/dadg/ - Darkest Dungeon General

We're fucking back!
Anyone here playing the PBD Mod while waiting for Crimson Court? Tons of additional content and design changes (Like almost every skill gaining an additional effect at Level 3, higher numbers for everyone, numbers being blatantly against the player's favor, more bullshit enemy comps)

What the fuck is up with the torch?

anything by AJ looks ok but they're still noticeably a lower quality than Vanilla Sprites, Scorpio's looks like shit his new ones look better now that he's not limited to Vanilla animations because fucker actually bought Spine but they're still much lower quality than AJ's, The rest IDK I never tried them at all desu. If there are some mods I recommend it's these
>PBD
overhaul mod that makes the game much harder. There's a ton of new additional trinkets, dozens of enemy variants, consumable potions, some bosses retooled to become harder (Like I said, the Shambler), some skills are reworked to not be shit, Experienced Recruit actually goes up to Level 5 Heroes making grinding easier later on, I honestly recommend if you want some more DD. Though one of the bigger challenges is DoTs becoming bullshit early game because of how limited your waystoheal them are and additional loot only happens in battles when in darkness and sometimes they don't work and get shitty loot
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>Silvio retired from modding and PBD
fuck

At least he's giving all of his modding stuff to the public

I fear no man, but that thing...it scares me. DD Crimson Court this MONDAY, get hyped. didn't know general is back

boiiii

It's recommended to use this version over the Steam Workshop one btw
dropbox.com/s/m84gu7z8fc9pysz/Pitch Black Dungeon.rar?dl=0
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>Slight Haste - Subtle Animation Increase Mod+No Camera Zoom
Makes the game move much much faster.
>No Camera Zoom
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941231780&searchtext=
>Slight Haste
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=835669700&searchtext=

>Art Fixes
Fixes some very minor art mishaps.
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=843562001

>Better Affliction/Virtue Art
Fixes Color Inconsistencies for the Affliction/Virtue Art. Red Hook did this for GR but I guess just forgot to do the rest of the classes
nexusmods.com/darkestdungeon/mods/109/?

>Unofficial Palette Expansion Pack
Adds additional color palettes
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=824148819
>Cont

I am actually glad this is not another vampire hunter cliché. I knew Red Hook would take their own twist at new class. He looks very interesting, a frontline dot hero with several heals including stress heal, just what I wanted to shake up usual occultist and rarely vestal for healing. His base damage is laughably low, and his HP is no better either. He will get damage boosts closer to death he is as far as I know, and instead of debuffs on death door he will get buffs, on of which are dot and stun buffs. It's an interesting idea, but it would be hard to master, I don't trust even increased DD resistance on him since shit happens, so you will either need a careful planing where he hits DD and does his thing before enemy can touch him, helped by speed buff of DD, or you either use M@A or Houndmaster to guard.

Really want to get my hands on him to fuck around with party comp, Flagellant will probably have damaging skills for rank 1 and 2, and supporting till rank 3. Maybe you can do this Arbalest or PD/M@A/HWM/Flagellant, Flagellant has decent speed, but you will want HWM to open first with duelist advance, then Flagellant does his thing and M@A moves forward with rampant. I also wonder how Flagellant will do with Abomination, Flagellant is religious, might not got with Abom.

fuck I forgot you can't just paste GIF files. Here's how to install PBD

>Rebalance
>Level Restriction Removal
Removes Level Restrictions. You scrub
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=840391233
>Town Event Rebalance
Lowers Town Invasion Chance, and rebalances a bunch of town events. I think it makes em like PBDs minus the Potion Events. I'm not sure
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=840387698
>Better Stage Coach
ups roster size, and a bunch of addtional shit
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=942405260

>Enemy
>Army of Bones
mod adds new skellybros along with mini necromancers that summon skulls
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901109970&searchtext=
>House Full of Piggies
not as good as the last one considering the lesser amount of new content since they just give Warrens a tattoo job
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901942805&searchtext=
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AJ was also working on a Cove one as seen here
youtube.com/watch?v=61RAERupyaI
but I don't think he has plans to ever release it. It adds Skeleton Pirates along with other new Enemies to the Cove

>Gameplay Changes
>Challenge Run
Ever wanna do a Boss Rush? This lets you do that
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=926026817&searchtext=
>This Lone Company of Mine
Disables the Stagecoach. You start with 15 Heroes, if you lose one. That guy is dead forever. No replacements unless you get From Beyond The Grave anyway
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=906906571&searchtext=

