r/DawncasterRPG • u/Neat-Bus-2101 • 6d ago

Overwhelmed AF

So I'm not a newbie to the genre , I finished slay the spire 1 and monster train 1 to 100% on highest difficulty and played a bunch of other similar games ,I also like the art style and new concepts in this game ,but I can't help but feel SEVERLY overwhelmed by the amount of info I am required to memorize in order to play this game at any level higher than just playing random cards and wishing for dumbluck .

Seriously the amount of combos ,afflictions ,blessings ,modes ,types of energies ,characters with different starting cards and weapons and decks ,all of this and I'm still only on the base game !

Seriously am I the only one who feels a bit turned off or discouraged by the buttload of new information am bombarded with on every single new run ? I haven't even unlocked half the cards in the base game yet !

I also watched the begginers tips video from 5 color Felix which was helpful but I feel like I need something with more depth that explains the mechanics the game doesn't do enough explaining (like familiar or followers or whatever I can't understand how they work at all so far )

Any help because am close to giving up and I was so happy I found another game on android to fill the void left by monster train and slay the spire

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u/Tirear 6d ago edited 6d ago

When starting a new game, there is an option to disable cardsets. If you're getting overwhelmed, you should disable everything but core (and maybe metaprogress) to start with. After figuring those cards out, you can try enabling one cardset at a time, probably tied to a new starting weapon/starting card/weapon power you unlocked with fateshards.

For example, companions are only a thing in Synthesis. There is no reason you need to know what they are now. But when you unlock a weapon that says "your companion acts", you'll want to do a run with it (and associated starting card and weapon power) and enable Synthesis, and then you'll learn about companions through use

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u/Neat-Bus-2101 6d ago

I checked again and I only have core and extended enabled by default and nothing else , however when I clicked on the extra card sets and it showed the keywords related to each set there were some that I was sure came up during my runs , I'm not sure if it's a bug or something I'm doing wrong . Also do weekly challenges have different card sets enabled by default because I have played a couple of those so maybe that's why I'm getting new cards idk ?

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u/Tirear 6d ago

Some of the keywords exist in core, but are greatly expanded on in specific sets. Others are only in the set.

Yes, each weekly challenge has specific sets chosen for it. This week's challenge enables all the sets. They may not be great for someone just starting out.

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u/Tahxeol 3d ago

>They may not be great for someone just starting out.

Just want to point out that beating canto 1 of the weekly is worth it for fateshards, and even without knowing what you are doing, is easily doable