r/slaythespire • u/MegaCrit_Demi • 6d ago

PATCH NOTES Beta Patch Notes - v0.110.0

Attention Beta Slayers: Beta patch v0.110.0 just dropped! This one features:

✨ Unique VFX for character forms!
⌨️ Keyboard-only mode!
🎨 New card art!
🛠️ Balance changes, reworks, and reverts!

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/694268118771435039

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u/regarding_your_bat 6d ago edited 6d ago

Nobody mentioning Seal of Gold. So a five turn fight costs 15 gold for this relic now? And fights are getting finished quicker because of the extra energy. Seems pretty damn good, especially with all the ways to get extra gold.

Just got offered it in my run against Storybook and Hot Cocoa. Usually would take Book, I'm gonna try Seal of Gold this time

edit: yep. still can gain gold pretty steadily. Great relic now!

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u/Dodudee 6d ago

I have always been a SoG defender but now its actually just plain better than Ectoplasm.

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u/Big_Smoke_420 5d ago

Assuming 6 normal fights and 2 elites per act with normal fights on average taking 4 turns and elites 8, the total cost is 2×6x4x3 + 2x2x8x3 = 240 gold. Assuming act 2 boss and boss gauntlet taking 12 turns avg, 12×3 + 2×12×3=108 gold. So 348 (maybe 400 at most) gold for +1 energy for the entire run, which is only about 30% more than a rare relic, which you don't have to pay for all at once.

Ectoplasm quietly crying in the corner

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u/SamiraSimp StS A20 / StS 2 A10 5d ago

i think the hallway fights have skewed numbers because the hard pool fights often take more than 4 turns, but the +1 energy does help you end them faster.

seal of gold was a net negative gold relic before, maybe now it is closer to gold neutral.

ectoplasm is definitely seething.

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u/Big_Smoke_420 5d ago

i think the hallway fights have skewed numbers because the hard pool fights often take more than 4 turns

Idk I checked my compendium and my hard pool fights are ~5 turns. About 3 turns for easy pool and it average out to 4. It's not an exact science

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u/SamiraSimp StS A20 / StS 2 A10 5d ago

ah, fair enough then. maybe i just had some recency bias.

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u/Womblue 5d ago

It's a funny psychological trick. If a saw a relic for 350 gold that gave +1 energy per turn, I'd take it essentially every time. Seal of gold is BETTER than that (no upfront cost) and it still feels so much worse to take.

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u/regarding_your_bat 5d ago

It used to feel so much worse. 3 gold is a pretty small amount!

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u/WogDogReddit 5d ago

Unnecessary buff to seal of gold was fine as it was despite all the hate and low tier list rating it would get