Thoughts on Devil Deal?

[Pez]

Seems like it's been a few months since there's been a post like this.

I haven't been able to join the discord and it's compromised now :( so wanted to post here. But general thoughts?

I personally don't like the deals too much. You win you gain huge reward OR you die (almost always). Runs aren't that long so it's not a big deal but the thought of just flat out losing is bothersome.

-2 curse is hardly a problem so that's an option, too, albeit not a fun one.

I feel like Devil Deals would be better if they had varied negative punishments for failing. Kind of like a permanent debuff (the opposite of Traveler's Mark or similar) or permanent hindrance piece(s) on your side of the board. I don't know. Just win huge prize or hit restart on loss doesn't feel like two great options imo.

Loving the game and its development otherwise

[Michael Mayhem]

We agreed on this feedback and made a change in the update that went out today, to specifically try to make the Deals no longer "a huge reward or you die". They no longer cause double damage and the rewards are now just resources. Still about the same total value of resources, but a small bundle of resources isn't nearly as swingy of a reward as the previous rewards that were present.

Let us know what you think!