Beacons?

[water]

It says "+20% attack speed to all units". Does this mean it increases the attack speed of the monsters I'm fighting as well?

[johnnykol]

yes, but no.

[MolitovMichelle]

Yes it increases your attack speed and the monsters attack speed too. Just yes.

[johnnykol]

not bosses

[King Joshington]

Are they worth it? From what I can tell, if you set them up right, you can get your hero running around the whole loop. It makes you loop faster ... but is that a good thing? It means your HP-regen is effectively weakened, as you're running into enemies faster. It also means enemies are getting stronger faster, as you loop faster. And there's not really a combat incentive because enemies also attack faster ....

So, what is the benefit of using beacons?

[Abomination72]

Less enemy spawns I guess, since it costs less days to run the full loop. Things can pile up quite nasty if you're unlucky with lantern drops.

[King Joshington]

Originally posted by Abomination72:

Less enemy spawns I guess, since it costs less days to run the full loop. Things can pile up quite nasty if you're unlucky with lantern drops.

I hadn't thought of that. I also realized you get less healing during the loop from a new day (from adding meadows, for example) because you'll be looping quicker.

[Kawira]

look for card synergy for everything you build. Small hint for beacon here - village

[Jean]

Originally posted by King Joshington:

Are they worth it? From what I can tell, if you set them up right, you can get your hero running around the whole loop. It makes you loop faster ... but is that a good thing? It means your HP-regen is effectively weakened, as you're running into enemies faster. It also means enemies are getting stronger faster, as you loop faster. And there's not really a combat incentive because enemies also attack faster ....

So, what is the benefit of using beacons?

Before the demo, not really, after it? I think so, properly, sometime. Things to keep in mind is that it stack multiplicatively with your own attack speed and that it doesn't affect bosses. Since you can get obscene attack speed with Thickets and Rivers and that Stamina only cut your attack speed in half, ultimately, you benefit for it more than monsters and get to kill many monsters quickly at the start of a fight before they can damage you or stack debuffs. I still wouldn't use them often, but sometime.

[johnnykol]

Originally posted by King Joshington:

So, what is the benefit of using beacons?

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[King Joshington]

Originally posted by Kawira:

look for card synergy for everything you build. Small hint for beacon here - village

I thought you meant that a beacon would transform a village ... did you just mean that having beacons and villages means you can run faster and so hit the villages more quickly?

[Kawira]

Originally posted by King Joshington:

Originally posted by Kawira:

look for card synergy for everything you build. Small hint for beacon here - village

I thought you meant that a beacon would transform a village ... did you just mean that having beacons and villages means you can run faster and so hit the villages more quickly?

exactly, you get more quests

[Moxey]

Bosses dont gain the attack speed so its a huge buff vs boss.

[libero2711]

what about temporal beacons tho, they're good for meadow regen since it doesnt speed u up, only time, also, do temporal beacons stack? like if i put 2 near eachother the path will get 2 temp beacon effects, it should work... right?

[libero2711]

im just trying out regen and meadow builds, pretty fun and effective

[Biergood]

There's also synergy with the Brass Candlestick (does not stack).

I use them for my Rogue runs. My Rogue keeps telling me, "Speed is good."