When do you stop picking weapon based on dark thirst?

[plutoburn]

I am about 25 runs in, beaten Hades once, weapon aspects are now shows up. I have been only using weapons with dark thirst, was wondering when should I focus on using weapon with aspect that I've unlocked rather than ones with dark thirst.

[Shadow Wolf]

You can stop using them whenever you want though if you want to make your runs easier you should probably upgrade to at least privileged status/ family favorites maxed (There are still upgrades that make your runs easier after this set though)

But there are massive darkness sinks later on

[Anderson]

Dark Thirst weapons are meant only for farming runs, where you run with no Heat, and try to get a Chaos boom to darkness and Gems, to farm those currencies.
If you are doing a run for bounties, pick whatever weapon you want, and don't worry too much about dark thirst.

[JuRiOh]

At run 34, when I unlocked the 4th aspect of the spear and wanted to progress. Seems like a good idea to go with the thirst at all times if you can clear the game with all weapons.

[plutoburn]

Originally posted by Anderson:

Dark Thirst weapons are meant only for farming runs, where you run with no Heat, and try to get a Chaos boom to darkness and Gems, to farm those currencies.
If you are doing a run for bounties, pick whatever weapon you want, and don't worry too much about dark thirst.

What you say make a lot of sense, however, what you say sound like a decision for vets, as someone who is still relatively new as me, I guess the question changes to when do you start doing different types of runs. (bounty or farming)

[mapron]

Originally posted by plutoburn:

What you say make a lot of sense, however, what you say sound like a decision for vets, as someone who is still relatively new as me, I guess the question changes to when do you start doing different types of runs. (bounty or farming)

What do you mean "when you start"? I mean, I have 100+ runs at the moment, and it all about you mood, you switch between "lets do some Dark farm" "lets farm Ambrosia" "lets go in quests/romance etc stuff". So you will stop farming Dark forever when you unlock everything it needed (mirror + 1 spoiler quest).

[Medicles]

Originally posted by plutoburn:

Originally posted by Anderson:

Dark Thirst weapons are meant only for farming runs, where you run with no Heat, and try to get a Chaos boom to darkness and Gems, to farm those currencies.
If you are doing a run for bounties, pick whatever weapon you want, and don't worry too much about dark thirst.

What you say make a lot of sense, however, what you say sound like a decision for vets, as someone who is still relatively new as me, I guess the question changes to when do you start doing different types of runs. (bounty or farming)

Dark Thirst isnt really worth the hassle, you are getting the majority of ressources by beating the last boss. Either by farming non-heat runs for Darkness and Crystals or heat runs for farming Titan Blood and friends. Thats why i think you should focus on the weapon you like or have the best outcome with (luckily they are usually the same).

Before i my first escape, i started with key farming runs to unlock the weapons and the full mirror, then i followed up with darkness farming runs for mirror buffs until i was satisfied and were able to properly reach last boss or even escape. I also started to safe the money i earned in every run to be able to buy either the Diamond or Titan Blood at the last shop.

Naturally i started to unlock weapon aspects with the Titan Blood and my experience with the game grew and i was able to somewhat consistently escape, thats when i started heat runs with my preferred weapon.

[Wintermute]

I stay on the same heat level until I clear it fully with all weapons. So I try to grab dark thirst, but only on "fresh" weapons.

[tsjanith]

I always choose weapons with dark thirst, and I noticed something odd. After my 50 some odd runs, not once, not ONCE has dark thirst chosen the spear. I have literally never used the spear as a result. I figured it was random and it would land on it eventually, but now my sample size is getting pretty big. Anyone else encounter this?

[JuRiOh]

Originally posted by tsjanith:

I always choose weapons with dark thirst, and I noticed something odd. After my 50 some odd runs, not once, not ONCE has dark thirst chosen the spear. I have literally never used the spear as a result. I figured it was random and it would land on it eventually, but now my sample size is getting pretty big. Anyone else encounter this?

It's jsut RNG, I had 0 bows in 36 attempts.

[Zara]

I always choose the dark thirst weapon and run the highest heat for that weapon I haven't cleared yet. I personally don't care about having cleared X heat, and I don't hate any of the weapons (only certain aspects), and I play the game to have fun, and playing the same weapon or two just because I'm generally better at it isn't all that fun for me.

So in the end, play whatever way is fun for you, because it's a game.