Playing Single Player on Extreme makes me want to die

[Genolla]

It's so dumb, honestly.

[Genolla]

It's not even like "If you make a single mistake, you lose." it's legitimately like "even if you play perfectly, you still lose because f*ck you"

[F IAaP n]

Welcome.

[winter wave]

a good strategy is to bring really expensive cards so the cpus waste all their stars using them instead of leveling up

[Genolla]

Originally posted by soup in the kitchen:

a good strategy is to bring really expensive cards so the cpus waste all their stars using them instead of leveling up

Ahh true, thanks for the tip

[𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝟙]

Originally posted by Genolla:

It's so dumb, honestly.

It's a right of passage. You will be proud to own those star dice and purple crown.

Originally posted by safe and sound on our solid-ish:

a good strategy is to bring really expensive cards so the cpus waste all their stars using them instead of leveling up

Do that and play as Tomomo and you will make short work of it. If you don't have Tomomo, use Yuki or use the shop purple crate to get Tomomo.

[Genolla]

Originally posted by Invictus:

Originally posted by Genolla:

It's so dumb, honestly.

It's a right of passage. You will be proud to own those star dice and purple crown.

Originally posted by safe and sound on our solid-ish:

a good strategy is to bring really expensive cards so the cpus waste all their stars using them instead of leveling up

Do that and play as Tomomo and you will make short work of it. If you don't have Tomomo, use Yuki or use the shop purple crate to get Tomomo.

You are absolutely right about the dice and crown.

I have every character purchased and unlocked but even trying with Tomomo and doing that card strategy I just keep getting destroyed by RNG. I tried many times today then decided to just play online

[CarThief]

Yeah, it sucks. Best to see it as world's slowest dice roll. You can't win by skill, you merely gotta roll that magic number, only problem is, each roll takes like 5-10 minutes.
So its not skill, but it's persistence.

Of course, you could cheat a little and give yourself a better dice with better odds...

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-Attain and use Tomomo in some way. (100-orange purple warp tile in store. Or do all the non-DLC campaigns on Casual, then the extra campaigns, then the extra scenario "Tomomo Hell", and she's yours.)

-Though... In a rare few campaign scenarios, you may want to use others (like Mio to cheese the troll, since it's basically unbeatable in combat there).

-Be sure to put a brick or something heavy on CTRL+Shift. The hands really wear out after 10+ minutes of keeping pressure on it.

-I find it helps to pack cards beneficial to long-term survival. Pudding, Rbits, etc. It might help to fill the gaps with expensive do-nothing cards, too. Maybe even an Magnum or Accel to ensure overkill.

-Overkill is a MUST. If your minimum roll cannot guarantee a kill, it WILL NOT kill. They always roll just high enough to survive.

-Avoid petty combat. If there's nothing to gain, don't bother, your odds are unfavourable even vs a -1 ATK unit. Only go for units when you must or if it is a great oppertunity, and ideally with backup firepower. (Thankfully, the CPU isn't aware of it's hideously overpowered rolls, and merely looks at your stats. The OP Tomomo stats scare them off from fighting you, ussually.)

-Considering the CPU does not know how to win effeciently, consider it a race. They might have RNG on their side, but if you're skillful in normaing 5 times as fast as possible, your odds to win should be alright. Going stars should be the quickest and safest route.

[Genolla]

Thanks for the tips CarThief. Like I said, I have every character unlocked and I'm also the maker of the guide to unlocking Mio, so yes I have everyone including Tomomo, and have already tried using her a lot. She's fine on Original difficulty but she's far from suited for every mission on Extreme, like Star Breaker's second mission where it's strictly a race to get stars. It clearly depends on the map and even the enemies to a smaller degree, but nonetheless these are some good tips

[1337Walrus]

For missions where you just want to go for stars, Sham works pretty well since you can use her hyper to make the AI kill itself on the boss or set them up for a KO. Poppo might work too if you load the deck with expensive cards but I haven't tested it.

[Genolla]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

For missions where you just want to go for stars, Sham works pretty well since you can use her hyper to make the AI kill itself on the boss or set them up for a KO. Poppo might work too if you load the deck with expensive cards but I haven't tested it.

Nice, thanks for the info!

[Forspan!]

My friend has made a pretty comprehensive guide about beating the game on extreme mode (though I have no idea why on earth she put herself through the misery so willingly).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8134♥♥♥♥1

Maybe take a look if you're interested. 'x3

[Hieda no Ajuu]

Poppo is situational on Extreme but there are a few maps where she not only shines but is almost required. For instance, Star Breaker 2 against the other Poppos is one where using a bully won't work because of random warp and their HP, and using a tank won't work because it's two Poppos and instead of fighting, they're just gonna rob you. So you bring your own Poppo and pray for hypers.

[Meneluma]

I personally don't agree on bringing Tomomo inspite of the original not nerfed stats.
Because honestly the rolls are hot garbage and you'll end up with someone severely wounded just barely defending or evading and counter with a max roll.
"Oh it's just 4 attack from the +2 char I can clearly defend it" 1
There's just way too much of the game baiting you into thinking you have a chance and then killing you instead of just throwing 7s at you. And that's even more salt than just getting 7gulled over and over.

Depending on maps(Midnight Kemonomimi in extra scenarios being prime example) Mio is a good option using party time to get everyone in range in a spot where they can't outrun you, and hit them all with Inferno.

Poppo is realiably good at dealing with warp maps yes.
And I found decent success using Sham, although bizarrely used her on Mio's Dark Citadel and inspite of the 9999 HP Mio it worked out.

[F IAaP n]

Originally posted by Captain Yorshka:

I personally don't agree on bringing Tomomo inspite of the original not nerfed stats.
Because honestly the rolls are hot garbage and you'll end up with someone severely wounded just barely defending or evading and counter with a max roll.
"Oh it's just 4 attack from the +2 char I can clearly defend it" 1
There's just way too much of the game baiting you into thinking you have a chance and then killing you instead of just throwing 7s at you. And that's even more salt than just getting 7gulled over and over.

The thing about Tomomo in singleplayer is that the CPUs would pretty much avoid you entirely if you're not low on health. And even then not every character would attack her.

[Genolla]

Originally posted by Forspan!:

My friend has made a pretty comprehensive guide about beating the game on extreme mode (though I have no idea why on earth she put herself through the misery so willingly).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8134♥♥♥♥1

Maybe take a look if you're interested. 'x3

Thanks for sharing, gonna be completely honest this guide was already in my favourites and personally I just find that the game is far too inconsistent to find these guides helpful, but thanks again!