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Good Idea executed poorly. In summary, this class is cool and useful in some new ways, but the inevitable fights she starts whenever your'e camping means she can't possibly be a good choice over other classes in medium to long dungeons. The enemies in the
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First off, it is not worth 4 euro. Second, she makes camping missions more difficult. Third, her abilities seem to be not that great as compared to other characters. Sure, she can break guard and attack through armor in one attack, but... How often does t
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Watafak this guy?
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The Shieldbreaker is an interesting addition to the game, right of the beginning.
I like her play-style and her extra content.(Unique way of getting her story "snippets", town event)
Really nice! Hope, Red Hook is going to release more official DLC-Char
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The character is interesting, this combined with other movement heavy characters alows for usage of different abilities and strategies.
But holy shit the camping thing makes it absolutely not worth it. Later game it basically means you wont gain any beni
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I love her, she is an amaazingly fun class to have in your party and I have found that she generally works well in any group I've made so far. :)
Then again, i've been setting up my parties exclusively with one of her in it so I can get the trinkets and
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This dlc gives you what you paid for, it's not much but it's actually good.Although the Shieldbreaker can break guards give armorpircing to others and pierce protection every time you camp with her there is a chance the snakes will show up and you will ha
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Got this DLC when I bought the Ancestral Edition Bundle. Definitely a nice class to play around with, I would suggest getting it on sale though. The best part about the shieldbreaker though is how flexible the character is, she can strike anyone from an
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Everything is fine besides:
-The encounter when camping;
-She is basically a glass cannon;
-Her damage negation costs a turn and only prevents normal damage.
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why the actual FUCK!! did you make this snake nightmare .... it always kills the best of my men ...you know why we use the camp? cuz we are weak and we need to rest ..... NOT TO FIGHT A SUPER OP SNAKE BOSSES... TO HELL WITH THIS IDEA
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WHY DID I WASTE MY MONEY ON THIS
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Is it good content? Yes, but it needs some tweaks before I can really recommend it.
Pros:
+ Pretty decent class overall
+ Interesting trinkets
+The Aegis Scale is pretty useful
Cons:
- The mandatory fight you face when camping with a shieldbreaker in yo
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Just trying to make the positive/negative ratio better, since as is tradition with Darkest Dungeon, people leave negative reviews complaining about bad things BEFORE learning to counter them.
Anyway, the Shieldbreaker is a very fun and powerful class, an
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The game costs roughly thirty dollars, which is a joke on its own, and the game has fifteen characters.
They charge you nearly five dollars, a sixth of the games price, for a single new character.
So even if the game was literally just fifteen characte
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A nice DLC that adds new dimensions to the gameplay by adding new featues, along with adding an interesting new hero class. And at the price of a sandwich it's a fair bargain.
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Worth it's asking price, imo. I find it a fun class to play around with.
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Has snakes in it, But you can't get a snake as a hero. 0/10 worst dlc.
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The character is good, the camping mechanic essentially ruins her in her entirety.
So why recommend? Because you can mod the camping ambush out with one of several workshop mods, the character is a really interesting addition to the roster, and the pric
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Not a bad character but I didn't love them. And for 4 dollars I had damn well better love them.
There are much more interesting characters for free on the workshop.
The combat mechanics (stealth, armor piercing, etc) are the more interesting part of the
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Do not buy, unless you only want to use her for short adventures. If you have to rest, snakes attack you in a 'nightmare' type scenario, without fault, every time. Makes resting useless, and thus the character useless. Would refund if i could 0/10
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So at first I was like...what????... Useless, I can't play this with anything...
And then I noticed, I can just put 2 Shieldbreakers in the front, and they rotate together!
Now I like them, not OP, but fun to play nonetheless :D.
Edit after completing t
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I bought this purely to give Red Hook more of my money, I got Darkest Dungeon on a discount and I've invested more than over 150 hours into it so I thought it would be only fair. But if you're buying this for the actual product you seriously are not getti
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It's a great character, probably one of the best design-wise, and her minievents make her standout even more, but I can't help but feel that they probably should have waited to put her in the upcomming Color of Madness DLC to provide a more complete conte
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A very interesting addition to any roster, she's already one of my favourite heros to use. I am hopefull that a small dlc like this is idicitive of more to come, small focused packs.
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I like the DLC~
It gives something different, the character is unique, its not that OP or weak in my opinion, I think it is interesting when you get ambused by snakes, then after you kill them, you can get aegis scales (which is a consumable that gives t
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Neat
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A very nice, albeit small DLC to an already great game. The main addition is the new hero class: Shieldbreaker. She's a Middle Eastern themed female warrior. A very nice concept and a great class to use in battle overall with pretty useful skills, with a
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Just one character that brings only negative mechanic changes to the game
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Really effective character that introduces tons of new synergies with heroes who were not high tier before.
