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Storm Magus:
So... Lava Element... I got lava pits generated on Hell 8, so I cleared out hell 9 after defeating the Lava Elemental (really easy, as I had a pretty broken weapon- Modded up laser rifle = pure win...), which of course had dropped a "Lava Element." I am not sure how new this is- I didn't run lava pits in 9.9.1, but I did a couple versions ago. Anyway, I didn't know what it did, so I used it after playing around with cybie for a bit (just toying with him, wanted to see what it did). Anyway, it gave me invincibility, so naturally, I primed up the Nuke I was carrying around... Anyway, long story short, you have to use the damn Lava Element second or you stand to get nuked (I nearly killed the damn thing in the 3 seconds I had left...), but it looks like the lava element can basically guarantee a chance at a full win (as in, getting a crack at JC) if you take on the Lava Pits?

Also, I'm new to 9.9.2, but I can't seem to get the medical armors to actually heal me at all... I found medical power armor right before going to visit Cybie and jumped in a lava pool to lower my health (Wiki isn't sure what % it's supposed to bring you up to) and it just didn't do a thing... And the regular medical armor similarly didn't do it's thing... Am I doing it wrong?

thelaptop:

--- Quote from: Storm Magus on February 16, 2011, 06:52 ---Also, I'm new to 9.9.2, but I can't seem to get the medical armors to actually heal me at all... I found medical power armor right before going to visit Cybie and jumped in a lava pool to lower my health (Wiki isn't sure what % it's supposed to bring you up to) and it just didn't do a thing... And the regular medical armor similarly didn't do it's thing... Am I doing it wrong?

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My only hint is: Take more damage...  ;-)

Game Hunter:

--- Quote from: thelaptop on February 16, 2011, 06:55 ---My only hint is: Take more damage...  ;-)
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All I can say is that I hope the Medical Powerarmor has a higher max HP gain, because the medical armor is almost totally unreliable for any difficulty above HNTR. Too many enemies deal too much damage to make the amount you get healed worth it (unless you get it like, RIGHT after Base Entry). Now if, say, applying tech mod made that HP max go up, I could see a better reason to carry it around. Even nanofiber'd and with Iro3 it just feels like a waste of space. I like the concept, but the equipment in particular lacks practicality (in contrast to the item's description).

With regards to the lava element, yes, it only lasts about five actions. Yes, it also needs to be added to the Wiki, I just figured people could sweat a bit on some of the more interesting details added this version. (For instance, I have the recipes for the assemblies that don't have pages but are listed: I'd rather figure out the entire weapon before divulging them.)

I dunno why this needs an entire thread if we're just gonna talk about one spoiler. Be better to have a thread simply dedicated to ALL spoilers and then people can indulge their curiosity completely. (Naturally, having lots of warnings is a must.)

yaflhdztioxo:
Yeap, we can cross off the lava pits from the 'wait for people to discover it' list >)

Thexare:
I've never even seen Medical Armor work. I'm sure it's not bugged, it's just set to too low a benefit to be worth carting around. A possible way to rebalance it might be lower protection to 1, movement penalty to 10%, start it with 200% durability, and let it bring you up to 50% or so at a rate of a few points per second. Helpful on the earlier floors as-is, and with power or agility mods still useful later on - without upgrades, though, I don't think anyone here would wear green armor or an equivalent through the Hellgate. Tactical maybe. The heal seems to be set too low to be worth caring about on anything but AoHu.

But I"m really not a balance expert, so I could be completely wrong.

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