Watering down item choices in Inn...

[Doktor Oktor]

...by unlocking items at the Altar of Hope?

Did that ever occur a thing/problem to you?
Last run, I wasn't offered the dog pet that I wanted but three other pets that I did not want.

[Ignosius]

Yeah, it's kind of an unfortunate side effect. The more stuff is unlocked, the less likely you are to get what you want.

There are a couple cultist trinkets that I consider to be some of the best in the game, and they're available from the start. Now that I've unlocked all of the trinkets, I basically never see them anymore.

[tiamats4esgares]

I'm not unlocking any more pets for that reason, the dog seems like the best lol

[mtgninja]

Also, consider this: High Affinity randomly chooses abilities of the heroes to augment. You have to unlock character abilities, therefore its prudent to not unlock bad abilities in order to have the highest chance for your *good* abilities to be chosen.

[poppindancers]

Originally posted by Doktor Oktor:

...by unlocking items at the Altar of Hope?

Did that ever occur a thing/problem to you?
Last run, I wasn't offered the dog pet that I wanted but three other pets that I did not want.

It's one of those things that Red Hook enjoys to fk around with the playerbase. No reason but to kick you when you're done. This game has plenty of those.

[Maj. Crimes]

Originally posted by tiamats4esgares:

I'm not unlocking any more pets for that reason, the dog seems like the best lol

Unlike the trinkets the pets are all useful in their own way

[HighLanderPony]

It's a tradeoff. You dilute your pool but also unlock some stronger options.

"The pet I wanted" this game is less like "I know what I'll do going in and do it" and more "I've a broad idea and we'll see how it goes".

That said, I'd love if we could get a sandbox mode as some unlock where we could just mess around, selecting anything and everything we get.

[Ssjbryando]

Funny, I only pick the Snake pet but have the same issue. I don't use any other pet at all.

Gonna try out dog then

[Ismoísta]

I prefer to see it as: it makes it so I don' have to always see/use the same stuff.
It's more fun to adapt to what the game throws at you. If the you could do the same thing every time and have it be successful that would get bored quickly, IMO.

[The Face]

Originally posted by Ismoísta:

I prefer to see it as: it makes it so I don' have to always see/use the same stuff.
It's more fun to adapt to what the game throws at you. If the you could do the same thing every time and have it be successful that would get bored quickly, IMO.

This. For me the fun and challenge is adapting to items, situations, and yes, even heroes if the typical and/or easy heroes have bad traits. This is kind of "roll with it" the game :P