Blacksmith equivalent? and how far can you upgrade skill levels?

[sleeve]

Can you upgrade gear like in the blacksmith?
How many times can you upgrade skills with mastery? Other than mastery, is there a guild like feature to unlock other skills like DD1?

[Ellye]

You unlock more skills in Altars that you can find throughout the journey. Those are permanent unlocks that lasts for all your runs.

Mastery is only once per skill, and it's only for the current run.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by Ellye:

You unlock more skills in Altars that you can find throughout the journey. Those are permanent unlocks that lasts for all your runs.

Mastery is only once per skill, and it's only for the current run.

:( gg so your char is reset every run? that sounds kinda dumb tbh

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by sleeve:

Originally posted by Ellye:

You unlock more skills in Altars that you can find throughout the journey. Those are permanent unlocks that lasts for all your runs.

Mastery is only once per skill, and it's only for the current run.

:( gg so your char is reset every run? that sounds kinda dumb tbh

You keep quirks on your "winning" chars AFAIK. And you can buff them with memories that last as long as you keep winning (they need to survive, too). I'm hazy on this as I'm not there yet myself.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by sleeve:

:( gg so your char is reset every run? that sounds kinda dumb tbh

You keep quirks on your "winning" chars AFAIK. And you can buff them with memories that last as long as you keep winning (they need to survive, too). I'm hazy on this as I'm not there yet myself.

The biggest impediment I'm having to enjoying the game is I keep defaulting to a DD1 approach. Might need a rethink on my end. Although it would be cool to keep your chars instead of resetting, you know the fantasy of an adventure party

[Fubous]

Originally posted by sleeve:

Originally posted by Ellye:

You unlock more skills in Altars that you can find throughout the journey. Those are permanent unlocks that lasts for all your runs.

Mastery is only once per skill, and it's only for the current run.

:( gg so your char is reset every run? that sounds kinda dumb tbh

skills unlocked and candle upgrades are permanent, and if you beat a run your characters retain all traits/affinities and can take special buffs for as long as you keep them alive in following runs. if they die, traits, masteries, trinkets and affinities are reset.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by Fubous:

Originally posted by sleeve:

:( gg so your char is reset every run? that sounds kinda dumb tbh

skills unlocked and candle upgrades are permanent, and if you beat a run your characters retain all traits/affinities and can take special buffs for as long as you keep them alive in following runs. if they die, traits, trinkets and affinities are reset.

If mastery is only once kinda underwhelming, in DD1 you could upgrade a skill up to 4 times?

[Fubous]

Originally posted by sleeve:

Originally posted by Fubous:

skills unlocked and candle upgrades are permanent, and if you beat a run your characters retain all traits/affinities and can take special buffs for as long as you keep them alive in following runs. if they die, traits, trinkets and affinities are reset.

If mastery is only once kinda underwhelming, in DD1 you could upgrade a skill up to 4 times?

i thought the same at first, but the upgrades are more impactful than DD1's simple numbers increase and it's better suited for the gameplay loop.

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by sleeve:

Originally posted by Fubous:

skills unlocked and candle upgrades are permanent, and if you beat a run your characters retain all traits/affinities and can take special buffs for as long as you keep them alive in following runs. if they die, traits, trinkets and affinities are reset.

If mastery is only once kinda underwhelming, in DD1 you could upgrade a skill up to 4 times?

This is a case of less is more I think.