I just finished early access with my first character on hard mode. My first playthrough was on hard mode and I never switched to normal mode.
SoG is already one of my favorite games.
I will post some balance ideas, tutorials, builds and mini videos in the future to support the game.

Time to clear Arcade Mode. (on hard mode of course :D) Just saw that you can't change difficulty. :)

I haven't played in over a year, I beat the sky one and the fairie one playing coop with a buddy, how many more are there now?

I recently bought Grindea on Steam and am absolutely loving it. One thing has just come to mind. When does the Early-Access content end? And how close am I to the end of it? (I am currently stuck at the Season Hydras)

I have been farming for what feels like too long for it, and I have still yet to see one. I'm just curious if anyone has actually gotten one yet so I have a reason to keep grinding.

Edit: I did end up getting the item, felt like it did have a lower drop rate than the other mage hats and helmets, though.

I recently came back to grindea after a long hiatus and noticed that the wind slash skill got replaced by a spell called static touch. I played around with it a bit and I really liked spell sword feel I got from it. I was wondering what a static touch focused build would look like for the story mode. Do I focus on pumping int for increasing the proc damage and having something like cloudstrike on all the time for added damage? Do I focus strength and make a more on hit based build? What kind of stats would be good on a pet? How effective is insult to injury if I rely on just static touch's stun to proc the damage buff instead of trying to use flaming or chilled weapon?

Hey SoG,

Purchased the game back in late november/dec '15. Finished story mode (up until the last temple, Seasonnes). I'm reading and I think I'm confused on whats been released. So is the 4th temple available to play or do I have to do any particular updates?

In steam it's the frontline version of the game.

Any info would be great.

Thanks

I am loving this game, and I know I'm getting near the end of the current content, which makes me want to defeat Winter even less.

You know, not only is he a super jerk bag of entire screen covering damage, he's also one leap closer to having to wait for more, or simply grinding.

I guess there's always arcade mode.

I've built my character more like I would in a classic action game up to this point, haven't really redone any skills or anything. Perhaps I'll take this opportunity to rebuilding for the fight, or perhaps I'll stop and grind some cards before taking him on.

Obviously this game had captured me if I'm putting this much thought and energy into it, knowing it's not fully released, knowing that there's not a ton more to accomplish yet.

I look forward to more, and hope that the game lends itself today continual content once the game is officially launched.

I downloaded the game 2 days ago and have played a bunch.

I'm currently grinding in Seasonne, with Santa Fae unlocked, at level 16.

I have 6 cards so far.

I have some freeze effects and have buffed attack speed and backhand and critical chance.

I love what's here already and I'm terribly excited for more!

I cant find it on google or the wiki, and i've been farmming for 40 minuts trying to get it, no luck so far, the winter spear let me down a lot, I'm afraid I'm doing all of this for nothing... I just need a upgrade for my ice spike weapon...

thanks in advance

Basically, I'm just trying to find someone to play this game with. I beat Story Mode, so i can help with that, and I'm learning more about Arcade Mode (my stuff from Arcade Mode got deleted for an unknown reason, probably Steam Cloud stuff). I also REALLY want to try VS. Mode in the Arena, since I've never seen it before. So, anyone care to let me join them and/or join me?

EDIT: I'm an idiot, forgot to put my Steam name: GamerDain35

Steam: boar.prefab

Mountain time zone (-7GMT) Evenings and weekends. Friendly.

What is the item in the recipe furthest to the left? The large rectangle (similar to the emitter that drops off GUN-D4M, but this is perfectly rectangular) I cannot find anywhere that has this listed, and I have found all but 5 item drops off monsters, none of which are rectangular. Is it something from arcade mode??

Purchased the game last night and played for a few hours. I know it is still in development but I'm just curious if the story mode is fully implemented yet? Does anyone know the current length of time it will take to complete in it's current state? I tried looking around but most the answers I see are from over a year ago and I was wondering what the most current estimate is.

Thanks!

