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DRL: Xtreme Arena
MaiZure:
--- Quote from: scotherns on September 04, 2017, 01:10 ---It really is a fantastic game, loving it so far.
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Thanks! This was a project back from the summer of 2013. Good times!
--- Quote from: Tormuse on September 04, 2017, 02:34 ---Yeah, I'm pretty sure the difficulty of the Cyberdemon Complex has been ramped up significantly in this version. I just played a game where, by the time I had killed 9 of them, Mark 5 Cybies were coming at me. (Two at once!) O_o In the previous version, I once played a game where I killed 23 Cyberdemons and the Mark 5's were just starting to appear by then.
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Yeah during play testing way back in the day, I discovered that you could easily settle in to a lull where you'd dominate and the ending stats become meaningless because you could kill dozens of Cybies. I wanted every single kill to be meaningful. Not sure much testing happened at this difficult, except for VANDAM haha. He was something crazy.
Edit: Here is the scores for the complex:
http://www.maizure.org/drlxa/complexscores.php
Hey while we're at it...domination mode:
http://www.maizure.org/drlxa/domscores.php
Sereg:
First win... can't remember how to post an image directly, so the build is attached for whatever that's worth. EEx2, SoBx2, Finx2, and a lucky SS to finish it off. The strategy was to burn KK down as quickly as possible, since in the past I've never managed to survive long enough to kill him(playing without stored medkits is a new thing to me =P). Fortunately, I got the exact build I was looking for, even playing more conservatively as I progressed through the arena battles(in the past I've tried to push too hard and nasty things spawn and smoke me), and the strategy was a success.
Tormuse:
Woo! Congrats! :D And yeah, it's like a permanent Angel of Impatience; it takes some getting used to. Looks like you pulled it off, though, and considering that this is the more difficult newer version, that's a pretty good achievement! :)
*Awkward segué*
And I just re-achieved my record of 23 Cyberdemons in the Cyberdemon Complex! :D (Somehow, I didn't beat Longdong's score, though; not sure what they did differently; oh well) I kind of wish I'd recorded it, because there were some pretty epic, harrowing battles which I would not have survived if not for Ironman 5 and TaN 2! (And a lucky find of a megasphere that I picked up a split second before the conveyor belt dumped it in the lava) There were a few times where I got stunlocked and rockets were throwing me around like a rag doll and I was amazed I survived, but eventually, I just got hit by one barrage too many. :P EDIT: Ah, now that I look again, the Entrenchment was also probably a huge contributer to my survival.
Sereg:
Nicely done... I barely got my one kill o.O
In other news, I've discovered the secret of the iron fist:
MaiZure:
Whoa,
Congratz Sereg on the first win...and learning a new secret. There's still two possible medals that no one has managed to earn yet...
And congratz Tormuse for taking down that many Cybies in the complex. Yeah that place was meant for the past-paced brutal action. I originally wanted to tie the domination modes and the complex together at some point, but I didn't have any good ideas for balance. Good stuff!
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