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Post by dn on Aug 22, 2021 7:55:20 GMT -5
Really interesting. Haven't gotten around to fucking playing the damn thing properly yet because #worksucksass, but looking forward to it based on this. Seems like a proper spiritual successor to DoomRL.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 24, 2021 1:05:47 GMT -5
I buyed dis
just had my best run so far, got up to Io Nexus. Only playing on medium because I want to win (playing on easy is beneath my dignity). Melee build, marine. It turns out that the key to a successful melee run is not to buy the melee perk (Rip and Tear), but rather to concentrate on bonus health and armour. My other thought is that shotguns are OP.
edit: not bothered by the fact dodging is RNG based even though it is otherwise very similar to DoomRL (as far as I remember, haven't played DRL for 4-5 years maybe). Funny how naming things sets up a whole host of expectations
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 9:29:06 GMT -5
dmdr, shotguns deal only 1/3 of damage against armor (also crap against robotic enemies), unless you pick the skill that converts their damage type to pierce, or use plasma shotguns (same damage qualities as pierce, that is designed to melt/penetrate armor). Slash-based shotguns should be useless from Io onwards. I wonder how would you hack CRI bot with a slash shotgun. What makes shotguns seem overpowered early game is that they don't have a hit/miss chance and thus should be unaffected by pain, a percentage of damage is always dealt. When you are hit, especially if engaging multiple enemies, pain racks up fast, making anything but shotgun be total crap at hitting whatever is hitting you. I guess melee also doesn't have the hitting problem, didn't use melee in this game yet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 16:14:38 GMT -5
Fuck it is annoying to die/restart in this game, so many screens pop up consecutively, both on death and on starting new game.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 24, 2021 17:14:50 GMT -5
don't forget that the 'Army of Darkness' perk converts their damage type to pierce (my second best run used this and it was ridiculous), and you get a free plasma shotty on Io L1 anyway. They're probably not OP if you're not playing Marine but I haven't really done that yet -- I've experimented a little with Scout but nothing serious yet, prefer Marine's perks tbh.
Melee is awesome once you've racked up enough damage avoidance/mitigation perks. I was one-shotting ravagers and two-shotting basically everything else with my nice machete (including CRI bots once I upgraded to a katana). Useless in the early game but if you're not using shottys then you're gimping yourself anyway so oh well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 17:29:38 GMT -5
If anyone unlocks Angel of Hubris challenge, which makes you start on Io with your choice of exotic weapon, a piece of marine armor and no experience, I currently had the best luck with Marine class and 7.62 Gattling. Not 7.62 pierce rifle, not CRI 7.62 Riot SMG. Naturally, the next thing is pickup plasma rifle and start modding it. Third weapon: rocket launcher maybe, plasma shotgun not good enough (low range, no time to mod). Plasma shotgun still miles ahead of normal shotguns though, which are gonna be useless for this challenge.
7.62 Gattling has those nice properties that:
1) you start with 200 ammo of 7.62 caliber instead of 100 for, say, armor-piercing 7.62 rifle. Although gattling uses 6 points of ammo per initial burst
2) has a built-in sustain after firing until you reload (no need to constant shoot). This allows to kill crowds before they land a hit on you, which is important for low-level character skipping two episodes and confronting enemies that have high range, armor melting (plasma), poison, etc. Not good enough for medusas though (fuck those things, and they also seem to heal back when they are outside of combat... really, exalted ravagers aren't much a threat when you have gattling as a regular medusa is)
By best luck I mean getting to the last Io level, after completing which one would leave Io for next episode. Haven't survived that level yet. Basically, I'm bored doing the whole campaign, as well with rng I get starting on Europa per Angel of Confidence, as I did get to final boss one more time, on Angel of Confidence, dying to poison. I was heavily armored, so heavily every enemy did only 1 point of damage to me, but since they inflicted poison, that did 16+ amount of damage (ignoring armor apparently, also it seems if you are hit with poison you have to move), and I also was ammo-starving due to using all things 7.62 caliber, including some trigger-happy gun. Too lazy to post analysis, but keep in mind poison is a thing, and might circumvent your armor toughness... perhaps getting a sealed mask is preferrable to combat helm despite the lower protection OR one could pick Toxicologist skill (if playing Technician), but that also requires sacrificing another skill point for that useless prerequisite that syphons power of machines.
