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| Topic | Fill in the Blank 766: ___ Death |
| MartinFF7 10/07/25 12:08:53 AM #6 | KCF0107 posted... Black |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/06/25 6:28:38 PM #259 | TheArkOfTurus posted... "Seek to know he who rebels against the gods" is really starting to piss me off. I strongly suspect it wont trigger the dialogue you need. I was hung on that too and |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 5 |
| MartinFF7 10/05/25 8:00:03 PM #91 | Didn't celebrate lolrams because I didn't want bad karma. Now I regret not doing so cuz lolcards, damn |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 764: ___itis |
| MartinFF7 10/05/25 4:34:10 AM #35 | Bone |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/05/25 12:49:22 AM #227 | MacArrowny posted... Does using Selene's Keepsake cancel Fates' Whim? almost certain it's fine since she's not an Olympian |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/04/25 9:12:34 PM #224 | ok epilogue achieved after night 61, wew. now can I 100% the game in 39 nights.... probably not (too many damn kudos needed) but the fallback will be adding the |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/04/25 4:18:20 PM #219 | KommunistKoala posted... You have to also talk to the right person for each one after that. And the unlock dialogue can also be buried in the dialogue queue so might take some time to be revealed, in my case still waiting for staff unlock and made the mistake of wearing the character's keepsake when talking to them which triggered that dialogue so gotta wait another run... Also I'm north of 50 nights and still haven't gotten to epilogue yet, no wonder it came so fast in my early access file I had basically exhausted every character interaction, damn. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 7:23:15 PM #208 | dare I say... skill issue? ;) (j/k we've all been there I hope it doesn't sour you on it!!) |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 3:58:19 PM #205 | MacArrowny posted... What's wrong with Heph's? I've only used it once or twice, but it seems pretty effective. I guess it's probably worse if you're better at the game lol. Yeah, I've been in a position before where I've run out of magic and I'm dependent on incurring damage to get a refill, just not fun... even if I do get hit pretty often with some weapons it just doesn't have the degree of reliability of the others (besides Poseidon). Zeus, it's an instant full magic refill and even the boon's common status it typically refreshes before you run out of magic so it's an easy pom skip vs some of the other ones that I'd want to boost. Benefit of full refill outweighs the downside of having to find it on the battlefield imo. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 2:50:21 PM #201 | yeah as far as magic recovery goes it's low. maybe not Poseidon or Heph low but it's in the bottom 3. But if it's a build that's not magic heavy and you don't have a good combination for getting Origination going (which I find is the case if I've got Aphro on my attack) it's pretty invaluable. I guess it'd vary by weapon but my initial instinct on magic regen is Hera >>> Zeus > Demeter > Apollo > Hestia > Ares > Aphro >>> Heph > Poseidon Ares if you get his legendary is pretty good but otherwise, meh. I might overvalue Born Gain but it's just great to have a magic regen you don't need to think or worry about (until you realize you miscalculated lol) for Demeter's, I used to hate the idea of standing perfectly still but if you get a pom or two into it it's not that long, and can't go wrong getting a full refill... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 11:24:38 AM #199 | yeah the cat and the Moros and Skelly keepsakes are all included in terms of making Strength & Athena keepsakes inactive. Olympus is random in that she can appear under any circumstance but it sounds like you lucked out by having her keepsake be ineligible + not getting the random appearance. |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 5 |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 11:17:26 AM #68 | MartinFF7 posted... ...I wonder how the historical stats would shake out if you looked at all the teams picked and what their win vs elimination rates are... I decided to take a quick look at this. Last year seems moot since all but one of us were out after week 3, lol, so I looked at 2023-2024. Rams were a respectable 9-2 but that could be ramfear minimizing their being picked. Worst teams that season were the 4-8 Vikings and 6-8 Jaguars. Teams that were only picked once the entire season & resulted in a loss for that user were Steelers, Bears, Cardinals, Texans and Raiders. Anddd the Bengals pickers went 0-5 but that was one user in week 1 and four in week 10. meanwhile the Dolphins picks were 23-0 (spread over a few weeks), and the Giants 12-0 (literally all in week 2 so not as impressive, lol) |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 