Dead Cells |OT| Cascellvania

KDR_11k · Aug 24, 2018

JohnOfMars said:
Drops off of these dudes. Pretty common blueprint drop at 1.7% per the wiki.

edit: the rarest drops are Spiteful Sword, Bow & Endless Quiver and Bloodthirsty Shield all at 0.03%.

Amzingly, I already have Bloodthirsty Shield.

1.7% may sound like a high rate but these guys only appear in one biome and in fairly small numbers, you fight maybe 5 of them in a run.

arts&crafts · Aug 24, 2018

I am so bad at this game. I have like 10 hours since I reinstalled at 1.0 and have only played and beaten 1 boss.

Honome · Aug 24, 2018

arts&crafts said:
I am so bad at this game. I have like 10 hours since I reinstalled at 1.0 and have only played and beaten 1 boss.

Try making a tactical build with torrents and ice bow or freezing spell, that is the easiest way to go far on levels at the beginning. You can basically put the torrents and stay in a safe place, and if some enemy gets too close you freeze it with the bow or spell.

AHappyPanda · Aug 24, 2018

Gonna try to run through the Ancient Sewers for a second time and get the Spider Rune.

First time did uhh...not go well.

Fuck those mushroom guys.

New Fang · Aug 24, 2018

Feenix said:
Any word from Motion Twin on that first initial patch for Switch? They sounded like they had one just about ready to go a week or so ago (not the big "November" one)

About a week ago they said it might be a few weeks. So I guess it could arrive next week or the one after that?

arts&crafts · Aug 24, 2018

Honome said:
Try making a tactical build with torrents and ice bow or freezing spell, that is the easiest way to go far on levels at the beginning. You can basically put the torrents and stay in a safe place, and if some enemy gets too close you freeze it with the bow or spell.

Maybe I will try the safe approach instead of the highest dps sword approach.

Deleted member 15428 · Aug 24, 2018

I've finally beaten Conjunctivius, although I've heard the next area (Slumbering Sanctuary) was very hard :(

Edit: Area cleared on my first try. Wasn't that hard!

Honome · Aug 24, 2018

arts&crafts said:
Maybe I will try the safe approach instead of the highest dps sword approach.

You can make a safe brutality build if you have a ice bow that pass through enemies, that way you can freeze them from far away and kill them with the sword. With a brutality build is also better to use grenades that have damage reduction like the freeze grenade.

arts&crafts · Aug 24, 2018

Honome said:
You can make a safe brutality build if you have a ice bow that pass through enemies, that way you can freeze them from far away and kill them with the sword. With a brutality build is also better to use grenades that have damage reduction like the freeze grenade.

Thanks for the tip, I will give it some more goes tonight.

Tony · Aug 24, 2018

Has anyone gotten their signature edition yet? I got an "A shipment is on the way" email a week ago but following the link in there it still says they're getting it ready. I see on the website that they've sold out of wave one, but I'm assuming they would have told me if my order was delayed, right? I ordered on the 5th of August, shipping to US.

Leynos · Aug 24, 2018

I got my physical copy, and am really liking Dead Cells. There are more mechanics here than I expected, and am glad for it. I also picked up Hollow Knight, and am not feeling it as it feels so, ahem, empty, and dreary.

Anyways, is there any reason that I should use the analog stick instead of what passes for a D-pad on the Switch? I noticed that there is analog movement, but have not seen any reason why I'd walk instead of run.

Berserking-Guts · Aug 24, 2018

Quick question: on a 1 cell run, is there any strategic value to not refilling my health flask? like, will I be able to refill on the next level instead?

stan_marsh · Aug 24, 2018

This game is stupid addicting.

30 hours put in and haven't even beat the game once.

What a beautiful slow burn this game will be. Hop in and play anytime.

JohnOfMars · Aug 24, 2018

stan_marsh said:
This game is stupid addicting.

30 hours put in and haven't even beat the game once.

What a beautiful slow burn this game will be. Hop in and play anytime.

Same. 30 hours and addicted.

This is the perfect switch game.

Speely · Aug 24, 2018

Cheesed a run with traps, heavy turret, endless bow that pierced enemies, and a legendary shield. Tactics high, obv. Clocktower and Palace were easy-peasy since I had an invisibility pendant as well.

Got lots of blueprints, but died while the HotK had like 10% health left. :/ Sometimes cheese during a run isn't the best endgame plan. I need to plan ahead better and keep my eye on the prize.

SpartyCrunch · Aug 24, 2018

For those of you who like to play with shields, how do you normally like to use them?

Do you just use them because of their passive damage reduction? Or do you actively make sure to parry frequently too?

RedMercury · Aug 24, 2018

edit: nvm

Speely · Aug 24, 2018

SpartyCrunch said:
For those of you who like to play with shields, how do you normally like to use them?

Do you just use them because of their passive damage reduction? Or do you actively make sure to parry frequently too?

I use them to parry a lot. I never pick up the one that can't parry, actually. One reason is that it can be pretty effective against some enemies, and the other is that it just feels cool.

