Any tips for beginners to distribuite stat points, what to do with gold and managing stamina during fight? I've grinded for a good 4 hours now but I feel like I'm running in circles at this point and I'm probably missing something, typical run last about 10-15 days, then my addictions are too high, they cost too much to lower and it end with some bad encouter, gold is super scarce and stuff is expensive so I don't know.
longest run was about 20 days but I got a ton of boosts from fountain and potions events, are those random? Because I thnk I saw a tooltip mentioning visting zones twice but I skipped it too fast.
My typical run seems to be winning fights until the city is unlocked. then I buy the backpack and try to drop the gloves and exp ring, 2 star difficulty zones have opponents that keep stripping you so I can't even progress without having to go back buying clothes and wasting more gold, all while addictions gets higher.
I get it, it's supposed to get smoother as I unlock tree skills but I generally feel like I'm supper inefficient at the moment, reading here but 80+ pages is a lot and some older stuff seems outdated.
Distributing stat points > Skip life and lust, make an equal distribution among remaining stats. (Str/agility/corruption and addiction resistance.)
Fountain boosts are random but i recommend skipping them because bad things can also come from that fountains.
Potion events are happening after defeating 2 or 3 enemies in a row. (2 or 3, can't remember) I recommend getting the perk prevents potion side effects.
Backpack is necessary but if you grind real long enough you can unlock it on permanent stat tree (somewhere at higher left end) and have it in the beginning of a run. Forget the gloves and take +5 unarmed damage perk at the beginning. Any weapon without a positive side effect and at least +8/10 damage is useless.
Addictions will rise, yes. That is the thing of the game, you know. Just keep shemale option off so you can deal with one less addiction...and don't play that money making thing in the inn. It will just steal your time and sooner or later raise your addictions.
In combat, as long as enemy have more hp than you can take with a light attack just use your heavy attack (you may wanna take 1.5 to 1.8x damage on heavy hits starting perk) Don't let your stamina get lower than 50-60% I always use heavy attack for 1 turn then rest at next turn. For me if my stamina is lower than 85% after that rest i consider a second rest. Your attack strength always more effective when you have almost full stamina.
Unlike many other games in here this one is one of these few real games. A hardcore and an annoying one. If you can accept that, i bet you will be able to get better with some more patience.
Good luck.
Edit: Oh and be careful about timing of boss battles, don't start a fight with them as long as your char is not ready and you are fully prepared. Some bosses does not follow their own zones' difficulty rating. Some other enemies as well.
The most suspicious part of your first post was mentioning the length of your longest run. Currently HC2 has no mechanic forcing you to do anything. You can trivially stay alive an arbitrary length of time by just either not fighting or only fighting on easy areas. There's a lot you can do to play smarter and what the other guy said is mostly good for baseline strats, but really the biggest meta strategy thing is being patient and not pushing further until you can handle it. Or at least realising that's the name of the game and accepting that your runs are going to die if you try to rush.
Also the meta progression unlocks are huge, the earlygame is very different when you get to start with a bunch of stuff and many levels' worth of stats. Initially you probably will struggle on higher zones unless you spent an unreasonable amount of time grinding first, though I can't say I remember how that played again exactly. Personally I find it really annoying that the game makes you go through that grind and would recommend either cheating your way past that, or treating all your runs as disposable until you have most of the tree cleared. Once you're left with only the infinitely scaling final options, diminishing returns really kick in for those and the game should be stable from there.
The most suspicious part of your first post was mentioning the length of your longest run. Currently HC2 has no mechanic forcing you to do anything. You can trivially stay alive an arbitrary length of time by just either not fighting or only fighting on easy areas. There's a lot you can do to play smarter and what the other guy said is mostly good for baseline strats, but really the biggest meta strategy thing is being patient and not pushing further until you can handle it. Or at least realising that's the name of the game and accepting that your runs are going to die if you try to rush.
