Moot_Geeza wrote:

I've got a few level 3 characters and I'm sure they'll still enter green dungeons.  In fact I'm sure of it as I've only plucked up the courage for greens so far.

That's because you're playing on Radiant

Lighting torches helps againat stress. I onl realised after playing for awhile, that i was lighting torches to 25% brightness only. Doh.

I've got a handful of level 5 characters, a couple of 4's, a few journeymen and a couple of noobs.  It's been getting easier, I've been settling into things a bit, but my 5's won't go on green quests now so it's definitely the calm before the storm.  I've surprised myself a bit, must've played for over 10hrs at this stage, which I didn't think I'd manage.  There are so many games out that I want to play I've got a real problem sinking time into stuff like this - and roguelikes in general, they're becoming more irritating of late as I lot of games I like the look of are doing it - but this one really deserves the dedication.  I wouldn't say it rewards it, because it's so mean, but it's an excellent game.

Innit, I knew my fellow dungeoneers would empathise.

You have to go into his profile and select it. If he already has 4 abilities equipped you need to deselect one of those first.

I found that you can either get a high or low heal occultist through trial and error. i have one who 9/10 heals for multiple points and another will half the time heal for 0 points.

Sulking with this at the mo.  Got it on pause, with my party at 3/4 health apiece, facing the swine prince on a lv.3 stage.  I know I'm about to get merked, and I can't face it.  Level 2 Occultist in the back row, level 3 jester next, then a level 5 crusader and a level 5 man at arms in the front two.  The only character that can reach the little piggie from their current position is the occultist.  Not sure how to approach it so I stuck it in sleep mode.  I don't want to lose the crusader, he's one of my original guys.  Suuulk.

The biggie takes some killin' though.  I hit him twice with the big hitters and it didn't look promising in terms of damage.  Will try at lunch.

I've adopted a loose front two for the front two, back two for the back two rule.  Will rearrange some abilities and break it on the next run.

there is another way to deal with troublesome bosses. you need a crimson cursed team and when they are in bloodlust you double juice them. that increases their hit points by 50%, devastating amounts of damage.

Good thing about a crimson curse boss run is that the crimson curse hunter cant appear. he's a fecker you dont wanna face.

Dinostar77 wrote:

Spoiler:

the brigadier cannon boss, the man who lights the cannon has to be killed asap and is in the back two rows.

Managed to beat that one already, clocked that tactic, wasn't too messy in the end.  Unlike today's, which was nearly a disaster.

I've never played with either, game's massive enough as it is

Yossarian wrote:

I have bought this on my iPad, but upon starting it up have spotted DLC and have been wondering about those.

From what I can tell, the Crimson Court is probably better left until I’m a bit more experienced, but the shield breaker looks like it might be worth grabbing right off the bat.

Any thoughts?

Yoss, you can install the dlc, and get the shieldbreaker without kicking off the crimson curse storyline. Just dont visit the courtyard location. The curse makes the game tougher.

This game is rarely nice to the player, but the odd occasion where your party can enter any dungeon regardless of character level is welcome.  I just bashed up the siren with a party of 6 and 5's.  Gradually ticking stuff off now, got two groups I like on rotate, with an extra couple of fill in characters for when the de-stress facilities are occupied.

I think I'm ready to give up.  It's been a good run, and believe it or not I'm pretty proud of myself for sticking with something so far out of my comfort zone for over a month of regular playing, but the jump from lv.3 to lv.5 stages is crushing.  I've got two full teams of level 6 characters on rotate, but I'm doing nothing but fail at the mo, with no further scope for stat boosts (I assume?).  The vastly increased frequency of enemy dodging is doing my head in, for want of a better phrase, and the pack shuffling surprise penalty is crippling at this level.   Yesterday morning I had two trains cancelled and a DLR journey that took three times longer than it should have, so I put well over an hour in and got almost nowhere (I did manage to fell the shrieker though, but I'm not sure how, he dodged 90% of all attacks then suddenly died).    

I've completed 15 of 30 quest goals and bagged 7 roster achievements.  Great game, but it's become too brutal for me.