If using SMGs as a Technician for Angel of Confidence, Son of A Gun Lvl 2 seems to be needed before Sustained Fire Lvl 1 even, that is even if you use rifles as you are still auto-calibrating your 7.62 assault SMG you crafted on Europa's first level.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 17:33:38 GMT -5
dmdr, ah yes, if using Army of Darkness, shotguns will be good of course. Still interested in winning the game as SMG-using Technician as I got close (twice to final boss, main campaign and Angel of Confidence, medium difficulty). But starting on Io per Angel of Hubris, Technician really has poor survivability and SMGs are a joke without all those pistol and sustained fire skills. Marine + gattling + plasma rifle seems to be the way to go on Hubris.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 24, 2021 18:16:12 GMT -5
I'm doing a medium Scout/crit-fishing run now and it's a pretty good build so far, although I only just finished Callisto (I did Callisto Anomaly though and it wasn't too bad, I was wasting arch-reavers in 3 shots. The Scout's stealth class ability is better than Marine's adrenaline even if Marine has better perk selection overall). I'm only really coming 'on-line' now though, you need quite a few perks to get your crit chance up (Son of a Gun, Eagle-Eye>Deadly Precision. Should grab some Executioner too for those close range kills), but the .44's high base damage makes shit quite bearable. I'm using a shotty as my backup because of course I am.
SMGs kinda suck; I've had decent success with normal pistols though. The 9mm Calibrated exotic, if you can find it, is really really good and viable into Io assuming you don't run out of ammo for it (definitely an issue). The Gunslinger perk is rad as well esp. when using ammo efficient weapons but you've probably noticed that already.
re: poison, I've done a bit of reading on the net and there's a guaranteed ENV Armour drop in the C-something Chaos Biolabs on Europa which makes you basically immune to all on-going status effects. I found it when I was playing my aforementioned melee build but ignored it in favour of a sweet unique armour I'd found in an earlier level (called Shadowhunter or something Shadowcloak, it grants free stealth on kills). My run ended when I died due to (drum roll please)... poison. Obviously.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 24, 2021 19:47:45 GMT -5
run over, chaingunned to death in a storeroom off Mephitic Mines L1. Was doing well actually, could have survived the encounter if I'd stealthed instead of healed. Yet Another Stupid Death. Oh well, life goes on, and I was struggling with poison damage so I probably would have died soon anyway (I figured the mines had a decent chance of dropping a poison resist item, like an artifact or something) (fuckin toxic reavers man). Master skill was Sniper which is quite nice at L2 with the crit damage bonus and I was trying to diversify into melee a bit for that HOT ROOM CLEARING ACTION since I'd grabbed a few dodge perks as well, plus I found a large axe which has 90 slash base damage (!!!).
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Post by dmdr on Aug 24, 2021 19:54:40 GMT -5
WHOA HOLY SHIT when you die your epitaph is automatically copied to the clipboard?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? new meta cunts lets go Mark Taggart, level 13 Scout,
killed on Storage Room by a former CRI commando.
He survived for 6998 turns.
The run time was 2h 4m 34s.
World seed was 6363.
He scored 2170 points.
He took MEDIUM risks.
Death log
* your action, you're at 53 health
* former CRI commando deals 4 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 4 damage to you
* your action, you're at 45 health
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 4 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 4 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 4 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 5 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 5 damage to you
* your action, you're at 14 health
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 9 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 5 damage to you
* former CRI commando deals 5 damage to you
* health down to -1, you die
CALLISTO L3 -> Callisto Mines L1
Callisto Mines L1 - Low Power
Callisto Mines L3 -> Callisto Anomaly
Callisto Anomaly - Cleared!
Europa Concourse - The Hunt
EUROPA L5 -> The Pit
The Pit - Cleared!
IO L2 -> Mephitic Mines L1
Mephitic Mines L1 - The Hunt
Awards
Anomaly Bronze Badge
* Clear Callisto Anomaly
He killed 370 out of 374 enemies.
