@Devs: 2.0 is an EXTREMELY good patch.

[mabel]

I've been enjoying the Leryn release patch so much that I wanted to leave a comment about it, because I already really liked Chrono Ark, but I think many of the changes and additions that came with 2.0 have been extremely welcome and fun to play with.

The universal buffs, even the small ones, to equipment, the way previously kinda-unrewarding cards have been made more reliable, and ESPECIALLY the buffs to relics have given the game a feeling where I'm genuinely excited about everything I find during a run now. I felt like the game previously had an issue where a lot of cards/relics had very niche use cases, and that has been massively alleviated across the board.

Bloody Haze is super fun. I have been wanting more twists on the game's difficulty, and I really like how this system layers challenges on while also making the game more inviting and fun to play by giving you item rewards and letting you play with more relics at a time. Crimson Wilderness at maximum haze feels like it necessitates near perfect play, and even then when I survive, it's extremely close.

Leryn is a very intelligently designed character as well. She functions independently, but also provides so many mechanics in her kit that add more ways to build other characters between discard options for Ilya, Barrier for Ironheart, etc, and casually adds payoffs to new things like simply drawing cards with Octagon Spiral. I'm reminded of Huz, who is good at many things on her own, while also adding much-needed support for niche mechanics that other characters wanted. Her numbers could warrant some tuning, but in terms of how much fun she adds to the game with her kit: very, very good job with her.

Overall, 2.0 is taking the game in an amazing direction. I enjoyed the game already, but you've addressed many of my small hang-ups with the game with this update. I'm really looking forward to seeing forward development if this is where the game is headed.

[Vengyr]

Crimson Wilderness with the "Executioner" enemy is insane, can't imagine clearing it without a scroll or some insane one-turn combo. Had a very strong build, but got completely wrecked by it. Final boss is easier than that.

Agree that some options (mostly relics) that felt like complete meme got their well deserved buffs.

What could use some love is descriptions/translations. Some of them are old (like buff from Sun/Moon Shard combo), some are just wrong (like Bloody Mary).

Overall, it's an amazing game, and workshop support (which dev confirmed is coming) would make it even better. Definitely in my top 3 roguelite deckbuilders.

[Kymedorf]

I agree, I like most of the update and I think the devs did a great job. The relic overhaul is very cool, Hein changes are small but pretty amazing as every card has a purpose, I like the Twins much more now. I hope more investigators will be getting the Hein treatment to breathe some life into their bad cards, giving them a niche of some sort.

When it comes to Blood Mist, my feelings are mostly positive. Blood Mist is fun, difficult, even if it's unfair. The stun mist is the primary reason for me losing runs and is usually several times more punishing than the other penalties unless it's someone like Narhan that gets stunned, in which case nothing of value was likely lost

[glenn3e]

Yea the Twins are so much better now. Finished a run with them on Expert and it was quite enjoyable.

[Vengyr]

I personally couldn't make a good "high cost" Twins build. Debuff build is still good, but high cost seems very unreliable. Granted I went straight for the Blood Mist with it.

[Tom Cruise]

Im a big time RL and deckbuilder game this is the BOMB.COM
def rec it to my buds just started playing last night and im HOOKED this is such a sleeper hit hopefully more people check it