Extreme East Spoiler and Discussion Thread

[srid]

Haha! Well done!

Now I can't wait to see shade_of_ox trying to achieve the same (with the same build) .

This game never cease to amaze me, how people can come up with very different strats
and still beat the hardest challenges.

[shade_of_ox]

Nicely done! I'll have to give that one a try sometime.

If you want a real challenge, try winning it with Vicious Token - I'm not sure if it's possible with anything but Monk. Maybe Paladin has a shot.

[Unidentified Tower]

Broke: Winning a Vicious Curious on the second try
Woke: Winning a Vicious Curious on the first try



I had three glyphs lying on the ground upstairs that I completely lost access to because I forgot attacking the Avatar would summon ???'s. And I had an empty inventory slot when I did that (since drinking Whupaz reduced me to only one line of small items), I could have bought a Battlemage Ring to fill that slot, I could have bought a bunch of items just to convert them before locking myself downstairs, I could have used conversions instead of mana potions before I lost access... so many misplays and yet I still got a win. Granted, I was quite lucky in that I got the Zombie Bridge subdungeon for lots of darkness. But I also accidentally stepped on the gold halfway through a boss fight, so, you know, even that advantage I managed to kinda throw away. Crystal Ball and Piercing Wand were definitely lucky finds though, pure caster builds 100% just lose Demonic Library if Piercing Wand doesn't drop.

In conclusion, Avatar's Codex is amazing.

I think there's some sort of glitch with the predictors too, it was telling me false things sometimes, like saying my next cast would kill me when it was fine. I think it's not always sure how to predict things with Unstable, especially when it's mixed with things like Essence Transit, Retaliate, Mana Shield, and damage reduction?

Also cleared Curious Regular Gaan-Telet (GG Paladin very cool, took me a second try since I found no answer to resists the first try), had a good shot at Curious Dragon Isles (got the Matron down to 1/3 health before my GG Rogue finally had to give up), and cleared Curious versions of all the new Normal/Hard dungeons except the one with Goodusa which I'm too scarred from No Handlebars to touch (LOVE Curious Frozen Battlefield).

[shade_of_ox]

Nice! Seems like you're quite skilled at this game. You're burning through these just as fast as I was, pretty much!

What are your thoughts on Curious VGT?

[Unidentified Tower]

Haha aww thanks! I dunno, as I said I misplayed a TON that run, and I've only ever beaten VGT once. Can't imagine how impossible Curious VGT must be. I think I'm decent at the game and better than decent at being an Avatar's Codex one trick pony. It also helps that since that's my favorite build, my Return slots are rigged to favor it -- seven of the slots are Quest Items like Martyr Wraps that I rarely use (the eighth being Spoon) -- which means I consistently get "lucky" shop finds for that particular strategy by prepping Quest Items.

Also worth noting, I'm pretty sure Sorcerer is really good at the specific challenges of Curious Demonic Library -- Mana Shield laughs at Unstable.

Had a decent run of Curious Vicious Steel with my favorite Gnome Sorcerer Codex build, but ran out of gas with the Indomitable at about 30 death protections remaining. Was unlucky in a few respects that run (not much in shops, bad subdungeon), might be able to take it down on another try. The Magic Immune guardians on Curious Dragon Isles means my usual shenanigans won't work there -- if only there were a reverse of Consecrated Strike that could turn your fireballs physical...

[shade_of_ox]

[shade_of_ox]

As a side note, if you think Sorcerer is good with Unstable, I suggest trying out Gorgon - Deathgaze is pretty great in that regard, as well. It's a very tricky and difficult run.

[srid]

[Unidentified Tower]

[shade_of_ox]

Oh, damn. What an awful turn of luck.