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[M|A100|98%|YAVP] SOG(5) + SOB(5) = FUN(∞)

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Klear:

--- Quote from: LuckyDee on March 28, 2013, 02:27 ---Then I went for WK-WK, since I thought an early pair of cerberus boots were going to be a huge blessing - and I was right.

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While being able to ignore hurtfloors altogether gives you a lot of freedom, I never found it that important. Last time I played Ao100 (UV), I believe I took around 50 damage from lava throughout the whole game. You can almost always find a way around lava, or break down walls to bypass it, and if you really cannot do that, you'll have a phase or a protection suit. Protecting your feet is practical, but doesn't make the game that much easier IMO, just more convenient. The speed bonus from tactical boots on the other hand...

It can be good to switch between boots, but these days I don't even bother, since I always end up messing up and walk into lava in my tacticals.

LuckyDee:
Although not having to mind where you walk is 1 distinct advantage, there's two more:

* In 0997 you have, besides the 'lava river' levels, 'lava lake' levels as well. Especially with INT2, you can use these to fall back into and pick off things just outside of vision.

* BARRELS! I've used napalm barrels on more than one occassion to just seal off 1 half of a level, making the chances of something truly nasty following me pretty slim. Additionaly, you can use barrels more strategically in combat since you don't have to worry about not being able to cross the trail of nasty crap they leave behind.

I use them more as part of a defensive strategy than for just being able to wander around.

Klear:
Well, I use barrels like that as well, I just make sure there is a small bridge in the lava sea, which I can then camp and pick off any enemies that try to cross it. I guess picking enemies off from lava sounds pretty good, but I'll take cornershooting over sniping anytime.

LuckyDee:

--- Quote from: Klear on March 28, 2013, 05:33 ---I'll take cornershooting over sniping anytime.

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With the knockback SOG5/SOB5 (or SOG5/MSs), it kinda amounts to the same thing.
Remember I play HNTR; I seriously doubt this tactic works on UV+.

Ashannar:
The nice thing about GCB + MSs is that the single-shot mode does knockback but the others don't. Knockback on the 6x burst can't be very good for the DPS, I imagine. You definitely do not need knockback when your firing time is 0.09s. :P

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