Also the meta progression unlocks are huge, the earlygame is very different when you get to start with a bunch of stuff and many levels' worth of stats. Initially you probably will struggle on higher zones unless you spent an unreasonable amount of time grinding first, though I can't say I remember how that played again exactly. Personally I find it really annoying that the game makes you go through that grind and would recommend either cheating your way past that, or treating all your runs as disposable until you have most of the tree cleared. Once you're left with only the infinitely scaling final options, diminishing returns really kick in for those and the game should be stable from there.
Since this is my first time playing I'm not minding the grind at the moment, like I said I realize it gets smoother later, at the moment it's mostly a fame farm for the tree. Still I felt it was just inefficient I'm probably rushing things in those runs.
And yeah I guess you could just wait and sleep indefinetely, obviously I was mostly fighting in those runs.
Any tips for beginners to distribuite stat points, what to do with gold and managing stamina during fight? I've grinded for a good 4 hours now but I feel like I'm running in circles at this point and I'm probably missing something, typical run last about 10-15 days, then my addictions are too high, they cost too much to lower and it end with some bad encouter, gold is super scarce and stuff is expensive so I don't know.
longest run was about 20 days but I got a ton of boosts from fountain and potions events, are those random? Because I thnk I saw a tooltip mentioning visting zones twice but I skipped it too fast.
My typical run seems to be winning fights until the city is unlocked. then I buy the backpack and try to drop the gloves and exp ring, 2 star difficulty zones have opponents that keep stripping you so I can't even progress without having to go back buying clothes and wasting more gold, all while addictions gets higher.
I chose normal difficulty and it seems like I can't change it now, also can't save so just have to rely on autos with some runs endings that coul've been avoided with a simple reload or rollback button.
I get it, it's supposed to get smoother as I unlock tree skills but I generally feel like I'm supper inefficient at the moment, reading here but 80+ pages is a lot and some older stuff seems outdated.
"Any tips for beginners to distribuite stat points" All into strength and some into agility and con, don't bother with HP and Lust, take the perk that's for avoiding building an addiction when you drink a potion after 2 encounters...
"what to do with gold and managing stamina during fight?" This is why I'm telling you to have high stamina regeneration and to hit big...
"My typical run seems to be winning fights until the city is unlocked. then I buy the backpack and try to drop the gloves and exp ring, 2 star difficulty zones have opponents that keep stripping you so I can't even progress without having to go back buying clothes and wasting more gold, all while addictions gets higher."
To my perspective, you seem to be doing things a bit wrong, no offense, winning fights until city is unlocked is nice, yeah, but you don't want to straight up go for the backpack unless you plan on going for a boss (Since buying it gives you a free lust and hp regen potion), since at the first days it's cheaper, buy the potions, or if you're hitting hard enough, buy the maps to increase the exp gains you get from beating enemies, if you're fine on first and 2nd star areas, beat 1 from the third, and one from a 1 star area to afterwards get the free potion that increases either HP, Lust points, or blue pot, that reduces your addictions...
Don't try to overly go for every skill tree, I'd suggest going first for the EXP tree, since that one helps you up, a lot during the early game and even at later on, afterwards go for the tree that increases drop rates, and gold amounts (helps to buy potions during the early run), and then finally, go for the right skill tree, the one that increases your points at the beginning of each run...
I hope all this information helps you, and if you have anymore doubts, I'll try to reply ASAP, cheers...
Edit: Don't try to stay alive for extremely long periods of time, if you're struggling, because some enemies also increase their stats as days go by, in such cases, it's better to crashout fast and use the fame you gained to get more unlocked on the Skill Tree's than to struggle with addictions and end up in a hole, you'll become frustrated by this otherwise...
After playing for a while I noticed the cornerstone to successful runs is the Alchemist ability. Grab that, Sluggish (most dangerous enemies prevent your escape anyway) and a couple of "-Lover" skills at the start. Take Slap or Recovery Punch for your starting skill if they're available; they're both miles better than anything else you can choose.
As long as you've won 2 battles in a day, the next explore is guaranteed to find a lab with a potion. Make sure to get one every single day; your VIT and INT will consistently grow, and your VIT will consistently make you free money. When you unlock the city, buy as many red potions as you can afford (they get more expensive every day, but they're cheap early on), and THEN go to the Tavern to work. You can buy your maps, backpack etc. on the next day.
