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[Blaze]

Throw in a Maintain Equipment camp buff and he'll have 60%. Though I don't know why I'd use it over his party-wides; MAA has some pretty awesome camp skills.

[Bauglir]

Adrenaline Rush consistently increases the amount it heals as you level, so it goes from pointless to pretty worthwhile. 6 guaranteed healing with Blight/Bleed cure is respectable at level 5, even without the damage buff. It's icing on the "High damage to any rank" cake you can manage with 3 slots of hers.

[LordPorkins]

Throw in a Maintain Equipment camp buff and he'll have 60%. Though I don't know why I'd use it over his party-wides; MAA has some pretty awesome camp skills.

Yes, in terms of non-self buffs, bounty hunter and Man At Arms are the best.

[nenjin]

Like I said. The other tanks are good, and while the Man-At-Arms and Crusader get self-prot....none of them can full heal with a single move, or knock off 10+ stress. The Leper is simply just better for that, AND has the advantage of hitting like a freight train. (I'm consistently disappointed with MAA damage.)

I wouldn't run all Lepers over the other tanks but....I don't worry about the Leper surviving or going crazy like I do the others. At the end of the day the MAA and Crusader and Helion all need help when their HP bottoms out. The Leper doesn't. If the Leper had self prot and self mark target, I probably wouldn't use the other tanks as tanks.

[ChairmanPoo]

Retailation + guard can make the man at arms slap away 50% of attacks though...

[Spehss _]

If the Leper had self prot and self mark target, I probably wouldn't use the other tanks as tanks.

Leper actually has a self-buff that gives +25% protection. Withstand at level 1 heals 9 stress and gives +25% protection now, I don't think it used to do that.

Tried two lvl 0 lepers in a  party of occultist, plague doctor, leper, and leper. Went really well actually, lepers hit regularly after giving them each an accuracy stone for +5 acc and -1 speed. I think I'll use them more.

I even killed the collector with that party. Plague Doctor kept the collector blighted, occultist healed, weakened marksmen heads, and used eldritch artillery. The two lepers kept hacking at the front lines and even got to hit the collector a few times.

[ChairmanPoo]

There's a reasonably cheap and very good leper bracer that gives you +10 acc with a relatively small penalty to speed (IIRC).

[Spehss _]

Killed the veteran level Fulminating Prophet. Took my team of 2 lepers, a plague doctor, and an occultist. Lepers and plague doctor were level 3, occultist was level 4.

Although the prophet was killed (and two of his pews were destroyed for the 1250 gold they each drop), my occultist was killed, and the plague doctor and one of my lepers were on death's door. Once the occultist fell I had to focus on finishing off the prophet before everyone else died.

Ripperoni, Chandros the Occultist. You were a real bro in the fight against the eldritch horrors. He got crit heals often and wasn't afraid of anything. Except when he got the fearful affliction.

That makes the 7th hero to die in 34 weeks. in this save, at least.


So I'm reaching a point where my heroes are high levels but I can't upgrade their skills or equipment to match their level, either the buildings aren't upgraded or the upgrades are too expensive to feasibly upgrade everyone before a mission. It's making veteran missions pretty intense.

[Bauglir]

My "strategy" for doing building upgrades:

Spoiler: May All Be Obvious (click to show/hide)

Medium missions are best. Short missions risk failing to fill your inventory, long missions take too long and you'll likely need to leave loot behind. Medium also gives you an opportunity to take advantage of camping, although that got a serious nerf on release since buffs used to last until your next camp instead of 4 battles.

Target an expedition based on the type of heirloom you need most, but do the Ruins for Crests instead of the Cove. Crests are so abundant that the bonus for completing the mission is kind of pointless, and my experience suggests that there are more easily-harvested curios containing heirlooms in the Ruins. The Cove is also generally harder. Bring Medicinal Herbs for Iron Maidens and Skeleton Keys for those goddamn cabinets.

Don't get attached to heroes until you've gotten your Guild and Blacksmith fully upgraded. I've mentioned before my preference for avoiding a hamlet full of heroes all at the same level. One thing to keep in mind is that you will often lose high level characters when you don't have them upgraded. You have an advantage, though, because you will be likely to have some heroes just a level or two behind to take their place. Moreover, if only part of your roster is sucking up expensive upgrades, your funds will be a bit more liquid. Point is, don't bench your high level characters if you don't absolutely need to. At the same time, having low level heroes to run when necessary helps a lot. Heirloom payoffs don't vary too much by level, so you can get a nice haul even from Apprentice runs.

Pick a building to focus on. Don't hesitate to upgrade others as opportunities arise, but do pick your goals. I did well with an upgraded Guild before an upgraded Blacksmith, in part because you can upgrade only critical skills in order to save gold in a pinch.

[Spehss _]

That's pretty much what I'm doing, but most of my heroes are at minimum of level 3 which pretty much forces me to make veteran runs. I agree that medium missions are the best. I've had some good lucrative runs with long missions though. At least novice level long missions. The one long veteran mission I've tried kicked my ass and cost more gold in deaths and supplies than it brought in.

I seem to be low on gold too though, which makes it a challenge to decide which has more priority in a mission, getting gold or getting heirlooms. Inventory space is proving to be annoying.

Spoiler: ruins curios (click to show/hide)

You can use a shovel to open the cabinets if you don't have any keys.

[Bauglir]

Spoiler: ruins curios (click to show/hide)

You can use a shovel to open the cabinets if you don't have any keys.

this changes everything

[Cthulhu]

Using a torch on the piles of scrolls will also cure quirks.

Almost all of the items can be used on curios, even the dog treats.  Be careful smashing things with the shovel though, some things react unpleasantly to being smashed.

[ChairmanPoo]

Using a torch on the piles of scrolls will also cure quirks.

Quirk curing AFAIK:

Guaranteed
- Torch on piles of scrolls (warrens only, I think)

- Herbs on soothing coral (cove only)

- Holy water on eldritch altar.

NonGuaranteed
 
- Confession booth  (I'm under the subjective impression that it works more often with religious classes, but I've not found it corroborated elsewhere.

- Sacrificial Stone



I mention this because it's handy to embark quirked heroes in safe-ish warrens or cove quests with the intention of purguing them rather than churning out cash at the sanitarium

[LordPorkins]

So guys, i wanna as, another question: Which charcater is your facorite in terms of personality? Mines Jester and Bounty Hunter. Hunter because whenever he crits hes just "snort, no biggee, ive seen worse" and the jester because hes pretty much the Joker from Dark Knight. When i fought the last boss, he got powerful and just cackled as his allies crumbled. Hell be laughing still....in the end.

[gimli]

I am going to remove my l6 occultist from existence. 4 WRs [heal] in a row: 0 0 2 & 0. 

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When something like this happens, a specific picture should appear in-game. 

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