8:50:27 AM #192 | Raka_Putra posted... Yeah that makes sense. I just think 6 different arrangements is weirdly generous. For some reason I found myself not having enough with 6 in EA, especially with the postgame keepsakes. Beyond my "normal" setup I'd like: -1 with the auto-charge hex card for my Selene build -1 with the alternating omegas critical+ chance for my Moros build -1 with "omega charge time slowdown" if I feel like going that way for Pan and Charon -1 setup for the "postgame keepsakes" -1 for Judgment runs and that's 6. so just little tweaks here and there. And that doesn't include if I want to switch between DDs and Strength (I know everybody uses Strength but I still cling to my DD security blankets lol) Edit: I just realized the Selene one was superfluous. Well in any case I was using all 6 slots!! |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 5 |
| MartinFF7 10/03/25 1:03:51 AM #65 | not to mention the blocked PAT, isn't the conversion rate like >99% on those ...I wonder how the historical stats would shake out if you looked at all the teams picked and what their win vs elimination rates are... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/02/25 11:12:11 AM #157 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... We must have very different skull playstyles because I need to be able to have enough mana to omega special on command. Especially on Persephone, big skull goes zoooooom I'm bad at changing my habits which in this case is just basic-ass "pew pew pew" of rapidsmashing attack button. Which I know i could do with Persephone in addition to its great benefits... But then the other downside is I'm trying to maximize my resource intake (for recycling) so I'm purposefully not unlocking the weapons that require plants or rocks so I can forget-me-not them and get their doors, lol.... so no aspect of persephone so I can keep getting poppies |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/02/25 10:33:27 AM #154 | MacArrowny posted... There's no risk of accidentally romancing the wrong person and getting locked out? At least from my EA file, I can confirm banging one person doesn't lock you out of banging another, it's a romance free-for-all. Don't click this if you don't want to be spoiled anybody BUT these are romanceable characters: MacArrowny posted... I got that in a run where I primed all my magick <_< yeah I also hate when that happens, usually I don't care about magic at all in my skull runs so it's not great when it's the 2nd hammer and I got nothing to work with. But an earlier first hammer, so good... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/02/25 2:11:27 AM #151 | MacArrowny posted... Is there a way to tell in-game which characters are romanceable? hmmm.... not to my knowledge. just keep nectaring everybody! MacArrowny posted... Probably the best hammer upgrade of any weapon in the game? maybe but since i exclusively go aspect of charon when it becomes available I never use it. for me, possessed array with the skulls (auto-fires omega attack) is best imo, another one that got really nerfed during EA, used to cost 10 magic for omega and now 25. But still, get your magic up and pair it with born gain and it's just a screen full of explosions. then it gets really sick if you also have like, fine line and demeter's omega attack boost, lol. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/01/25 3:17:35 PM #142 | Sheep007 posted... I'm currently doing a lot of runs gambling for Judgement with the Circe keepsake. oh I misread that at first and thought it was just a straightforward Judgement run... well I also have advice re: basic Judgement runs that I stumbled into i figure I should share, spoiler warning since it involves post-credits/endgame keepsakes but won't mention any spoilers other than that: |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/01/25 2:30:57 PM #139 | Re: Rivals/upgraded boss fights https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/12b75b67.png (4 > 1 > 2 > 3 being my surface rankings) Underworld 3 is more annoying yeah, but 2 and 4 just feel way worse. 4 is just stupidly dumb, making EM4 from Hades 1 look and feel like child's play. It legit makes me angry at being nigh-unplayable. I also wonder if 1 is worse than 3 because with 1 you're still probably working on your build whereas by 3 you should have it fully developed. HeroDelTiempo17 posted... That said I feel like surface boss 2 upgraded is easier than baseline lol honestly it might be in some ways but man... i hate the jumping around so much and I miss having cover to cower behind, lol. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/01/25 2:52:01 AM #134 | you'll also be able to get Nightmares (if not presently, sometime in future) a few ways including -5 cards in the Charon chest -buying for i think 1200 bones from broker (limit 1/day) -final charon shop (costs 1300 i think) and of course a bunch from fated list but by the time you get them you've probably already maxed your "main" weapons... so they help with maxing the other weapons if you want to do a "max everything" run I guess |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 10/01/25 12:38:49 AM #132 | Raka_Putra posted... So if I understand it correctly, to make Nightmare drop we need to have the requisite Fear/Vow amount, the specific weapon, AND the specific Guardian? correct, the Fear can be a greater number than the stated number but it's gotta be that. The Nightmare drops as a 2nd item along w/ the usual Guardian item. MacArrowny posted... So, what're the recommended vows, in order of difficulty? I'm starting to have 8 required for a couple weapons. eh.... it depends on what you like and what your playstyle is! Since the first Frenzy is 3 fear it might be worth throwing that on now and getting used to it/faster enemy actions since that'll help down the line. Personally I always load up on Time, Menace is almost free, Denial isn't usually an issue. Shadow and Fangs thereafter. I like buying stuff but it's probably worth throwing Fear into that too... Forfeit and Denial might seem worth it but could end up hurting or being annoying. I can't "git gud" enough to have Pain on so I never use it, even when I successfully did 50 Fear runs both up & down i had zero into Pain lol. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 11:28:49 PM #128 | yeah anyways finished night 32, did a trial night 33, anddd finally it's there. Either it's time-locked or there's some other hidden requirement beyond whatever the wiki claims. funny thing is the 1.0 patch notes said "Verdant Soil: adjusted reveal requirements" but nothing about adjust requirements for Rich Soil, nor the fact the unlock for it (3 cattails) was also changed from EA. grumble grumble... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 11:11:22 PM #126 | got the nectar recipe at the beginning of night 32. still don't have the extra soil plots and all my accumulating seeds despite following the reddit advice, this is so painfullll. All I can think is i broke the game by beating it too fast and maybe the soil plots are also locked behind some "# of nights" requirement... |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 5 |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 5:03:09 PM #4 | I have faith* Cardinals *subject to change |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 4:45:14 PM #120 | Hotfix got released on Steam, one of the patch notes: "Fixed an issue where the player could not complete key Incantations due to modified data" did another run w/ Aphro keepsake, no nectar-related conversation; and no additional soil stuff after run was done. But I am also still buried in postgame dialogue so probably my own fault for that... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 3:31:02 PM #119 | Wounds are curses, yeah. Regarding the extra soil plots, have you uh... unlocked the "stone" in the courtyard? and done anything with it yet? |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 3:25:34 PM #117 | MacArrowny posted... Hmm, still haven't gotten the Nectar recipe from Aphrodite... not sure what I need to do. yeah I hit both requirements and talked to her and didn't get it either. Not sure if they added a new requirement/wrinkle into 1.0 or if it's bugged in some way. Like same deal with the extra soil plots, according to the wiki I've met the conditions. But I haven't been given it in the cauldron yet. I googled and somebody on reddit claimed they got it after doing some other things completely unrelated to anything to do with plants?? mega frustrating. Come to think of it, just googled about the nectar recipe too and found another reddit thread with no solution, only theory that I subscribe to is that it's still stuck in her dialogue queue. Apparently at some point she'll talk about golden apples, and then a dialogue after that is the recipe, somebody said. So you might just need to keep having to force her keepsake and conversations/getting boons you don't like, lol... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 9:57:06 AM #115 | In my ongoing challenge quest to beat the game as fast as possible, divided into 3 chunks -"Main" Ending (Credits) -Epilogue -100% completion/everything maxed out (where I'd include H2's version of H1's successfully completed the main game in Probably missing out on reams of dialogue due to this efficiency, whenever I next replay the game years from now I'll need to have some staggered losses to clear the dialogue pool, lol. It felt like the Epilogue came very fast for me on my Early Access file but I wonder if that's because I had maxed everything that was maxable prior to 1.0, so will be interested in seeing how that goes now. Overall goal remains getting 100% in 100 nights though that'll probably convert to "100 + x" where x = |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 759: ___ Tiger |