A note on working: the money you make is based on your VIT stat, and the damage/addiction you take is based on a combination of your VIT stat, your existing addiction to the type of work you're doing, and the money you're carrying. Unless you're carrying several hundred gold, you will not increase addiction from Tavern work with moderate VIT (free with Alchemist) as long as you don't press "Seduce" (but you can still opt to do so if you need the extra cash). Better yet, waiting repeatedly has another use in the Tavern- it restores your AP by 1 each time you do it, just like a regular fight.
The loop of wake up -> win two battles -> explore for your potion -> go to city, work, spend money seems to be the most consistent for me. Once you have enough money to actually pay the Church to get rid of your addictions you'll get much further.
Because potions increase your VIT and INT for you, you can focus your stat points more on the other three stats.
Hi, I've spent way too many hours on this game. Here is my advice for v1.36b
If anyone reads this and thinks there are better strats or things i missed, lmk! I would love to read it ^^
Stat points:
What i tend to spend my stat points on are STR -> VIT -> CON -> AGI -> INT
STR is nice to kill them faster, as the longer you battle the more addictions you can get VIT helps with earning money with the side job, I'll get to that later why that is important CON is expensive to really notice a difference, but its nice to slowly level up so you get less addicted from battles/side jobs AGI is meh, at some point in the game you should have 40% regen but anything less than that is sub-optimal. Though investing in it a little bit in the early game is not a terrible idea, but you shouldn't focus on it. INT i never upgrade this, and if i upgrade it im just spending leftover points.
For items i like to get the XP ring so you can level up faster in the early to late mid game.
After that you should try to get the Serenity's Shawl, as your CON should be pretty high at that point.
I like to play with these weapons (worst to best): Gloves -> Dagger -> Heavy Sword -> Twin Blades
- Twin blades use more stamina, so instead of aiming for 40% stamina regen try to aim for 60%, that's the most optimal.
What about Technique's?
I find them to be in a weird spot, some of them are okay, but vary in usefulness. These are the technique's i use when i am truly in a pickle and don't forget they exist: Endure: Some bosses can have nasty chains with addictions rises so this could be helpful. Target boss: you do more damage to bosses, which is nice. Deep breath: Actually good sometimes, some girls have some horny/charmed stacks they give you and those can be dangerous. Violet in the arena for example. Retaliate: Good against enemies which give you a ton of debuffs, but there aren't that many.
Positive/negative traits i like to run:
Alchemist: S tier skill, you can drink any potion without its side effect, if you get a blue potion and you have a backpack be sure to store it in your backpack though (see endgame tips for more info).
- Potions can be found whenever you kill 2 enemies and then go to any location (even if it says there is a boss) and they can either upgrade your VIT or INT.
Insomnia, S tier skill, you don't need sleep to recover stamina, each day you should focus on getting 2 fights + potion and in between you can rest to 100% stamina.
Sluggish, A tier skill, in my opinion there aren't any better skills to have. Though you should be wary of it ofc. Most enemies shouldn't be a problem, and if they are a problem, they prevent you from escaping anyway so the negative trait does nothing. And you should never really escape from an enemy, because that's just a skill issue :3
The only enemy, which could fuck you up is Natasha in the plains because she has ridiculous stats with that poison she gives you. So in the beginning maybe farm forest if you have troubles with Natasha.
Any ... Lover skill, Necessary skill to have so you can run Alchemist, though you can pick any skill that's 3 points. Pick whatever lover skill you are the most attracted to because you see more of that ^^ (or don't if you can't resist your own urges).
How to battle?
Depending on the stage of the game, i attack slightly different.
- Early game: Heavy blow -> wait -> wait (repeat cycle)
and if enemy is low HP you can do: Heavy blow -> wait -> heavy blow
You could also do: Normal attack -> wait (repeat cycle)
Early game it could be nice to invest a little in your AGI so you recover slightly more in battle, but don't upgrade it too much.
