Is that 'Luck' on the stats screen?

[Ismoísta]

I have noticed that the sixth stat on the pause menu never moves. I'm assuming it's Luck since it looks like a clover, but I have never seen it go higher than one stripe.
Any ideas why?

[Ottomic]

...because you haven't picked any Luck Up items?

[stupendous man]

Originally posted by Ottomic:

...because you haven't picked any Luck Up items?

[Ismoísta]

It's not like I only checked the one time. It even stays at one while playing with Cain. And even after getting a luck up pill, etc, I have checked but it doesn' go up.

[Grimseff]

I can attest to that, myself. Luck doesn't seem to raise at all, even with multiple Luck Up items.

[boobufestu]

Originally posted by Ismoísta:

It's not like I only checked the one time. It even stays at one while playing with Cain. And even after getting a luck up pill, etc, I have checked but it doesn' go up.

Cain is garbage now, as opposed to original BOI. He got nerfed to all hell. Also, it goes up when you get luck up pills. I've maxed out luck before. Either you are picking up another stat up and just dont know it or your game is bugged, which is unlikely unless youve tried to mod the game.

[elmdor043]

Isn't that a cross for Faith? Faith is actually a thing now with items raising it so I assume that's what it is.

Assuming it is Faith, the only real way to kind of know your Luck is how often Tough Love works like in the original.

[Ismoísta]

Originally posted by curvaceous cow:

Originally posted by Ismoísta:

It's not like I only checked the one time. It even stays at one while playing with Cain. And even after getting a luck up pill, etc, I have checked but it doesn' go up.

Cain is garbage now, as opposed to original BOI. He got nerfed to all hell. Also, it goes up when you get luck up pills. I've maxed out luck before. Either you are picking up another stat up and just dont know it or your game is bugged, which is unlikely unless youve tried to mod the game.

I have been checking after getting Luck Up items and it haven never seen it change. And I highly doubt the game is just bugged for me in that very specific aspect. And it's not just me as Grimseff just confirmed.

I reckon it could be Faith, I'll try to check after getting a Faith Up item. Maybe it doesn' go up because you also get "Evil Up" items that lower it back.

[Andy]

I think it's luck, but it raises very slowly. I have gotten the Magic Scab and Lucky Foot in the same run and the 'Clover' stat increased by 1.

[Lital]

It's luck. I had a PhD in Basement I with Cain and ended up with 8 luck pills.

[Bongwater Pizza]

You guys don't realize how the stats work. It's not an exact number. The stats page only gives a rounded estimate of your stats, and picking up one or two items won't raise it. If you guys didn't focus on the luck stat, you'd notice that pretty much every single item you pick up, won't raise your stats unless you've picked up other items. Even the halo and the mushroom.

It is the luck stat, I've maxed it with a PHD, a 1 dollar bill, and 3 arcades.

[GDMFSOB81]

Originally posted by Retainting Odor:

You guys don't realize how the stats work. It's not an exact number. The stats page only gives a rounded estimate of your stats, and picking up one or two items won't raise it. If you guys didn't focus on the luck stat, you'd notice that pretty much every single item you pick up, won't raise your stats unless you've picked up other items. Even the halo and the mushroom.

It is the luck stat, I've maxed it with a PHD, a 1 dollar bill, and 3 arcades.

Yeah, this is one detail in which McMillen's design philosophy is a little confused and strange. He hates numbers so he refuses to show the stats as numbers and insists on making them these little bars, but the actual code is based on incremental numbers that the bars can't accurately display so the bars just end up being pointless and confusing.

Basically, don't even bother checking the bars.

[Ottomic]

Originally posted by GDMFSOB81:

Basically, don't even bother checking the bars.

You mean like in the first game?

:O

[MazLad]

I'm going to look like a right pedantic bell-cord here, but is that stat even luck? Wouldn't luck be a four-leaf clover rather than a three leaf clover? Could be a cross for Faith... A bulgy cross at that.

[Bongwater Pizza]

Originally posted by MazLad:

I'm going to look like a right pedantic bell-cord here, but is that stat even luck? Wouldn't luck be a four-leaf clover rather than a three leaf clover? Could be a cross for Faith... A bulgy cross at that.

As I've said. Yes it is. I watched it go up as I gobbled down 10+ luck pills. Also, faith is completely hidden. Not all stats are visible.

[Ottomic]

Originally posted by MazLad:

I'm going to look like a right pedantic bell-cord here, but is that stat even luck? Wouldn't luck be a four-leaf clover rather than a three leaf clover?

Finding a lucky four leaf clover is easy. Finding a lucky three leaved clover however...