Thread:Anon421/@comment-32172734-20190401003106/@comment-32172734-20190401103632

I agree that Hack Knives are an unusually unbalanced weapon, in the exact opposite direction as Blade Tonfas. So far, Hack Knives have been the most difficult for me to learn to use. However, they really are fun to play with, and I want to use them now because I probably won't use them ever again after leveling up.

I've noticed that leveling up seems to makes ranged weapons and magic weaker. For example, in act VI, I had trouble beating Arrow in the Ranged Weapon Only challenge. I beat a few Impossible battles in Tournament to level up and get new armor early. When I went to try the challenge again, I had to hit Arow twice as much as before. The Needles have a fixed power level, so Arrow must have gotten stronger. Additionally, when I level up and use the previous level's magic, magic does significantly less damage then when I was the same level as the magic.

Thank you for your advice, Anon. I'll turn off Eclipse mode and try a bit more before I resort to leveling up.