Across the Obelisk
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Delly
Trakanon Raider
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I was surprised how well this makes you feel like you're getting stronger each run. Both through knowledge of the game and also perks, unlocked cards, and town upgrades. I've unlocked most of the heroes and 5 pets. Not sure how much madness I'll do but its been a great ride so far.
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I haven't played the release version with the new perks and stuff, but it was a very solid like 100 hours getting all the unlocks and stuff. I didn't enjoy the madness stuff so much
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The madness modifiers are a mixed bag - lots of things that just make it harder or more annoying. I don't think I'd ever turn Random Combats off though, the mini bosses add a lot to the game. You kinda get a feel for it anyway - if it's too easy and you are still interested in playing, start adding madness levels - madness II and restricted power stop a lot of the insanely overpowered combos you can do in the base game.
I got a high rank M16 run, but I don't know that I would do it again - it's too stressful, any mistake is punished severely, and I enjoy the game more for mindless fun.
I'm guessing I won't do much madness stuff. I prefer messing around with suboptimal but fun builds in games like these, rather than trying to push the envelope.
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Qhue
Trump's Staff
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At this point I don't know how I'd survive without Poison/Bleed/Burning stacking to ludicrous levels. Did a run with the Mindflayer and the Bard cranking out Insanity like they were in Arkham Asylum and yet every boss died from poison due to a 'when you apply insanity also apply poison' item on the bard.
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Yeah this game is crazy fun. I just did my first Madness 1 run (40 perk points at the moment). It's definitely a big jump in difficulty. I won but it was actually challenging. I've been blowing through no madness runs just to get perk points and cards unlocked but I think Madness 1 will be the new baseline for a while.
