You can't really take the one without the other. Why is he fiddly now?įinale and Solo are now far too tightly bound to one another.

Sloppy play works on Apprentice level but gets heroes killed higher up. The rest of the team was composed such that the success of the party was not dependent on the Jester pulling off the Finale/Solo dance efficiently. Utility of Jester: While it was possible to make him work, it was sloppy. XUPB is a seductively tempting new mechanic that is poorly thought out and appears liable to destroy the skill economy that RH has spent two years balancing through monitoring active play. I have a positive opinion of Red Hook - I believe they are well meaning and diligent.īLUF: 'X' uses per battle (XUPB hereafter) mechanic is highly problematic in general, and has made the Jester a fiddly mess in particular. I've been very happy with the game in general, while having critiques of varying severity and sophistication. That's not the point.īiases (I am not looking to argue these, I am providing them for informational reasons): I am a kickstarter backer who installed the game asap on early access. I completed the run successfully with low stress and high health. Which is to say, this was as forgiving a scenario for testing out the impact of the Jester's Finale/Solo changes as any. Because it's on 50+ weeks, I had good trinkets, decent choice of heroes and money to kit them out. Setup: an advanced save, running upgraded level 1 characters through a short cove dungeon. (Reviewing the patch notes, the restoration of limited crit and baseline damage buff does not significantly impact my critiques) I had my concerns but due diligence suggested that I ought to at least see if the changes were less severe than they appear. I took the Jester out for a run last night, prior to the latest patch which slightly de-nerfed him, to test him out before providing feedback.

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