Her abilities are extremely satisfying to use and they feel right in line with Darkest Dungeon's core gameplay style (it only gives you what it can
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A pretty enjoyable (if non-essential) DLC. The Sheildbreaker herself introduces some neat mechanics that do shuffle up things pretty decently. She's tough, but her low HP and average statline make her far more balanced than most classes were when they wer
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A new class is good, right?
Well, yes and no. The idea behind the Shieldbreaker is interesting but, at the same time is...how to say... a bit meh?
She is a pretty strong character which has some interesting skills and does work well with other classes
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thanks for the new content!
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Yeah, It is just one new hero but if you love the game you already love her.
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The Shieldbreaker is definetely a fun addition to the cast of heros and is good with other characters that can shuffle acting as a frontline glasscannon like hellion. But I restrained myself from using her alot as her passive of almost all the time of usi
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good to see the developers care about the community
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I really didn't know where to sit on this one. I feel like the price point is fair, as you get a few new machanics with this character, and she is of high quality and adds a lot to the vanilla roster, but there are too many things bringing it down.
For o
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Eh, I don't like the character that much, but that's my opinion. Try it for yourself, it's only $4.00
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Shieldbreaker update introduces a completely balanced character with interesting enough abilities and combos. This developer, although they release content slowly, they do it right. Crimson expansion also adds depth to the game without changing the core
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My friend bought me this DLC for my birthday and I love the new class. It changes the way that you build your party to forge into the dungeon. The class and new mechanics that it brings with it are just enough to freshen the experience without having to
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The Shieldbreaker DLC brings the titular hero, new enemies, items and mechanics.
The hero is an anti-tank, capable of killing monsters with high PROT, able to break guards and cause a good amount of blight damage, which works well in conjunction with blig
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Eh. I give it a thumbs up because the game is wonderful, but the DLC is not worth the money. Remember when we got heroes for free? The DLC is really cool, but not worth even the low price imo. This should have been a free upgrade, but since I love the gam
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now this is some lame shit to sell a seperate character for this game. the downvote is for the marketing move. the character is nice ofc...
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We really needed another blight hero and Redhook delivered. The shieldbreaker is a lot of fun, especially with her Impale ability: stick two Shieldbreakers in the front row and watch them Impale their way to victory!
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Let me start this by saying I really, really enjoy playing DD. With that said, the new shieldbreaker class has more baggage to it than it brings to the table.
The basic idea of the shieldbreaker is all in the name. She specializes in dealing with those
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-TL;DR She's awesome. Definetly worth 4 bucks on her own, and she comes with story, new enemies, and new goodies.
The Good: No impact on difficulty, new expendable item that has a unique effect, Shieldbreaker is a badass with unique skills that make her
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Do you like Darkest Dungeon? do you think the difficulty is very hard but fair? then get this DLC. Maintains the game balance, adds a very good character (that should as well has been in the main game, but oh well), and is not expensive for such a sensibl
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Some other reviews mention that this class comes with "baggage". It's true. Her unique "encounters" at night can quickly drive her to insanity. I feel like reviews are too harsh on her and gloss over some details:
1) While her encounters are annoying, the
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The character is nice, fun to play with but it's not a game-changing element to the game and it's a bit costly.
Still I would definitely recommend it cause Darkest Dungeon is one of the few games that's worth supporting by buying dlcs.
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Dont let the bad reviews fool you, she has something called " Nightmare Ambush " they cant be avoid but they dont last forever there are only 7 of them, once you beat them all you get a really powerful trinket for this class, the interesting thing is that
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I need to specify that I have played this expansion on the PS4 port and am unaware of any issues concerning operation.
Short version: Pretty good but definetely wait for sale.
Long Version: I'll tackle this sequentially by topic.
1) The shieldbreaker h
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Great design, animation, and sound effects. A weclomed addition.
There was a recent buff to the class. She can hold her own now.
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This class isn't bad but it's not something special either. I recommend buying it when it's on sale.
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great
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Cheap enough for a new class
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Garbage DLC. The shieldmaiden is trash because of gauranteed stress when resting. Doesn't add anything good to the game. If you want a new character, just download a mod instead of wasting money on this trash.
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Great character but [spoilers] causes you to get ambushed all the eff'n time, causing wipes and stress accumulation. Lame.
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Definitely an interesting character, would only really recommend getting this dlc on sale.
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This character is extremely useful. At first I brought her to medium dungeons to get loot from the nightmares, but after they stopped, I started using her every chance I got.
She deals good damage, especially against characters with high protection and lo
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An excellent class rendered utterly unusable by guaranteed, high difficulty, high stress ambushes which cannot be avoided with the usual skills. Wasted potential.