39 former grunts 22 fire fiends
12 corrupted grunts 16 ice fiends
4 former CRI grunts 7 toxic fiends
10 former soldiers 2 CalSec sentries
25 corrupted soldiers 9 security sentries
6 former CRI soldiers 2 military sentries
9 former sergeants 4 CalSec bots
7 corrupted sergeants 1 security bot
1 former CRI sergeant 2 reavers
15 former guards 12 cryoreavers
6 corrupted guards 5 toxic reavers
3 former commandoes 7 archreavers
11 corrupted commandoes 8 kerberi
1 former CRI commando 1 cyberos
8 corrupted heavies 6 cryoberi
1 former CRI heavy 9 ravagers
11 security drones 2 armored ravagers
14 combat drones 6 CRI marines
4 military drones 3 CRI bots
48 fiends
Traits
Eagle Eye L2
Dash L1
Hellrunner L2
Son of a Gun L3
Deadly precision L2
SNIPER L2
Trait order
Hr->EE->EE->SoG->SoG->PP->Hr->Das->
SoG->PP->MSN->MSN
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI plasma pistol +PA
* Auto-calibrating 44%
* Fresh Mag 3
* Calibrated 1
Slot #2 : large axe B
* Guarded 10
Body : AV3 combat armor BA
* Fire-resistant
* Swift
* Padded
* Powered
Head : - NONE -
Utility : AV2 pistol AMP
* Pistol capacitor
* Pistol long-range tracking
Relic : reaver's tendon
* Reaver's speed
Permanents
CRI backpack
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x100)
gas grenade (x3)
EMP grenade (x3)
EMP grenade (x1)
krak grenade (x3)
frag grenade (x1)
smoke grenade (x3)
multitool (x2)
stimpack (x2)
small medkit (x2)
red keycard (x3)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 0:32:07 GMT -5
dmdr, just so you don't underestimate poison, I'll post some stuff from my best Angel of Confidence run (starts on Europa with no experience), where I died in final boss room. Here is what I got to and finished Io Lvl 1 with: And here's the mortem:Having ran out of grenades, and ammo reserves, tried to kill final boss at all costs. He had only "###" remaining and there was something like damage gate: 80 I don't remember, but well, I couldn't spare to move and was badly poisoned already. Notice how nothing but poison can deal me more than 1 point of damage, and so poison ends the run (and ammo shortage). Had bad luck with 7.62 drops, as far as I remember, starting from mid-Io and surely for hell almost none on Dante. Anyway it seems focusing on one ammo pool for all weapons doesn't really work, I want something like an AV3 rocket launcher as a side weapon lol (which also makes one less reliant on grenades)... Otherwise, I even managed to kill medusas without getting cursed, which obviously came at the cost of grenades. Too bad didn't have pistol AMP. Also, SMGs are only good when you have both pistol accuracy and crit buffing skills as well as Sustained fire and the like, basically the idea is that SMGs double as pistol and automatic weapons, so by combining skillsets for buffing either you buff SMGs. P.S. Hate is stronger than Love, in my experience (talking about the guns, Hate and Love are both uniques, and protagonist seems to be happier picking up Hate. Might have just rolled a better phrase, not necessary intentional).
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Post by dmdr on Aug 25, 2021 0:47:48 GMT -5
not bad, that's a better run than any I've had so far -- I'd say relying on the one ammo pool was your downfall though. diversity is strength! (in this game anyway) Currently I'm doing an endless run as a Survivor Marine. I've reached dungeon level 25 which has earned me the bronze and silver badge (which should be enough to raise my rank and unlock Nightmare!, although I'm still playing on medium lololol) but decided to take a break for a while. I'm at a point now where I'm having to use healing items fairly regularly so I don't think I'll survive that much longer, unfortunately. It's been a very lulzy run because I'm still using the shotgun I found on level 1 to massacre almost everything, although I did upgrade from my 9mm pistol when I found the CRI Blaster (which is a plasma pistol that regenerates ammo). edit: played a bit more, died. Burned to death by an Archmedusa. Fuckin things Mark Taggart, level 18 Marine,
killed on Endless L29 by a bushfire.
He survived for 10203 turns.
The run time was 1h 52m 52s.
World seed was 5043.
He scored 3391 points.
He took MEDIUM risks.
He challenged the Endless trial.
