Hello wondering if that’s those meta made hole in some artificial fortress or those weird shells that if you hit them. They simply teleport you to hell literally whole lot tough enemies surrounded you! And no way to escape
Oh boy, this is perfect - I was looking for some more beginner friendly Qud videos, because I find that game absolutely fascinating, but I tend to require more knowledge before I actually enjoy playing this kind of game :) Thank you for your awesome videos
I reckon you probably know this blind but if you choose a preset character you can go backwards and change all the options, so if you want to you can look like a tortoise by choosing the dream tortoise preset but still choose all your own options :)
@@Jimverse_ The Choose Your Fighter mod and the several expansions for it have a plethora of different tiles, most of which don't look out of place. There are some pretty big gaps (only, I think, 2 have multiple arms) but they cover a lot of different mutation combos including several with multiple legs, several with wings, and several with shells or quills. It also gives you the option to switch mid-game so as your character evolves, getting new mutations, you can pick a new tile that matches them a bit better.
The ending was so intense, very glad it was so dramatic and full of action and not just "whoop you died in one hit while casually strolling out of the corner" xD
Live and drink! My very first classic run ended with me turned into a gem. Used a shade oil tonic as a true kin to phase through a wall to escape tongue tyrants and ended up face to face with a equimax cherub. Fitting end, hope my character is someones wedding ring now
Caves of Qud is one of those games I am truly fascinated with, but won't dare to even try because of it's difficulty. That's why I love videos like this. Live and drink.
Its honestly a lot like morrowind: first few hours' learning curve is *steep.* Then; once you get a hang of it, you start to realize all the potential ways to achieve and do things. Then, only a bit later, youll be actively smashing the game balance apart with ease - at least for 85% of the encounters. But always be vigilant; death comes quick and it takes only a few turns to go from "I got this" to "Hm; okay, Ill have to actually play well" to "Oh... uh oh" to "dead". 😁
thank you for the explanations. i saw some challenge runs people were doing and was interested but couldn't keep up with what was happening as no one seemed interested in making sure people who don't already play the game can understand what they're doing
These are always great, rewatching entire livestream vods is at times daunting, and at other times convenient, to have upwards of 10 hours of content to break the silence. Live and drink, friend.
i dont think its that the resheph cultist doesnt know things but more like he's rewarding you and teaching you for discovering those things on your own
After coming back from delving (too) deep into the Caves of Qud experience: - Once again thank you for providing the motivation to dive into this. It's a blast :) I've decided to go for regular Rogue mode for myself, since I know I will just game the systems if I have a savefile to reload, and try silly things like going through the depths of dungeons way too early and just try again if I fail. This way I'm properly scared to delve too deeply and too greedily, and instead attempt to be careful, and attempt to prepare for anything ahead. This has so far resulted in (predictably) me dying a bunch anyways, but each time I'm learning more and more things. My favorite death so far was when I Beguiled a legendary Crocodile that had some form of plant-growth ability, and summoned a bunch of exploding bulbs next to me. These predictably exploded on me. I have now learned, that I can disable my allies' use of abilities My 11th iteration of attempting to be a Beguiling and Proselytizing minion Apostle so far has survived for surprisingly long, and I have amassed 1 Legendary Scorpiock (Proselytized), 1 Legendary Bear (Beguiled) that comes with her own 2 (of previously 4) minion bears still surviving. One bear has extra arms, two others have extra Stingers by now. On top of that I recruited 2 Mechanimist Priests of [spoiler] locations through Reputation, one of which I can not yet Dominate to check as to what he is specced into. Both priests use dual pistols and run out of battery way too often. And then I also recruited Yrame from Joppa, and another Warden, who also charge into battle
Live and drink. I absolutely loved this video from the narration to the character development. You absolutely managed to tell a story here.My hats off to you. I hope that you plan to do more of these in the future.
I just purchased this game but wanted to watch a few videos to see what I was getting into before I started. Your video was extremely helpful with your explanations without being overwhelming. Live and Drink.
