I’m playing Shattered Pixel Dungeon. I used to play it with minimal luck, or skill, and I got back into it. First run in years and I’m deeper than ever before.
I’m running a Berserker with a +1 Flail and a +7 Scale Armour (+1 coming from the seal). I’m nearing the dwarf king (first time ever) and I got a +1 plate armour and 4 upgrade scrolls.
What makes more sense, hold onto the scale and pump that further or swap, dumping my 4 upgrades on it bringing it to a comparable power to my scale, banking on better future scaling?
I also got a +1 glaive. Slow as fuck but hits like a truck. The flail hits similarly (when it does) but it’s faster…
Edit: I got a +9 sad ghost that could really use a better armour as well, he’s currently on a +1 mail and it’s, well, his glory days are behind him.
At this point you’re invested in scale. It’s not ideal, but sometimes you have to take the less ideal sitch to keep yourself alive in the early game. Keep the scale and give the plate to your ghost.
For reference, +7 plate would block 7-45 damage. +7 scale blocks 7-36. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible either. You will suffer later, but only relatively in comparison to if you had been more patient with your plate. OTOH, presumably you dumped scrolls to keep yourself alive to get yourself to the point where you can now regret the choice. You can definitely ascend with scale. Don’t worry about it.