As the title says, do you prefer to upgrade hearts or stamina at any given moment?

  • jasondm@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Hearts until I have 6, then one extra stamina wheel, then 4 more hearts, then the rest of stamina, then the rest of hearts.
    By the time I got to 10 hearts, I could start upgrading armor and cooking full-heals, and I wasn’t taking many hits, so stamina was more important.

  • yonguelink@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Stamina all the way until full, both games. I hate failing to get somewhere due to lack of stamina and food to compensate.

    However, since I hit max stamina, I never actually need it all in totk, so if there’s a master mode down the line making me replay the whole game, I’ll probably stop at 2 wheels then hearts to stop getting one shot earlier.

  • MerylasFalguard@lemmy.world
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    When I first started, I figured that getting better armor and beating dungeons would get me heart containers so I opted for getting a full second stamina wheel first. After I did that, I picked up heart containers until I was at 12 hearts (two dungeon ones and the rest from shrines) before I went for the third stamina wheel. I think it worked out pretty well.

  • eighty@lemmy.one
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    I went for stamina because of a huge emphasis on exploration. I found botw to be a bit frustrating because I was limited by my stamina so I forgone my health to complete a stamina wheel. I’m working on health since 2 wheels seems enough before cooking.

    Also it forces me to find alternative strategies for combat such as stealth, weapon building, and cooking. Honestly, with the time saved in exploration but spent in preparing for combat, I’d say it balances out.

  • AuroraCelestine@kbin.social
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    Hearts until 8 or so to keep me from being too squishy. Finished second ring of stamina, then hearts from there. I very rarely run out of stamina compared to BOTW because of all the new ways of getting around.

    • oranges@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      This is the way I approach it too… Enough hearts not to be one shot and down and that second stamina wheel is so welcome ! It’s enough to do almost anything I need to paraglider wise / climbing wise etc.

  • enzyesha@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Hearts first. I think you only need 8-10 of them though before you go full stream ahead on stamina until it’s full

  • Shortcake@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    On totk I boosted stamina first. I just got annoyed with how far I couldn’t get with the glider in the sky. Turns out it was useful for spoiler reasons!

    • currychaos@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Me on the other hand spamming hearts because of what I’ve learnt in the previous game. Didn’t pay off as well as I’d hoped.

  • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    In BotW, stamina bc nothing can really kill you early game, but there are some steep places you’ll wanna get

    In TotK, hearts bc with the slight overworld adjustments, you can get pretty much everywhere with 1 wheel now and even basic mobs can one hit you at the start

  • evergreenemily@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Over the course of my playthroughs, I usually upgrade stamina about once per two hearts - though I’ve gotten good enough at the game at this point that I could probably do one-to-one instead.

  • Zangoose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Haven’t beat the game yet but stamina all the way! This is less of a problem in totk but in botw it feels like you need full stamina to be able to properly explore anywhere. Even in totk being able to climb up basically anything because of the max stamina is very nice.

  • DRx@lemmy.world
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    Stamina until 2 full rings, then hearts till 10 hearts, then fill out 3rd ring of stamina

  • savoy@lemmygrad.ml
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    I have about 12 hearts right now and two wheels of stamina, but I think I’m at a good point to focus on stamina for now as I can tank big hits at this point