My sleep had already been ruined by night shift a couple for nights prior. Was partly why I was up late anyway but then the game had me wanting to do more and more!

It's very good.

Well there goes most of my day. Almost made my first run with what seemed like some shit picks with the shield (don't do double Doom ya dummy) but got snipped with only a tiny bit of the final bosses health left.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Well there goes most of my day. Almost made my first run with what seemed like some shit picks with the shield (don't do double Doom ya dummy) but got snipped with only a tiny bit of the final bosses health left.

Is it a spoiler to say the final boss has two health bars?

Because it does. I always hate that shit. It’s awful awful design.

the two easiest Pacts are the timer, and “one instance of damage is negated”. The shop one is pretty punishing.

I’ve never bought the item at the end of the run cos you get them through pacts anyway, feels like a waste of money that could be spent making sure I get through the fights that guarantee blood and diamonds .Shops give you an extra chance at a boon the vast majority of the time, so I feel it’d figure into your strategy better than avoiding them. I generally prioritise gold over health because shops often = health, and so does the Thanatos fight, plus I have the upgrade that makes darkness pickups give you +5 health, which tends to help out a lot.

I guess the shop might be fine for the lowest heat, but I still the thing damage negation and timer are the two auto picks, followed by Middle Management and a few Extreme Measures ranks. Things might change now that I am in the double digits of heat for most weapons.

I think if you’re still fishing for upgrades come Styx you’re probably in a bad place with your build, is my experience really.

Park synergies work in fun ways that mean you’re often always looking for that one boon that slots in like the long tetris piece: getting rupture or jolted for so you can trigger privilege status is one, support fire and pressure points from Artemis are another, same with stacking doom.

It can be really nice to get some extra damage, but if you aren’t at least ticking the boxes that make you do big damage you’re probably gonna struggle in the big styx chambers, and then against the last boss. Poms are ok but they are diminishing returns all the time you use them, unless you have. Aphrodite’s empowered pom perk.

I think I'm 60-80 hours in now and I'm still loving things that this game gives you. Still working through the story post credits, just managed to unlock a whole new type of item, just managed a couple of heat 5 runs and seen the REDACTED for the first time. I love how the game is still throwing new prophecies at me sometimes and I still have so many gifts to give out to each of the characters. Still not got the last version of the bow either!

Also, temps I just had a demeter fists run last night, 3 additional special hits when charged and got the demeter heroic boon for special attack so each hit was at over +200% damage by the end of the run. 

I've been digging Ares boons lately, had some fun with getting very silly blade discs doing all kinds of crazy crap.

My thesis on Poms:

I will often go for a pom over a boon if I'm early in a run and I have an epic or better boon on attack or special (whichever is better for the current weapon) as the jump in damage from level 1-4ish on those boons at that rarity can be quite significant.

By the end of the game, I usually only take a pom if there's no other reward on offer in a room, or if I have money left over in Styx as by the end of the game I'm usually trying to sniff out those duos or legendary boons from gods by removing their other choices from the boon pool already.

If you're screenshotting on PC, ALT+Print Screen focuses it to the current active window, top ip!

I think i'll edit the pauses out of my 14minute run and upload it like you asked, later today.

I just paste into paint and crop when I screenshot

Also, why do I not have most of you buggers as friends on Steam?

I have it on epic and switch.

I got to 3rd area yesterday, yaaaaay!

My mirror set up is as follows, and I think it's generally how most people who I chat to like ot have theirs set up too:

Shadow Presence
Cthonic Vitality
Death Defiance
Greater Reflex
Boiling Blood
Infernal Soul
Deep Pockets
Thick Skin
Privileged Status
Dark Foresight
Gods' Legacy
Fated Persuasion

If you have all the Keepsakes, you don't really need to worry about Nectar. It takes one Nectar per character to get their keepsake. If you want to focus on anyone with Nectar after, it's Meg.

The trinket thingies you get, can’t remember their name!

They’re good!