loving the more aggressive fiends - here is a yasd of me not getting away from a few exalteds early on. however, i did get a chaingun on callisto L2, not sure if vaults/exalteds were taken into account with the drops?
khiijol, level 3 Technician, killed on
CALLISTO L2 by a exalted fiend.
He survived for 838 turns.
The run time was 8m 36s.
He scored 207 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He killed 38 out of 41 enemies.
2 turrets
4 former grunts
2 former commandos
6 former soldiers
8 security drones
3 fiends
4 former sergeants
2 fire fiends
5 former guards
2 security bots
Traits
Son of a Bitch L2
Equipment
Slot #1 : 12ga shotgun
Slot #2 : chaingun
Slot #3 : .44 hunter rifle
Body : - NONE -
Utility : - NONE -
Inventory
12ga shell (x27)
7.62 ammo (x36)
.44 ammo (x49)
9mm ammo (x100)
9mm ammo (x26)
accuracy mod pack
getting closer - probably would have won if i didn't do something incredibly stupid on the arena (trying to fight multiple siege ravagers instead of just smoke screening away)
some more thoughts:
- grenades, especially gas and smoke, are a lot more useful with the ai upgrade. blocking LOS from ambushing/flanking enemies helps a lot
- likewise rockets become much more practical to use as the primary weapon in the mid-late game due to enemies tending to congregate around doors approaching you
- p-mod nerfing makes the plasma rifle a lot less powerful and about on par with the chaingun in the lategame if powered up, or less powerful if the chaingun is powered up. useful for ammo conservation but not the clear upgrade it once was
- uv enemy accuracy drop sounds on paper like it would balance out the 10% drop in cover but enemies still hit a lot more it seems, especially those with big rapid fire guns
- new adv system is really cool and does help out with weapon balance in the early to mid game
khiijol, level 14 Technician, killed on
The Arena by a siege ravager.
He survived for 13211 turns.
The run time was 2h 22m 55s.
He scored 3948 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
CALLISTO L3 -> Valhalla Terminal L1
Valhalla Terminal L2 -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - cleared
EUROPA L2 -> Europa Dig Zone L1
Europa Dig Zone L3 -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - cleared
IO L4 -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - cleared
BEYOND L1 -> The Arena
Awards
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
He killed 482 out of 483 enemies.
20 former soldiers
50 fire fiends
4 corrupted sergeants
9 former CRI soldiers
18 turrets
18 rocket turrets
3 corrupted heavys
5 toxic reavers
6 former commandos
4 former grunts
13 siege ravagers
14 cryoreavers
23 former guards
3 military drones
12 CRI marines
4 former CRI commandos
21 reavers
6 hellish soldiers
3 military bots
4 plasma ravagers
1 former CRI grunt
36 security bots
6 former heavys
28 fiends
10 security drones
12 exalted soldiers
23 archreavers
1 hellish sergeant
6 exalted ravagers
9 exalted fiends
40 ravagers
15 CRI bots
6 exalted reavers
2 former CRI sergeants
9 hellish commandos
28 armored ravagers
6 corrupted soldiers
7 former sergeants
Traits
Ironman L2
Juggler
Packrat L2
Son of a Bitch L2
Whizkid L2
Gun hoarder
Tinkerer
Field Medic
Overkill
Equipment
Slot #1 : ADV 12ga dual shotgun
Slot #2 : ADV chaingun A2
Slot #3 : CRI plasma rifle P3
Slot #4 : ADV rocket launcher
Body : blue armor B
Utility : ADV shotgun damage amp
Inventory
energy cell (x50)
energy cell (x50)
energy cell (x16)
rocket (x10)
rocket (x1)
12ga shell (x40)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x45)
EMP grenade (x1)
finally got a win, overall really like how challenging the new ai tweaks make the game
a few more thoughts - smoke screen is a lot less effective with fiends/reavers being able to smell you. i'm not sure if this is also the case for the scout's stealth move, but might be interesting to make gas grenades able to overpower their sense of smell, or to make the phase devices a little more common drops
khiijol, level 14 Technician, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 12897 turns.
The run time was 2h 15m 33s.
He scored 6558 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
CALLISTO L2 -> Valhalla Terminal L1
Valhalla Terminal L3 -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - cleared
EUROPA L3 -> Europa Dig Zone L1
Europa Dig Zone L2 -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - cleared
IO L4 -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - cleared
BEYOND L1 -> The Arena
The Arena - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
He killed 497 out of 497 enemies.
7 former commandos
7 former CRI soldiers
3 exalted ravagers
28 fiends
7 corrupted sergeants
20 former soldiers
1 summoner
8 siege ravagers
8 former sergeants
6 corrupted soldiers
19 CRI marines
20 cryoreavers
4 hellish commandos
4 corrupted heavys
2 CRI guards
4 former CRI sergeants
10 security drones
9 exalted reavers
4 plasma ravagers
18 exalted fiends
2 hellish sergeants
33 armored ravagers
44 security bots
2 military bots
20 turrets
36 archreavers
14 CRI bots
2 hellish heavys
2 corrupted commandos
19 reavers
1 former CRI grunt
7 military drones
46 fire fiends
23 former guards
4 former grunts
23 ravagers
4 hellish soldiers
3 former heavys
2 former CRI commandos
18 rocket turrets
2 toxic reavers
4 former CRI guards
Traits
Ironman L2
Tough as Nails L1
Juggler
Packrat L2
Son of a Bitch L2
Whizkid L2
Gun hoarder
Tinkerer
Field Medic
Equipment
Slot #1 : chaingun P2A2
Slot #2 : ADV 12ga dual shotgun
Slot #3 : rocket launcher PB3
Slot #4 : CRI plasma rifle P3B
Body : red armor PBA
Utility : CRI accuracy amp
Inventory
energy cell (x50)
energy cell (x50)
energy cell (x50)
energy cell (x30)
rocket (x10)
rocket (x4)
12ga shell (x50)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x55)
repair kit (x2)
military stimpack
military stimpack
large medkit