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[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/W1xP5b.png[/img] got the mind and the soul in one run, thanks to death's touch and my 1337 evading skills (aka luck) now only boss rush left til godhead [editline]6th December 2014[/editline] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/PrJ6s8.png[/img]

Hard Mode making bombs and keys scarce is fucking dumb and so frustrating. It doesn't make the game as hard as it makes it tedious to not being able to deal enough damage because RNG fucked you up and you lack items. It's not like BoI overall has pretty big balancing issues where you can easily end up dealing way too little damage with all the items. Technically that makes the game difficult and hard, but not FUN hard. Make everyone deal double damage or some shit, but don't make the game more unnecessarily RNG than it already is, fuck

Soy milk has to be one of the funniest pickups, but only if you can back it up with some damage or synergies. Had this great run earlier, minigun mode engage! [video=youtube;PQVj1e2B3Z0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQVj1e2B3Z0[/video]

When the game exhausts item pools, there's no way to un-exhaust them? I'm getting breakfast only in angel room, which is bullshit, because I've never rolled through sacred heart or godhead

Pfft hahaha holy mantle and then mom's knife in the devil room? count me in [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/CCC8Qb.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Davoc;46652514]When the game exhausts item pools, there's no way to un-exhaust them? I'm getting breakfast only in angel room, which is bullshit, because I've never rolled through sacred heart or godhead[/QUOTE] The game has a percentage chance of immediately rerolling any item marked as special based on your current amount of special items. If it hits them and rerolls them, it will remove it from the item pool. The D6 is a special item, this actually makes D6 Isaac have a disadvantage over non-D6 Isaac.

Got into the cathedral with Samson for the first time and managed to kill Isaac. The hardest enemy I had was Bob's brain and his suicidal thoughts :v:.

brimstone guppy is true biblical apocalypse shit

I think it's too easy to become guppy. Not that I'm complaining, but in vanilla it took forever and now I become guppy every 3ish runs.

[QUOTE=Dirf;46653117]I think it's too easy to become guppy. Not that I'm complaining, but in vanilla it took forever and now I become guppy every 3ish runs.[/QUOTE] Guppy is so common nowadays. You only need 3 of the following: Dead Cat Guppy's Paw Guppy's Head Guppy's Collar Guppy's Hairball Guppy's Tail All of which can spawn as Devil Deal items. All of which can spawn out of red chests. Devil Rooms can hold 3 red chests that just happen to hold them which you can then take for free. Dark Beggars can just drop them. Super Pride has a chance to drop Dead Cat. Left Hand makes red chests far more prominent. The items are common as grass now, the transformation really needs to be bumped up to 4 or something because it's far far too easy now. Contrast with Lord of the Flies, you'll rarely see that happening, and it doesn't carry [i]nearly[/i] as hard as Guppy does. Yeah there are more items that count toward LotF, but there's no way to manipulate the game into giving you them (other than Skatole), you just need to be lucky and go out of your way to pick them up if you find any pieces.

so common yet in 70 hours I still haven't had 3 guppy items in one run yet

I want a Mom transformation. Theres loads of mom related items so why not

Am I the only one who is dissapointed that the new lucky foot does not remove negative effects from pills? I loved playing Cain in vanilla because of that, now I dont see much point sadly.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;46653419]yeah but guppy's hairball and dead cat are 90% of the time absolutely worthless and not worth the heart container; i'd say guppy is more common than in vanilla but i think i've only become guppy like 4-5 times over the 50 hours ive played the game[/QUOTE] Dead Cat is the only one with actual downsides, all of which can be mitigated if your run has you playing your cards the right way. It's understandably awful for a tanky run. The hairball is more of an investment in the future than it is for the item. Yeah it's a good item but it's janky to use and you may hurt yourself more often when trying to use it. But 1 heart container for 1/3 of Guppy is still a pretty damn good deal, depending on how close to completing it you are.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;46653064]also ive been thinking, aren't there a few bob items? what if you could become bob? immunity to explosives and tears explode on contact/end of range, maybe bob can fly idk would probably be needed to justify picking up bob's fucking brain considering there's less bob items than guppy or fly items[/QUOTE] I feel like a Bob transformation could be cool, like +Immunity to Explosions +Poison Damage +Track poisoning creep +Tears have a 50% chance to explode and do poison explosions also I still want there to be a Cricket transformation for getting both the body and the head. or maybe they build a cricket familiar if you get both. or something. [editline]6th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Psychopath12;46653447] The hairball is more of an investment in the future than it is for the item. Yeah it's a good item but it's janky to use and you may hurt yourself more often when trying to use it. But 1 heart container for 1/3 of Guppy is still a pretty damn good deal, depending on how close to completing it you are.[/QUOTE] I know the item is built to be a melee-weapon-flail-type thing But it's arguably best use is the fact that it blocks tears just like meat cubes/bandage balls and flies. Also sacrificial dagger blocks tears now so that's cool.