>Skins
idk, I just use the Palette Expansion ones. I'd rather Skins be made into alternate class variants so that way the modder can actually make the effects from the skill line up properly with the sprites

Speaking of custom classes this looks pretty good. It uses new animations. Still unreleased though
youtube.com/watch?v=bsnl2NZPNlM

On the side note. I hope this general lasts at least a month :(

cool concept, but the falcon looks dumb flapping over his head like a hummingbird. It should either stay perched on his glove or fly off at the beggining of the fight and come down when it's used in a skill

I just realized it also adds a new boss to the cove

DON'T YOU DIE ON ME

AND NOW, THE TRUE TEST

EB DROPPING! MED BAY, WE NEED TO STABILIZE HIM NOW!

>There will be a huge dungeon where you can return to town without having completed it fully

I can only begin to imagine the horrors that will be there

I wonder if the crimson curse will be curable on your allies

c-crimson court will revive us, right?

Nope user, ruin has come to our general.

Ayy, hello again lads.

. . . all seven of you.

What are your impressions of the previews on the Steam page? Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed by the new hero. Even if he's kind appropriate, he came out of nowhere, and I don't care for the aesthetic.

I love new hero. Without taking aesthetics into the account that will vary from person to person, Flagellant offers much needed substitute for a real healing class in the monopoly of Occultist and Vestal. Plus he has his own mechanics not like any other hero, getting stronger closer to death he is. But to be hones I am even more looking toward class rebalance, I wonder if Red Hook will make HWM ranged skills actually useful and what they will do with Crusader. He is a decent class I feel, altho handicapped by low speed, but his accusation is just worse hew, healing skill should be combined with stress heal since using it on a damage heavy and slow class is already out of the ordinary and his prot buff is fucking unless in every way possible. Don't care that much for Leaper, altho some love him and he needs some sort of a tweak, and rest is more or less fine. Altho wait, PD stuns and, as much as I love her, Hellions yawp needs to be fucking nerfed, I actually avoid using it.

>first playthrough
>run into collector in a low level dungeon
>kill him on second round

the power of luck

I think i followed the steps but i have seen several Arbalests and no musketeers after a few weeks, did i fuck it up?

soon enough you won't need luck anymore, the poor collector hardly makes it past turn 3 these days

ib4 he gets new heads in CC update.
>Oh, look what we have here, another fucking visit by collector, make it quick, we have new dungeon to grind for
>Ahahahah see you at fuck YOUJ, how about that you disgusting bags of meat
>Summons collected Hellion, M@A and HWM
>What the fuck
>Hellions stuns frontline, M@A guards her and HWM crits
>Oh god what's happening
>Resummons collected BH, Abomination and Armalest
>Snort snort mark, Sniper fire, Acid puke that lovers your acc
>AAAAAAAAH, SAVE US

Ehehehehehhee.

>darkest dungeon general
holy shit, im so glad this is back. quickly, everyone give me your favorite mods. NOW.

I'm actually playing this on console so I'll be waiting longer for CC, but I want to take the time to finish up all the trophies.
One thing is getting all the ancestor trinkets. I have all of them except for the ones from the Shambler and I just got the event that lets you bring along any resolve level to apprentice quests. What is the easiest way to get the Shambler to show up on one of these? I'm willing to abuse resetting and whatever kind of RNG is applicable just for this so that is no issue.

put the torch to zero and hope

I've tried to like this game but it feels really shallow strategically. Am I missing something or does everyone just rely on mods to make it fun?

torchless champion dungeon, 13% chance so you will almost guarantee to get him every run

I guess I won't be alone in starting a new save just for CC, although I read the new area are only champion?

Those aren't normal pigs.

The game's nuances become more apparent as you play. It is very simple and straightforward- you go from the left side of the screen to the right and engage in turn based combat. However, the combat has some really great depth to it's elements since party composition and positioning are hugely important. Strategically, you use gathered resources to make linear upgrades to your units. Preparation is key, outfitting yourself to each mission and pursuing desirable trinkets and heirlooms will garner favorable result.
Tl:Dr- simplistic premise and strategy- excellent and deep turn based combat.

I'm going to be buying it in a bundle once CC hits
I've played it before, but it was a pirated version. I'm going to rightfully buy it this time

It's like any other turn-based RPG: it's about mitigating risk and maximizing efficiency/profit -- or, in combat, buffing / debuffing stats, stacking bonuses, planning ahead, testing your game knowledge, and praying the numbers are favorable.

