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I enjoy the card game as a concept. I liked PornandCards very much for that matter, since I was able to make a complete run without cheats and without loading a savegame in case I would had messed up my deck. It was challenging for some battles but I was able to master them after a few runs and with different deck builds. But i found mysellf kinda softlocked in OPT3 because it seems like I bought the wrong stuff. Didn't matter how I build my deck I wasn't able to defeat the enemy. I suggest to take away the costs for resetting the gear on your cards or double at least the amount of credits for victorys. Another way would be to slow the progression of more dangerous enemy cards.Two kingdom recruit cards, a *player name* the mercenary card and a selective hangover potion were too much for my poorly equipped card deck at one point and because of the lack of credits I wasn't able to reset them or buy new stuff. Either you are lucky to choose all the right stuff right at the beginning or you have to make several save points you can go back to when you have messed up. This isn't fun in my opinion, so more credits, removing costs for reset and/or slower progression of enemy card decks would be nice.

Given that many folks have expressed that they do not find much enjoyment in the card game aspect, it may be beneficial to reintroduce the skip and auto-win cheats from PnC in an update or two.

I don't really think the fights are *consistently* too hard. Some of the ones with the frogs are rough, but that might be addressed by just fixing issues like the frogs riposting after they're dead. Card fights are definitely more fun than drone scavenging, that's for sure. I definitely think there's a problem with lack of credits - I really wanted to make outfits as I got blueprints for them but because of how limited credits are, I felt like I couldn't do that but had to save up to get better items for my cards so I didn't fall behind the card fight difficulty curve. On a related note, why does it cost credits to take equipment off cards?

Here's a fun thing to try for those who like the card games. (I can't be the ONLY one.) Start a new game and get to the Minstrel fight and Save. (I use a different player name so I can tell the Saves apart.) Now see if you can win the Special Battle with ghosts. I can beat it consistently with ONE ghost, and about half the time with TWO ghosts, and it's pretty fun because it's not easy.

As much as I love the game, I would really love the option to skip the card games

i think it’s good but needs some work like what has been said but also the frog warrior or whatever he is will still counter attack even after dying and that has killed some of my attempts that would have likely won. it’s quite frustrating because you think that you are going to win next round because all that’s left is a potion and you have one card with one health that will probably die and then you have another one that has 2 but gets counter attacked from beyond the grave and kills him so the run/ attempt is failed by default.

Maybe I am just better after Porn and Cards, but I feel like the card fights are more balanced and so I don't mind the card games personally. I like that it makes it clear how to progress the corruption, but if there is only going to be one character to corrupt it might feel more jank if it is still needed to move dialouge forward. I also think there is a solid amount of people who probably would prefer to just have the skip option and their concerns will be alleviated if / when it is put in. Also kinda unrelated but the Corruption tree letting you be more forceful and her getting shocked by that is a great idea that works very well. Super excited to see more!!!

I enjoyed the art of the latest update. However, I've not enjoyed the integration of the "card game" into the core of the OPT gameplay. It halts any sort of progression, and off puts players of the original game. I've been a supporter of OPT since the conception, even before the patreon, and have long enjoyed the steady progression via the drone system. This may be a personal preference, but I did not play PaC because I don't enjoy the slow pacing of card games. I know my input won't change the gameplay, but I really wish that we weren't locked behind this type of gameplay in the future.

love the game. just wish i could afford some merch

and a way to level up more than one corruption methods too if possible be it for patreons only or everyone in general since I would love to see outcomes from all of them

The worst part of the card game this time for me seemed to be that I got inaccurate information on who would be eliminated in a round and who wouldn't, it would say these two would die, only for one to die, and while yes it's correct both wouldve died IF they attacked at the same time, which they don't. I both like and dislike how a fight can start on your turn or not, making it harder but also impossible to counter at times, felt like I was just rng'ing alot of the fights even when I DID play well.

I think most of the fights were fairly balanced but a few ones towards the end were way too difficult. I think it was almost mathematically impossible to win against the frog bard with the mainly defensive cards I had.

I would like to drop a hint or two for people who are frustrated with the Minstrel, but I don't want to do it in this thread. Is there a good place for hints like that? I like the way the boss (Minstrel) at the end of this first version has mystery abilities, and you have to fight it to figure out what it does and what it DOESN'T do.

Also excited about frequent small updates!

excited about more frequent small updates!

How much will the merch be once it's all put together?

I felt annoyed at having to play the card game to progress, if I got more money and had more things to do with that money I think I'd feel way better about it. If I won a card game and knew I was gonna get a bunch of sweet stuff (Outfits, scenes, cards that aren't grimy green guys wearing hats) I'd feel more excited about doing them, but I was more like. "Oh she's annoyed with me? Guess I have to play." Or "I need more money for that dress? Guess I have to grind..." Which may all just be part of being early in the updates.

for us who got the 1st wave of stuff are we getting the new mug as well?

I think it's overall well balanced, but I do think there needs to be either a reduced price or no price for removing things from cards. Either that or some way to grind for money. Preferably both.

I recently went back to OPT1 and it’s crazy how much better it is now. Art is so much better and the card battles are so much better than the drone. One big issue I had with porn and cards was that you couldn’t replay battles to earn more money. So some of the really expensive cards at the end you couldn’t get. We need more cards variation which I’m sure will come and there obviously needs to be sexy and more powerful versions of all of the princess cards. All together this update was great and shows great promise to how good the game will be!

I'm confused when people say "there's no way to grind." I've been grinding every day. I beat the Minstrel after trying several different things, and the difficulty made it all the more fun. Card games are SO MUCH MORE FUN than the drone was.

Honestly im just really bad at cards games...I want an option to auto win them like in the last game. That way, if most people find it balanced, they can keep challenging themselves and I can continue to progress without frustrating myself for 15 minutes reloading saves for the one combo that gets me past the hurdle.

The fights were well balanced, with the exception of the Minstrel card for the Special Event Battle. I believe victory is possible, but not with the cards I have available, so I'm going to have to restart. The minstrel just gets too many actions, I think, being able to give a powerful buff and attack each round.

I get a little confused by the merch requirements! I've been subbed for about 6 months now, do I get the new set of rewards next month or in 3 months time? If I upgrade my tier, do I have sub at that level for 3 months to get that tiers rewards? Thanks in advance!

Hell, already on merch 2 and i am still waiting on round 1. Does upgrading my membership reset the merch clock? I know you needed to be subbed for 3 months prior, but dang.

P[ease, where does one find the merch link?

Increasing rewards/adding the ability to grind should naturally reduce the difficulty of the card battles.

Considering there's no way to grind for money, if you buy things and it turns out it doesn't work with your setup or if you attach things and detach them too many times you can kind of soft lock yourself out of necessary power to clear later content. Because of this I end up not spending my money and then I get into a situation where it feels like there's only one correct way to win a fight with what I'm given.

It's set to only one answer. Reg fight, most were balanced but final had wierd hard to understand mechanics in no way explained with the enemy card.

I am loving the game so much! Can't wait to see what comes next and enjoy your vacation! You all deserve it ^^

Probably needs to be two polls as there seem to be only one vote allowed for two topics which might skew the votes.