Cavalcadence plays Aria 22: I ain't 'fraid o' no Low Percent ghast! (NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
2Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.59 (2017 Oct 12)
Cavalcadence plays Aria 22: I ain't 'fraid o' no Low Percent ghast! (All Zones Mode: AMPLIFIED)
(Low Percent No Nazar Charm challenge!)
For anybody who's interested in custom Cadences (or other characters), the official NecroDancer FAQ has some info about creating custom characters, and even has a link to the pinned thread on the official forums, where people have posted some of their custom creations:
http://necrodancer.com/faq.php
So... my previous "no Nazar Charm" run (Aria 20) went relatively well, with the extra enemies not causing quite as much trouble as I thought they might... Which got me thinking... I wonder how much trouble not having a Nazar Charm would cause on a Low Percent run? On the one hand, handling enemies without extra damage/etc. means slower battles, and thus more opportunities for a ghast/etc. to interrupt in an inconvenient fashion... But on the other hand, there's likely to be less exploration in a Low Percent run, and thus fewer ghasts/etc. encountered, so... ^^
So I gave it a try. =) It definitely took me more tries than the normal run to finally get the win... but I think a lot of that was getting used to Low Percent Aria again, rather than the lack of a Nazar Charm. ^^;
So anyway, here it is... my first ever "no Nazar Charm" Low Percent Aria win... hope you enjoy!
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Oh, and one quick note about Low Percent... apparently the same bug that used to cause the game to negate Low Percent if you threw then picked up your starting weapon... also negates Low Percent if you Scatter then pick up any other starting equipment. =p This Low Percent bug was fixed fairly early on for the starting weapon... but unfortunately, it apparently was never fixed for the other starting equipment (the Scatter Trap didn't exist at the time, so there was no way for those bugs to surface, and thus no reason to fix them). =/ Anyway, this means that the run summary screen won't list runs like this as "Low Percent"... despite only starting equipment being used. =p
Oh, and if anybody's curious... in this run, I encountered (aggroed) a total of 8 enemies (assuming I counted correctly!) the Nazar Charm would normally have cancelled: 1 Cursed Wraith, 2 Ghouls, 1 Ghast, 3 Wights, and 1 Wraith. ^_^
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:06 5-1
0:28 Scatter Trap! =)
0:59 Mb: Earth Dragon
1:29 Leprechaun!
1:53 5-2
2:21 Mb: Gray Minotaur
2:50 5-3
3:22 Cursed Wraith (1)
3:40 Mb: Green Metrognome
4:07 Z5B: Deep Blues 5 (Aria version)
4:35 Flawless! Reward: (skipped for Low Percent)
4:40 4-1
5:34 Mb: Red Dragon
5:53 4-2
6:30 Ghoul (1)
6:51 Mb: Ogre
7:25 4-3
8:38 Ghoul (2)
8:39 Mb: Red Dragon. Umm, better take care of the ghoul first! ^^;
8:55 Z4B: Coral Riff 4 (A)
9:49 Flawless!
9:52 3-1
10:56 Oh, that's the sarcophagus enemy, isn't it? I should probably keep him alive if possible, so the sarcophagus doesn't produce something troublesome at an inopportune time. ^^;
11:15 Mb: Gray Minotaur
11:36 3-2
12:26 Mb: Gray Direbat
12:36 3-3
13:39 Ghast (1)
13:59 Mb: Green Banshee
14:41 Z3B: King Conga 3 (A)
16:18 Flawless! Heh, well that took a while, but managed to make it through unscathed... ^^;;
16:23 2-1
17:24 Mb: Gray Direbat
17:47 2-2
18:50 Mb: Gray Minotaur
19:19 2-3
19:46 Mb: Red Dragon
19:57 Wight (1)
20:09 Wight (2)
20:17 Wight (3). Wow, lots of wights in this area. ^^;;
20:39 Z2B: Death Metal 2 (A)
21:01 Flawless!
21:04 1-1
21:36 Mb: Blue Dragon
22:51 Wraith (1). Hi wraith, bye wraith! ^^
22:51 1-2
23:00 Mb: Gray Minotaur
23:20 1-3
24:28 Mb: Red Dragon
24:52 Quaffed Potion! Coin multiplier lost! Ack! Was thinking too much about the goblin and not enough about the bat... and accidentally double-tapped a key. ^^;;
25:02 Zone 1 Boss: The Golden Lute. Well, just lost my Potion, so uh... hopefully I won't end up needing it here. ^^;;
25:45 Confused! ...whoops, took a bit too long. ^^;
25:58 What? Why am I not Confused? ...oh, dragon phase!
26:19 Wait, why am I not Confused? ...oh, wall pig phase!
26:24 Flawless! Interesting... seems like the phase changes negated the normal Confusion transfer. I'll have to test that out more later. ^_^ But for now...
26:26 "I ain't 'fraid o' no Low Percent ghast!" My first ever "No Nazar Charm" Low Percent Aria All Zones Mode win! ^_^
More Low Percent NecroDancer videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2afxXRM4sDDx_VgK1O01ZWNk
More Aria videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2accHWVMb0bjgeiqc89o7JvU
More Crypt of the NecroDancer videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2acmmGVW5vA4x815Lmr76J37
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.59 (2017 Oct 12) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/1448330063923410674
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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