At one point you should level up ur AGI to 40%, anything above it is useless. This will make waiting in battle recover 20% instead of 10%. This is something i pursue when i get a lot of points from leveling up.
- End game: Heavy blow -> wait (repeat cycle)
How to get money? AND FAST.
Side jobs, side jobs, side jobs.
When you unlock the city, you should try to always work at the tavern at the end of the day. Pick the job which you have the least addiction in if your addictions are high.
The money you get scales with your VIT skill.
After working, visit the church so you can immediately cleanse your addictions. Quite fast you should have a net positive between work income and church spending.
Queen:
Quests:
- Quest where you have to spend 50 coins in town is the easiest, as church spending counts.
- Quest where you have to work x times in the tavern is also easy, you should do it anyways.
Most quests are meh, either wait a day or do a sub-optimal one. It doesn't really matter though.
Questpoints:
- Queen's strenght: You should always buy this when it comes, and therefore always try to have atleast 5 Quest Points so you can buy it.
- Scrolls: Some earlier mentioned scrolls could be obtained through the Queen, though less priority than Queen's strenght.
Fame points tree:
I don't recommend farming fame points, just play the game and you'll get them eventually.
But if you truly want to speed up that process, i personally think this is best according to my playstyle i explained:
Go to the left part of the tree, unlock recipe store and refining.
Go to the middle part where you can increase your XP gain
Go to the right part to get more starting points.
XP gain is the most valuable imo
Refining and recipe store are base game mechanics
Extra starting points are nice
Increased loot drop chance is also very nice, as it also increases the drop for weapon recipes.
Some are more expansive than others, but again: Don't farm fame points, just play the game.
That's about it really.
Remember, it's just a game. That i happened to tryhard it is my playstyle, but play however you like. Just enjoy the game!
If YOU reading this has any comments or questions let me know :3
Big thanks to everyone for the tips, I just managed to do a run and finally felt like I was going places. The alchemist trait alongside getting potions every day and focusing on the right stats was the missing piece, now onto exploring more of the content of the game .
The truth is that both 1 and 2 are excellent games, and they are already complete... If in 3, the male protagonist was replaced by the female one... in my humble opinion, I think it would be better than the first 2.
In fact, I don't understand how it is possible that in so many porn games, they can't see the erotic potential of "Pussy rubbing" videos, which could open up a whole new universe in gaming themes.
Hi, I've spent way too many hours on this game. Here is my advice for v1.36b
If anyone reads this and thinks there are better strats or things i missed, lmk! I would love to read it ^^
Stat points:
What i tend to spend my stat points on are STR -> VIT -> CON -> AGI -> INT
STR is nice to kill them faster, as the longer you battle the more addictions you can get VIT helps with earning money with the side job, I'll get to that later why that is important CON is expensive to really notice a difference, but its nice to slowly level up so you get less addicted from battles/side jobs AGI is meh, at some point in the game you should have 40% regen but anything less than that is sub-optimal. Though investing in it a little bit in the early game is not a terrible idea, but you shouldn't focus on it. INT i never upgrade this, and if i upgrade it im just spending leftover points.
For items i like to get the XP ring so you can level up faster in the early to late mid game.
After that you should try to get the Serenity's Shawl, as your CON should be pretty high at that point.
I like to play with these weapons (worst to best): Gloves -> Dagger -> Heavy Sword -> Twin Blades
- Twin blades use more stamina, so instead of aiming for 40% stamina regen try to aim for 60%, that's the most optimal.
What about Technique's?
I find them to be in a weird spot, some of them are okay, but vary in usefulness. These are the technique's i use when i am truly in a pickle and don't forget they exist: Endure: Some bosses can have nasty chains with addictions rises so this could be helpful. Target boss: you do more damage to bosses, which is nice. Deep breath: Actually good sometimes, some girls have some horny/charmed stacks they give you and those can be dangerous. Violet in the arena for example. Retaliate: Good against enemies which give you a ton of debuffs, but there aren't that many.