| MartinFF7 09/30/25 1:27:06 AM #30 | paper |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 8:55:36 PM #103 | KommunistKoala posted... Not looking forward to harder version of surprising not as bad as one would expect imo but let me know what you think when you get there! The Sirens one probably is 2nd, maybe 3rd toughest. Chronos' is stupidly overtuned and just makes me angry. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 5:00:03 PM #97 | Hey this might be an obvious thing but if anybody's missing it I gotta get the word out: use Forget-Me-Not for whatever you're missing items for because a little icon will appear on a room door letting you know that room contains one of your tagged items. The feeling when you got a bunch of doors with no real preference for any of them but one of them has the icon for the plant seeds you need... so good MacArrowny posted... Is there something I can do to unlock more Nectar? I usually just get the one from the Broker and maybe one other per night. There will eventually be a cauldron alchemy that produces nectars, I looked up on the wiki how it gets unlocked and it's a combination of giving Aphrodite a nectar (giving her 1 heart + getting her keepsake), and beating Surface Zone 2/having that guardian's item; and in a later chat with Aphro's boon she'll give you the recipe. Get the feeling this wiki wasn't updated for 1.0 but Eris ceasing after the first 10 nights checked out so ideally that's still the same. WazzupGenius's way is also the other best way |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 758: (The) Miracle ___ |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 3:23:23 AM #31 | WarThaNemesis2 posted... on ice |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 4 |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 2:54:21 AM #80 | Xuxon posted... i wouldn't say "super rare." there have been at least 3 per season since the 2 pt conversion was added. averaging maybe 6-7 per season lately. so one every 3 weeks is pretty much on point. oh wow! ok def less rare than I was under the impression of. neat! |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 4 |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 1:39:56 AM #76 | wait didn't we have a scorigami already this season? aren't those supposed to be super rare?? |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/29/25 12:04:52 AM #82 | MacArrowny posted... So apparently if you keep leveling up Hephaestus boons, the cooldown just gets lower and lower. Got the attack down to 2 seconds at level 6. Can it go below 1 second? Nah it's capped at 2, only way to get it lower is there's a duo boon he has that reduces recharge time by some percentage. Which since they don't show decimal places, will give the appearance of "1 second". At least that's how it was when I saw a video of it during EA, don't know if that's changed now. Lunar Ray does have upgrades that make it much more worthwhile (though not in my run) but it also gets a boost from other things that increase damage, i.e. arcana card that boosts damage if an opponent's in your cast, in my case 20% so the 800 became 960. or if you had sweet surrender while they were weak |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 11:55:05 PM #79 | ah you won't need to worry about it at this point so you're all good. from the wiki (might be out of date but assuming same rules apply for 1.0): "The "Blessing" of Strife can only occur during the first 10 nights of gameplay. It is avoidable, as Eris will not appear if both of the following conditions are met before entering the first area of a region: -Melino has exactly or less than 50% Health (current health) -Melino has no active Death Defiance effects" She appears at the beginning of the 2nd, 3rd or 4th zone and gives you the "blessing" that escalates from there. 2nd run Oceanus for me and 3rd & 4th runs in the fields. Where she appears may be based on your progress so depending how long it took you to get out of Erebus she might not have been at start of Oceanus for you? anyways yeah... you don't need to worry about her shenanigans there, just her shenanigans elsewhere... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 11:40:16 PM #77 | yeah I take back the smacktalk i was giving the torches before. Chronos defeat on 4th night COMPLETE full disclosure I did several re-runs on this because the seed felt so good - Lunar Run off the top + Demeter whose magic regen activates when Lunar Ray's in effect so it's another spam opportunity. But more than that, got stupidly lucky w/ Sea Star which if any of you haven't had the privilege of using yet... well normally it's enraging in its activation rate but this time it was popping off on almost every heart I found. Even if the health didn't matter as much in the end it was at least a psychological cushion... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/85bc8f00.jpg Lunar Ray was my crutch when completing super-high fear with every weapon in EA and it was my crutch here, even without any of its boosts. Probably going to die the remaining runs until Eris stops doing her thing, but still! |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 5:36:36 PM #72 | Started new file and TIL the Eris debuff maxes out at 100%. Which is good since it probably would've been like 150% otherwise. Run 1: zone 2 boss Run 2: Chronos (freeze really too OP) The challenge to win in fewer than 6 runs continues, might be getting a bit cocky after that... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 2:42:22 PM #70 | After all this time Freeze is still such a crutch for me for so many builds. But hey, if it works it works. Speaking of "after all this time" (the 6 was my "fastest win" attempt): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a6ba3b37.jpg ....really got a lot of value out of early access on this, damn. As far as I can tell I've 100%ed and gotten everything and maxed out and whatnot. Still some stragglers of unique dialogue remaining but it's all post-ending/epilogue stuff with 2-3 characters that I'd see in a new file anyways. Urge to start a new file is overwhelming, lol. I think I'm going to, maybe the win in 5 nights is achievable. Anybody ever have a question or you're stuck on something/something's not triggering, you can ask it or PM me, there's a few possible areas where quests can get "stuck" and the game doesn't really tell you what to do next. No guarantee I can answer them but there is one thing in particular that comes to mind since it impacted me, lol. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 1:34:43 PM #65 | oh right. Yeah there will eventually be a cauldron thingy for that, and there's two other earlier-game ways that come to mind: sometimes it's available as a Charon sellable item in the final shop, and more easily there's another way and I hope it's still an early game unlock: wretched broker sells them for 80 bones, but i don't think by default, but eventually he will? and there's another way but I think its availability comes later. ...got the Steam 100% and now going for the true 100% and almost done. Urge to restart a brand new file is so high... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 12:52:28 PM #63 | Note the upstairs is in every way more difficult. I look at it as basically like a zone 5, though in some ways it's not worse than underworld zone 4. HeroDelTiempo17 posted... The mats are expensive though and I'm certain I don't have the most efficient way to get them yet. mats? Raka_Putra posted... EDIT: Also that was my first run with the skull, funnily enough My earliest success with H1 always came with the bow so maybe that's part of it, I also like the distance damage they can give. I see your two skulls were the one that gains attack power over 0.7 seconds & the one that generates damage when sitting around the enemy so that might've been part of it. Oh, Hard Target -50% would also definitely be helpful while still learning enemy patterns. and fuck Goldwrath man, i can't say "worst miniboss in the game" but I can at least say, worst in underworld... |
| Topic | B8 NFL Survivor League: Week 4 |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 5:48:43 AM #49 | Lions |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/28/25 2:12:56 AM #55 | I think the winning tagline for H1 was "The first of many?" and I guess they couldn't repeat it, but still! "Titan Slayer" a bit banal. Still, congrats! Almost surprised you completed the run so fast when you didn't have the pieces for Origination (assuming you had it in your arcana setup, at 24 grasp I'd assume so...) Maybe not worth a pin given its late-run acquisition but looks like Last Gasp also was the right pickup! MacArrowny posted... which aspect is this? well I didn't want to mention it so people could stumble on it themselves, but... maybe overrating it but it's still a key weapon for my toughest challenges and its being powerful right out the gate w/o any boons makes it so good for tougher challenges. well, you'll see I guess... Also I might have lied there's one of the skull aspects ( |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/27/25 4:51:00 PM #48 | ok confirmed the last achievement triggering was correct, will soon be at 100% completion, at least according to Steam. Actually 100%ing it going to take a bit more... HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Poseidon and Hephaestus both feel like crap I'm pretty sure I've quit runs w/ the Poseidon magic regen more than I've successfully completed them. Just an absolute avoid, it just can't seem to work the way I want it to. You're right that Heph's is also horrible and i could only think of using it in limited circumstances where it syncs up well with other boons. After all this time (and nerfs in EA done to it) the best magic regen boon remains one for a god that new players might not have met yet... |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/27/25 5:19:40 AM #40 | MartinFF7 posted... Uh... "spoilers" for Steam Achievements (if anyone is sensitive about this?), NOT anything game-spoiler related: Confirmed it was the latter so all good there, got it so only one achievement left. Gave up and googled