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I could get hades to half health with just one max call

Should’ve taken a picture of the boon list after clearing but tensions were very high. Been trying to beat a sub 9:30 and not sure if I’ll be able to do better than this. I believe I had 2 chaos special multiplies and the 20% infusion buff along with killer current buff.

I got Hades 1 about a week ago and am absolutely loving it so far. I'm about 30 runs in and have beat Hades 6 times now, and am still finding plenty stuff to do, but I guess I do find the base game rather easy I guess? Or at least most of the time. It's not really a problem, and the game obviously gives you plenty of ways to make it harder for you, but I was more so just curious about how that translates to Hades 2.

Thought I had just beat the game for the first time after an insane run where I hit on so many boons and a couple chaos traits and then his health just goes all the way back up in the final battle.

With hindsight obviously he was gonna do that and now I fear there is more ahead than taking out Hades health twice. Shit, I guess we will see

Even on god mode i cant get another clear. I only won twice in 36 hrs of playing. I cant stop panicking

It’s my first play through and for the first 10 hours I was having fun but now I feel like I’m at a point where I keep dying except now there’s nothing I’m unlocking. Seriously all it is now that I’m unlocking are purple diamonds and gems. I really want to beat the game but now I’m at the point where I’m bored. Literally nothing new has been happening. Also I dont know if this on purpose but for some reason the 1st and 2nd level are becoming more difficult then the first couple of times I went through them. It’s like the early game is actually getting harder than the first levels. I used to be able to get through the first two floors without getting but now I’m struggling to even make it out alive on the 2nd floor. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but this game is genuinely starting to make me bored. I’m constantly dying and my only reward is fucking purple diamonds and gems(which I can’t fucking use for anything meaningful IE customizable options that I could give two shots about) and fucking keys that I can’t use anymore because I’ve unlocked stuff that uses them. Please for the love of god tell me that something changes or am I just grinding for purple gems till I win?

Is there any particular way beyond keepsakes to boost likelihood of certain hammer upgrades or boons to show up?

I’ve been trying for AGES to get one last hammer upgrade for the fists and it NEVER seems to show up

Been trying for one last effect from Chaos too, but no matter how I try it just won’t appear. I’ve done entire runs with nothing but the egg keepsake to try to maximize chances

I know there are some prerequisites for chaos boons but I’ve met those in my runs and still had no luck.

I've recently become a tiny bit obsessed with fresh file runs, but I was curious if anyone has suggestions for builds that aren't centered around Merciful End. I love it and leaning into it tends to get me the furthest, but on runs where Ares doesn't look my direction until halfway through Elysium it does feel like I have to start cutting my losses.

I've been considering playing around with Dionysus more? I like that hangover lets me get some damage in without having to be up close and personal all the time, but I feel like it takes a lot to build it into a viable source of damage.

So here's the short version: The fable of Damocles is about a courtier who was kissing up to his king, talking about how great he has it. The king then offers to trade places with him for a day so he can know what it's really like to have all that power. Damocles is then dressed in fine linens, sat upon the thrones and has servants waiting on him hand and foot. But then he looks up and notices a sword tied to a thread dangling above his head. It's a neat little parable of how easily power can be taken away from you and how being in such a position can fill you with fear, anxiety and paranoia, IE a sense of DOOM.

And how does the Doom effect manifest? By dropping a sword on the opponent's head!

I love playing with Zeus or Artemis in the special but apart from that I don't know how to accompany it with the attack, maybe Demeter or Ares in the attack?

Hey I'm putting together a Meg cosplay and I've been bouncing between her hair colour. So guys can you help, is it more purple or blue??

My friend has it off somehow and its letting him play instantly while i have to wait a minutes

Yeah, I'm late to the game, but pple always praise it and since steam sale is on, I gave it a try. So it took me about 10 runs to defeat the first boss, after which I died pretty quick. After another 10 runs I defeated her and then I just stomped around 3 full levels up until Theseus and the Minotaur. Like no deaths with the in-between bosses, nothing. Obv since it was a new fight I got my ass handed to me. But: why go through this again?! I already know the bosses up until then aren't going to pose a challenge, I already know all I need to do in most levels is dash from corner to corner and shoot my bow (btw the machine-gun ability of the bow where you just shoot without charging is broken since you can just sit in a corner and shoot), I don't have any meaningful better upgrades or skills that I can look forward to. So why do it?! Sure, I could try out another weapon, but they all function pretty much similarly, just that with some you spam one attack more than the other.
So here I aks: what's the attraction of going like three levels, dying and then going at it again? Especially since if I get to kill Theseus and then also stomp the next tree levels, I'll definitely not go six levels again just for a boss-fight. Seems so pointless and just a waste of time?!

I am at 9 hearts in Thanatos and I've been looking to try and give him what I at least assume is the last heart for him but I for the life of me can not find him to give him that last ambrosia he hasn't shown up in the house anymore and when we do the little battles during a run he leaves immediately Is there something spesfic I have to do or what?

Gods assure this message is sent

I'm desperate for some more content

So mote it be.

I’m pretty decent with every other weapon but for the life of me I just can’t use that damn shield very well, I’m only on heat 6 and I find it so hard to play. Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?

A quick and easy thing I'd like to see added to Hades II - the Tip Jar!

I always reach the end of the run with 89 obols leftover that I can't spend on anything. Put a jar next to Charon right before the Chronos fight called 'Tip Jar'. You have the option when interacting with it to donate all your remaining money to the boatman before going and dying. This has no mechanical effect, and the game warns you that tippers shouldn't expect better service, but it does keep a running counter between runs of the total amount you've tipped to Charon.

Ideally putting money in the tip jar also triggers a voice interaction - Charon goes ehhhhh and sometimes Mel says something like 'A reward for good service' or 'For the risks you've taken' or 'Well earned, boatman.'

And that's it! It wouldn't turn the game upside down, but I don't think I'm the only player who'd like to donate the money I can't use at the end of a run to Charon's 501c anti-Chronos nonprofit.

I’m doing a run right now and I managed to get a duo boon from doing trial of the gods. Just a glitch maybe?

They heard the doorbell, but they just can't.. seem... to move... their .... legs.

Watching as the timer slowly ticks to 0 and the relentless damage pours in second by second, slowly leeching their life force away.

Curse you, time!