Death log
* your action, you're at 45 health
* Burning deals 0 damage to you
* archmedusa deals 8 damage to you
* your action, you're at 37 health
* archmedusa deals 36 damage to you
* Burning deals 9 damage to you
* your action, you're at 1 health
* Burning deals 8 damage to you
* health down to -7, you die
Endless L2 - Lockdown
Endless L5 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L7 - The Hunt
Endless L17 - Infestation
Endless L23 - Exalted Summons
Awards
Endless Bronze Badge
* Reach L10 in the Endless Trial
Endless Silver Badge
* Reach L25 in the Endless Trial
He killed 591 out of 602 enemies.
89 former grunts 18 security sentries
32 former soldiers 2 military sentries
28 corrupted soldiers 24 CalSec bots
2 hellish soldiers 5 security bots
18 former sergeants 1 guardian bot
4 corrupted sergeants 18 reavers
1 hellish sergeant 15 cryoreavers
42 former guards 7 toxic reavers
15 former commandoes 12 archreavers
11 corrupted commandoes 10 cryoberi
2 former heavies 2 toxiberi
4 hellish heavies 10 medusae
18 security drones 2 archmedusae
35 fiends 21 ravagers
22 fire fiends 12 armored ravagers
16 ice fiends 1 siege ravager
38 CalSec sentries 4 plasma ravagers
Traits
Skilled L1
Ironman L2
Hellrunner L2
Reloader L1
Tough as Nails L3
Cover Master L2
Field Medic L2
Angry Motherfucker L2
SURVIVOR L2
Trait order
TaN->Iro->TaN->Hr->Hr->TaN->AMf->MSV->
AMf->MSV->Iro->FMc->Ski->Rel->Cov->FMc->
Cov
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI blaster P
* Ripper 3
* Frenzy 8
* Arc-powered
Slot #2 : AV1 12ga shotgun +BA
* Auto-calibrated
* Swap Harness
* Calibrated 1
* Molten 6
Slot #3 : CRI sword
* Barbed 10
* Plasma blade
Body : assault armor P
* Meshed
* Bloodrush
Head : adrenal helmet P
* Danger Monitor
* Cleanse protocol
Utility : AV2 utility AMP
* Furious
* Auto-med 10
Relic : toxic reaver's spleen
* Mephitic Curse
Permanents
Medusa's Curse
Inventory
12ga shell (x42)
gas grenade (x1)
EMP grenade (x3)
krak grenade (x1)
frag grenade (x2)
smoke grenade (x1)
multitool (x2)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 1:06:01 GMT -5
Yeah, there is a scarcity of heal from Io onwards, that is sometimes only a healing item pops and no healing orb.
Also if you hit dungeon level 25 on endless, you should be able to reach final boss on main campaign. Whether you survive it or not is another thing.
Fun fact is that also class randomizers get unlocked when you unlock things, one is obviously simply random pick in a class selection, but another is called Fated and means also all but one mastery, chosen at random, are removed from your run. Didn't try that, looks like a pain.
Also for the last few days I had no luck getting far into my runs, I guess I rush things. Although almost surviving Io on Angel of Hubris was good, as it is a pain to start on Io without experience, even with a free gattling.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 25, 2021 3:13:04 GMT -5
whee first win. Angel of haste challenge, Scout, Gunrunner. Hooray for the most powerful handgun in the world! Mark Taggart, level 18 Scout,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 5957 turns.
The run time was 1h 18m 44s.
World seed was 7659.
He scored 3106 points.
He took MEDIUM risks.
He was in a damn hurry!
CALLISTO L2 - Volatile Storage
CALLISTO L3 -> Callisto Docking Bay
Callisto Docking Bay - Cleared!
EUROPA L2 - Secure Vault
EUROPA L3 -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - found Calamity
Refueling Base - Cleared!
IO L2 - The Hunt
IO L3 -> Infernal Lock
Infernal Lock - Cleared!
Awards
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+50)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Conqueror Ribbon (+200)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Hasty Bronze Badge
* Reach Io in the Haste Trial
Hasty Silver Badge
* Complete the Haste Trial
He killed 256 out of 260 enemies.
