THE BLIND DECKS

[RAVENROOK]

Can anyone please tell me the point of the blind decks? Cards that are dealt face down and in which you have to decide which ones to get rid off and which ones to keep? I think that this is something that could be taken out of the game completely.

[Goblin]

It could be taken out yeah, just like you could take any other challenge out. It would make the game worse if you did, though. The point is to challenge you, make you use your brain to figure out what the cards are or how to best play around not getting enough information.

[brickey.8]

Just like all bosses, these ones are harder for some decks to deal with than others. Some decks can construct an effective hand without knowing what one or two of the cards do, and some decks can afford to spend their discards much more easily than others. If your deck can only succeed by spending 1-2 discards to set up a killer 5-card hand, those bosses are specifically here to counter you, and you should take extra precautions when you see it coming up.

Also, if you've made your deck lopsided enough (either by suit or by rank, whichever you care about), you can sometimes tell what a face-down card is just by sorting your hand. A face-down card sitting left of an ace is still an ace.

[Static]

Lil bro wants easy mode

[tlenz]

Yeah. The Boss encounters are designed to be possible roadblocks to certain deliberate strategies. I had a nice flush-centric build with mostly clubs, and...I got lazy and ended up with a boss that debuffed clubs at a 40,000 point goal. Not having made ANY kinds of prep, I chose a degenerate strategy that ended my run.

Considering the degree to which the nature of random poker draws is understood, and the radical ability one has to screw with that over the course of the game, that felt entirely fair.

[Pingoso]

You can judge what suit or rank cards are by sorting them and comparing to the cards beside them. For example, if sorted by rank, a card to the left of an Ace must be another Ace.

You can also save your discards for face down cards and use hands to discard unwanted cards. Using all of your discards on the first hand against the Fish is a death sentence, unless you're certain of victory.

[Bilgot the Heartless]

I am curious if there is any boss in this game that wasn't trashtalked on that forum.

[Ronald Brain]

Originally posted by Bilgot the Heartless:

I am curious if there is any boss in this game that wasn't trashtalked on that forum.

So far I haven't seen someone complaining about The Physic (Must play 5 cards) yet, probably because it's a bit easier to deal with

[butterdog]

Originally posted by Bilgot the Heartless:

I am curious if there is any boss in this game that wasn't trashtalked on that forum.

Of course not, at some point everyone is very happy with their RNG and deck and then something comes along and ♥♥♥♥♥ on their day. These are rage posts, and I've made a few of them myself in the past for other games. Just fire up another round and get back to it.

[brickey.8]

Originally posted by Bilgot the Heartless:

I am curious if there is any boss in this game that wasn't trashtalked on that forum.

So far psychic is pretty easy, but I'd say the standout "easy boss" is the serpentine (always draw 3 cards after discard/draw). In 95% of cases that just helps you since it turns all your discards into extra hand size. I've literally only had it give me trouble once, in an obelisk+burglar run where I could just play random hands every turn but could not play a high card without losing my bonus (and was scared to sell burglar because I had a base of 2 hands without it).

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Static:

Lil bro wants easy mode

What's wrong with easy mode?

[Jim Zero]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Originally posted by Static:

Lil bro wants easy mode

What's wrong with easy mode?

It encourages poor game journalists..