Thank you for doing a video on Qud! I was looking for an adventure game that had a Dwarf fortress feel to it. Could not be happier with CoQ, and am super excited for 1.0. Hope to see more CoQ from ya Live, and Drink Friend
Pure and simply an awesome vod, CoQ has confused my smooth brain for many months but not any longer. Thank you Greg you've started to open the fantastic world of Qud to me and ii can't wait to really pick the bones of this game. ❤
I'm so glad you finally did a video on CoQ! This was a grand adventure & I'm interested to see what you can get up to in the future in this title. It's funny because when I first discovered your channel, I was thinking to myself that I've yet to find someone on youtube who has done Caves of Qud in a long-term format & done it well, & I remember saying to myself that you would be perfect for the job & here we are! Thanks, I know how much time these videos must take & I appreciate you taking the time & effort you do in crafting every single one. You're a real dude, ya know that?!
I just really really hope it gets a windfall of recommendations when qud releases. If not I'll be a bit disappointed. I'm glad people like the video and feedback has been great.
Yeah I believe legendary mechanimists always, or at least almost always have an eater's nectar injector. Legendary templars do too I think, but they have an annoying tendency to use them when they spot a mutant approaching.
Super relatable, everything is going great as you're steaming through in Qud until all the sudden you realize you're too deep - annnnnnd it's too late lol
ayo LAVE n DRANK my dude, i actually found your channel from this video being recommended and have since subbed/watched the df stuff etc. brilliant uploads!
Feel like one of the easiest noob builds in Qud is any kind of winged / ranged mutant, something like a flying gun-slinger kinda thing (minus indoors if you can't fly)
I really like the idee of a challange run that has story rather than only the challange as are known with the recend hype around can you beat... with only....
Live and Drink. This isn't my kind of game (I prefer something a little more forgiving), but you have a wonderful way of telling a story out of the somewhat random things that happen in any video game.
Great video for someone like me who doesn't know this game... thank you for that! However, Qud is just too strange for my smooth brain so I just can't get on board with it. I'll watch more videos though... live and drink
yeah more Qud would be great in this format. I have 200+ hours in it, I haven't played for the last 3 years and so many things have changed I feel like I'm completely new at the game.
I read about this game yesterday and I have to say it looks good. Roleplay mode saves it for me. Permadeath is appealing but I hate Roguelikes with a passion if it is not a feature but mandatory.
Live and Drink! I know it's late, but I loved this video and would totally want to see more. I think the extra laps is a bit much, but RUclips do be a shit platform like that.
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You know what to do.
Live and Drink.
Qud's not difficult; you just need to live and drink and not fall into a temporal rift into the abyss before dying to the mind goblin
What's a temporal rift
temporal rift deez nuts into your mouth
@@somedude2221 mind goblin deez nutz
Hello wondering if that’s those meta made hole in some artificial fortress or those weird shells that if you hit them. They simply teleport you to hell literally whole lot tough enemies surrounded you! And no way to escape
@@somedude2221 who the hell is steve jobs?
The best thing about Qud is that I can unironically say that "fart turtle with horns" is one of the strongest builds I know
Creating a mutant feels like a build your own forgotten beast
I accidentally made Crow mauler from Fear&Hunger once
Before it escalated into the abomination of a bird
Oh boy, this is perfect - I was looking for some more beginner friendly Qud videos, because I find that game absolutely fascinating, but I tend to require more knowledge before I actually enjoy playing this kind of game :)
Thank you for your awesome videos
Glad I can help. Everyone focuses so much on the obtuse here I just wanted to make it look approachable.
“Because he’s a turtle” is always a good reason
I reckon you probably know this blind but if you choose a preset character you can go backwards and change all the options, so if you want to you can look like a tortoise by choosing the dream tortoise preset but still choose all your own options :)
I did not know that
@BlindiRL Ah! Well then you're welcome ;p Still only a few appearances to choose from sadly!