Last run was a bow and shield run with traps and turret. It felt awesome to lock enemies down, focus fire them, and parry anything that came out of it.

Maybe not the ideal way to play, but feels fun to me.

That said, on some boss phases like Conjunctivitis's denser (later) blasts, it's super handy to have a shield to straight-up block with because they can be hard to dodge.

In the end, though, I mostly use them because they are fun to actively use (for me.)

Edit: I can't speak to their "meta" usefulness because I am kind of a middling player who just really likes the game.

Freedom = $1.05 · Aug 24, 2018

Beat the second boss on my first try, but the castle area afterwards wrecked me quick. Damn.

VyechnayaSlava · Aug 24, 2018

Hey, you got some Hollow Knight in my Dead Cells.

ElFly · Aug 24, 2018

done with dead cells

good game but the final boss sometimes hits me before I even notice he is attacking

JohnOfMars · Aug 24, 2018

Beat the final Boss my first time by the skin of my teeth.

I proc'd YOLO and still almost died, lol

immediately dove back in for another run. Love this game.

Dodgerfan74 · Aug 24, 2018

JohnOfMars said:
Beat the final Boss by the skin of my teeth.

immediately dove back in for another run. Love this game.

Congrats!

Now do it again, then up the difficulty and do it again. There's a lot of game to go.

Speely · Aug 25, 2018

JohnOfMars said:
Beat the final Boss my first time by the skin of my teeth.

I proc'd YOLO and still almost died, lol

immediately dove back in for another run. Love this game.

I hate you.

Also, nice work! :) And phew.

Premium Ghoul · Aug 25, 2018

Nightmare difficulty runs are insane, I love it.

Hella · Aug 25, 2018

I don't know that I'll ever beat the Hand of the King or w/e. If I'm not cheesing it with a purple build, I'm getting annihilated by earlier bosses.

xxracerxx · Aug 25, 2018

Man this game is good, I just wish the Switch performance was better.

Deleted member 9305 · Aug 25, 2018

I've started to inject some subtle scanlines via ReShade ... it feels so right

New Fang · Aug 25, 2018

xxracerxx said:
Man this game is good, I just wish the Switch performance was better.

You and me both, and I don't even own it on Switch. ;)

I had been hyped for months to play this game on Switch, but when I heard that version had issues I bought it on PS4.

But, I still find myself thinking of double dipping for the Switch version because it seems like the perfect platform to own it on. Each time I see a post like yours I'm reminded that I'll likely regret it if I pull the trigger though.

janusff · Aug 25, 2018

One day I'll buy a Switch and this may be the first game I purchase. The thought of doing a run or two during my lunch break at work is tantalizing.

Deleted member 15428 · Aug 25, 2018

I finally made it to the Hand of the King and he killed me in less than 20 seconds. I'm dead inside.

Fuckkkk

KDR_11k · Aug 25, 2018

The blueprint extractor is hard to use, gotta stand still and not get hit for a while so make sure you got a freeze at hand... Well, at least I got endless bow now.

Musan · Aug 25, 2018

Birdseye said:
I finally made it to the Hand of the King and he killed me in less than 20 seconds. I'm dead inside.

Fuckkkk

A big help to survive is to stack damage resistance. The cap is 75%, and helps a lot. Easiest way to reach it is ice/fire grenade, though there are other ways hit it.

Also, Novril just put up a video that gives some tips for harder runs. Some of the tips are also good for newcomers.

https://youtu.be/6iiXWxW8Noc

PRADA · Aug 25, 2018

I am trading in mine.
I hate the fact that you have to start all over from the beginning of the game every time you die

WormNeck · Aug 25, 2018

I'm at the 25 hour mark on Switch, have gotten to the Castle at least a dozen times, but each time I've gotten there I'm either a glass canon or I just can't do enough damage. I've got all the health flask upgrades and normally do tactics builds. Been trying the past few runs to clear through the Graveyard to get whatever blueprints I missed there and it's been brutal. I feel like I can never get the right balance of damage and health and I very rarely have runs where I get damage reduction items. Any tips?

xxracerxx · Aug 25, 2018

New Fang said:
You and me both, and I don't even own it on Switch. ;)

I had been hyped for months to play this game on Switch, but when I heard that version had issues I bought it on PS4.

But, I still find myself thinking of double dipping for the Switch version because it seems like the perfect platform to own it on. Each time I see a post like yours I'm reminded that I'll likely regret it if I pull the trigger though.

It's really disappointing. I can just taste what a smooth 60fps experience would be like for this game. Alas, my wife is playing through Red Dead again, so I wanted something to play while she plays on the TV.

Hopefully the patch in November will solve the issues.

MadLaughter · Aug 25, 2018

Why does it constantly tell me I need 4 more daily challenges to get the next reward? Do I need to do the same challenge 5 goddamn times, I feel like I did it 2 days in a row and it said 4 times after both runs

KDR_11k · Aug 25, 2018

MadLaughter said:
Why does it constantly tell me I need 4 more daily challenges to get the next reward? Do I need to do the same challenge 5 goddamn times, I feel like I did it 2 days in a row and it said 4 times after both runs

From what it looks like the console versions are glitched and don't count your dailies properly?

