Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense hybrid game, in which your team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while finding their way out!
For me it depends on what they have, weapons are usually priority, but I tend to keep dust to defend my base and try and power their rooms. Worst comes to worst I may leave a hero in the room with a vendor that has amazing items. I usually hold off buying til late/end game of a level to protect my base the most.
Picking up some good weapons from a merchant is very valuable. Hard to say about the +defense items, but weapons are a top priority. If you get a few heroes with upgraded weapons in a room with one (or even two) modules that boost hero attack, you can hold off a sea of enemies. The bonuses multiply to give very high damage values.
I did a run where I picked up the crystal and camped all of my heroes in a 4-module room - 2 hero attack boosting modules, a healing module, and a claymore turret (should have built a third damage boosting mod). They were all in the ~130-200 damage range, and basically took on about 20 minutes of endless waves until I got bored and finished the level.
+Speed items would also be very helpful in larger levels where the ability to move your heroes around the different choke points would save you a lot of turrets/modules. It's already evident on level 3 by how useless the big, slow guy is for anything beyond guarding one specific room, compared to the blue melee girl that can run around to several fronts as necessary.
I always buy any +Wit items I can find, if they are better than my own, until all my non-door opening heroes have good +Wit items. Outside of that, except for exceptionally good weapons, I tend to leave them alone. However, seeing as I open every door before moving the crystal, I had over 150 dust before the game was over. An expensive building that causes any NPC you encounter in the level (merchant, additional heroes) to be drawn to it would be nice, so that I would have access to merchants I've found earlier in the floor when I couldn't afford some of their "luxury" (non-Wit) items later on when I have more dust than I know what to do with (having 2/3'rds of a large dungeon powered is nice though...).
If a good weapon or defense is available for my door opening heroes, I buy it quickly, if unable, I do try to defend the merchant until the level is cleared, then I make a path to the exit and buy all I can (extra item can be sold for dust in the next level and so on).
Right now they are the only way for the heroes to develop after level cap is reached. and can greatly change there efficiency (got a +55 power weapon on level, found the same but only +39 power on level 3, got a great def 24 t-shirt).
As for item sell, I do not unless a level need it (I stock item to stock dust) : if my level 2 playthrough is pretty "safe" and has a good feel, I generally keep items for later (and further level would be the same, as long as more dust is not needed, keeping item is a good banking tip ^^
As for item sell, I do not unless a level need it (I stock item to stock dust) : if my level 2 playthrough is pretty "safe" and has a good feel, I generally keep items for later (and further level would be the same, as long as more dust is not needed, keeping item is a good banking tip ^^
This IS a good tip! Thanks! For someone like me who clears every room on a floor before proceeding, this would be an excellent way to "save" the excess money. I hope, in the full version, extra dust gets transferred to science or something.
I tend to protect a merchant until right before I move my crystal--then I unpower all but the most critical rooms, buy up as much stuff as I can, equip it, then head to the next level.
Yeah since dust doesn't carry over I see no reason not to buy stuff if you happen to have extra dust and also happen to find a useful item on a merchant.
yeah, i go the same way. But the Contra to that strategy is, that the flying bugs attack them on occasion. So you need to protect the merchants too then.
I just see what that merchant has. If it's something cool, I try to protect him untill I am about to leave sector and then I buy. On my way with crystal. That's when I buy. It's the best moment to do it. And eventho it's kinda risky, I still see it as possible game-abuse. But when the price is so high!
I find the merchants especially handy when they've got some pretty nice items to pick up for my heroes. Usually what I'll do is try to light up their room so as to defend them, but this isn't always possible or worth doing, in the case of items I don't need. I don't know if this would make things more interesting or just annoying (and I'm pretty sure someone else mentioned this somewhere), but I was wondering: sometimes I run into merchants that don't have anything that I need, so I just leave them callously to die. Should this reflect back on my dungeon runthrough?
Honestly, a good weapon makes your hero so much better. with decent armor and a good sword (lvl 4), that short guy with a big sword can hold off 2 waves by himself in the third dungeon after 4-5 hours of play I think the game does get pretty predictable. and the items at least provide you with something to earn dust for! had a good laugh when I put the tutu on the big guy. actually makes him better haha +speed ftw
Bendercade wrote: It really just depends on whether or not they have something I want/need. Usually I visit them to sell gear I don't need, and if I see something I'll want in the future (say I'm about to go to the next floor and have some dust to spend) I'll buy it. It really just depends if he's got a lot of good things on sale, stranger!
If i have the huge dude with the machine guns I usually gear him out first followed by any melee oriented people. they need anything to increase damage and health. I fthey are geared they can usually take on waves by themselves. But priority in order is weapon>armor with hp>def armor>accessories.
I have started using them a little more. If there is an item that fills a blank spot it better be a useful item too. Sometimes I only see items the same or worse than I already have.
I usually use them pretty often. Not every single time I find them, mind you, but they're great for selling stuff that I can't use/don't want anymore. I usually visit them before I grab the crystal because dust doesn't carry over between levels and most of your rooms will lose power anyway.
I use merchants to sell my extra items and only buy when I have extra dust, it becomes a nightmare when all of your rooms shut down after purchasing something a little on the expensive side lol.
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