Astral Ascent

Astral Ascent

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MasterZalm Dec 27, 2022 @ 10:01pm
Where are the good upgrades?
I mean the real ones. The health and mana upgrades are nice, but all the skills, auras, and "extra choice/rerolls" are kinda meh. I want nice, good upgrades between runs. Upgrades that actually make me feel like I'm making progress.
1. Damage increases.
2. Crit Chance/Damage boosts.
3. Attack Speed modifiers.
4. Movement Speed, Mobility(jump height, dash distance)
5. Damage Reduction.
6. Attack Range/Width(large hitzones)
7. Signature Cooldown/Damage/Duration augments.
8. Reward Rerolls.
9. Reward potency increases(more quartz from rooms, chance for higher level spells, chance for higher rarity gambits, more keys)
10. Life Steal/Life Regen(this is a huge balancing issue in most rogues, it would make sense not all of them have it)
11. Increased Life Shard drop chance.
12. Evade Chance(hits simply dont do dmg)
13. Increased Gambit Proc chances
14. Extra Lives
15. Increased Mana on hit
These are just examples. As it stands, this is a Rouge-lite with meta upgrades that do next to nothing. I feel like the upgrades(besides the meager health and decent mana) do nothing to actually help my runs. It feels like the exact same game the first time as it does the 20th time. If you dont want upgrades ruining your rouge experience, take a note from Dead Cells, and simply make spells and auras unlocked, but offer no upgrades. Otherwise, the upgrades are trivial and gives me nearly no incentive to bother with runs since all the skills and auras unlocked are pretty quick and easy, but the upgrades arent even worth the bother.
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Xsoul  [developer] Dec 28, 2022 @ 3:58am 
Getting your point, noting some of the nice ideas to discuss internally in the future thanks ☺️
MasterZalm Dec 28, 2022 @ 7:31am 
Well its nice to see the dev actually considering feedback. I hope we see some more upgrades in the future. Best luck, I'll be keeping an eye on the game.
Xsoul  [developer] Jan 1, 2023 @ 11:40pm 
No promises there but I see your points and it's noted + will be discussed with the team at some point!

Louis
MasterZalm Jan 2, 2023 @ 1:08am 
Games in Early Access can shift multiple times, its fine. I dont expect any of my ideas to be used, just pleasantly surprised if they are.
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Date Posted: Dec 27, 2022 @ 10:01pm
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