Where's the easy mode, exactly?

[King of Sorrow]

Game update keeps being advertised that there's a bonafide easy mode, and...I give up on whatever default is! Game's a touch too long for this unrelenting difficulty that only gets worse...

[Lamblahdelta]

Options > settings > toggle on “Angel Mode”

That’s the easy mode and you can adjust the damage received and enemy speed from there. It won’t affect achievements according to the wiki.

[Dept. of Savings & Pwns]

In addition to angel mode there's the chrono version of Saffron that gives you a time slow and also gunner which is very strong in neutral runs.

[King of Sorrow]

Originally posted by Dept. of Savings & Pwns:

In addition to angel mode there's the chrono version of Saffron that gives you a time slow and also gunner which is very strong in neutral runs.

I can't get into the intricacies of deck-building, so I'm at a loss as to how to even proceed. I can get 6 stages deep before dying instantaneously, and with RNG being RNG, I can't get anything good. Hard to 'theme' a deck when there's so much garbage surrounding what the one guide I've found's recommendations.

Also yes, I'm aware of the 'focus' thing, but even setting Hearth as focus gets me nothing I'm looking for. There's no real "HEY HERE'S HOW TO PLAY X" from what I can discover, and with Angel Mode, I'm still suffering via deck issues.

[Chris]

I just refunded it. Although I realized it's nothing like Battle Network, I still couldn't settle for the chaotic, fast-paced, difficult, RNG gameplay. Particularly on the bosses. The shop feels useless and card upgrades don't feel like they make a difference. There's just more enjoyable roguelike games to play. I'll play the Battle Network games on an emulator instead.

[abielf]

Originally posted by Chris:

I just refunded it. Although I realized it's nothing like Battle Network, I still couldn't settle for the chaotic, fast-paced, difficult, RNG gameplay. Particularly on the bosses. The shop feels useless and card upgrades don't feel like they make a difference. There's just more enjoyable roguelike games to play. I'll play the Battle Network games on an emulator instead.

I feel this. I got it for a gift so I can't refund it, but I'd be super mad if I paid money for this. I love MMBN and I love card based roguelikes, and thought this would be amazing, but this game is the most frustrating I've played in a long time. Absolutely the meanest game for new players to play, a hundred percent.

[Lawlzer]

It's probably just me, but I got this game from Humble Bundle, and it's by far my favourite game out of the ~14 games I got. I'll agree, it's fast-paced, and can be really hard to get into, but once you get into it, it really is a gem. Everything is relatively simple, but it gets harder and harder over time.
I'll agree, when I first got it, I thought about hating it, but I played it a bit more and then really got into it. The first world is usually really hard when getting into it, but if you try it a few times, you can learn to get past it, and then 1-2 worlds in, you're really able to start building a cool deck, and then you can really get into it.