Remove Shadow Curse.. it just isnt fun =/

[Ellohime]

I dont find this mechanic compelling or fun. It makes runs feel bad and inconsistent. If it has to stay, remove it from NG+ where it becomes an annoying hassle. I dont mind trade curse stacks for benefits but otherwise, miss me with this. Thoughts from the community? am I alone here?

[Raim]

They could add curse resistance, or perhaps something at the Architect that makes it less likely to receive curse.

[Lord Touch Me]

probably the weirdest mechanic i say just cause you are already getting negative armor and resistance, and already scaling more curse as it is like i cant even pass ng+2 since update and enemies already not dying either. Like can this be in a different area at least since this is campaign atm.

[Mustang]

Agree - even with all curse reduction mechanics it still sucks to get cursed - even though before last boss i usually have close to 0 curse it just is annoying to deal with - would be better to just remove it imo.

[Akrimus]

I disagree. This is a pretty unique mechanic and I'd rather have it than another +100500% to enemy damage like in other games. If you haven't noticed, there are things that reduce the chance of getting a shadow curse, even immunity. In addition, braziers are very common to reduce the curse. I'm starting to get tired of the endless whining about this.

A much more annoying mechanic is the silence

[trismegistus]

Agreed. Its not a particularly fun mechanic

[Thaeldis]

Don't like it either.

I reached ng+ after something like 28h and was suprised to see this debuff. It feels really bad even if there are ways to reduce it. I only did a few more runs after but I don't see myself playing a lot more until there is real new content. As I already don't really care about "numbers go up", ng+ simply feels like a worst version of ng so there's no point pushing further imo.

[banetrapperdev]

If you at start of run get the food buffs for curse, and church buff for curse.
I'ts borderline ignorable as melee facetank paladin.

If you join in middle of run, even having curse resistance gear it's unplayable, each pack of monsters is 25+ curse if you tank, and you always get some if you dodge... You just cant walk up as melee and hit stuff without getting cursed af.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Ellohime:

Remove Shadow Curse.. it just isnt fun =/
I dont find this mechanic compelling or fun. It makes runs feel bad and inconsistent. If it has to stay, remove it from NG+ where it becomes an annoying hassle. I dont mind trade curse stacks for benefits but otherwise, miss me with this. Thoughts from the community? am I alone here?

Learn to use it. It is awesome!

[Laho]

There are plenty of Curse removing Brasiers all around.
There are new Trinkets that reduce Curse. Gear that reduces Curse.
The Curse Casters are generally identifiable by their green robes. Go in on them and CC / kill them before they curse.
Most of my NG+ runs I get to the Avatar at 0 Curse.

[Coxatris]

My biggest issue with curse is that I can't tell which attacks are adding it. Packs of 10-20 enemies make it hard to see who is doing what.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Coxatris:

My biggest issue with curse is that I can't tell which attacks are adding it. Packs of 10-20 enemies make it hard to see who is doing what.

Thin them out and watch.
If you see the blackish smoke, that is the indicator for cursed attacks.

[Jyria]

A rework of the curse system was planned and said in one of the patch notes

[DrunkHobo]

Most of my runs end with little to no curse on me. The drink and items for it are extremely powerful. Braziers and pyres are all over the place. I feel like all these complaints come from paladin players trying to stand still.

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Originally posted by Ellohime:

I dont find this mechanic compelling or fun. It makes runs feel bad and inconsistent. If it has to stay, remove it from NG+ where it becomes an annoying hassle. I dont mind trade curse stacks for benefits but otherwise, miss me with this. Thoughts from the community? am I alone here?

Really ? That's one of the most powerfull mechanics late game.
All my runs I have 100 curses making me beat the game in like 30 minutes.

[Kisama]

The problem with curse is that it's bugged; Or at least it was. Someone noticed that when cursed, when they were picking up resist gear it was actually making their resists worse. I noticed it was doing the same to me.