@@Jimverse_ The Choose Your Fighter mod and the several expansions for it have a plethora of different tiles, most of which don't look out of place. There are some pretty big gaps (only, I think, 2 have multiple arms) but they cover a lot of different mutation combos including several with multiple legs, several with wings, and several with shells or quills. It also gives you the option to switch mid-game so as your character evolves, getting new mutations, you can pick a new tile that matches them a bit better.
@@underdoug I love that mod
@@Jimverse_ And if you save them into your build library you still get the preset sprite when you select it
The little turtle that Qud.
The last time I played this game was before the UI overhaul.
My jaw is on the floor at how good it looks now.
"Can you explain something to me, turtle?" - "Wait! Let me put on my smart-gloves first!"
Edit: Live and drink, Blind!
🤓
What a time to live and drink in!
The ending was so intense, very glad it was so dramatic and full of action and not just "whoop you died in one hit while casually strolling out of the corner" xD
It was actually a lot longer. If I kept all the footage I had it would have been half the video.
Live and drink!
My very first classic run ended with me turned into a gem. Used a shade oil tonic as a true kin to phase through a wall to escape tongue tyrants and ended up face to face with a equimax cherub. Fitting end, hope my character is someones wedding ring now
If your first run got that far I'm pretty impressed.
@@thorjelly it was something like the fifth, iirc. tried a truepath preset and got pretty far
Man needs a house and tries to carry it in his back .Then when it doesnt work tries to buy new one.
Caves of Qud is one of those games I am truly fascinated with, but won't dare to even try because of it's difficulty. That's why I love videos like this.
Live and drink.
Trust me, it may seem hard but once you get into it, it’s really easy. It takes like five hours to understand the just of things
Its honestly a lot like morrowind: first few hours' learning curve is *steep.*
Then; once you get a hang of it, you start to realize all the potential ways to achieve and do things.
Then, only a bit later, youll be actively smashing the game balance apart with ease - at least for 85% of the encounters.
But always be vigilant; death comes quick and it takes only a few turns to go from "I got this" to "Hm; okay, Ill have to actually play well" to "Oh... uh oh" to "dead". 😁
37:24 You can toggle the minimap on the top right corner to navigate, the confusion debuff doesn't affect it
thank you for the explanations. i saw some challenge runs people were doing and was interested but couldn't keep up with what was happening as no one seemed interested in making sure people who don't already play the game can understand what they're doing
I love this game because I have nearly 100 hours on steam, and I can still learn a huge amount of new information from this video
These are always great, rewatching entire livestream vods is at times daunting, and at other times convenient, to have upwards of 10 hours of content to break the silence.
Live and drink, friend.
i dont think its that the resheph cultist doesnt know things but more like he's rewarding you and teaching you for discovering those things on your own
After coming back from delving (too) deep into the Caves of Qud experience:
- Once again thank you for providing the motivation to dive into this. It's a blast :)
I've decided to go for regular Rogue mode for myself, since I know I will just game the systems if I have a savefile to reload, and try silly things like going through the depths of dungeons way too early and just try again if I fail. This way I'm properly scared to delve too deeply and too greedily, and instead attempt to be careful, and attempt to prepare for anything ahead. This has so far resulted in (predictably) me dying a bunch anyways, but each time I'm learning more and more things.
My favorite death so far was when I Beguiled a legendary Crocodile that had some form of plant-growth ability, and summoned a bunch of exploding bulbs next to me. These predictably exploded on me. I have now learned, that I can disable my allies' use of abilities
My 11th iteration of attempting to be a Beguiling and Proselytizing minion Apostle so far has survived for surprisingly long, and I have amassed 1 Legendary Scorpiock (Proselytized), 1 Legendary Bear (Beguiled) that comes with her own 2 (of previously 4) minion bears still surviving. One bear has extra arms, two others have extra Stingers by now. On top of that I recruited 2 Mechanimist Priests of [spoiler] locations through Reputation, one of which I can not yet Dominate to check as to what he is specced into. Both priests use dual pistols and run out of battery way too often. And then I also recruited Yrame from Joppa, and another Warden, who also charge into battle
It'll be a shell of a time!