and yeah I don't think I'd ever have gotten it (apparently triggers by wearing a keepsake I never use when talking to a character but will see if that's indeed the case tomorrow) Raka_Putra posted... Wow I suck using the dual wand-torch thingies. Generally it is my least favourite of the weapons, certainly my least favourite of the default weapon states so you're not alone in that, BUT it has an aspect that is still the best and strongest of everything imo. They nerfed it at some point in EA and I can't believe they didn't nerf it moreso. So you got that to look forward to later! HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Lunar Ray GOOD but taking the buff at the end of the skill tree was a huge mistake Yep a good lesson learned early on, having weapons with omega moves that take 30+ magic so you just roll omega-lunar spamming is always a good time. Gotta get lucky with the "perks" that get included too, though. |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 756: ___ Chicken |
| MartinFF7 09/27/25 4:25:55 AM #34 | Robot |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/26/25 10:38:00 PM #37 | So uh, I completed the epilogue. Only have two achievements left to get, one I have no idea how to trigger and the other I have no idea how to even accomplish. Uh... "spoilers" for Steam Achievements (if anyone is sensitive about this?), NOT anything game-spoiler related: Already thinking about restarting the game from scratch, wondering if I could 100% it before 100 runs excluding (Early Access spoilers) HeroDelTiempo17 posted... I got a kill on night 9 which is fairly quick I think. Only got cursed the one time. I was experimenting with the arcana that buffs your attack and defense with 0 death defiances and ended up just being this spammy facetanking idiot I see a Lunar Ray!!! (Aphro Attack w/ Daggers is the best so, definitely good setup there) TheArkOfTurus posted... Went up with the axe, and picked up Hell Splitter (the big chop.) Immediately thought it was terrible, and figured the run was doomed. I was about to comment about being a big chop disrespecter until recently and then I realized... it was the Hades 1 big chop w/ the blade that I was disrespecting. H2 big chop pretty good since you can still get some good dash-strikes in with it, plus dash-cancels iirc. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/26/25 5:42:38 PM #34 | MacArrowny posted... Not sure how you upgrade them yet getting another "Path of Stars" item, maybe they're not as readily available in shops/reward items in the early game. Lunar Ray "stand still" gets mitigated by some possible upgrades including something that gives you armor while the ray is in effect, among other things. Twilight Curse being (almost entirely) useless on bosses is the downside to its random enemy and most minibosses strength, yeah. Sheep007 posted... Night Bloom summons do a ton of damage when it's upgraded, especially if you have the relevant god blessing. ...in hindsight I might have been skipping choosing it entirely for some updates now, I will give it a whirl next time I get the chance! paired with that relevant boon, of course. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/26/25 2:19:56 PM #30 | let me tell you in EA Hexes were so bad that they kept getting buffed to the point of tolerability, lol. You'll typically never have a build based on your hex, it's usually a "nice to have" addition to your toolbox. Overall I would say good? If you're not using any magic with your build then worth skipping though, yeah. What works really depends on your playstyle and what you like, I've done some difficult challenges in EA where Twilight Curse was extremely handy for crowd control. I'm also a big Lunar Ray fan but that really needs more upgrades applied to it vs. Twilight Curse being handy from the start. Uh not meaning to call out most of the available hexes but I do have to say, I have never gotten the appeal of Night Bloom ever, and maybe I'm missing the boat on something there. |
| Topic | Hades 2 topic |
| MartinFF7 09/26/25 11:15:02 AM #22 | TheArkOfTurus posted... The one complaint I had back when I played this during early access was the Strife debuff. The artificial wall for doing too well is still there, and still feels like shit in 1.0. Shame. I remember how badly this made me rage during early access. It felt so much worse then but I don't know if it actually was worse/happened more frequently. I wonder why it wasn't an issue in the original game, I think in H1 your damage is just so low early on that it functions as its own gating mechanism. A few weeks back I started a new H2 game to see how quickly I could beat Chronos and it was only on the 6th night I could (while the debuff was in effect), couldn't get it any earlier than that. Managed to do it in H1 on 3rd attempt. Would've been nice if they could've found a different way in H2 to prevent people from winning too quickly but it is what it is, I guess... |
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