Star Link - need an explanation

[wodny]

Hi,

Can someone explain to me how the mechanics of the latest season work?

Thanks.

[FreshMint]

If you've played reincarnation already you may be familiar with the Spiritual Link modifier- which is a mechanic that allows you to gain an addonitional effect through a combination of scrolls and ascensions.

This season essentially focuses on that mechanic.
The big difference is that you choose a set of links that you will be able to obtain through your run ie focusing on boosting primary skill or weapon damage.
I believe most of the existing normal spiritual links are available in most of those 'templates', but each template has their own set of extra links and one addonitional unique link (which is probably what you'll wanna focus the most on, it even has multiple levels.

To facilitate getting links, star envoys now appear at the start and every boss map (after the boss has been defeated).
These will allow you to spend scrolls into points that count for those spiritual links- be it the unique ones or the old existing ones. If you can't go on in life without speedrunner you could now sink stuff like an unused enthousiast into that.
In other words: You're paying with scrolls to gain what may as well be an invisible scroll that counts for a spiritual link of your choosing.

There'll also be owls in the regular stages, they allow you to spend scrolls to pretty much roll for a new one- often for a spiritual link if you're lucky.

To help facilitate getting scrolls to burn for all this (rather than recycle), you also get three backpack slots that you can put scrolls in.
The benefit of this is that the scrolls will not activate their effects that way, so you can carry both Paranormality and Flesh and Bones without being stuck at 1 hp or losing an ascension with Break the Ice (note that rarer scrolls are worth more for the envoys).

There's also a couple spiritual blessings to help/reward links.

There's also something different with Interdependent fortunes (scrolls seem to drop from enemies now rather than being given immediately?) but I'm not very sure what the idea with that is since I usually ignore it.

Note that both modifiers are locked to being active in this season. You can skip choosing interdependent fortune scrolls by pressing Escape if you don't like the options.


TL;DR; Souped up spiritual link. Pick a set of possible links before starting. Owls let you pick

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by FreshMint:

There's also something different with Interdependent fortunes (scrolls seem to drop from enemies now rather than being given immediately?) but I'm not very sure what the idea with that is since I usually ignore it.

I think it's just a nerf to interdependent fortunes since it was overpowered before.

[FreshMint]

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

Originally posted by FreshMint:

There's also something different with Interdependent fortunes (scrolls seem to drop from enemies now rather than being given immediately?) but I'm not very sure what the idea with that is since I usually ignore it.

I think it's just a nerf to interdependent fortunes since it was overpowered before.

I mean you can still abuse Paranormality's 1hp trait.

It dropping randomly later on seems to be the only thing that changed, and I'm not even sure if it's possible to get unlucky and miss out on the scroll altogether.
Heck, you're not even forced to take the cursed scrolls anymore, you can even put them in your backpack and reroll them later.

[Rumors]

Originally posted by FreshMint:

Heck, you're not even forced to take the cursed scrolls anymore, you can even put them in your backpack and reroll them later.

You're forced to pick up your own if you get too close to the crystal they're in as it'll fly directly into your inventory like copper. Teammate cursed scroll fortunes, however, picking them up is optional and you can backpack them.

[FreshMint]

Originally posted by Rumors:

Originally posted by FreshMint:

Heck, you're not even forced to take the cursed scrolls anymore, you can even put them in your backpack and reroll them later.

You're forced to pick up your own if you get too close to the crystal they're in as it'll fly directly into your inventory like copper. Teammate cursed scroll fortunes, however, picking them up is optional and you can backpack them.

Oh I see.
At the very least you can still use them for rerolling to my experience, but not spend them at the envoy for links, so at least there's still some worth in risking picking one.