35 former grunts 1 CalSec sentry
3 corrupted grunts 1 security sentry
1 former CRI grunt 6 military sentries
5 former soldiers 7 CalSec bots
8 corrupted soldiers 2 security bots
4 former CRI soldiers 2 military bots
5 former sergeants 10 reavers
3 corrupted sergeants 11 cryoreavers
1 former CRI sergeant 9 toxic reavers
10 former guards 4 archreavers
2 former CRI guards 2 cyberi
2 former commandoes 5 cryoberi
2 corrupted commandoes 1 medusa
6 hellish commandoes 3 archmedusae
1 former CRI commando 12 ravagers
2 corrupted heavies 3 armored ravagers
2 security drones 2 plasma ravagers
25 fiends 8 CRI marines
8 fire fiends 9 CRI bots
7 ice fiends 1 warlock
Traits
Eagle Eye L2
Dash L2
Hellrunner L3
Son of a Gun L3
Executioner L3
Dodgemaster L1
Deadly precision L2
GUNRUNNER L1
Trait order
Exe->Exe->Das->Das->EE->EE->Hr->SoG->
Hr->Dm->Hr->SoG->SoG->MGU->Exe->PP->
PP
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV2 .44 revolver +C
* Freezing 2
* Auto-calibrating 76%
* Swap Harness
* Critical 40
Slot #2 : AV2 plasma shotgun
* Swap Harness
* Second chamber
Body : AV1 marine armor PA
* Swift
* Meshed
* Acid shield
Head : analytic visor A
* Critical 10
* Aim assist
* Tactical computer
Utility : AV3 pistol AMP
* Pistol capacitor
* Pistol hit tracker
Relic : - NONE -
Permanents
CRI backpack
Inventory
energy cell (x22)
.44 ammo (x50)
.44 ammo (x2)
EMP grenade (x1)
smoke grenade (x1)
multitool (x1)
stimpack (x1)
red keycard (x1)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 13:31:34 GMT -5
I got to Dante Station L2 (second level of fourth episode) on main campaign on Hard, Technician class. And died there (fuck warlocks in melee, and pain). This run has the highest score of all (3796 points, the next best is 3198 on medium).
I will retrieve mortem from the other computer at some later time. By the way, mortem can also be found in game's folder, until overwritten, but thanks for the clipboard tip, it works too.
Also, Sealed is not necessary, Filtered (partial poison protection) is enough for most cases, and you can find it on more durable armor (unfortunately, couldn't move my gadgets to combat helm I have found filtered on). Because damn mask with a Sealed status ages like fuck from combat, and has too little mod slots (only one? to double its durability, which even then is not much!).
CRI 7.62 riot SMG modded with Auto-calibrated and Critical 25 (Whizkid L3 allows to slap extra slot) fucking kills armored ravagers and medusas in one hit, if not in pain, assuming the usual pistol+sustained skill set is developed. Too bad can't one shot archmedusa, and to bad pain is so fucking much (reaver's tendon relic FFS, prolonges pain twice as much but gain 15% speed increase). Definitely needed pain reduction, but couldn't craft it at a time, swift was necessary back then.
P.S. Trials, unlike main campaign and also Challenges (Angel of whatever) have Beyond instead of Dante, you were doing Haste Trial, therefore you faced a different endboss and a bit different set of levels, because Beyond's and Dante's endbosses are different as far as I heard.
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Post by dmdr on Aug 25, 2021 17:38:33 GMT -5
yes I know. the Beyond boss is the Summoner who was pretty feeble tbh; he summons dudes but doesn't seem to attack himself, I won by dropping smoke grenades on his minions and shooting the Summoner while they couldn't retaliate (I had a few of these since Scout's stealth ability makes them kinda redundant. I'm glad I didn't throw them away though). The seed was very generous with grenades too, I had heaps of kraks to use on the CRI Bots and Archmedusas which helped a lot. I still won, and that's what counts!
edit: another day, another run. got done in by a combination of hubris due to my nice unique melee weapon and NO AMMO this time, should've done the mainline run on Io and got those sweet, sweet energy cells so I could spam my plasma rifle all day long. never mind
Mark Taggart, level 14 Marine,
killed on IO L6 by a reaver.
He survived for 9587 turns.
The run time was 1h 48m 59s.
