u/smiledontcry

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My star team made it to the end of the second darkest dungeon. Bloodied, but unbowed.

I'm still shaking from rapturicity. It has been too long since I last basked in the glory of pure, unadulterated accomplishment. Truth be told, I didn't even feel nearly as exhilarated when I completed my thesis defence.

The last three dungeons were completed back-to-back, with the second dungeon nearly giving me a heart attack when two Templar Guardians scored critical hits twice in a row, bringing my Highwayman to Death's Door. When I stubbornly went for the Ancestor's trinket with a battered and unrested party, a deluge of bad rolls nearly killed my Vestal and Shieldbreaker. Thanks to the powers that be, I managed to regain control of the shitshow and come out on top.

Looking back, the hardest part of Bloodmoon difficulty for me was the time limit of 99 weeks. I was not used to the increased upgrade costs, and whatever little gold I had left afterwards was spent on the removal of debilitating negative quirks. Oddly, I wasn't particularly worried about the death limit; I had a total of 4 deaths at week 89 (with one character brought back from the grave, thereby reducing the total death count to 3).

And now... I guess I can finally play the game.