HollowNaught
@HollowNaught@lemmy.world
- Comment on Anon plays Balatro 6 days ago:
Nah, I agree with your take on buffoon and standard packs.
If you have money to spare, buffoon always takes priority over rerolls, which is basically what they are but better.
As soon as you have a decent lineup of jokers, I ususlly b-line it to standard packs, looking for a decent card to dupe
Also I didn’t touch on vouchers because their priority heavily depends on what the voucher is. They go from “willing to dip into the bottom $25” to “this actually detriments my run” (looking at you, planet merchant)
- Comment on Anon plays Balatro 6 days ago:
Aw shit, was thinking of celestial packs. My b, edited
- Comment on Anon plays Balatro 6 days ago:
Sorry babe, can’t make tonight, a random guy on Lemmy asked for a comprehensive guide on how to get high scores
Right, I’m going to preface this by saying that I have ~100 hours in the game, half of which is from the demo, and I’ve only beaten one deck on gold stakes. I’m hardly an expert here
But you want to know how to get consistent high scores? There’s a simple trick, one that not many people talk about:
You can’t get them consistently if you’re not consistent
If you can consistently beat ante 8, then high scores will come with time. But how do you consistently beat high score 8?
By consistently getting a decent start. And how do you consistently get a decent start?
DON’T AIM FOR HIGH SCORES. I’m serious. Never enter a run with the mindset of “I want this specific synergy so I can get a super big score”. That mindset is the run killer. That mindset is how you die at ante 2, wondering where it all went wrong with your vampire and DNA joker, both of which you picked up last shop, spending your entire savings after you refreshed three times.
Aim to get a decent joker that gives some chips or mult that can easily get you through the early game (ante 1-3) (even the base joker can work here), with mid game getting any joker that can scale (ante 3-6) , finishing with the late game (ante 7-8), where you should aim for jokers that synergise with the cards you already have.
Of course, that doesn’t go into specifics, nor does it touch on tarots, planet, spectral cards, or other strategies you can employ.
Just some small things:
First blind can be won with a single decent full house, but if you run higher stakes then it’s worth skipping just to get the tag
You can beat ante 1 without using a single joker pretty easily. If you see shit jokers, know that ante 2 is where you need to pick one of those jokers at the latest
Picking a shit joker early on, if it’s cheap, can actually net you income. By beating blinds with fewer hands used, you can get the money you spent on it back fairly quickly. As an example, the base joker buys for $2 and sells for $1. If you win ante 1 boss with one hand because of it, you just earned ~$2, $3 if you sell it.
Early game, focus on income, but not at the expense of being able to win. Early game, ASAP get $25 up for that sweet juicy $5 a round interest. Of course, as stated above, if you see a joker early that can carry you through the early game, always pick it up. Interest comes second to not losing.
Celestial cards are op, tarot cards are really good (but shouldn’t be relied upon early game), and planet cards are terrible, only good later when you have the money to burn or a a joke that works with them. Buffoon and standard packs are weird, use discretion on how your build is going in order to pick one of them up. Avoid early game
Hope this general guide helped. Remember: Aim for winning, not for high scores. High scores come with winning
- Comment on Anon plays Balatro 1 week ago:
just shy of 100m
Rookie numbers
- Comment on Shoutout to Richard Pfeiffer for making this meme possible 2 weeks ago:
I mean, I’d prefer to use antibiotics in more important situations, especially when a yearly jab does the job perfectly well
- Comment on Anon shares a high school memory 3 weeks ago:
This looks likes somebody in denial, rationalising their feelings
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
There are currently so many people signing the petition that the confirmation emails that are supposed to be sent out are getting clogged up. I’m talking it’s hours behind at this point lol
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Thanks, bro. Keep up the good stuff!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
My problem with valve is that they do less than the bare minimum for upkeep, while adding microtrandactions to continue profiting. What we’re asking for is an answer to the bot problem, and nothing more. Something that should be a base essential for any fps
- Comment on The evidence against Drake keeps stacking 1 month ago:
/s for those who need it
- Comment on The evidence against Drake keeps stacking 1 month ago:
Why do you think I’m being so protective
- Comment on The evidence against Drake keeps stacking 1 month ago:
You underestate my want to be stepped on
- Comment on break the cycle. dont remember. 1 month ago:
I’d add more information, but I’ve forgotten it all
- Comment on The evidence against Drake keeps stacking 1 month ago:
Inb4 a nerd says “um akshually, that’s a thousand-year-old vampire who got put in a child’s body after the main character didn’t want to kill them like she wanted, so she instead sulked in a corner for the entirety of the first season of the show”
It’s me. I’m that nerd. And if anything happens to her, I’ll kill everybody here and them myself
- Comment on Draw your own conculsions 1 month ago:
Looks like I’m finally better than the majority at something!
sniffle
- Comment on The best kind of acknowledgements 1 month ago:
My respect for pearl oyster mushrooms just went up by 50%
- Comment on degree in bamf 2 months ago:
I always roll my eyes whenever I see a “you can’t do that because you’re a woman” character in a show, and then I’m always reminded that these people actually exist
- Comment on Goodbye matpat ❤️ 3 months ago:
He really wasn’t
- Comment on It gives you wings. 3 months ago:
Enough
- Comment on 'Tis an Encore-level chart threat to make through, until the last note… 4 months ago:
I remember launching mc AT launcher modpacks on my shitty school laptop and watching for 15 mins while the text scrolled
- Comment on Let’s try it? 4 months ago:
I wish people would just agree to be nicer to each other ;-;
(I got yelled at by my boss the other day, can you tell?)
- Comment on Farewell MatPat Its been an honor with you O7 4 months ago:
Bro I’ve watched two theories they made in the last two years, and both were so, so wrong