website has them all.

They haven't made comics for all the heroes yet.

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>>167643296
...hm.

>>167645141
>order in which your characters are going to attack
Oh right, one thing that I rarely see people suggest (I think it is because it is so obvious to us veterans we forget) is your QUIRKS

Everything you did in the previous dungeons - saving up money, culling out weak heroes - that was all in service of finding some heroes worth taking into champion. By now you should have some heroes who you've locked in great quirks on.

Some quirks are circumstantially good on heroes (like Hard Skinned on a Man At Arms). Evasive is almost always a good choice but raises up to MUST HAVE on a Houndmaster.

Quickdraw, On Guard, Quick Reflexes, Early Riser are all excellent choices because speed, especially on turn 1, is very important.

Warrior of Light, Natural Swing, Eldritch Hater for damage.

Other circumstantials: A HWM or Leper with Irrepressible is often desirable to cheese Champion Crew. Precise Striker is wonderful for CRT based heroes like GR. Natural Swing is must-have if you want to have a serious late game leper. If you can get a PD with Quickdraw and On Guard, you can never, ever be outsped.

>>167645715
yes, if you complete his fight and get the reward tassel, he is dead for good

>>167646113
I had such a hard time finding the money to spare for quirk management. I think this is because I never used antiquarians. I farmed champ dungeons for awhile before i was able to consistently allot some cash towards quirks

>>167646310
Heh, running out of money. You know, now that Radiant Mode and the DLC will bring in newcomers, I should write a guide for our thread to explain how this game is really played so people stop making this newbie mistakes.

Antiquarian and Town Events made the game a lot easier, but the old tried and true methods still work reliably.

>>167643737
Funny how all the cowardly characters are female.

>>167646418
Have you beaten NG+?

>>167646684
Not yet. My best time is 102 weeks so I need to cut down on the early game farming. I always overfarm, it seems.

If I ever want to beat it, I'm going to have to start making notes for myself or something instead of just winging it week by week.

>>167645541
>champ warrens
>not hard
Seriously, that fucking big pigs that crit you for bleed and heal debuff, also, the shitty small pigs that vomit you all days...
In my opinion, Weald > Warren > Cove >= Ruins. Cove is extremely easy if you bring Plague Doctors.

>>167646004
Yeah but >>167594281 mentioned antiquarian and occultist which I haven't seen.

An anon earlier mentioned sun cloaks and rings being good. Are they worth it? I feel like they were talking about the Darkest Dungeon specifically

>>167647389

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

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

Just replace the occultist/antiquarian/etc in the address with whatever class name to get their comic.

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>>167647090
You just have to take an occultist into the warrens and weald.
Every time.
It's kind of obnoxious.

>>167647505
I didn't get the Occultist comic. Also there is no GR or Hellion yet?

>>167647926

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

Like I said, you just replace the class name in the address. No Hellion comic yet. No Houndmaster. No Jester. No Bounty Hunter. No Plague Doctor.

>>167647484
Yes, Sun Rings are especially good because you generally need some +ACC for champion/darkest difficulty and Sun Ring gets you reliable accuracy and bonus damage at the same time.

Sun Cloaks are a little less clear. They are certainly good items but I would rather go full prot or full dodge instead of a little of each. Dodgers go for Ancestor's Coat + Camouflage Cloak (Protective Collar is fine too). Wilbur's Flag also stands out for situational choices where you know stuns will be a factor.

It's worth mentioning that Sun items are worthless for DD1 because Shuffling Horror turns off the lights as normal. You may desire to use Moon Rings for this dungeon instead.

>>167648020
>http://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-presents-the-grave-robber/

Thx, ofc I spelled Grave Robber one word.

WEW LAD.

Got the return a hero to life event and nabbed my level 5 Vestal.

>>167648120
>return a hero to life event
Wat

>>167648196
It's a town event that happens only one time and only if at least 3 heroes are dead

Spoilers

>>167643737
>>167646435
it'd be nice if the statements were based on various stats, and maybe even a tracker of how many times they've hit deaths' door...
but no
lazy devs.

Would people be terribly upset if I posted a bit of a fanfic I've been working on? It's a series of diary entries from the perspective of a jester. I want feedback.

>>167647090
>>167647909

I found that a vestal in rank 2 is brilliant for the warrens and weald once you've got the profane scroll.

Her dmg debuff may be ~10% less, but a reliable party heal is really nice, and only gets better if you give her the Sacred Scroll too. She can also smack each rank and contribute a little to torch light too

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>>167646435

Except for based Hellion and Musketeer.

>>167648242

Go ahead. Anybody interested a pastebin of the fanfictions people made when dadg first came out? I know at least one of them is plague doctor smutfic

>>167648435
>pd smut
God yes

Okay, cool. I'll post one entry at a time.

>Day One

>And why shouldn’t I title it day one? My life begins anew, here, today! No longer a mere performer and part-time murderer, from now on I shall be a hero! I do wish the circus had given me a better name when they found me-“Giggles” is a really terrible name for a legend. This weather is not exactly auspicious either. Being covered in this much mud without a single nubile wench to share it with ought to be illegal. I’m to start immediately, according to the master. We’re to poke our heads into some old network of tunnels and bring back a map. Our party is being led by Dismas. He’s one of the most senior fellows in the hamlet, apparently-escorted the master here himself!