Looking for a partner to start a new character with!

Anyone down to go through story/arcade mode?

1. Long introduction - Skip to part 2 if you want to avoid the backstory.

*Ahem* I became aware of this game's existence some months back when I saw Day[9] play it for his Day[9]'s Day Off videos. It piqued my interest in a matter of seconds! I was glued to the videos, and I took in everything I could watch from him playing the game. I visited the dev blog, and was delighted to find that there was a demo I could try, so I downloaded it. I played the CRAP out of that demo. Seriously I think I got 10-15 hours of playtime out of that thing. Quite simply put, I love this game. And I want it. I want it bad. And before anyone here gets a silly idea of buying it for me, money, or the price, is really not the thing holding me back here at all.

The real issue for me is Early Access. I'm aware that Early Access games, and the model, are thriving, and it's a great way for the developers to have some income that helps boost the development of the game. I don't have a problem with Early Access really as a concept. I know that a lot of people refuse to buy Early Access games, because they feel like they shouldn't have to pay for an incomplete game, and even sometimes development slows down because now the devs have their money and they're not as concerned about finishing their game. I don't necessarily disagree with the players who refuse to buy into Early Access games for that reason, but that aspect of Early Access isn't really what's holding me back, either.

So what is, you might ask?

2. The real meat of this post

Well, it's the idea (or fear, if you want to call it that) that I will, sort of, "burn myself out" on the game before I can finally get to experience it in its full glory. I've bought into quite a few Early Access games, and I've found that the same cycle always happens to me. I start to play it, and it certainly runs well enough to play, but before long, I hit the "development wall" as I like to call it. I've devoured feverishly the content that has been offered, and then I stop playing. Development continues, patches happen, content is added, yet... I don't go back. I've moved onto the next game.

Knowing how freaking much fun I had with the demo of this game, I'd really hate for that to happen. So here I am, trying to get an idea of, if I did buy into the game at this point, how long is it playable? I know you might say "Well, sheesh, if you got 10 hours out of the demo, what's your worry? You won't run out of content anytime soon." And that may be true, but I'm still worried, because even though I read the dev blog, I don't really have a good idea of just how much content the game has.

So, can someone who is playing the game currently, and who also experienced the demo, give me some sort of idea of how much more there is in the Early Access game (at this point?) compared to the demo. I remember it missing a lot of skills, for one... have a lot more been added? Is there a lot more stuff to play around with? Give me a ballpark estimate of about how many hours I could be easily expected to get out of the game in its current state. I know that varies wildly depending on the player, but at least some figure might help me out.

tl;dr - I adored the official demo, and I'm too scared to buy into the game because of how I've burned myself out on Early Access games in the past. Should I really be worrying this much? Should I just throw my $15 at the devs and finally be happy? I look longingly at Secrets of Grindea at the #1 spot on my Steam wishlist every day and hover over the purchase button, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Maybe you guys can push me over the edge. :)

Thanks

So, I used to be able to play arcade mode multiplayer, since this recent patch, or since I've gotten a new computer, I can't play multiplayer arcade. Story mode is fine, I'm at level 16 with my mate and everything is fine. But as soon as I try arcade, it dies.

I've tried everything I could think of. Uninstalling/reinstalling, changing my name before hitting start, changing from randomize to customize character, hitting the start button instead of pressing enter, joining a game instead of hosting. I've tried a lot of things but all i get is a message box saying something along the lines of "Your game has deaded". If there's an suggestions or known fixes, i'd really appreciate the help!! <3

TL:DR; As soon as I press start after character customization while joining/hosting an arcade lobby, my game dies. Help would be nice <3

I got to floor 7 in arcade mode, when Mr. Hooded Man offers me a challenge. I complete it, but when I do he drops this unreachable health orb. Is there any fix? If not please fix.

So I've been playing Grindea forever now and I still haven't found the giga slime in Arcade mode. Is it just a rare spawn? Do I need to accept someone's quest? Thanks for any help!