JonB wrote:

I tend to prioritise ditching strikes and defends at shops now. Unless there's something really worth having. It's a weird adjustment to make from most other types of game, where there's no penalty for hoarding. Refusing a reward seems so counterintuitive, but it's sometimes key to success.

Qfpt

For those wanting to see how less cards is good, take the option to remove 2 cards right at the start a couple of times. And notice how often your good 2 energy card appears in early fights.

I've had it for two years!

Kow wrote:

Seriously, how can anyone find the time to put literally thousands of hours into a game?

Dual screen WFH.

It's still a nuts amount of time.

It's digital crack I tells ye.
Also, brain training so no guilt here.

You're going to say it's clicked after 100 hours. You're wrong.

To get to even a thousand hours you'd have to put in ten hours a week, every week for two years straight. That's crazy.

Kow wrote:

To get to even a thousand hours you'd have to put in ten hours a week, every week for two years straight. That's crazy.

I play with the boy and we both love it so it's 'quality time'. According to my Steam stats that makes me the best parent ever. Also, it really did make him faster at adding up stuff in his head. The Watcher was basically a big maths lesson.

Forgot to mention, I also began a taking a Ritalin prescription a few months ago, around the time my work hours got cut to just one day per week. This has definitely been a big factor in excessive play

Probably been posted before but what the hey:

Picked this up again after a break. Haven’t really played with Watcher much. 

Question: is Judgement basically a heavy hitting card for just 1 energy cost?! I upgraded it and seems I can just kill anyone under 40hp?!

At first, I didn’t understand what Mark did and thought it was shit. Would be good if I had more than 1 pressure points card?

Edit; deleted something I now understand.

Gremill wrote:

I've 'only' put about 300hrs into this on the Switch and I'm beginning to think I might have a problem. It's just too easy to pick up between meetings whilst working at home, or when the other half is watching shite telly.

I start the mornings booting the PC up with the intention of starting work and then play StS instead for the first hour. I'm doing quite intense problems right now so I alternate between doing work and gaming and it works out well. If the work side is going well I concentrate on that and if the StS is going well I do that instead. More often than not it's 40 mins on one and the same time the other and StS suits this perfectly.

hylian_elf wrote:

Picked this up again after a break. Haven’t really played with Watcher much.  Question: is Judgement basically a heavy hitting card for just 1 energy cost?! I upgraded it and seems I can just kill anyone under 40hp?! At first, I didn’t understand what Mark did and thought it was shit. Would be good if I had more than 1 pressure points card? Edit; deleted something I now understand.

Judgement is awesome. It's basically a counter to some really annoying enemies throughout the game.

1. First area: dudes who entangle you. You can still use judgement because it's a skill (see also marks).

2. Shieldy blob in second area. Just kills him. Dead. Shields be damned. 

3. Handy vs elites and those spike fucks in the third too. 

There's other spots where it works as well. 

I'm not sure what the jorbs of the world say about Marks, but I've found they can be fun, and effective for early runs, but I don't know that they stack enough damage for high ac runs.

Well, followed the advice about getting rid of strikes and defends and it worked first time, straight into asc2 with the silent. So cheers.