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I was of the opinion that Darkest Dungeon had too many playable characters in it's roster, and I wasn't very much enthused by another character who's moves cause them to move around. However, the Shieldbreaker turned out to be fun to play, brought a few i
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Really powerful class and interesting character. If you can find a way play around the resting ambush, you'll have a powerful new ally. I usually use her for short or sometimes medium length dungeons and avoid resting altogether.
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I would recommend this dlc if you are enjoying darkest dungeon. Class is viable (she just received a nice buff) and brings some interesting mechanics to the game. If $4 is a bit pricey
just wait for a sale like I did.
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Fun class mechanics, and some unique gameplay elements to spice things up. No downsides really, unless you're really hurting for money.
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====SUMMARY====
I think this class DLC is actually pretty cool. It adds an interesting new encounter and mechanic to the game while also providing a solid, unique skirmisher class for your hamlet.
That said, I feel obligated to not recommend this as a pr
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If you like Darkest Dungeon BUY THIS DLC.
She basically makes cove and ruins quests a walk in the park (all of them if you know what you are doing).
Basically, she is kind of OP, even with the nightmares.
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Her camping skill that lets your party's attacks ignore 15% of enemy PROT is the (only) reason I was able to beat the Brigand 16 Pounder. Definitely pay-to-win. /sarcasm
But for real, the Shieldbreaker is an odd class to use as all but one of her attacks
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she's cute, insta-buy
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Very situational class with an interesting theme and flavor. She has a shield mechanic that allows her to block 100% damage which is great - provided she had been a backliner which she isn't.
For 4 bucks its "eh". If you really like the game it's some ad
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As a class, the Shieldbreaker is great. She has lots of utility and damage projection, and can literally just block all damage from an incoming attack with one of her abilities. She's really good in the Endless Mode in CoM. If you like Darkest Dungeon,
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Best waifu <3
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So, good and bad here.
[b]The first[/b]: The dream sequences are really fun. I can't wait for a "Darkest Journeys" sequal, where we get more beautiful scenery and landscapes.
[b]The second[/b]: The character is fun, and the character herself is aesthet
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This DLC provides you with a new class, the Shieldbraker, including trinkets and her backstory with new enemies. She is fun to play with, can pierce armour and has to fight her own nightmare, snakes.
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Shieldbreaker's pretty good, but can't compare to how broken the Flagellant was before his nerf. Her nightmares aren't really that hard. Her trinkets are pretty bad. If you know you're going to get a nightmare, just prepare accordingly. Bringing two Shiel
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I disagree with most of the comments that say that the Shieldbreaker isn't worth it or that the nightmares are too stressful for her: you can pretty much just Pep Talk her a few times and then the stress is manageable. It's rough the first time around, bu
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Much better classes, which are more viable, are avaliable in the base game. I have never kept a shieldbreaker in my character set for long. I do like stealth mechanic, armor piercing etc. but this DLC is completely unneccessary to experience and enjoy the
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Its crashing on average about once every 2 hour for me
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If you got the DLC for free, then the class is fine
But it's not worth the cost at any other price. The camping encounters, while finite in number, basically ruin camping whenever they proc. Her abilities are interesting in theory, but the high amount of
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Sadly i can't recommend getting this dlc. Shieldbreaker is an extremly situational character second maybe to the Antiquarian. She suffers from low health which is bad for characters that work best in front ranks and simmilar problems that characters like
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The class its ok, but camping with him just sux!
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Buy this only if you are intrested in some mods that utilize armor piercing mechanics. Class itself is okay (yet not something essential), but, as plenty of people before me said, camping with her is awfull. Since steam doesnt feature informational review
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dont tread on this awesome dlc
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Don't care much about the class. The new mechanics are neat, though. Also, a lot of good class mods use them, thus if you like mods - get this dlc.
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Rather powerful even tho has its own flaws, not a must have but still a nice addition!
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Color of Madness came, and now she is really useful, if not overpowered
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Fun and unique class. Cool new mechanics. Definetly worth the price. Had no issues with the camping so far, but I haven't tried it on higher levels.
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It's very awesome and fun!
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This one can never survive the first camp. Let alone seven.
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Good time
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... SHIELD, BREAK, ALL!
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great add on to the game, unlike crimson court
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Koreans will never buy a Red Hook game in the future.
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A great and fun character, a ittle on the expensive sive tho
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RNG, even with translation.
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useless addon not worth the price
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the shieldbreaker dlc adds a new mercenary with trinkets , a new consumible and 3 new enemies.
the new character is alright, but she hasn't got a lot of health.She can penetrate armor,blight,de-stealth and she's very mobile.
she has nightmares while campi
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10/10 would TPK in a dream again.
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After reading the reviews on steam I decided that I don't want a bunch of cry-baby casuals ruining the review aggregate for my favorite DD class.
Now, I'll preface the whole review by saying that whilst I don't have that many hours on DD in Steam, I can
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It didnt take long for her to be my all time favorite hero .
