[strategy] How do we feel about the compass?

[Fastattaq]

I've been offered a compass as early as Rank 1. I feel that might be too early to take this item. I'd rather stay on the lowest ranks for as long as possible to farm keys and gems.

Do you ever find yourself deliberately not picking up the compass?

On a side note, I wish there was a mechanism to drop certain items freely. I know the coat check is a thing, but at the same time I'd rather not because I'd rather not see the compass the next day.

[adinsx]

I actively avoid picking up the Compass unless one of the following is true:

1. I can immediately combine it at the Workshop.

2. I can trade it at the outpost (lol).

3. I want to put it Coat Check so it never randomly shows up again (lol).

4. I'm already at high rank and *really* need to get into room 46 for whatever goal I have that day.

5. I'm going for the speedrun trophy.

The item would be so much more useful if you could toggle it on/off.

[jussr]

I'm guessing the reason we're not allowed to drop items is because it'd let us effectively choose an item the moon pendant carried over to the next day.

But yeah, the compass can be a bit inconvenient sometimes; you can always leave it and then come back for it later once you're ready, though.

[Silyon]

Personally, I always take the compass because otherwise the sheer number of L-rooms inevitably make my manor curl in on itself. There's so many rooms that feel weighted to show up facing exclusively south and will only pivot away from that if actively forced to with something like the Compass.

[Doombringer]

Drafting Compass/Blessing of the Dancer help mitigate the downside.
You also have to draft a bit differently with it, going side-to-side as much as possible before going up.
(as building back down is not easy with it)

Also you can put it in coat check, then take it out and put another item in later if you want.