Blessings Should Probably Be Rebalanced

[Shadow Ryker]

After putting some amount of time into this game having blessed almost all of the whips and doing lots of runs to inferno, I really think that some of the blessings that are offered should be tweaked or more should be added because I find that most of these are less than useful.

The main issue I have with the blessing system is that 2-3 blessings are top tier and generally want to be used together, and the rest that get offered are basically a waste of coins. Double Jump + Wings is top tier and adding Long Whip just makes things even easier, making any other blessing offerings less than ideal for a given run.

Lucky/Lucky Landing is straight up not worth it for the low chance of not taking damage/healing on fall damage, especially since whips like Lightning Whip (Unblessed) insta-kill you if you take fall damage. I personally think these percents should be buffed the lower your HP is with maybe like one guaranteed proc per floor set (Ruins, Inferno, etc).

Crouch Jump doesn't really make too much sense to me since it doesn't work when sliding and only applies when you stop and crouch. This is a split-decision, fast-paced parkour game with not a lot of room for stopping and crouching to get a bigger jump. I really think this should work with sliding, but I can see why that could also be a detriment too since you might not wanna make a big jump out of a slide. Not to mention the Crouch Jump double jump bug in the air was removed so it's even less useful now.

Hover Slide is a weird one for me, since I can see why and where it would be used, I just tend not to use it in favor of DJ + Wings. I don't personally think it should be changed, it just isn't a perk I would pick up most of the time.

[Kito Ballard]

I'm personally surprised the wasn't more blessings to mix into the pot. At the moment I generally turn down anything aside from Healing, Heart Containers, Wings, and Long Whip. The rest are "Meh. I guess I'll take it" to "really? I don't want these..."

[Shadow Ryker]

Yeah I really think there should be more blessings in the pool than what we have now. That and I wish there was a reroll option, for a fraction of the coins you used to purchase the blessing (once more blessings are added ofc) or just a flat out like "I don't want this blessing" option. That and probably increase the amount of blessings offered from 2 to like 3-4 (It's a roguelike ffs I want my options to change my run)

[Akameka]

Double jump and long whip are the real MVP. No other blessings are needed.

Wings is a nice addition to even break the game further, but I won't go out of my way to get it. Fast whip is meh, I guess. Still gives you more fluidity.

Rest of the blessing is a straight "pfff....who even want this ?"

My usual strat is pulling until I get long whip and double jump, then only get a blessing if I need healing. I keep my money until the statue just before the artefact room, where I try to get the blessing to banish the guardian.

[Shadow Ryker]

Originally posted by Akameka:

Double jump and long whip are the real MVP. No other blessings are needed.

Wings is a nice addition to even break the game further, but I won't go out of my way to get it. Fast whip is meh, I guess. Still gives you more fluidity.

Rest of the blessing is a straight "pfff....who even want this ?"

My usual strat is pulling until I get long whip and double jump, then only get a blessing if I need healing. I keep my money until the statue just before the artefact room, where I try to get the blessing to banish the guardian.

Yeah for sure I totally agree with this. Those two perks are godlike and are critical in winning runs, and everything else is just kinda not needed at all. I hope they do some balancing around the other perks instead of nerfing Double Jump, Long Whip, and Wings. That and adding more perks that are of the same caliber to have more variety in runs.