Post by Ethan Clark (EPICPIKAGUY) in Parallel Dungeons Demo comments

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Ethan Clark (EPICPIKAGUY)17 days ago(+1)

I'll check Doctor's frequency.

Nubby is expensive because making a new universe is a huge deal. One strategy is to get ten dollar bill (lowers max HP and gives you money), then get nubby, then recover a few times to get some max HP back. Nubby is still a risk though, but that's by design.

Sword and shield was originally multi-use but I found it was pretty overpowered. Getting at least two sword and shields means you can easily play nothing but that item and steamroll enemies. It felt bad to have such an effective strategy based on only spamming a single item.

I'll check tiny band-aid.

Ryftik17 days ago (1 edit)

I’ve tried nubby a half dozen times, and even with aggressive healing and the tactic you suggested, there is enough chaos that the dollars invested probably pans out less than 50% of the time. Kobold, that guy with Silence, and the Knight pretty heavily punish low HP and right-side universe situations and it is pretty common to get one of them, so you have to keep investing on healing. I’ll buy a nubby before a final fight if I think I can roll over boss (e.g. I’ve got EMP and some other shield game vs. Princess), but I’d rather reroll most days.

Maybe the balance with sword and shield is to only add shield if you don’t have more than one or two.

Ethan Clark (EPICPIKAGUY)16 days ago

I’ll look into lowering the cost of nubby. It’s probably okay to lower it; honestly you could make an argument that an entirely free nubby wouldn’t be too unbalanced since a 6 max HP universe is as much of a liability as it is an opportunity.

Ryftik16 days ago (1 edit)

The math works out that you can get 8 extra dollars in play if you keep it alive the whole game. I feel like progressively making it more expensive is the best strat so when you are really cash strapped at the beginning you can try to farm it, but if you just want to gamble for points at the end, you better be confident.

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