41:05 you found a Cathedra this fing early in the run?! And a Sapphire one?! I'm so maaaad hoooly shiiiiiiet...
Live and drink. I absolutely loved this video from the narration to the character development. You absolutely managed to tell a story here.My hats off to you. I hope that you plan to do more of these in the future.
thank you so much for this. just picked this up, and this is a great entry into a fascinating game!
I just purchased this game but wanted to watch a few videos to see what I was getting into before I started. Your video was extremely helpful with your explanations without being overwhelming.
Live and Drink.
This was a fantastic video. I'd be happy to watch another one of these. Also, looking forward to the CoQ update.
Found your channel because I love qud which I just picked up. Keep up the hard work.
Live and drink! Fun video, watched during your Twitch stream.
Thank you for doing a video on Qud! I was looking for an adventure game that had a Dwarf fortress feel to it. Could not be happier with CoQ, and am super excited for 1.0. Hope to see more CoQ from ya Live, and Drink Friend
Pure and simply an awesome vod, CoQ has confused my smooth brain for many months but not any longer. Thank you Greg you've started to open the fantastic world of Qud to me and ii can't wait to really pick the bones of this game. ❤
This is an excellent primer for people haven't played the game yet or who are just getting started... accept this humble sub. Live and drink!
I'm so glad you finally did a video on CoQ! This was a grand adventure & I'm interested to see what you can get up to in the future in this title. It's funny because when I first discovered your channel, I was thinking to myself that I've yet to find someone on youtube who has done Caves of Qud in a long-term format & done it well, & I remember saying to myself that you would be perfect for the job & here we are! Thanks, I know how much time these videos must take & I appreciate you taking the time & effort you do in crafting every single one. You're a real dude, ya know that?!
I just really really hope it gets a windfall of recommendations when qud releases. If not I'll be a bit disappointed. I'm glad people like the video and feedback has been great.
Live and drink! This video was a great pick-me-up, I loved every minute of it. Big hype for more.
Live and Drink.
I believe the robot at 45:14 was selling an eater's nectar injector (though it might just have been a sphynx salt injector)
Was definitely salt
Yeah I believe legendary mechanimists always, or at least almost always have an eater's nectar injector. Legendary templars do too I think, but they have an annoying tendency to use them when they spot a mutant approaching.
@@kieranc747 That has been patched years ago, you can just kill the templar and get the nectar
Live and Drink, friend! I found this game recently and I'm glad to see some more narrative-focused content coming out about it
This was a great Qud video. Well put together.
Live and Drink!
Live and Drink indeed! Keep playing games that I am fascinated with, yet too annoyed by to play myself. I love winding down and watching your videos
great video. My first @Blind video and it was perfect!
As a wise man once said, "Sea Turtles mate"
This was so good lmfao. I was fully immersed in this so much dude.
I love this so much. Felt like a movie.
Live and drink!
Just got the game today, and while I'm gonna be playing it more as an RPG, watching the dramatic tale of Shmelly to the end was great!
A belated Live and Drink! I love watching good Caves of Qud content as much as I love good Dwarf Fortress content!
i’ve been trying to figure out if i want to play this game and this was very informative and entertaining, thank you!
Cool idea for a run-up run to the release! I also plan on playing on the 5th, and have been anxiously waiting for it to come around. Great video!
Live and drink! This was great, and the streams this video came from got me into the game
What a fascinating world this looks to be. Live and drink!
Maybe i should finally pick up this game. I was eyeing it for some time now.
Thank you again.
Can't wait for the next adventures!!
Live and drink! Love me some QUD stories!
You blend the story with the guide extremely well.
Super relatable, everything is going great as you're steaming through in Qud until all the sudden you realize you're too deep - annnnnnd it's too late lol
ayo LAVE n DRANK my dude, i actually found your channel from this video being recommended and have since subbed/watched the df stuff etc. brilliant uploads!
Live and drink friend.