Positive/negative traits i like to run:
Alchemist: S tier skill, you can drink any potion without its side effect, if you get a blue potion and you have a backpack be sure to store it in your backpack though (see endgame tips for more info).
- Potions can be found whenever you kill 2 enemies and then go to any location (even if it says there is a boss) and they can either upgrade your VIT or INT.
Insomnia, S tier skill, you don't need sleep to recover stamina, each day you should focus on getting 2 fights + potion and in between you can rest to 100% stamina.
Sluggish, A tier skill, in my opinion there aren't any better skills to have. Though you should be wary of it ofc. Most enemies shouldn't be a problem, and if they are a problem, they prevent you from escaping anyway so the negative trait does nothing. And you should never really escape from an enemy, because that's just a skill issue :3
The only enemy, which could fuck you up is Natasha in the plains because she has ridiculous stats with that poison she gives you. So in the beginning maybe farm forest if you have troubles with Natasha.
Any ... Lover skill, Necessary skill to have so you can run Alchemist, though you can pick any skill that's 3 points. Pick whatever lover skill you are the most attracted to because you see more of that ^^ (or don't if you can't resist your own urges).
How to battle?
Depending on the stage of the game, i attack slightly different.
- Early game: Heavy blow -> wait -> wait (repeat cycle)
and if enemy is low HP you can do: Heavy blow -> wait -> heavy blow
You could also do: Normal attack -> wait (repeat cycle)
Early game it could be nice to invest a little in your AGI so you recover slightly more in battle, but don't upgrade it too much.
At one point you should level up ur AGI to 40%, anything above it is useless. This will make waiting in battle recover 20% instead of 10%. This is something i pursue when i get a lot of points from leveling up.
- End game: Heavy blow -> wait (repeat cycle)
How to get money? AND FAST.
Side jobs, side jobs, side jobs.
When you unlock the city, you should try to always work at the tavern at the end of the day. Pick the job which you have the least addiction in if your addictions are high.
The money you get scales with your VIT skill.
After working, visit the church so you can immediately cleanse your addictions. Quite fast you should have a net positive between work income and church spending.
Queen:
Quests:
- Quest where you have to spend 50 coins in town is the easiest, as church spending counts.
- Quest where you have to work x times in the tavern is also easy, you should do it anyways.
Most quests are meh, either wait a day or do a sub-optimal one. It doesn't really matter though.
Questpoints:
- Queen's strenght: You should always buy this when it comes, and therefore always try to have atleast 5 Quest Points so you can buy it.
- Scrolls: Some earlier mentioned scrolls could be obtained through the Queen, though less priority than Queen's strenght.
Fame points tree:
I don't recommend farming fame points, just play the game and you'll get them eventually.
But if you truly want to speed up that process, i personally think this is best according to my playstyle i explained:
Go to the left part of the tree, unlock recipe store and refining.
Go to the middle part where you can increase your XP gain
Go to the right part to get more starting points.
XP gain is the most valuable imo
Refining and recipe store are base game mechanics
Extra starting points are nice
Increased loot drop chance is also very nice, as it also increases the drop for weapon recipes.
Some are more expansive than others, but again: Don't farm fame points, just play the game.
That's about it really.
Remember, it's just a game. That i happened to tryhard it is my playstyle, but play however you like. Just enjoy the game!
If YOU reading this has any comments or questions let me know :3
Heyyy that's pretty much exactly how I play! Except I prefer Recovery Punch for my first technique.
However, if I get the weapon that has a proc chance equal to agility to give me an extra turn, I pivot hard into agility and normal attacks for the rest of the run, because that weapon is strong as hell (and so satisfying to hear that proc).
Heyyy that's pretty much exactly how I play! Except I prefer Recovery Punch for my first technique.
However, if I get the weapon that has a proc chance equal to agility to give me an extra turn, I pivot hard into agility and normal attacks for the rest of the run, because that weapon is strong as hell (and so satisfying to hear that proc).
Yeah that weapon is outright gamebreaking and I'm surprised it still hasn't been nerfed. It's rare but if you ever get it just start putting everything into agi until max proc chance and nobody can touch you anymore.
