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Its official! I am terrible at this game. I just failed 5 tries at the first boss at level 40!
Ohh well back to grinding, at least I am having a good time.
Ohh well back to grinding, at least I am having a good time.
While yes it is cheating, but while using a Barbarian, turn on flight through house rules and swing your Ax once. You literally turn into a flying killing machine. Nice way to rack up coins and quite enjoyable.
Yeah same, gonna take a bit to get used to but their mobility is fantastic.
I just tried it at level 30 something and was like LOL wut. I think I had taken 5-10% of his life off after a minute or so of "fighting" and getting my ass handed to me! I guess I need some more levels/skills :)
I can get him down to about 50% health, then he changes patteren and my health is all worn thin.
I am gonna come back at level 50 something.
I finished Poison Lake before I found the Sun Lantern. That area was a nightmare and took me hours to finally get through it. Much easier with the lantern ... sigh.
EVERY time I have a class and some upgrades I feel really happy with and finally feel like I have a grasp of things, I like instantly lose that character in some insane dumb way. So frustrating.
Just to make sure, don't forget you can lock the tower. There's a teleport right near the boss so you don't need to climb up every single time, just imagining that is hell honestly lol
There's a class that trivializes that boss Bard
Its 60 fps with an option to turn it higher.
In other news: I just got the fist boss down at level 54, yay!
The perk where your character is tiny is OP on this boss. All the blue bullets go over characters head and I'd you get spacing the ones from bottom also won't hit you either. Then only thing is dodging other attacks
Sorry I read your post wrong. I read it as Series X, my bad.
Oh shit, I didn't know this was out of Early Access now!
I already bought it way back when so time to start playing I guess!
I already bought it way back when so time to start playing I guess!
Im at the Phirion Lake Boss. Fucker has so much HP I dont know what to do but mindlessly grind gold runs. Kinda ruined the pacing. Might dabble the in house rule settings.
I've only waited until I had really good loadouts before attempting a boss, but I've beaten the first two first try so far thanks to RNG. (Though I beat the first boss with like 1 HP left.) A far cry from the first game where I don't think I beat a single boss. Though I know it's only going to get harder from here.
Defeated the first boss yesterday after a couple of tries. With the spoon no less.
Amazing game. Gonna chip at it slowly throughout the year.
Amazing game. Gonna chip at it slowly throughout the year.
I used the chef as well with a poison spell. Damage over time was really usefull.
Now I am thinking of grinding up to level 100 and then finding the boss in the second area.
While I don't care for some of the classes, it is really impressive how different they play. I'm around level 100 and have killed 2 bosses and have the double jump heirloom. Scars I can't do anything with at all so hoping the handicaps build up to take care of my personal deficiencies.
I haven't played 2 yet, in fact I only just beat the first Rogue Legacy today for the very first time.
Quick question... is the music in 2 as wonderful as the first game? It was genuinely one aspect I wasn't prepared for in terms of how utterly amazing that OST is:
Quick question... is the music in 2 as wonderful as the first game? It was genuinely one aspect I wasn't prepared for in terms of how utterly amazing that OST is:
Oh man I didn't realize how important the double jump tune is for barbarian. Even more spin time baby.
I struggled a ton, but eventually won with cook. Leveling helps, sure, but also there is a ton of up time and every move except their bullet hell fire spam is easy to dodge. Just remember to spam your magic for easy damage and not be capped off at all, ever, as that is throwing away a ton of dps. There is no global cool down and rarely a significant animation so there is no opportunity cost to throwing off magic. That's way different than most games.
There is like 90% uptime for melee damage once you know the fight.
How I beat him was really understanding his patterns. Once I got his patterns down, I focused solely on my character on screen and not his. I could see the his colors change and move set in my peripheral but I didn't fully look at him at all. It's not like Elden Ring or the fight right before the last boss where you have to constantly keep your eyes on them.
Even when I had his patterns down, he was still kicking my ass because I would hesitate before committing to a button press. I removed that hesitation by not looking directly at him. I dashed in and out when attacking mostly keeping my distance if I could.
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I just beat it at. 25~ hours. It was a fun game, but I have no desire to engage with the NG+ mode. The reviews were crazy inflated. It's a good game, but no where near the quality of Salt & Sanctuary, Dead Cells, Isaac, or Hades.
The game is wide but not deep. It's cool that there so many classes, but there's not a lot of depth in how they play, except the bard. Some of the systems in the game are clearly not designed to be useful until NG+ like the into equipment system, which was practically useless compared to runes. Also for all the shit they crammed in the game there's surprisingly few relics (the randomized items you find that give you abilities on runs-- the heart of most roguelites). I think there were maybe 15 or something and half of them were terrible.
I imagine this game will age much like RL1 for me. A game I had fun with at the time and the promptly forgot so thoroughly I actually couldn't remember how it played or any of the enemies/bosses by the time the sequel came out.
PS. If anyone is struggling with the game, Duelist is by far the best class to the point that it isn't even close. At least before all NG+ shenanigans kick in.
The game is wide but not deep. It's cool that there so many classes, but there's not a lot of depth in how they play, except the bard. Some of the systems in the game are clearly not designed to be useful until NG+ like the into equipment system, which was practically useless compared to runes. Also for all the shit they crammed in the game there's surprisingly few relics (the randomized items you find that give you abilities on runs-- the heart of most roguelites). I think there were maybe 15 or something and half of them were terrible.