Popped an acid earlier and stumbled onto your video, your narration had me HOOKED man ahaha great job
17:45 damnit xD damn near choked on my diner when this "might aswell be a stroke" situation came up xD
Live and Drink. Caves of Qud looks so cool but I can't afford it now haha. Definitely would love to see more CoQ content!
This was marvelously fun and, personally, would like hours and hours of different videos like this
Live and Drink
Well, there's a number of them I've made for dwarf fortress so far.
What a fantastic tail. I was on the edge of my shell the entire time. Live and Drink Friend, until another time.
live and drink. this was a really nice mix of mechanic overviews/gameplay stuff/and amusing roleplay
Casually finding Cathedra, that's wild! Bummer it's on a mutant
Yeah right? I was flabbergasted.
Your thirst is mine. My water, is yours.
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Feel like one of the easiest noob builds in Qud is any kind of winged / ranged mutant, something like a flying gun-slinger kinda thing (minus indoors if you can't fly)
Live and drink, may the humble turtle be a reminder to even the most seasoned of spelunkers.
I really like the idee of a challange run that has story rather than only the challange as are known with the recend hype around can you beat... with only....
Live and drink, friend!
My favorite game I have yet to play even more!
Made me discover the incredible TTRPG that is Vaults of Vaarn
Live and drink! Im new to the channel and CoQ. These videos make me want to play it even if its a bit daunting
Been enjoying the new style of your videos
Yay!
Greaat vid, Blind!! Qud is amazing...
Having someone who plays and post qud content is enough for me. LIVE AND DRINK!!!
Live and Drink. This isn't my kind of game (I prefer something a little more forgiving), but you have a wonderful way of telling a story out of the somewhat random things that happen in any video game.
Qud is very forgiving if you play on roleplay mode, you just reload to the last town you visited if you die.
Live and Drink!
Elfy's turtle had a starring role in this movie, was not expecting this movie to have the star power it did.
I’ve been playing CoQ since before it was on Steam. It really is a trip. Live and Drink.
Live and Drink, Friend. For the caves of Qud sprawl, as endlessly as the Spire pierces the rusty skies.
Awesome, thanks for the great enterainment. Live and Drink!
Great video for someone like me who doesn't know this game... thank you for that! However, Qud is just too strange for my smooth brain so I just can't get on board with it. I'll watch more videos though... live and drink
Amazing video, thank you!
Blessed, i love this game so much 😭
yeah more Qud would be great in this format. I have 200+ hours in it, I haven't played for the last 3 years and so many things have changed I feel like I'm completely new at the game.
Live and Drink, Wanderer.
Live and drink for sure~ game that youtube hard! Also a kenshi run would be fun~
turtle shell is definitely one of the good mutations that almost op
I read about this game yesterday and I have to say it looks good. Roleplay mode saves it for me. Permadeath is appealing but I hate Roguelikes with a passion if it is not a feature but mandatory.
Live and Drink, the content must flow, the quality parches the idle mind.
Live and Drink! I would love more of this!
Live and drink. I need to continue my gunslinger run. I want to see the later plot.
wandering the salt dunes is no way to thank fish
live and drink, new friendo
Live and Drink Turtle.
Will you make an updated video with the 1.0 release? I'm so excited for it. About to play a new run and get a good feel for it
These videos take about 1 - 2 months to make between recording and editing.
Probably eventually.
Man, I really need to watch your livestreams. Too bad I'd probably focus more on you than my work, ha ha.
Focus on work. That takes priority.
@@BlindiRL Oh yeah, hard agree there. All it means is that I'll just have to go back and watch the Vods later.
Live and drink, friend. May you ply these silver hollows long into the future -- a spry adventurer's dream!
Love a new longer form playthrough.
Live and Drink
Live and drink, I love this game and would watch more anytime
I think I'll be spending a lot of time in this game over the following year. As always, Live and drink, friend.
great storytelling! live and drink!
Thanks!
That was great!
Live and drink.
Live and Drink!
I know it's late, but I loved this video and would totally want to see more.
I think the extra laps is a bit much, but RUclips do be a shit platform like that.
Live and... remain ever rustless.
Fun to see what it’s like, live and drink!