World seed was 9224.
He scored 2509 points.
He took MEDIUM risks.
Death log
* your action, you're at 20 health
* reaver deals 2 damage to you
* warlock deals 4 damage to you
* reaver deals 2 damage to you
* your action, you're at 12 health
* reaver deals 2 damage to you
* cyberos deals 4 damage to you
* reaver deals 2 damage to you
* your action, you're at 4 health
* reaver deals 2 damage to you
* reaver deals 3 damage to you
* health down to -1, you die
CALLISTO L3 - Volatile Storage
CALLISTO L5 -> Military Barracks
Military Barracks - Cleared!
CALLISTO L6 - Secure Vault
Europa Concourse - Lockdown
Europa Concourse -> Conamara Chaos Biolabs L1
Conamara Chaos Biolabs L1 - Low Power
Conamara Chaos Biolabs L2 -> Containment Area
Containment Area - Cleared!
IO L2 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L1 - Infestation
Io Black Site L3 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - found Wavesplitter
He killed 409 out of 442 enemies.
48 former grunts 6 CalSec sentries
12 corrupted grunts 3 security sentries
3 hellish grunts 2 military sentries
1 former CRI grunt 3 CalSec bots
10 former soldiers 5 security bots
10 corrupted soldiers 4 military bots
10 hellish soldiers 6 reavers
5 former CRI soldiers 17 cryoreavers
5 former sergeants 6 toxic reavers
2 corrupted sergeants 12 archreavers
3 hellish sergeants 12 kerberi
1 former CRI sergeant 3 cyberi
11 former guards 5 cryoberi
4 corrupted guards 3 toxiberi
1 former commando 2 medusae
8 corrupted commandoes 1 archmedusa
2 former CRI commandoes 8 ravagers
2 corrupted heavies 3 armored ravagers
18 security drones 1 siege ravager
4 combat drones 3 plasma ravagers
42 fiends 2 CRI marines
22 fire fiends 4 CRI bots
22 ice fiends 1 warlock
5 toxic fiends
Traits
Hellrunner L2
Sustained fire L1
Tough as Nails L3
Cover Master L3
Angry Motherfucker L3
Trait order
TaN->Cov->TaN->Hr->Cov->Hr->SF->AMf->
AMf->TaN->AMf->Cov
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI plasma rifle +V
* Vampiric 3
* Auto-calibrating 54%
Slot #2 : AV3 12ga shotgun B
* Swap Harness
* Calibrated 2
* Deadly 12
Slot #3 : Wavesplitter
Body : AV1 combat armor
* Meshed
Head : AV1 gasmask
* Sealed
Utility : AV3 utility AMP
* Carrier
* Improved adrenaline
Relic : archreaver's carapace
* Archreaver's plating
Permanents
Medusa's Curse
Inventory
energy cell (x17)
gas grenade (x1)
EMP grenade (x1)
CRI phase kit (x3)
stimpack (x1)
small medkit (x3)
small medkit (x1)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2021 2:33:14 GMT -5
So here is the mortem regarding that run on Hard I mentioned before: Some kind of shotgun that converts pain to damage bonus (there is a mod that enables that IIRC) would have been nice in that situation, cause I was in great pain and couldn't hit warlock (with aura) standing next to me. Also if number of mods on some items surprises you, it is because I had Whizkid Lvl3, which allows to add one extra mod onto anything that allows mods (haven't seen if it affects unique weapons, though). Also yeah, I forgot to visit special level on Callisto. MediTech armor also good for Technician, cause robotic enemies drop power orbs, and MediTech allows them to also heal a bit (up to 5 points of health per orb). |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2021 11:02:19 GMT -5
Can now confirm that a 9mm SMG can take down Callisto Anomaly on Hard with only an Extended Mag 5 and Calibrated 1 mods on a weapon, and Son of a Gun L2 and Sustained Fire L1 character skills.
The strategy: take cover behind first pillar (I've approached this area from the bottom this time) and let spawning enemies come at you. They only spawn as you move though, so if you killed one, be sure to move to adjacent cell and back behind cover, so that the next one spawns - the protagonist will say his "level clear" line when all are killed.