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>>167648492

http://pastebin.com/CcNahBZW

>>167648596

Pastebin links tend to be preferred, especially if it's going to take multiple posts (that way people who aren't interested can skip over it.)

>>167596267
>>167587371
if its a guy who makes wine which with to tempt people)

wouldnt that be a tempting vinter instead?

>>167648720
oh, fair enough.
http://pastebin.com/CQ4FaduS
Feedback would be super appreciated.

I hope everyone here told the developers in the survey that the chance to lose trinkets in the tavern makes those activities really annoying, since you have to specifically equip your heroes with useless shit.

Makes me want to just avoid gambling entirely.

>>167648120
I wish this even were more useful for me, but I have so many dead heroes that I never get the ones I want.

>>167648720
>>167648819
Right on m8s. I love some good fanfiction.

>>167648854
Stop sucking.

>>167648225
The easiest way would be to give them different quotes based on whether they're virtuous, afflicted, or normal.

>>167648435
>updated Musketeer mod never ever

>>167648921
It's my original profile from back in EA. I have a lot of deaths from back when I was learning.

>>167648067
Champion dungeons too? Do monsters get a major dodge boost or something? The highest I've been so far is only a veteran dungeon

>first cove run in pbd
>snibbidy in the apprentice dungeon

Oh boy

>>167649008
and we didn't even get that...

How good/bad of an idea is it to send an Antiquarian into DD2 instead of a MaA? The idea would be to either spam protect me every turn, or alternate between protect me and invigorating vapors/nervous stab. Has someone tried it before?

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>>167649310
forgot the screenie

>>167649408
pretty bad. you want to actually kill shit there and the templars gonna dodge 50% of your riposte anyway.

>>167649408
I'd rather use HM instead of MAA because he's an evasion tank, but that's just me.

I've theorized about AQ in DD2 but never seen anyone do it. it's the toughest mission outside of Wolves at the Door, though.

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Alright I'm about to descend into the DD for the first time.

Who do I take with me?

>>167648720
>Start PD fic
>They keep referring to her by her job

Okay I know that for some people it might take value out to just pick a random hero name but it seems too weird to me to talk about someone intimately and use their job title.

>Plague Doctor's breasts were small and flat, but not absent.

Am I crazy for thinking it would be better with just any name? Or hell, use Badu since that's the default PD name.

>>167651118
Vestal, Doggo man, Highwayman and Bounty Hunter.

>>167651118
>All that equipment below level 5
Take whoever you won't miss.

>>167651256
I thought the PD's default name was Paracelsus?

>>167651118
Bring a shuffle party
>don't have enough movers for a shuffle party
Oh

Bring an occultist--
>don't have one
Oh

Well at least bring people who are fully upgr--
>Don't have them
Fuck just stay out of DD1 until later, are you in NG+ fighting the clock?

>>167651365
Nah, but that is on the pregen name list

>>167648221

i've had three heroes come back to life for me. It's not an even that occurs only one.

Vestal says she won't serve with this creature, but deep down she wants to absolve that tortured bishie.

>>167651118
What >>167651298 said or sub out either the Highwayman/Bounty Hunter with your Crusader who isn't Reynauld if you can afford to upgrade him all the way and grab Holy Lance. Really though going in DD1 for the first time now seems a bit risky.

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>>167651540
>bishie

Is doing a long champion dungeon worth it for ancestors pen? Currently can't even afford tier 3 gear, so I'm not very confident. At least it's just the ruins.

>>167651978
No you'll just end up dying. The pen is good, but it's not worth a party wipe.

>>167651978
>can't even afford tier 3 gear
no

>>167651978
I'm assuming your heroes are at level 5 and you just don't have the money/heirlooms for the equipment upgrades? Either way it's not going to net you anything but fatalities.

>>167651118
Send in a low level test party and scope things out. They likely won't make it past the second or third encounter, but you'll get an idea of what you're up against.
>>167651978
>At least it's just the ruins
Overconfidence is a quick, effective and vicious killer.

Kind of a pity they didn't need to raise a round of funding for Crimson Court because I'd love to make a Backer Antiquarian

So have they announced the Cove and Ruins new enemies yet? I know about the other two

>>167649471
[ANGRY PINCHING NOISES]

>>167652224
>>167652131
>>167652097
>>167652074
I've done medium and short champion dungeons already though. And I've got a pair of lepers with great anti skellington quirks.

Why do the building upgrades have to be so incredibly fucking expensive though? And why is the stack limit in your inventory for the heirlooms so shite? 3 fucking portraits doesn't buy anything.

>>167652859
Trade crests if you prefer to take that route

Anyway, leveling up your town is the main part of the game. Getting a party to level six is cheap by comparison. Repairing the estate is your long war. Prioritize heirlooms.

Do we not have any write-faggotry? If it was possible to mod in journal entries it would be neat to put them in.

