I think later in the game the treasure chests are supposed to be a reward...However they are my biggest dislike in the game. I have been battling a treasure chest for the last Hour and I have it down to 62%...I don't even care about the reward I wish I could just skip it
Your level increases when you equip higher level items..regardless of the item's stats. So the real objective is to level up enough so that you can retire and get a veteran item. These items are amazing. Each time you level up and retire you get a new item..Veteran items level up on their own and have incredible stats.
Also, level 35 is the max level. So remember that when you are distributing skill points. You can't reset your skill points ever so don't waste them. You want to max out the following:
weapon skill (passive)
Increase all attributes (final is +50)
Bladestorm (best fighting skill period.)
Bladestorm will kill an entire room of monsters. It will hit a boss for 31 attacks and stun them for 10 secs. The attacks are also greater than normal.
Put the left over points into finality of Axe. Axe is the strongest weapon at the end of the game.
OK, I beat the game yesterday and here are my tips...Agility should be your highest stat. Most of the damage you cause comes from learning the weapon not strength. I finished the game with 176 agility (with the 50 bonus points from the skills tree). I had so much agility that most monster couldn't hit me and if they did it was for like 5-10 hps...The Axe tree is the best with Bladestorm being the best skill in the game. The only time I had to use bonus potions was on the last guy. You must us +attack and berserk potion to beat him. You need about 5 attack and berserk potions. Finally, when buying equipment I only bought equipment that raised defense %. My final defense numbers were something like 500+1000. If you can survive monster attacks so what if it takes you a little longer to kill them. I would kill most boss rooms and only use 1 heal potion...makes the game easy. Good Luck
This game is so frustrating...The only thing that matters is LUCK. If you get luck in the beginning with good weapons in the shops and good recruits available then great. If not then you just can't get past the levels 10-20. I made it to level 50 but I got lucky to have some good weapons and recruits available. So in order to do well in this game you must play to level 10 and if you get a raw deal just delete and start over. So you waste so much time. I have started over 5+ times and just had to delete...
I wish the game was less about luck and more about strategy and skill. Take out the random weapons in the shop and put in fixed weapons. Take out the random recruits and put in fixed choices. What is fun about getting a raw deal in the game?
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I have fixed this in the new version. Reload your game until it says 2.1.5.5. This should be fixed for you.