@KateGray Created an account just to comment because I love StS. I probably play a game on my phone every other day for maybe a year. I've baten a20 on all characters multiple times and the journey to get there has been a blast, combining the creative and analytical sides of my brain in just the right way. I have a couple tips: 1. Knowing the game is an important aspect of beating it. Knowing what combinations of relics and cards, what enemies you could face, and what events could help and hurt you... helps you frame the small decisions of which path, which of the three cards do I take, and what do I buy into larger overall directions for your current run. 2. Watch a top streamer or two and see how they think about playing a certain character. I don't think I understood the watcher until I watched someone else playing her. 3. Have fun! I could've sworn as I got into higher ascension that the game was unfair and things were just too random and punishing, but now I win maybe 25% of my a20 runs and 99% or non ascension runs. Something about the mastery of the game just kept me coming back even after I'd lost numerous attempts to the heart on higher difficulties because the puzzle-like aspect of the game kept my brain engaged and the randomness added the variation that kept me from optimizing the game into a solved/boring state. So, even though you can't change the RNG, I've learned that just like in Poker, the luck doesn't determine the winner, the players do.
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Re: Backlog Club: Slay The Spire Part Two - A Tale Of Frustration, Obsession, And Poison
@KateGray Created an account just to comment because I love StS. I probably play a game on my phone every other day for maybe a year. I've baten a20 on all characters multiple times and the journey to get there has been a blast, combining the creative and analytical sides of my brain in just the right way.
I have a couple tips:
1. Knowing the game is an important aspect of beating it. Knowing what combinations of relics and cards, what enemies you could face, and what events could help and hurt you... helps you frame the small decisions of which path, which of the three cards do I take, and what do I buy into larger overall directions for your current run.
2. Watch a top streamer or two and see how they think about playing a certain character. I don't think I understood the watcher until I watched someone else playing her.
3. Have fun! I could've sworn as I got into higher ascension that the game was unfair and things were just too random and punishing, but now I win maybe 25% of my a20 runs and 99% or non ascension runs. Something about the mastery of the game just kept me coming back even after I'd lost numerous attempts to the heart on higher difficulties because the puzzle-like aspect of the game kept my brain engaged and the randomness added the variation that kept me from optimizing the game into a solved/boring state. So, even though you can't change the RNG, I've learned that just like in Poker, the luck doesn't determine the winner, the players do.