Do you like TBRPGs? If you do, how do you feel the game is shallow relative to other games in the genre? I've felt this way and would like you to express it better.

mods dont do shit

Haven't played in like 2 years. Best mods to use?

I guess I'm comparing it to roguelikes (DCSS, etc) where you have far more options via consumables and movement to influence a fight. DD doesn't seem to have any in-depth tactical or strategic decisions post-embark. Optimal play in a fight seems very obvious and decisions on how to explore the dungeon seems very limited.

It's a shame because I really enjoy the flavour of the game but the gameplay just kills it for me.

the dlc that comes out tomorrow looks good

>DD doesn't seem to have any in-depth tactical or strategic decisions post-embark. Optimal play in a fight seems very obvious
It isn't.

Should I play Pitch Black Dungeon?

It's alright. Definitely the only good mod that actually changes the game. Just a different experience, at the end of the day. Guy who made it is done and releasing all his code and design documents.

he looks hot and I want to suck hid bloodied dick

I want to impregnate him.

The enemy design is fucking god-tier in this game.

Post your favorite enemies/bosses.

These guys look like they're in constant pain and misery.

...

those fucking stumpy peg legs. Design-wise the warrens is super gross

Grant us Eyes. Graaaant us Eyes.

Anyway do you guys think they will add more heroes after this? Or maybe another DLC even if this one had so many delays

I just wanna be able to get the fucking musketeer god damn fuck ass shit. Claiming you cannot enjoy your backer reward in a fucking single player game because other players can now use it is the most juvenile childish garbage i have ever seen.

is there really this little excitement for the dlc or is the playerbase actually mostly consolefags now

I know you guys dont care but I just want to say that this game has really helped me cope with my depression and insomnia. Last night I only got 3 hours of sleep(the hype for the DLC isn't helping lol) and I feel like total shit right now. Playing this game makes me feel not so alone because of all the psychological stresses the heroes endure and because of the way it makes dark humor out of it.

Does anyone have any good playlists for this game? The game's music sets the tone but there's only so much somber violin i can take.

So far I have:
No one lives forever by Oingo Boingo
and Monster Mash for comedic effect

youtu.be/OG_6CopW9GQ

dazed

Which hero has the biggest cock?

I like swine more then generic orcs.

Flagellant

Why flagellant?

You need big balls to kill your foes by whipping yourself.

On that note, how does the flagellant even attack? Does he hit enemies with his flail or does he somehow magically harm him by hurting himself like a voodoo doll?

From the trailer his flail attacks hit himself rather than the enemies.

this nigga's VA is top notch
when he uses his attacks I can almost feel the scorn and hate, he's saying jiberish but he really fucking means what he's saying
no wonder people get stressed out

looks like it's a little bit of both, actually
his hand is eternally dripping blood which suggests some form of magick much like the occultist

so there is only gonna be 1 class added , i always thought there 2 classes being added

youtube.com/watch?v=8JvevOdhSzI

youtube.com/watch?v=nSxhiNpgiuE

Some shit I recently discovered. Pretty atmospheric imho.

How many hours until the DLC tho?

Steam says 23hours from now.

reeling

ITS OUT

DLC IS OUT!!

Fuck you, user.

I know you're bullshitting but I looked anyway.

I really hope the new class doesn't turn out to be as much of a meme hero as Abo and especially Antiquarian

>How long do you think it will take for the musketeer to be updated as a mod?
This is kind of a little issue.
Are there any backers around here that would be willing to share the asssets after they're updated? Do backers even play anymore at all?

about to break

Just stay alive a little longer.

Abomination in beast mode

Lewd

these lil wiggle boys

stop sexualizing the heroes immediately

...

won't be playing till some time in july but when is the dlc supposed to go live
I'll be around for all the first reactions at least

Launch day is tomorrow, not sure what the exact time is

steam says 19 hours but I don't know how accurate that is, was hoping it would be at midnight

Animatorfag here, will be taking requests after DLC drops, need more material

>DLCs usually suck your money and are filled with bugs
>Crimson court's theme is blood sucking insects

wake up america

pretty stressfull innit?

I snagged DD in a code sniping contest in the first place so this way I can at least give the devs whatever percentage they get from the dlc

> revelation

hope the fanatic drops some dope ass trinquets.

Been farming the collector for a day now just to get all his trinquests.

Will you guys start a new hamlet to play the DLC or will you keep playing on an old one?

I'm buying the game so starting fresh