I am very often averse towards Dead Cat, since I am not nearly twitch enough to avoid all of the stupid damage. If Dead Cat killed everything when you died, clearing the room you failed before you respawned, then I would consider getting it, since if you have to go into that room and clear it again yourself after dying, then it devolves into ramming your head against a wall until it finally cracks like Humpty Dumpty being driven to suicidal madness to Pinnocthulhu. If you can't clear a room without taking that full heart of damage in the process, you might as well restart the run since it'll only get worse from then on out. For bosses Dead Cat is kind of a death sentence too, since if you die, you lose all the progress you made on that there boss. If you end up facing a boss with Dead Cat, rather than just committing suicide to instantly win the fight, dying against said boss would instead just "save your progress" from the previous attempt and you'd pick up where you died, the boss having sustained the damage you dealt to it. Also while we're talking about changes, there's one thing about the game that kinda still bugs me. Due to the way the shooting works with the arrow keys, the only way to fire a diagonal is to run and curve your shots, when you could do something like hold up and left to shoot up-left, or even shoot by using the numeric keypad, that oft-neglected set of buttons right next to the arrow keys that could easily be reconfigured to allow Isaac to shoot a proper diagonal with ease. Just a little nitpick, though, the game's still an excellent roguelite. Except for Mask of Infamy and those other little masks. Fuck those guys with a rusty pipe.

Okay so, I completed the Slow Roll challenge really quickly and stuff, so the boss rush came up. Out of curiosity I checked to see what items there were. When I saw Mom's knife I was like "Yea I'm doing this." I knew it would be strong but SWEET TITTYSPRINKLES it just about insta-killed everything other than gurdy and the monstro alts. [editline]6th December 2014[/editline] I didn't even fire it I just kinda ran into them

[QUOTE=ironman17;46653552]I am very often averse towards Dead Cat, since I am not nearly twitch enough to avoid all of the stupid damage. If Dead Cat killed everything when you died, clearing the room you failed before you respawned, then I would consider getting it, since if you have to go into that room and clear it again yourself after dying, then it devolves into ramming your head against a wall until it finally cracks like Humpty Dumpty being driven to suicidal madness to Pinnocthulhu. If you can't clear a room without taking that full heart of damage in the process, you might as well restart the run since it'll only get worse from then on out. For bosses Dead Cat is kind of a death sentence too, since if you die, you lose all the progress you made on that there boss. If you end up facing a boss with Dead Cat, rather than just committing suicide to instantly win the fight, dying against said boss would instead just "save your progress" from the previous attempt and you'd pick up where you died, the boss having sustained the damage you dealt to it. Also while we're talking about changes, there's one thing about the game that kinda still bugs me. Due to the way the shooting works with the arrow keys, the only way to fire a diagonal is to run and curve your shots, when you could do something like hold up and left to shoot up-left, or even shoot by using the numeric keypad, that oft-neglected set of buttons right next to the arrow keys that could easily be reconfigured to allow Isaac to shoot a proper diagonal with ease. Just a little nitpick, though, the game's still an excellent roguelite. Except for Mask of Infamy and those other little masks. Fuck those guys with a rusty pipe.[/QUOTE] I only ever take dead cat when I'm already low on heart containers, or for the guppy dreams. It would be kind of overpowered if it weren't for its downsides though. If it didn't reset the room, it would almost be like picking up 9 spirit hearts that you use after your red hearts. It's really not a very good item except for guppy and a few uncommon situations, and that's okay.

so i just thought i'd play an Eden run to unlock the blank card i started with Monstro's Tooth and Brimstone, I thought "hey, I'm basically carried." Walk into the first item room: It's Mom's Knife. Fucking yes. [editline]6th December 2014[/editline] hhaha triple shot in the boss rush mode room hahahahahaahah get wrekt game

70 hours and Ive never once become guppy :c

[QUOTE=Yahnich;46654124]nah, if you get dead cat you just keep an eye out for guppy's paw for dem 3 spirit hearts[/QUOTE] Ideally that's the combo to go for, along with flying, maybe the Wafer and Brimstone (Who doesn't love Brimstone? Unless your charge time's super-slow, of course). But there ain't no real guarantee that you'll get that combo, especially when the loot tables start expanding.

the lost makes me want to tear my eyes out

The lost run with satanrooms met at every depth, had 20/20, was guppy and had infestation 2. With BFF. Killed ??? before he even had a chance to telefrag me. GG.

Got Godhead for the first time ever. It's so cool. Anyway, just need to complete a meat boy, find Holy Grail and I'll get Real Platinum God then. I can finally get back to playing other games :v:

i'm currently in a eve run using undefined and i got the holy grail from the i am error room [editline]6th December 2014[/editline] lol you can use undefined in the last levels to reset them

Am I a bad player for using the Bible against Mom or Mom's heart:v:?. It's just so practical

Also fuck Lumps, fucking telefragging tear shotgunning cunts

I don't mind the ghosts, think I've only been hit by them like once ever? fuck anything that leaps or moves unpredictably though

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;46656046]I don't mind the ghosts, think I've only been hit by them like once ever? fuck anything that leaps or moves unpredictably though[/QUOTE] see people have problems with spiders, but I don't think they're that bad unless you get overwhelmed by them sure they move erratically but as soon as you get within a certain range they head directly for you, which makes them easy to bait even the super jumping ones are quite easy to anticipate, especially since all spiders stop and move with very consistent timing the absolute worst enemy without a doubt are the heart + masks I don't think i've ever entered a room with them in and not lost a heart or more

Those fucking fast leeches in the womb. Fuck them too. Especially that big room with like 20 of them...