Hades
Improving Run Clear messages
Hail, Supergiant,

Perhaps out of boredom, I've decided to get after specific Run Clear messages, only to realize that I was looking for one (e.g. "Disciple of Poseidon") and I got a different one ("Minotaur's Toughness") — one that was easier to procure (I was eligible for 2+ messages). Thus I offer this suggestion:

Tier the priorities for the Run Clear messages. For example, going for "Duo Digger" or "Master Caster" should be worth more than "Slow and Steady" or "Big shopping trip, too"

Also, the "Stubborn Roots" boon has been used to unfairly procure a "Perfect Clear" message. I know you fixed this with the Aspect of Guan Yu and the Cursed Slash aspect, but this still remains. Seems like either this boon needs to disallow such a message from ever being procured, or this message should be disallowed from being procured whenever a death defiance is used.

Also also, "Middle-Management Cutter" should take into account the "Middle Management" Pact of Punishment condition (requiring 7+ miniboss encounters instead of 5+). Likewise, the "Minotaur's Toughness" message should take into account other max health factors (e.g. the Aspect of Arthur that gives Zagreus +50 Max health from the start, Aphrodite's "Life Affirmation" boon, Chaos' "Soul" boon(s), the Centaur Soul from the Well of Charon, and Fated Authority)... or should be raised to 450 or so.

Loosely speaking, I suggest this for the tiers:
1) Everything already marked with "priority" — messages based on the number of escape attempts (e.g. "Happy Centennial") or the speedrunning messages (e.g. "Swiftness of Hermes")
2) "Pride of Olympus" and "Duo Digger"
3) Any other boon-based messages ("Disciple of ___")
4) "Robbed Thanatos", "Perfect Clear", "(Close Call, Though)", "Fountain Finder Award"
5) "Chthonic Keymaster", "Nose for Nectar", "Souvla Snacker", "Poor as a Pauper", "Fisher King"
6) "Master Caster", "Olympus Caller", "100% Olympian Free", "100% Darkness Free"
7) "Boon Purger", "Pom Powered", "Swimming in Cash", "Death Defier", "Trove Taker"
8) "Big Shopping Trip, too", "Made Friends Along the Way", "Favored & Envied", "Erebus Gatekeeper", "Middle-Management Cutter", "Onion Eater", "Slow and Steady", "Minotaur's Toughness"... and anything else, really.

Second idea: when reviewing escape attempts in the admin chamber, randomly display a valid Run Clear message from that escape attempt.

Finally, "Pom Powered", "Trove Taker", and "Disciple of Chaos" (or whatever the message may be) aren't working. Shame, because I once got a clear with a level 11 boon and wondered if I would get recognition for it.

Thanks for enduring this wall of text!
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TheSwanDragon Mar 29, 2021 @ 9:06pm 
From the wiki[hades.fandom.com], "Pom-Powered" and "Trove Taker" are not working at the moment. Feel free to report that in-game with f10. There is also no "Disciple" message for Chaos.
The Sojourner Mar 29, 2021 @ 9:13pm 
Ah ok thanks for responding. I thought I loosely picked up something in the script for a Chaos run clear message. Guess not.

And I knew that "Pom Powered" and "Trove Taker" were broken, but it's refreshing to know that you all are aware as well. Best of luck!
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