MadLaughter · Aug 25, 2018

KDR_11k said:
From what it looks like the console versions are glitched and don't count your dailies properly?

Oh awesome

MadLaughter · Aug 25, 2018

Also when do the dailies actually switch? I played at 8 pm last night and 9 am this morning and it was the same one

DrAg0nBoY · Aug 25, 2018

Getting to the boss on 1 cell is not really that hard. But dear God I can't beat that guy, lol.

New Fang · Aug 25, 2018

xxracerxx said:
It's really disappointing. I can just taste what a smooth 60fps experience would be like for this game. Alas, my wife is playing through Red Dead again, so I wanted something to play while she plays on the TV.

Hopefully the patch in November will solve the issues.

So the framerate drops below 60 regularly on Switch?

It's worth pointing out that the other console versions do also suffer from some issues. I haven't seen this discussed much here.

For starters, all versions of the game have this frame jumping quirk, where it feels like the game engine skips a second. I see this on my PS4 Pro, and I've seen people on XB1X say it happens there as well. I assume this issue happens more often on Switch, but it seems to happen regardless of the power being thrown at it, and I find it a bit irritating. The developer said something related to this will be improved in a soon to be released update, but it's unclear to what extent.

Besides that frame jump quirk, the PS4 Pro rarely drops below 60fps, but I have seen it happen during the most intense moments possible. Specifically the magnetic grenade pulling a bunch of enemies together with all sorts of effects going off simultaneously.

MadLaughter said:
Why does it constantly tell me I need 4 more daily challenges to get the next reward? Do I need to do the same challenge 5 goddamn times, I feel like I did it 2 days in a row and it said 4 times after both runs

This should be fixed in a patch arriving in the next week or so.

xxracerxx · Aug 25, 2018

New Fang said:
So the framerate drops below 60 regularly?

It just feels sluggish, especially when docked. I think the performance is better in handheld mode, personally.

jotun? · Aug 25, 2018

MadLaughter said:
Also when do the dailies actually switch? I played at 8 pm last night and 9 am this morning and it was the same one

It's probably based on either UTC or France time

stan_marsh · Aug 25, 2018

xxracerxx said:
It just feels sluggish, especially when docked. I think the performance is better in handheld mode, personally.

Docked is fine, undocked struggles for me.

LuckyLinus · Aug 25, 2018

stan_marsh said:
Docked is fine, undocked struggles for me.

I was unhappy with performance in both modes and got it on Ps4 as well, havent touched it on switch since.

RedMercury · Aug 25, 2018

I dunno, I think I'm done. I've unlocked pretty much everything I want to unlock and no more blueprints are showing up, and 1-cell mode is just really hard to the point I'm not having fun with it. Oh well, it was cool while it lasted.

JohnOfMars · Aug 25, 2018

Me when I started: why would anyone use anything but double Crossbows!?

Me when I got my first Ice Bow: This is broken, no reason to use anything else

Me when I decided to try Survivabilty builds bc I kept kept getting owned by any hit with a Tactics build: SHIELDS! SHIELDS! SHIELDS!

Seriously, I feel damn invincible. Concierge especially telegraphs all his moves with huge windows to parry. I love being aggressive and getting in an enemy's face. If they dare try to attack me I can just parry the blow and punish tf out of them. And it's not even that risky because Survival builds have HUGE hp.

My favorite shield mod is "Enemies parried take 300% damage from the next hit." With Assault Shield that means that the Bash becomes incredible lethal. I've almost stopped using Tactics at all because I don't need them. I do like them for bosses because I playa little more conservative and it's nice having a constant DPS source while I learn boss attack timings.

Last tip: go for slow swing weapons that do big damage over fast hitting if you run shields. You want to do as much damage in your opening as possible.

Redcrayon · Aug 25, 2018

I'm just starting really, and just scraped past the first boss. The daily challenge today seemed really hard- do they vary a bit, or do I just need to get better :D

Deleted member 15428 · Aug 25, 2018

JohnOfMars said:
Me when I started: why would anyone use anything but double Crossbows!?

Me when I got my first Ice Bow: This is broken, no reason to use anything else

Me when I decided to try Survivabilty builds bc I kept kept getting owned by any hit with a Tactics build: SHIELDS! SHIELDS! SHIELDS!

Seriously, I feel damn invincible. Concierge especially telegraphs all his moves with huge windows to party. I love being aggressive and getting in an enemy's face. If they dare try to attack me I can just parry the blow and punish tf out of them. And it's not even that risky because Survival builds have HUGE hp.

My favorite shield mod is "Enemies parried take 300% damage from the next hit." With Assault Shield that means that the Bash becomes incredible lethal. I've almost stopped using Tactics at all because I don't need them. I do like them for bosses because I playa little more conservative and it's nice having a constant DPS source while I learn boss attack timings.

Last tip: go for slow swing weapons that do big damage over fast hitting if you run shields. You want to do as much damage in your opening as possible.

Thanks for the advice, I should try that.

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