When is the 5th character going to be released?

[>//The_FALCON]

Foreign Influence clearly shows 5 strings:

Red - Ironclad
Green - Silent
Blue - Defect
Purple - Watcher
Yellow - ???

So who's the mysterious 5th character? What's their story? Their cards? Speculate!

[Zu]

Scrooge McDuck, i.e. playable cultist, coming to spires near you 202$.

[Timbermaw]

What do you mean? I've been playing the 5th character for a while now, and it's Shimakaze!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2371873819

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by Timbermaw:

What do you mean? I've been playing the 5th character for a while now, and it's Shimakaze!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2371873819

that's a mod

[>//The_FALCON]

I've got an idea. What if the 5th character can upgrade RELICS?

Velvet choker: gain 1 energy, you can't play more than 6 cards per turn. Upgraded: gain 2 energy, you can't play more than 9 cards per turn.

[Seftak]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCONTnY:

I've got an idea. What if the 5th character can upgrade RELICS?

Velvet choker: gain 1 energy, you can't play more than 6 cards per turn. Upgraded: gain 2 energy, you can't play more than 9 cards per turn.

That would make the relic in this example extremly op....

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by Seftak:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCONTnY:

I've got an idea. What if the 5th character can upgrade RELICS?

Velvet choker: gain 1 energy, you can't play more than 6 cards per turn. Upgraded: gain 2 energy, you can't play more than 9 cards per turn.

That would make the relic in this example extrely op....

that doesn't add anything to the discussion...

let your mind walk freely

[Seftak]

All right. Next character will be released between never and never ever.

[Zu]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCONTnY:

Originally posted by Seftak:

That would make the relic in this example extremely op....

that doesn't add anything to the discussion...

Why yes, it does. It implies that upgrading resources which neither need to be drawn, played, nor paid for (besides boss relic downsides) needs to be done with great care.

Would be fun though. One of the earliest mods, le disciple, delves into relic interactions.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by Seftak:

All right. Next character will be released between never and never ever.

how are people like you even allowed in discussions

[Timbermaw]

They need to start charging for new dlc. How are the devs even paying their food?
Anyway, maybe the new character could be a ranger of sorts, though that'd probably be green in color.

[Khor]

Originally posted by Timbermaw:

They need to start charging for new dlc. How are the devs even paying their food?

Assuming this is an actual question

We know for a fact StS had sold more than 1.5 million copies by 2019
for Steam spy, the total owner should be around 4 million now... and that`s Steam only.

We know Megacrit is a 2-man team that contracted a single graphic for most of the Art...
if you consider the standard 30% cut on sales, some basic math tells us they should be able to afford food... for at least a couple more months

[Timbermaw]

Originally posted by Khor:

Originally posted by Timbermaw:

They need to start charging for new dlc. How are the devs even paying their food?

Assuming this is an actual question :lunar2020thinkingtiger:

We know for a fact StS had sold more than 1.5 million copies by 2019
for Steam spy, the total owner should be around 4 million now... and that`s Steam only.

We know Megacrit is a 2-man team that contracted a single graphic for most of the Art...
if you consider the standard 30% cut on sales, some basic math tells us they should be able to afford food... for at least a couple more months :conwayshrug:

i'm just looking at Monster Train releasing paid dlc 3 months after launch and rolling my eyes. Many cards are still quite bad, there are way fewer cards and most of the runs end up being the exact same.
Meanwhile Mega Crit has given support to this game with balance changes and new content for years without charging a cent. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

[Khor]

Monster Train sold MUCH (<500.000 according to SS) less and is made by a full team of 12 (if i remember correctly) people.

They too probably aren`t starving, but their "food security" is definitely less...secured(?)

[>//The_FALCON]

Maybe it's like a paladin type? A righteous warrior seeking to end the corruption of the spire.

He'd probably be more defensive than ironclad, but not have the insane combos of the silent. Maybe one architype could be an "eye for an eye" playstyle, dealing a lot of damage when getting attacked and maybe reflecting debuffs back to the attacker.

Maybe they're a master of arms and have tons of magical weapons they can swap around like the watcher swaps stances? They could also combo with certain cards.

[Dusk_Army]

Ever consider the possibility that there are already 5 colors of card? Yes, the last one is gray, not yellow, but that's good enough reason to believe that this isn't some hint about a 5th character.

All things considered, I wouldn't be against the devs charging for additional characters at this point in time as long as the price wasn't egregious. MegaCrit has shown a focus on quality that leads me to the conclusion that they deserve success in a way that larger companies which drop tons of DLC do not.