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Ah, I remember why I don't like AoB...

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Blahness:
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 Blah                       Armor : green armor [1/1] (69%)                     
 Health: 8%   Exp:  2/45%   Weapon: combat knife (2d5)                         
 tired                                                       Phobos Base  Lev3 

I came down the stairs on the topright box, and burnt through all of my medikits being pushed around by shotguns.  That, and the previous floor had a shotgun guy in a narrow corridor that I took huge damage from. 

I guess I don't like how luck-based shotgun guys make AoB.  </rage>

Is it true that AoB has been made easier?  And what do I do in situations like these?

RogerN:

--- Quote ---And what do I do in situations like these?
--- End quote ---

In that screenshot you're as good as dead.  There are a couple faint glimmers of hope, though:

1) There are two fuel barrels in the far southeast room that could be pushed into the room directly to your east side.  If positioned against the wall properly and then detonated by throwing your combat knife, these barrels might kill enough enemies to give you a fighting chance.  This is not a good chance for survival, but it's better than trying to run 10 tiles to the stairs with two former sergeants gunning for you.

2) With a little more health you could try gift-dropping your green armor 1 tile to the northwest - but you're almost guaranteed to take some damage, so it probably wouldn't work in this case.

AoB is definitely not a "fair" challenge; there are frequent no-win scenarios, especially prior to The Chained Court.  On harder difficulty levels it can be a major challenge just to survive past level 2.  You need some good luck to make it to The Chained Court on Ultra-Violence or Nightmare.  Or at least you need the absence of bad luck.

Once you've got your chainsaw and the Berserker trait then your survivability rate goes up a bit.

thelaptop:
Not so much as made simpler, but you have more options to exercise.

For one, the 'zerk bug is fixed, so AoB in 0.9.9.2 is a tad easier than in 0.9.9.1 where the bug was.  And with the inclusion of assemblies, you are no longer limited by the triad of Combat Knife/Chainsaw/Longinus Spear -- you can take the Combat Knife and make something almost as powerful as the Chainsaw early enough in the game if you are lucky (I'm just conveniently ignoring the unique melee weapons here and am referring only to those "guaranteed" ones).

Also, Fin works with increasing the attack speed of a melee character, which of course is a much bigger boost.

I'm not an expert in AoB (far from it!) but it would seem that you would benefit from lots of patience and gift-dropping near the door way to draw the formers closer to you.

ParaSait:
Oh, where is Gargulec when you need him... :P

grommile:
thelaptop: The assembly you're thinking of is exactly as powerful as an unmodded chainsaw, but you have to get lucky to have the mods for it before Chained Court. It's mostly relevant to Ao100 melee runs and Strongman Silver/Gold attempts (since it still counts as a knife).

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