Any advice for a new player?

[Phrog]

so there is one thing i noticed about this game when i started:this game is very hard. Ive been trying the easiest classes to use (wanderer and monk) and i can barely make any progress. Is there something im missing?

[LazyTavi]

Tell us what it is that's ending your runs most of the time. Are you getting too confident in melee? Try playing ranged and magic characters for a bit to integrate their strategies into your mindset.

["Boo" Radley]

Are you clearing every floor before you move on to the next stage? Try Cleric or healer maybe too? its easier to learn the game mechanics when you have at least a little bit of healies. Also you gotta learn the attack distance too. Also turn off traps and minotaurs at the start.

also do the trials

[happygiggi]

Always fight dirty if you can. The start of the game you're weak since you aren't fully geared.

Abuse traps, hide in darkness then do charged attack backstab for huge damage, use ranged (especially against caster), use shield block in melee fights... And try to clear the room for the sweet lvl up that'll make you much tankier.

[Dawnseer]

Look up.

[Stormer]

Play mechanist, spam sentrys, and have 0 move speed

[Enger]

Dont Just Stick to one fighting Style even If you Pick Warrior or any other melee dont why away from Magic staffs or ranged weapons.
For example throwable rocks in the Gnome mines are amazing Same as the Magic staffs dont shy away from using everything you have.

[Enger]

Try every class and Well Race If you have the DLCs you might Like Something that you thought was Bad/boring.

[Little Critter Enjoyer]

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[Old Shoe]

try to keep your total weight low as having high weight / low speed can very easily get you killed all throughout the game. one noob trap is heavy armor in the early game (leather / iron chestplate), the extra armor may seem worth it but it won't make much of a difference due to your HP being so low.

try to kill as many enemies per floor as you can as well.

Originally posted by Little Critter Enjoyer:

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[☼king wu]

i just got raped by a skeleton in 3 hits trying to somewhat get inventory sorted.
prior to which i got mauled in hand to hand combat with what appeared to be someones snot (slime took 12 hits like he was the heavyweight champion) then proceeded to body me in 2

[lips]

Originally posted by ☼king wu:

i just got raped by a skeleton

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