Pro tips for early levelling: make 5 attacks fro top platform immediately. dodge back half a step to avoid the beard. repeat. then book it to th eleft side of the screen, so you push tom when you attack. by the time he finishes the first beam you should be at lvl 2, and around a +10 combo. keep attacking, forcing him right, and you'll get level 3 before he finishes the 2nd beam. rinse and repeat on right side. dodge the bread, and then begin again. I got to lollipop status before skull this way. rate up so people can get the badge!
pro tip, if you happen to get unlucky and run over a red marker, and there's a purple on the screen, sprint for it. it will suck all of those yellows you just lost back in.
For everyone who is complaining about the physics of this, I think you are forgetting 1 thing. The planetary pulls stack. odds are, fi you got pulled to the smaller planet, it had several others behind it helping
2nd-ing weirdoboys comment, some kind of progression for beating the game would be nice. maybe bonus stat points at the start? or being permitted to keep the items you earned in the previous round (can't earned items you've already earned)
love this game. i'm addicted to character progression & levelling soo.....
the only other comment I have is, comparing the shadowdancer& theif, the shadowdancer's bonus chance to loot is only 125%, versus the theif's 200% (despite the shadowdancer being the advanced unit) was this the intent?
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