I imagine this game will age much like RL1 for me. A game I had fun with at the time and the promptly forgot so thoroughly I actually couldn't remember how it played or any of the enemies/bosses by the time the sequel came out.
PS. If anyone is struggling with the game, Duelist is by far the best class to the point that it isn't even close. At least before all NG+ shenanigans kick in.
Had an insane run yesterday.
I was playing Barbarian, I don't really like the class but it was the only one with some extra gold traits. It was a pretty boring game until I found the icarus wings relic pretty early in the game...people that played a bit can see where this is going...
The barbarian jump attack spins his axe until he hits the floor, with the wings relic I could fly and keep spinning non stop...it was insane!
The relic makes you take like 70% more damage but that wouldn't be a problem except that I had a trait where every killed enemy dropped a bomb above their head where I usually would be so I had to dodge every single enemy I killed lol
To make things even more insane I found that relic that increases your attacking power 100% but gives you a 2 second cooldown between attacks...not that it mattered to me because I never stopped spinning lmao
I still didn't kill all the bosses but I managed to beat the fourth one and raked more than 75K gold and a few thousand iron and blood as well
This game is crazy
I was playing Barbarian, I don't really like the class but it was the only one with some extra gold traits. It was a pretty boring game until I found the icarus wings relic pretty early in the game...people that played a bit can see where this is going...
The barbarian jump attack spins his axe until he hits the floor, with the wings relic I could fly and keep spinning non stop...it was insane!
The relic makes you take like 70% more damage but that wouldn't be a problem except that I had a trait where every killed enemy dropped a bomb above their head where I usually would be so I had to dodge every single enemy I killed lol
To make things even more insane I found that relic that increases your attacking power 100% but gives you a 2 second cooldown between attacks...not that it mattered to me because I never stopped spinning lmao
I still didn't kill all the bosses but I managed to beat the fourth one and raked more than 75K gold and a few thousand iron and blood as well
This game is crazy
I just don't click with the barbarian. The air attack is so weak and so many enemies are out of range of a strong standing attack. And the massive delay after attacking feels terrible. I know you're supposed to dash-cancel everything, I just can't get used to it.
And the shout talent! It's useful, but I *hate* how it stays on cooldown until you take a hit.
And the shout talent! It's useful, but I *hate* how it stays on cooldown until you take a hit.
It's ok. Not as memorable OST (or intro sequence) as the first game in my opinion. Besides that, the sequel feels better in every way.
There is potential in the Barbarian, when getting relics that premieres crit hits. Not among my favourite classes either though.
I got a little stuck in the fifth area, so I'm taking a short break. I did get around to playing with the assassin, and that was surprisingly good in the Lamech challenge room.
And in case anyone on the fence is reading, the 20% launch discount runs out in about 8 hours (or Steam "Standard Update Time" -1).
And in case anyone on the fence is reading, the 20% launch discount runs out in about 8 hours (or Steam "Standard Update Time" -1).
I can't stop playing this game... I'm 5 bosses deep at this point and I think my Steam clock is up over 30 hours. I still think I prefer the overall feel of Dead Cells, but they do a ton right here. I like the harder hitting classes, Barbarian and Boxer are probably my most played so far.
Wow, I hadn't considered the 100% bonus power relic in the context of that Barbarian technique. That would be devastating!
I don't agree with some of your post, as in I personally find RL2 one of the most engaging roguelites on console, but this part is legit.
I was struggling with a boss for some time until I had a fairly standard Duelist roll and then just annihilated it while taking hardly any damage. It's a very well balanced class, though perhaps not the most fun.
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I found the same with Dragon Lancer. Each charged attack is a crit and you just end up with constantly resupplying health. Falls apart a bit on bosses though.
After you play the Duelist suddenly a handful of the offensive classes in the game no longer make sense. Like the Ronin, another high physical damage archetype. Duelist outdamages the Ronin, but also has twice the health pool, and a much much better talent. Why does Ronin exist?
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One thing that I noticed that's different from Rogue 1 (due to more variety) is that some classes and builds are fantastic at mobs but terrible for bosses and vice versa.
I think they want you to explore with certain builds, then use the architect to finish off bosses with another build. Would explain why the bosses are much harder than in Rogue 1.
Finished NG+5 and the repetition is starting to get to me a bit. After reading the last few pages, I agree, jobs are not made equal. I end up always playing Knight, Valkyrie, Barbarian and Duelist… The last being by far the best one. Duelist with double boxing bells is madness! Past new game + 1 I barely played the other classes since they're just outclassed.
The burdens to make zones and bosses harder sure do just that. They made the effort to change some big things here and there but in the end, I kinda wish there were alternate versions of each zones or something to make it a little more different from run to run.
For now I think I'm done but I still loved it very much. I might push to NG+ 10 and beyond and some point but for now I need a break :)
The burdens to make zones and bosses harder sure do just that. They made the effort to change some big things here and there but in the end, I kinda wish there were alternate versions of each zones or something to make it a little more different from run to run.
For now I think I'm done but I still loved it very much. I might push to NG+ 10 and beyond and some point but for now I need a break :)
Defeated the final boss last night. With the boxer class of all things, damage was through the floor compared to the other classes but the ability to evade attacks by just walking through the boss gave them the edge (plus I managed to luck out and get a descendant that had the 'you have double health but can't heal' trait, perfect for boss fights). It's a positive sign to the game as a whole that I almost (barbarian tackled two of them) used a new class for each of the bosses and certainly had to rethink my strategy each time. Now onto new game plus.