Apocalypse unfair and unfun imo

[JudgeMathis9]

Hi,

I posted a while ago stating A) this game is fantastic and B) complaining about the Henshak's dispel and purge combo.

It appears Henshak has been addressed. The new update is great and I really have no complaints now except...

Does apocalypse just kill you (the patch notes said rd 16 or something?) I had two really fun runs and was like ok cool I got him to 2000 and am stable, yay. Then he just cast apocalypse and my run ended.

If there's nothing you can about it (if there is I take this back) and it's effectively a time limit, I call shenanigans. No turn based card game I have ever played (STS, Monster Train, Tormented Grail, Dream Quest, Vault of the Void, etc.) has had this mechanic. It is very unfun and feels totally unfair.

Make him freeze all your guys for a round or something, but just "you die start over" is silly and pointless.

I'd almost like to suggest making the last floor optional kind of like slay the spire's heart. Id much rather lose to madness three or four twins kicking my rear than "oops sorry apocalype start over."

[TheFirstGenesis]

The recent patches made by the developer has helped tremendously in balancing things and making the final boss more manageable to beat. But yes, the apocalypse can and will occur during the final boss around round 16. So basically, you will need to defeat the final boss and deliver as much damage as you can in 15 rounds or less. There are some equipment that can add burn or bleed stacks for every poison you apply or add burn for every bleed you apply. This gives an enhanced damage effect, and I would highly suggest getting something like that for your characters. If you have the Vile Gas card, you can exponentially enhance damage that way too as long as one of your characters constantly apply poison. There is another hero or character that can deal heavy damage using sight stacks, so I would try that too. Believe it or not, it is possible to defeat the final boss in Round 1 using these enhanced damage effects, but you will need to have the extremely best cards to do that. For long term survivability, keep your resistances up and make sure you apply sanctify stacks on the enemy regardless if they dispel sanctify or not. In summary, some characters have synergy to other character's cards which enhances their damage output, so I would definitely experiment with them and see what best works for you.

The Lord Hanshek dispels are annoying indeed, but I usually focus on getting rid of the shadows first with maximum damage and then wreck havoc on him with poison, bleed, and burn stacks at the end. If you are able to manage your card decks effectively, you could defeat Lord Hanshek and all his shadows in Round 7 or less even on the Madness levels.

Overall, Across the Obelisk has been one of the challenging but fulfilling cardbuilder games to play. There are a lot of things to work with in the game, and the developers have been pretty active in making this game worthwhile