So I got my first Hard mode victory after struggling to get a handle on things and bouncing between multiple builds.
Ended up trying Onslaught! Very fun and flexible-ish Master.
Some little comments:
1) My inventory was overflowing much of the run after I "got going" and I modded the crap out of everything to a degree where I ran out of places to put mods.
2) For a while I had a Vampiric AV3 9mm Auto Rifle, it was replaced with the Pierce Rifle you see here later on since I had a Vampiric Mod burning a hole in my pocket after Infernal Lock.
3) I meant to go to Black Site but I spent the required Multitool earlier on that same level, whoops. :( Should've left a spot on my Chaingun for a fancy mod too instead of Auto-Calibration. Oh well.
4) With everything in place, I seemed surpringly ammo efficient, I probably could've done with holding fewer stacks of ammo or skipping Efficient but I don't know, better safe than sorry I figure.
And a note on the final boss...
I kinda spammed at him, I seemed to have racked up enough Poison and Burning to have him die off-screen, which was... Interesting
Crash Gordon, level 17 Marine, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 10567 turns.
The run time was 2h 14m 39s.
He scored 5942 points.
He liked it HARD!
CALLISTO L2 -> Valhalla Terminal L1
Valhalla Terminal L2 - Lockdown
Valhalla Terminal L3 -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - cleared
EUROPA L2 - Low Power
EUROPA L2 -> Europa Dig Zone L1
Europa Dig Zone L2 - Exalted Summons
Europa Dig Zone L3 -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - cleared
Io Nexus - Infestation
IO L5 -> Infernal Lock
Infernal Lock - cleared
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
BEYOND L3 - Exalted Summons
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
JoviSec Gold Badge
* Win a game on at least HARD
He killed 604 out of 604 enemies.
8 corrupted commandos
12 reavers
18 ice fiends
15 cybeross
3 hellish sergeants
22 fiends
15 cryoreavers
15 security drones
4 military sentrys
5 exalted ravagers
4 toxibeross
11 armored ravagers
15 hellish soldiers
6 corrupted grunts
83 former grunts
16 exalted reavers
2 corrupted heavys
2 combat drones
3 exalted kerbeross
13 kerbeross
8 hellish commandos
6 military bots
5 CRI bots
2 guardian bots
11 plasma ravagers
2 former CRI sergeants
21 former guards
7 former sergeants
2 corrupted guards
15 CRI marines
17 ravagers
3 corrupted sergeants
12 fire fiends
1 former CRI grunt
1 Summoner
10 siege ravagers
18 turrets
11 cryobeross
4 former commandos
9 CalSec bots
5 security bots
4 former CRI commandos
20 toxic reavers
29 archreavers
2 exalted soldiers
20 exalted fiends
8 security sentrys
15 rocket turrets
8 CalSec sentrys
19 corrupted soldiers
27 former soldiers
3 hellish heavys
3 former CRI soldiers
8 toxic fiends
Traits
Hellrunner L3
Sustained fire L3
Army Surplus L3
Whizkid L3
Angry Motherfucker L1
ONSLAUGHT L3
Trait order
Hr->SF->Arm->Arm->Whk->Whk->Whk->Hr->
MON->MON->Hr->Arm->MON->SF->SF->AMf->
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV3 chaingun +PB
* Molten 1
* Auto-calibrated
* Efficient
* Precise
* Poisoned 4
* Spin-up
Slot #2 : 7.62 pierce rifle VE
* Disruptive 3
* Vampiric 3
* Anti-armor
* Calibrated 2
Slot #3 : JAC .44 SMG PB
* Molten 1
* Efficient
* Splatter
Body : medi-fiber armor B2
* Durable
* Loading feed
* Medi-fiber
* Swift
Head : AV3 combat helmet B2A
* Health Monitor
* Heatvision 3
* Durable
* Plated
* Sealed
Utility : AV2 auto AMP
* Auto accelerator
* Automatic reloader
Inventory
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x64)
.44 ammo (x50)
.44 ammo (x50)
.44 ammo (x35)
plasma grenade (x3)
gas grenade (x1)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x1)
large medkit
large medkit
