Can progression be reset?

[Wyvern]

I've played a dozen or so games and have "leveled up" each of the core characters several times, and I just discovered today that they can only benefit from one category of talents at a time. This throws a wrench in my efforts to progress all the characters at the same rate, because each of them has talents from multiple categories, and depending on which one I choose at the start of a game, one member of a pair may effectively be at a higher level than the other.

Now that I know this, I'd like to start over again from scratch and specialize each character in one category, but I can't find any way to do this. (With some games, it would be as simple as starting a new profile, but that doesn't seem to be an option with this one. It really ought to be.)

[MigrantP]

Once you finish the progression sheet on a hero you can reset it. You can choose one focus per hero for a game. The talents/progress in the non-chosen focuses will have no effect.

[Wyvern]

So there's really no other way? And what counts as "finishing" a progression sheet? Do you have to fill in all the talents in one focus, or is it enough to fill in all the Basic talents? Or do you have to do both?

[MigrantP]

There is no way to incur a negative effect with filling out a progression sheet. You can reset it once every checkbox is filled.

[FiLtheThriL]

That's kind of a bummer.

[Elindos Phar & Family]

I need clarification on this.

Once you complete a sheet:
do you mean you can reset it and lose all progress?
or that you can redistribute points?

Also, to quote OP:
What counts as "finishing" a progression sheet? Do you have to fill in all the talents in one focus?

[Elindos Phar & Family]

I also wonder what exactly happens when I :
uncheck "PROGRESSION" on the New Game screen.

Does that mean I can start a new character, and replace previous progression after this game, or that mean that all progression is completely ignored and I'll have no option to progress at the end of this game. (I suppose the latter, but it's unclear)

[Ecirar]

I think unchecking progression just means that you play without any of the progression bonuses and don't earn any progression points at the end of the game. Your existing progression isn't reset when doing that, and so is till available if you re-enable progression.

I was able to reset my progression using the following method. There is no particular advantage in doing so , but I felt in the mood for resetting it anyway...

1) Disable cloud sync for the game. (Right click on the game in the library , select properties, and then go to the 'updates' tab and untick 'Enable Steam Cloud synchronisation for One Deck Dungeon'.

2) Find the save files at the following location (exact location will depend on where steam is installed , and your user ID).
Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<NumberCorrespondingToYourUserID>\770100

3) Delete the contents of that directory - namely remotecache.vdf and the remote directory.

4) Launch the game, and you should see that your progression has been reset.

5) Re-enable cloud sync while the game is still running (the opposite of step 1)

6) Exit the game.

7) Launch the game again. Steam will complain that the files in the cloud are different from your local files , and will ask which you want to keep. You should tell it to upload your current local files to the cloud.

If you don't use cloud synccing at all you can almost certainly reset the progress with a whole lot less effort.

[MigrantP]

Completing a hero's sheet is filling all checkboxes in the entire sheet. When you complete a sheet, you can reset it. That clears all checkboxes and adds 1 Prestige to the sheet. Prestige doesn't do anything right now, but it might someday. This is all explained on How to Play, page 3.

If you uncheck progression, then progression is not used or affected. Some people don't like to use progression, so the option is provided to disable it.