>>167652462

Cove enemy is a ghost pirate sitting on a barrel of rum. It plays a fiddle.

Ruins enemy is an armored skeleton bearing a flag like the crusader does. It can revive corpses. You can find more info about them and their animations on the darkest dungeon website.

>>167652462
Yeah they've all been announced. You can find them on their website.

>>167653043

>>167648720
>>167648819

Don't know how to mod in new journal entries, but I can't imagine that it's too hard.

>>167653043
Check these out.
>>167648819
>>167648720

>>167652859
Well if you think you can manage the damage and stress increases with the length of a long dungeon then go ahead and grab the Pen. It's one of the more solid Ancestor's trinkets.

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Wow for the longest time I didn't know there was a general for DD. Good stuff, can't wait to play along with you folk.

>>167655645
Y-you too. Looking forward to playing the beta with everyone here tomorrow and seeing what people think.

Is there any chance that downloading the beta is going to fuck up my save files?

Holy fuck, why even bother bringing food to the warrens? I threw away about 36 food in my last medium dungeon.

>>167657675
because the one run when you don't take any food, you'll run into two hunger tiles in the first corridor

>>167656714
no, it didn't during Early Access, why would it now? Either way the game has backups. Also, you'll need a new save anyway to start Radiant Mode.

>>167655981
oh shit it's tomorrow? Like surely 24 hours from now?

>>167657802
why does everything have to be random in this game?

>>167657976

https://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/135508284745732314/

>We are doing a final pass internally today. If that goes well we should have a the public beta starting tomorrow (Tuesday 2/7).

Hopefully all goes well.

>>167652530
>PD starts at pos 3
>fucking crab keeps slamming my frontline back makeing both them and her useless

Pinch you fucker PINCH.

>>167657675
>full inventory
>throw away gained foot from curio
>the next fucking step is a hunger check

Like clokwork

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>>167644673
I haven't gotten a single sun ring since I lost one to the fucking lmao crit fish crew in the cove due to overconfidence


kill me

>>167651606
get this hot head outta here

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>off to fight the hag witch
>accidentally triangle my campfire wood on the very first curio

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>want to play the game
>radiant update in hours time, making ti pointless till then

True suffering

>>167666462
how did you manage to do that?

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>>167666494
just roll some d20's, and smack your head on a desk every time you roll below 15
Same experiance

>>167666494
start a new campaign and speedrun it with lunge spamming

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>>167666575
>interact with curio
>first option in inventory is the campfire wood
>mash triangle for no good reason before even selecting the correct item
>campfire wood gone
>feel like an idiot
>try to fight hag witch anyway
>dodge plan fails horribly
>hellion dies on the first death door trigger
>run away

so has there been any news besides that one thing from PC gamer?

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>>167667184
for the crimson court, I mean. or anything really

>>167667285
U P D A T E

T
O
D
A
Y

Where you been, man?

>>167667631
the court? it's today? are you for real?

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>>167667751
no

dummy

Radiant update is released through beta today.

>>167667854
that bone banner boner guy looks pretty cool

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>>167667946
He's the coolest, but I'm curious as to what this devilish fiddler and the virago will do.

I'm too scared of the new javelin piggy's inevitable marked crits to go into the Warrens now though.

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>>167668138
would you mind spoonfeeding me, where are you finding this stuff?
also forgot my shovels, doing drowned crew medium

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>>167668234
http://www.darkestdungeon.com/

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>>167668338
I apologise for being stupid

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as if the weald wasn't hard enough, this thing looks terrifying

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>>167668519
>mark with doggo and BH in party
>ded

I just wonder how PBD's gonna do corpses in the Ruins now.

>>167668519
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U86c2Zf5og

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>first veteran run
>forget shovels
>13 rooms to go

Something tells me I'm going to end up abandoning this one lads

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>>167668386
It's alright anon.

Why is the site's design so bad by the way? The posts only go back three updates, and there are no pages to continue reading.

>>167668734
you can do it anon
why is your houndmaster in the back and the vestal on 2?

>>167668675
are the stats out too? they're not on the wiki

>>167668734
>doggo with self heal not in pos 3 where there the swine brutes can reach

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>>167668845
I was about to ask how do I go back pages
when I googled radiant update that page wasn't even there lol
so still nothing about the court?

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>>167669005
nop

All we know about is the Fanatic.

>>167668859
HM's in the back for the stress heals, vestal's on two since blinding gas is too good to pass up

>>167668939
Good call, I was being too greedy with the bleeds on the PD

>>167669387
Oh, it's actually a good idea to run a bleed PD. You can just keep her there and guard -- she's got breddy gud bleed resist anyway.

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>fighting sunken crew
>position 1 bounty hunter hits 100 stress and becomes focused

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>>167669563
It was the stress that was really getting to her, she kept getting crit

But now she will cleanse this accursed land

>>167669648
>that sweet irony when heroes focused by stress damage get this and immediately crit backline

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Is gunslinger highwayman viable? I've just found the gunslinger belt and im messing around with Point blank/scatter shot but its hard to justify using him over a graverobber with damage trinks on harder dungeons.