Now, of course, if you were unlucky to not have a mod station generated for one of preceedings levels then shit sucks, you might not be able to clear Callisto Anomaly... or maybe the cover method solves it anyway. I don't remember the first pillar being always in this comfortable position, though. There are two paths to this center area: from top and from bottom, maybe pillars are random generated so that one of them is next to either one?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2022 3:25:34 GMT -5
Didn't touch Jupiter Hell in a long while. Jupiter Hell is v1.3 already, so I've installed v1.3 update. It seems anti-Russian sanctions didn't block downloading updates of the purchased games on Gog, good. Anyway, had a run recently where I got to to the final boss of normal game again, I don't remember whether that was medium or hard, but it was complete bullshit, he now shoots 3 rockets (I don't remember him doing that) at various cells and that has _infinite range_, meaning that emergency teleporter actually doesn't help at all. What was worse is that pre-boss I was doing fine. I don't know how to properly train to survive this bullshit, since trials alter the boss to Summoner, and he is a paper bag difficulty-wise, at least on MEDIUM: Vigilant, level 17 Marine,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 7769 turns.
The run time was 1h 55m 0s.
World seed was 6899.
He scored 3327 points.
He took MEDIUM risks.
He was in a damn hurry!
CALLISTO L3 - Infestation
CALLISTO L3 -> Military Barracks
Military Barracks - Cleared!
EUROPA L2 - Volatile Storage
EUROPA L3 -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - Cleared!
IO L3 - Secure Vault
IO L3 - found Wavedancer
IO L3 -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - found Firecrown
Io Warehouse - Cleared!
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+50)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Conqueror Ribbon (+200)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Hasty Silver Badge
* Complete the Haste Trial
He killed 277 out of 277 enemies.
14 former grunts 12 fire fiends
3 corrupted grunts 15 ice fiends
1 hellish grunt 2 toxic fiends
1 former CRI grunt 3 security sentries
2 former grenadiers 4 CalSec bots
2 hellish grenadiers 4 security bots
3 former soldiers 2 military bots
13 corrupted soldiers 16 reavers
9 hellish soldiers 10 cryoreavers
3 former CRI soldiers 7 toxic reavers
4 former sergeants 17 archreavers
1 corrupted sergeant 1 kerberos
3 hellish sergeants 2 cyberi
4 former CRI sergeants 3 cryoberi
6 former guards 6 medusae
2 corrupted guards 1 archmedusa
2 former commandoes 13 ravagers
2 former CRI commandoes 12 armored ravagers
7 security drones 2 plasma ravagers
4 combat drones 5 CRI marines
34 fiends 1 CRI bot
Traits
Ironman L3
Hellrunner L3
Tough as Nails L3
Cover Master L1
Angry Motherfucker L3
SURVIVOR L3
Trait order
TaN->Hr->Hr->Hr->Iro->TaN->TaN->AMf->
AMf->AMf->MSV->MSV->MSV->Iro->Iro->Cov->
Equipment
Slot #1 : 9mm storm SMG +
* Auto-calibrating 0%
* The Emperor Protects
Slot #2 : CRI plasma rifle +PA
* Ripper 1
* Auto-calibrated
* Calibrated 1
Slot #3 : AV1 7.62 assault rifle +PA
* Longshot 1
* Auto-calibrated
* Calibrated 1
* Fresh Mag 3
Body : AV1 basic armor B
* Durable
* Compartments
Head : Firecrown
Utility : AV3 auto AMP
* Auto target tracking
* Auto crit system
Relic : archreaver's carapace
* Archreaver's plating
Permanents
CRI backpack
Inventory
energy cell (x94)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x71)
9mm ammo (x100)
EMP grenade (x2)
frag grenade (x1)
CRI phase kit (x1)
multitool (x2)
stimpack (x1)
large medkit
large medkit
Basically, same run that dmdr did long time ago. So much health left in my inventory, lol. What was this joke of a boss? Mooks on the previous level were harder than this. So, I need to find a way to train for the Harbinger boss (the proper boss non-trial game has) without having to survive the entire length of uncut game just to try a new strategy on him. I forgot which boss do the challenges (another group of game mutators distinct from trials) feature, but I have both Angel of Confidence and Angel of Hubris unlocked, guess could try to reach the boss from there... |
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