Farm those candles

[WarMage]

That new candle mechanic is so annoying. An added extra layer of hard grind in order to get anywhere. You ain't playing the game until you get AT LEAST half of all the necessary candle upgrades.

That is so annoying. Useless padding. Useless grind.

It doesn't add anything to the game. It's basically the devs locking behind some grind your heroes abilities, stats, etc... same with pretty much everything else like the coach.

Man, I'm trying hard to like Darkest Dungon 2 but so far it's merely average and it's SO SO BORING because of all the useless grind. I've been repeating the first zone forever. Started doing the second zone and did maybe 5 or 6 expedition in the third never successfully reaching it's end yet. I'd like to see more of the game. I'd like to face new ennemies. I'd like to actually have a chance at getting to the mountain but nooooo... gotta grind all those lost stats, perks, trinkets, abilities.... because without'em, you ain't getting there son. Waste your time. Redo the first two zone some more ! You ain't done with'em.

Disgusting.

There's so many more aspect that I could criticize like how you're always dancing to the tune of the AI instead of breaking through like you did in DD1. Or just how ridiculously inverted the chances get as soon as you start to pull ahead. The game gets harder the more you win just to make sure you can't pull through even if you've been RNG lucky. That's so poor taste. Instead of a chall;enge, it's artificial difficulty.

Can't help but be pissed off at this point. I gave this game a fair chance and it wasted it.

[DarkestCat1d4]

compared to dd1 it is the same as heirlooms and gold
If everyone dies you get nothing
so you have to excape this "Huge dungeon" that leads to the games final boss
and on the way upgrade yourself and find things.

The game gets easier the more candles you gain but the worse way to play is to feel you cant win without upgrading, as even if you had better stuff, you still need to understand team comps, enemies and bosses, so the best early game strat is to test the water and build your way up, as then you will be getting better instead of trying to unlock everything, Its like slay the spire, you don't need all the cards to beat the heart but you definitely need to understand the game too

Also again its like dd1 with the town

[fistleaf]

In DD1, if things are going bad, you can quit a dungeon and get all your surviving heroes back with whatever treasure you find, and you keep your town upgrades, you can't really lose in DD1. In DD2, if you quit you lose all your heroes and start from scratch. This is a source of frustration.
Regarding the candles, if you are a good player, you get more candles, and things get easier. If you are struggling, you don't get many candles and continue to struggle. This is also frustrating.