Cancer, incredibly tedious.

[Kayla Solace]

Cancer essence is so incredibly tedious, it singlehandedly made me stop caring about the game, because:

its so incredibly slow to collect
there is NO indication of when the next progression step is, so I'm left wondering why nothing I buy unlocks the next essence, and I can't buy the next essence, only for it to just suddenly appear "oh look crits". cool.

making the drone move to snap the ball to it is incredibly awful because your cursor destroys everything the ball would have hit, so you have to path around big groups, and destroy smaller ones, but even with massive micromanaging it grows so slowly that I basically decided I wouldn't bother upgrading things that cost cancer essence since it just takes so ridiculously long to farm.

[Kayla Solace]

Additionally, the max stack bonus doesn't seem to work, as I have gemini maxed but taurous doesnt seem to be boosted at all

[Astrodle]

Hello Kayla,

The Chaser is indeed the drone demanding the most micro-managing. Unlocking the Target helps pushing the Chaser without destroying blobs if that's any help now.

By max stack bonus, do you mean the Fallout stellar bonus? With this bonus, each essence only boosts the next one (Taurus is boosted by Libra and Gemini boosts Virgo). This bonus isn't really helpful at the cancer stage.

The easiest way to handle cancer is to unlock the beacon then to wait until you get the next multiplier before traveling so that it becomes easier with time. It can also help to withdraw the other drones if they get in the way or just let the game idle and get past this wall for you.

Robin

[YukoValis]

It isn't the best I'll say that. You can find a way to do it if you get the upgrade that makes it chase you after you touch the wall. Virgo starting off is worse in my opinion. Getting 40 hits will a ball especially if you are trying for a goal that needs you to only have 3-5 blobs out at once? Just evil. Those kinds of things really need to wait until you max out the star multi collect.

[Kayla Solace]

the wall chase is useful and i've gotten to the end now, but it was definitely the worst part of the game experience. everything else felt smooth, but it really pulled me out of it.

[Astrodle]

Good to know you still managed to make it to the end despite the annoyance. Thank you for the feedback on the Chaser!

[Kimerus]

Originally posted by Astrodle:

Good to know you still managed to make it to the end despite the annoyance. Thank you for the feedback on the Chaser!

Please, please replace the Chaser's Blade from Story Mode with the one on Drones Only Mode, that Blade is sooooo much better

[break eggs force dorf finish 7th]

I'm having the exact same experience as you right now, just killing my motorization. I'll try to power through, but I would really really really appreciate some kind of idle cancer generation. Cancer is cancer!

[break eggs force dorf finish 7th]

You know, it actually gets a lot better once you get x4 from a star change

Maybe I complained a little too quickly, idk

[bdcrisco98]

Yeah, Cancer is super tedious. It is a lot less annoying if you have the Target, and personally I think the target should be unlocked before the blade, just because it allows you to move the chaser without killing everything around it

[Kayla Solace]

absolutely, target first would be much better

[Udge]

Agree with this thread completely. Super close to just uninstalling due to Cancer essence